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By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A parliamentary delegation from Hungary says it supports Sweden’s NATO membership bid…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican and Greece finalized a deal Tuesday for the return of three…

By MAJDI MOHAMMED and ISABEL DeBRE Associated Press JENIN, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian health officials say at least six Palestinians were killed…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new United Nations report says acute malnutrition among pregnant and breastfeeding…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police say a woman accused of assisting a suspect in the gruesome killing and…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government says it’s ready for human-rights legal challenges to a tough new law…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar’s top diplomat has been sworn in as prime minister, replacing another member of the ruling family who…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — South Korean technology firm Kakao has launched a tender offer to buy up to 35% of K-pop agency SM…

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Still recovering from the effects of the first battering, the southeastern African…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has made an unannounced visit to Baghdad…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has failed to appear before a court in…

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Derek Carr has proved repeatedly that he can produce as a passer. What the former Raiders…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president says China has given crucial debt restructuring assurances…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday as investors fretted that the Federal Reserve might raise…

By SYLVIE CORBET, NICOLAS GARRIGA and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Demonstrators were marching across France on Tuesday in a new…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Shraga Tichover is hanging up his fatigues. After more than three decades as a reservist…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister has warned that Beijing and Washington are headed for “conflict and confrontation” if the U.S.…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis positioned himself as the architect…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A sharp drop in illegal border crossings since December could blunt a Republican point of attack…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — China has long been seen by the U.S. as a prolific source of anti-American…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A helicopter pilot who was coming into land at an Australian theme park has told…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma voters on Tuesday rejected the legalization of recreational marijuana, following a…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve could increase the size of its interest rate hikes and raise…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian police have found the body of a young woman trapped in a car that was swept away by rushing waters, the…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has increased its benchmark interest rate by another quarter-point to 3.6% as it continues…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency intentionally destroyed a new H3 rocket minutes after its launch Tuesday…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is defending his government’s contentious plan…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Earthy scents pricked guests’ noses as they entered the venue for Stella McCartney: A manege.…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers in remote Indonesian islands are searching for 47 people who are believed to be buried in their houses by…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men have been convicted of helping Somali pirates who kidnapped a U.S. journalist for ransom and held him for 2 1/2 years,…

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii officials on Monday cited a Maui man seen on video snorkeling for allegedly harassing a humpback whale and pod of dolphins.…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Police detained a man on suspicion of killing an 11-year-old boy and neighbors wrecked his home Monday amid anger…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A district attorney in Santa Fe fought back Monday against efforts to disqualify the special…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tribal leaders, scientists and conservation advocates buried Southern California’s most…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in one of its two new reactors, Georgia…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Military officials in Peru say six soldiers drowned while trying to swim across a river in the Andes to reach a town where…