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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An uneasy calm is hanging over Kyiv as residents of the Ukrainian capital prepare for Russian…

BEIJING (AP) — At the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, China set out its “zero-COVID” measures that were harsh, but not out of line with what…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Fidelity Charitable, the nation’s largest grantmaker, expects 2022 will be the first year since 2018 that the…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A top Qatari official involved in the country’s World Cup organization has put the number…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s visit to a computer chip factory in Bay City, Michigan, continues…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has abandoned a plan to force tech firms to remove internet content that is…

By TAMER FAKAHANY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Soccer — or football, to most of the global billions watching the World Cup this month — is…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The son of a Russian businessman close to President Vladimir Putin has denied any wrongdoing at the start of his trial…

By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar’s soccer team was the first World Cup host nation to lose its opening match and…

By RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Three stowaways were found on a ship’s rudder in the Canary Islands after an 11-day…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The last World Cup clash between the United States and Iran 24 years ago is considered one of…

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar is to supply liquefied natural gas to Germany under a 15-year deal as the European economic powerhouse scrambles to…

BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. Navy has dismissed Beijing’s protests over a “freedom of navigation operation” conducted near a Chinese-held…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s new military chief has taken command of the country’s armed forces. The army…

By VASILISA STEPANENKO and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Retired Ukrainian construction worker Borys Markovnikov is on the…

By STEPHEN McGRATH, LORNE COOK and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — NATO doubled down Tuesday on its commitment to one…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — When a dozen Russian soldiers stormed into Dmytro Bilyi’s home in August, the…

By JOE McDONALD, DAKE KANG and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese universities sent students home and police fanned out in Beijing…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America A federal trial to determine whether South Carolina’s congressional maps are legal is closing…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis area police officer he blamed…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet (30 to 60 meters) into the air as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa,…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday ahead of a closely watched speech by the Federal Reserve…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are promising aggressive oversight of the Biden administration once they…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a dispute over a blocked Biden administration policy that would…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Benny Snell Jr. kept waiting for his first carry of the season. When he finally got the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressman A. Donald McEachin, a Virginia Democrat, has died after a battle with colorectal cancer. He was 61. McEachin’s…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have shot and killed a Palestinian man who rammed his car into an Israeli soldier…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government has ordered some of the thousands of truck drivers who have…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government said Monday it will spend $250 million over four years on…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge will decide whether to block Mississippi from using three drugs when…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — On Monday an Oregon Senate panel rescinded the protective measure it had imposed on a state…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s environment minister said Tuesday her government will lobby against UNESCO…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The landmark trial over Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for children has…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is asking to be removed from a lawsuit by the…

EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. (AP) — A woman who long advocated for Native American rights and was known for organizing protests against the Dakota Access and…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday asked Congress to intervene and block a railroad strike before…

WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor says the first defendant to face trial in the slayings of eight people from an Ohio family should be convicted…

By SUSAN HAIGH and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A greater-than-expected demand for aid has forced the Connecticut General…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A woman who accused a former state legislator of groping her at a Montgomery restaurant is asking that the criminal charge…