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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A senior Iranian official has visited the United Arab Emirates just days after Tehran agreed to restore…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Clashes have broken out in Athens and a southern city during a general strike in Greece…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has presented plans to fundamentally revamp its policies on dealing with critical…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Virgin Orbit said Thursday it is pausing all operations amid reports that the company is furloughing…

VIENNA (AP) — Austrian police have issued a terror threat warning for the city of Vienna, saying there was an “abstract” danger for Syrian…

By RASHID YAHYA Associated Press DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — An Iraqi Kurdish counterterrorism agency and a spokesperson for Iraq’s northern…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish court has given a life sentence to the man who fatally stabbed the popular mayor of Gdansk in 2019. The killing of…

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The Women’s World Cup is getting 300% increase in prize money for this year’s tournament. The $150 million fund for the…

By TRISNADI MARJAN Associated Press SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has acquitted two police officials charged with negligence…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A week after the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen…

By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet Sticking with one airline, hotel or car rental brand and avoiding others is the basic premise of brand loyalty. The…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities say the nation’s security services have detained members of a Russian espionage ring. They say that the…

By TAIJING WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The founder of the processor chip industry’s biggest manufacturer is warning that U.S.…

TOPOCK, Ariz. (AP) — A freight train carrying corn syrup, not hazardous materials, derailed in western Arizona, near the state’s border with…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz says that Germany will have to do a better job at clamping down on…

BEIJING (AP) — China accused the United States on Thursday of spreading disinformation and suppressing TikTok following reports that the Biden…

By HELENA ALVES and BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s center-left Socialist government is set to approve a package…

By BABAR DOGAR and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court has rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese search giant Baidu has unveiled its artificial intelligence chatbot Ernie Bot, presenting its…

MOSCOW (AP) — A former mayor of Russia’s fourth-largest city has been detained on charges that could land him behind bars as part of…

By FAY ABUELGASIM and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — On a recent school day, the Rene Mouawad High School in Beirut was empty, its…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Thousands of students and other opponents of Hungary’s right-wing government have…

ROME (AP) — Italy’s highest court has ordered a retrial for two American citizens who were convicted in the slaying of an Italian carabiniere…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Behind some great men, there is a bigger brother. Claude Monet’s older sibling is the focus of a…

TOKYO (AP) — The U.S., Canada, India, Japan and South Korea are staging joint anti-submarine warfare drills amid talks between Japanese and South…

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer For nearly four decades, Jean-Luc Picard of “Star Trek” has largely been presented as genteel, erudite and —…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Record snowfall and rain have helped to loosen drought’s grip on parts of the…

By MARK THIESSEN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration’s approval this week of the biggest oil…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Several dozen workers among thousands at a Nissan factory in Tennessee voted not to…

By JAMEY KEATEN and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse shares surged Thursday after the Swiss central bank agreed to loan…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The first Republican presidential primaries are nearly a year away and the candidate field is…

By AAMER MADHANI, MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a matter of days, Saudi Arabia carried out blockbuster…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. fell in 2022, dropping significantly from a six-decade high…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s dispute with Japan over tiny Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea is heating up, with both sides accusing…