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By MALAK HARB Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Actor Nazanin Boniadi is urging the world to back the protests in her native…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The competitors stand rigidly upright with their hands behind their backs, waiting to absorb a…

MILAN (AP) — Prominent pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim has canceled a piano recital at the Opera de Monte-Carlo due to the effects of a…

HELSINKI (AP) — A parliamentary delegation from Hungary says lawmakers widely support NATO membership for Finland but it’s unclear when they…

By MARIAM FAM Associated Press When Richard McKinney was getting married last year, friends stepped in to help. Bibi Bahrami cooked Afghan dishes —…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar just joined Japan’s national team for the World…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ukraine’s first lady has offered spirited support to her nation’s…

By RAF CASERT and SYLVAIN PLAZY Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Nearly a decade after a brazen diamond heist at Brussels airport, it looks like a…

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a pilot and and a 19-year-old student pilot were among four people killed when two small planes collided in…

By TOM KRISHER and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are turning up the heat on Tesla, announcing…

By BABAR DOGAR and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistani police used water cannons and fired tear gas to…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Women’s rights activists in Japan are renewing their demand for the government to allow married…

By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Scandinavian scientists said Wednesday that they have identified the oldest-known…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine official says the country’s coast guard has launched a strategy of…

By JAMES BROOKS and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark pushed the button Wednesday on an ambitious project that aims…

CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. defense secretary says America’s defense partnership with Egypt is an “essential pillar” of Washington’s commitment…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s defense minister voiced caution Wednesday over media reports that a pro-Ukraine group…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Pau Gasol joined the Los Angeles Lakers just over 15 years ago, the Spanish 7-footer…

BEIRUT (AP) — Reports say that an explosion in eastern Syria killed at least three people. A war monitoring group said the blast on Wednesday was…

By CIARÁN GILES and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press MADRID (AP) — From demands for constitutional rights in Islamabad to calls for economic parity…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Adidas’ breakup with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West and the inability to sell his popular Yeezy line of…

By MATT O’BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO AP Technology Writers Even if you haven’t tried artificial intelligence tools that can write essays and…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Is the United States out to sabotage China? Chinese leaders think so. President Xi Jinping accused…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Tens of thousands of people are marching in Athens and Greek cities…