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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has won reelection as leader of the ruling African…

By JANIE HAR and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is making a new push to reduce…

BERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows that German business confidence has improved more than expected in December. Managers in Europe’s…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s 83-year-old King Harald V has been admitted to a hospital due to an infection and is being treated with…

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordanian police say a shootout that erupted in the country’s south during an arrest raid in the case of the recent slaying…

BERLIN (AP) — Black ice and freezing rain are causing disruption in parts of Germany as a lengthy freeze gives way to milder and wetter weather,…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union ministers have finalized a long-awaited deal to implement a natural gas price…

By RIAZ KHAN and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say several Pakistani Taliban detainees overpowered…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s defense minister has made a stirring argument for his country’s new gender-neutral…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police say the number of people charged over a violent pitch invasion at a Melbourne A-League match has increased to…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Judges at Britain’s High Court say the U.K. government’s controversial plan to send…

WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A man convicted in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family has been sentenced to life in prison without the…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Baghdad-mediated diplomatic talks between regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia have come to…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writers BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets extended their losses Tuesday amid gloom about weaker global economic growth…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC TUCKER and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee urged the Justice Department…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A 73-year-old man who had a long-running dispute with his condo board in a suburb near Toronto…

By HANNA ARHIROVA and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare trip Monday to…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong says she will meet with her counterpart, Wang Yi ,in Beijing this week as…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese health authorities have reported the nation’s first COVID-19 deaths in more than two weeks. The two deaths in Beijing…

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thai navy ships and helicopters are searching for more than…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday it fired a test satellite in an important final-stage test for…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Severe turbulence rocked a flight from Phoenix to Honolulu Sunday, seriously injuring 11 people…

MIAMI (AP) — Former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire is facing a misdemeanor battery charge after police say he punched his teenage daughter in the…

LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has congratulated Argentina and Argentines for their win over France in Sunday’s World Cup…

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — A case file reviewed by a local prosecutor says that an Arkansas police recruit died of natural causes while attending a law…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Sunday’s World Cup final in Qatar between Argentina and France went to extra time and penalty kicks, bumping Fox’s…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme, the once powerful New England Mafia boss who was…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ Jesuit order on Sunday asked any more victims to come forward with…

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — The faculty senate of Purdue University Northwest is demanding the resignation of CEO and Chancellor Thomas Keon after he…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The new mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, said Sunday her administration will start moving homeless people from tent encampments…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The head of the Iowa Democratic Party won’t seek reelection in the wake of a vote by the national party to put the…

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, MORGAN LEE and ACACIA CORONADO ASSOCIATED PRESS EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Along the U.S. southern border, two cities —…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — France on Sunday announced the end to a visa dispute with Algeria, amid efforts to mend relations with North African…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — European Union governments and lawmakers reached a deal Sunday on key elements of the 27-nation…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Kylian Mbappé scored a hat trick seemingly from out of nowhere to electrify the World Cup…

LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — A diplomatic delegation from the three host countries of the 2026 World Cup were in Qatar for a handover ceremony ahead of the…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden and his family held a private memorial service Sunday to mark the 50th…

Italian news reports say a 2-year-old girl has died after being rescued by the Italian coast guard near a Mediterranean island, along with dozens of…

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi made his strongest case yet to be considered soccer’s greatest player of all…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific says it will stop imposing temporary limits on shipments while it reviews the…