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By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has denied allegations in a British…

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say two Syrian men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of membership in extremist groups, and one of them is…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lainey Wilson leads the 2023 Country Music Association Awards nominations for a second year in…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Google will soon require that political ads using artificial intelligence be accompanied by a prominent…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammy Museum says it is launching the “Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit”,…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister is warning that Syrian refugees could become a threat to…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Film director Agnieszka Holland is demanding an apology from Poland’s justice minister…

By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pets provide joy and companionship, but costs can add up quickly, especially if you’re a…

By ROBERT BADENDIECK Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish and international cave rescue experts are working to save a 40-year-old American…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Lee is whirling through open waters as forecasters warn it could become the first Category 5 storm of the…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democrat Carl Marlinga will again seek a House seat in Michigan’s 10th District…

BY CHINEDU ASADU AND YVES LAURENT GOMA Associated Press LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon’s junta says the country’s ousted President Ali…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s fire department says more than 800 people have been rescued over the past two days from floods after severe…

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Concern for U.S. democracy has prompted the entities supporting 13 presidential libraries dating…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A powerful Japanese entertainment company tarnished by sexual assault allegations against its late…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Researchers have discovered new documentation that substantiates reports that Catholic convents and…

By NICK PERRY and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fijian authorities say they are in the process of deporting six…

LONDON (AP) — British police are hunting across the country and have put airports on alert for a former soldier who escaped from a London prison…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Transport Minister Catherine King says invasive gynecological examinations conducted on passengers at…

By The Associated Press Five drones were shot down over three Russian regions overnight, officials said Thursday. There were reports of no…

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s state media say the country’s army chief has departed for Qatar for talk’s with the emir. The visit is Gen.…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain is rejoining the European Union’s science-sharing program Horizon Europe. The news…

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Police say they are trying to persuade an alleged gunman to surrender after a man was shot dead in Kellerberrin, a Western…

By NINIEK KARMINI and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The United Nations chief has renewed an urgent call on the international…

By STEPHEN WADE Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien park area has been placed on a “Heritage Alert” list by a conservancy body…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Australia and China have started their first high-level dialogue in three years in a sign of…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Three round-the-world sailors have reached land safely after sharks nearly sank their catamaran in the Coral Sea. Both…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares slipped Thursday in Asia as China reported weaker global demand hit its trade in August, adding to…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — It took more than a day of flying, including two refueling stops, for Vice President…

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican Supreme Court ruling that invalidated all federal criminal…

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — With the selection of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as the candidate of the…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson could get 30 years to life in prison at his…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — India, the current president of the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations, has…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his country is “becoming the voice of the Global…

By CURT ANDERSON and LAURA BARGFELD Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The University of South Florida is looking for some big changes when the…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Ahead of India’s hosting of the G20 summit of leading economies, its prime minister invited…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports declined at a slower pace in August, even as the world’s second biggest economy…

By KEVIN FREKING and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top military officials are voicing their concerns that national security is being…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Lined up like soldiers guarding a nation’s treasures, dozens of shelves…

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A popular rock climbing area in Yosemite National Park has been closed because of a crack that has developed…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s top diplomat has reaffirmed his country’s resolve to join the European Union and urged the 27-member bloc to…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Magic Johnson talked about how he won five NBA championships as a player, another five as an…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. official says Central African Republic is facing a humanitarian crisis with 2.4…

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The former mayor of Mexico City will be the dominant ruling party’s presidential candidate,…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says a Chinese delegation led by Vice-Premier Liu Guozhong will visit the…

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has shaken northern Chile but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The U.S.…

DETROIT (AP) — The family foundation of NBA team owner Dan Gilbert is putting nearly $375 million toward health care and research in Detroit.…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Boss is taking an unexpected breather and canceling his September shows, citing doctors’ orders. Bruce Springsteen…

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Two men have pleaded guilty to vandalizing power substations in Washington state in attacks that left thousands without power…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Greek shipper has pleaded guilty to a charge over it smuggling sanctioned…

By AAMER MADHANI and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has refused to approve conditions that lawyers for the…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has launched a rocket with an X-ray telescope that will explore the origins of the universe.…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man sentenced to death for a 1998 murder is now free, two years after the Oregon Court of…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have passed legislation requiring judges to…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The great films of the 1970s have long loomed in the imagination of filmmakers raised during one of…

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) — A grizzly bear that fatally mauled a woman on a forest trail west of Yellowstone National Park in July and also…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to make a rare public appearance at the White House since losing her 2016 bid…

DEWITT, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say an upstate New York sheriff’s deputy shot to death two teenagers who were in a vehicle that he thought was…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas attorney and blogger is suing to get State Police to release records…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Nick Bosa’s lengthy contract holdout ended four days before the start of the…

SEATTLE (AP) — The King County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the name of a 48-year-old man who was found dead after a house fire in…

By JACK DURA and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press South Dakota regulators have denied a construction permit to a carbon dioxide pipeline project.…

By PAOLA FLORES and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The governor of Bolivia’s most populous and richest region has been…

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say police officers in South Carolina fatally shot a man after he broke into his ex-wife’s home, killed her,…