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By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s government say it’s imposing urgent measures in…

PARIS (AP) — The man suspected of fatally shooting three Kurds in Paris ahead of Christmas weekend told investigators that he had set out that…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad is warning its staff of a possible attack on Americans at a top hotel in Pakistan’s capital. Local…

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has evoked memories of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in his first Christmas message as monarch. In the…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Designated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a rare rebuke of his new coalition…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A section of the new $1.7 trillion spending bill from Congress has been billed as a dramatic…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The leader of former communist rebels has become Nepal’s new prime minister with…

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is coming to grips with the full extent of the destruction and deaths caused by…

By LAURA UNGAR and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press Could the COVID-19 surge in China unleash a new coronavirus mutant on the world? Scientists…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis used his Christmas message Sunday to lament the “icy winds of…

A Christmas Eve shooting at a pub in northwest England killed a young woman and wounded three men, police said Sunday. The Merseyside Police force…

NEW YORK (AP) — Emergency responders evacuated a JetBlue flight at JFK International Airport in New York City as a result of a small fire in a…

By RENATA BRITO and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press BOBRYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians usually celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, as do the Russians.…

By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces have killed a militant in a shootout near the border with…

By YAYAN ZAMZAMI Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Dozens of hungry and weak Rohingya Muslims have been found on a beach in…

RIAZAT BUTT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Four major international aid groups say they will suspend their operations in Afghanistan following a…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Millions of people hunkered down against a deep freeze Sunday to ride…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi defended what he said was his country’s position of impartiality on the war in Ukraine on Sunday…

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Five people were arrested in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man at the Mall of America that sent the sprawling…

NEW YORK (AP) — Former child star Orlando Brown has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault charges stemming from an alleged altercation in Lima,…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Recalling Jesus’ birth in a stable, Pope Francis rebuked those “ravenous” for…

COCOA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — For the surfing Santas off Florida’s central coast, the Atlantic Ocean felt more like the North Pole than the…

NEW YORK (AP) — Maxi Jazz, a DJ and singer who fronted the eclectic British dance band Faithless known for such hits as “Insomnia” and “We…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has thrown out Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her defeat in the Arizona…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The founder of a California-based porn empire that coerced young women into filming adult videos has been arrested in Spain, three…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pelé are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily banned San Francisco from clearing homeless encampments, saying the city is violating its own…

The Associated Press A blizzard warning was in effect until the middle of Christmas Day in western Montana along the eastern side of the Rocky…

EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s President William Ruto has expressed concern over the fighting in neighboring…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Trumpets and snares will play Brazil’s national anthem at Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A third case of a defendant who was arrested by an elections police unit created by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a…