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By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The sale of Manchester United is set to test European rules designed to protect soccer’s…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s top police official says at least 400,000 security forces are being deployed to…

By The Associated Press Bruce Willis’ family has announced that he has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. The announcement Thursday came…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood is gearing up for the 95th Academy Awards, where “Everything Everywhere All at Once” comes in…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Alan Gilbert has agreed to a five-year contract extension as chief conductor of the Elbphilharmonie…

By KWIYEON HA and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Former leaders from Australia, Britain and Belgium have called for a tougher…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s reputation as one of soccer’s elite is in danger because of a…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press Authorities in West Virginia say the body of an infant has been found in a submerged car after floodwaters swept…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A top prosecutor in Jamaica has ruled that Prime Minister Andrew Holness won’t face charges over possible conflict…

By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Europe’s youngest country, Kosovo, on Friday launched festivities…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting neighboring ally Belarus’ leader for talks on…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Finance Ministry accused the BBC of tax evasion on Friday, saying that it had not fully…

By KAREN MATTHEWS and BEN FINLEY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A power outage in a terminal of New York’s John F. Kennedy International…

WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Two weeks after Tropical Cyclone Cheneso devastated Madagascar, killing 30 people, the…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Economists say cash-strapped Pakistan’s latest plan for economic recovery is likely to take a…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the newest members of the House Intelligence Committee was herself once an officer…

LONDON (AP) — A former security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for putting U.K.…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have condemned the International Olympic Committee’s decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes…

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Police say an explosion at a fireworks company in central Slovenia has killed at least one person and seriously injured…

LONDON (AP) — TikTok said Friday that it’s planning two more European data centers, as the popular Chinese-owned video sharing app seeks to…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Russia, China and South Africa are set to begin naval drills off South Africa’s Indian…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A powerful storm over the North Sea hit northern Europe and led to dozens of train and ferry cancellations Friday in…

By KARL RITTER Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Western allies Friday to quicken their military support…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to India next week to attend Group of 20 finance…

PARIS (AP) — The lower house of France’s parliament is debating a contested pension bill aimed at raising the country’s retirement age from 62…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has met with LGBTQ representatives and offered an apology…

By TANYA TITOVA, EMRAH GUREL and ANDREW WILKS Associated Press SAMANDAG, Turkey (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people are seeking shelter after…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Chinese envoys have defended Beijing’s treatment of Hong Kong and Muslim minorities during an…

By DAVID KLEPPER and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook allowed an exiled Moldovan oligarch with ties to the Kremlin to…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press U.S. cities and towns that have challenged their 2020 census population figures appear to be winning only small…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Carnival is back. Glittery and outrageous costumes were…