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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has shed light on the Catholic Church’s handling of sex abuse allegations…

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces say they have conducted an organized retreat from a town in the eastern…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The economic outlook has brightened in Europe’s largest economy. The German…

NEW YORK (AP) — Rupert Murdoch has pulled the plug on a proposal to merge his News Corp. and Fox Corp. In statements Tuesday, the companies said…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s parliament has amended the country’s constitution to make it possible to hold early elections.…

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet In 2022, 48% of Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans instead of original Medicare, and…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States is rerouting $72 million of America’s assistance to Lebanon to help the…

By KRISTIN V. SHAW Edmunds Auto manufacturers are applying more computer and software-based features to their vehicles. While electric vehicle…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says there’s a risk that a reform process in the German church could become “ideological.”  Francis…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Scott Rolen is headed to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Next year, make way for another star third baseman. Adrián…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Patrick Mahomes will be the old man among the starting quarterbacks in the conference title games. The…

ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Egypt have agreed to increase trade during a visit by the Egyptian president that…

LONDON (AP) — Microsoft said it’s seeing some improvement to problems with its online services including the Teams messaging platform and…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden’s Inauguration Day outfits are now at the Smithsonian’s National…

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the nation reels from a week of high-profile shootings, a new report on mass attacks calls…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary is hosting a conference in May of mainly U.S. and European conservatives as its…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Days after India banned a BBC documentary that examines Prime Minister…

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin airport has canceled all flights after ground staff went on strike to press their demands for higher pay. The walk-out on…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Frigid winter weather gripped East Asia for the second straight day…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Jewish group that commissioned a survey on Holocaust awareness in the Netherlands…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Saying “we must walk patiently in China,” Pope Francis views continued dialogue with Beijing as the guiding principle in…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says he hasn’t even considered issuing norms to regulate future papal…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police have arrested a senior leader from former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday amid hopes Western economies can avoid a recession…

By BASSEM MROUE and FAY ABUELGASIM Associated Press KFAR TIBNIT, Lebanon (AP) — On the outskirts of this southern Lebanese village, workers in a…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The parents of a New Zealand scientist who was killed in Ukraine say he helped save…

BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government says the U.S. should stop pressuring it on debt relief for Zambia and focus on averting a government default…

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) — The beaches and temples of Asian travel hotspots like Bali…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Peru’s capital and were met with volleys…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A senior Australian government minister said Wednesday that rapper Ye, formerly known as…

By ED DAVEY Associated Press An independent investigation into logging in the Liberian rainforest found illegal operations “on a significant…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scott Rolen sat with his son in the parking lot outside Indiana’s Bloomington South High…

BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — The former mayor of a Portland, Oregon, suburb has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for possessing child…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A nod for a nonagenarian and a surge of first-time acting honorees are among the…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A new federal lawsuit contends that Illinois’ two-week-old ban on…