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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has asked Taiwan to move its unofficial embassy out of the administrative capital, Pretoria, in a move…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian newspaper implying that the public needed to have the patience of the Biblical figure Job in waiting for President…

AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Reba McEntire finds herself behind the bar in her latest return to network TV, making a series that’s…

Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech capital has approved a ban on organized nighttime pub crawls, a popular pastime for tourists that has…

LONDON (AP) — Friends, collaborators and fellow musicians have expressed shock and sadness over the death of former One Direction singer Liam…

Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish zoo is celebrating the arrival of four Sumatran tiger cubs, announcing their birth Friday after…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia will introduce new taxes and revamp gasoline, education and healthcare subsidies next year as part of…

Associated Press CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch has stepped down with company shares sinking 19% this year and the health care giant struggling on…

AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s road safety agency is investigating Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” system after…

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas confirmed Friday that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza and reiterated its…

Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A lawyer says Pakistan’s prime minister has written to U.S. President Joe Biden to request the release of a…

Associated Press ROME (AP) — Workers in Italy’s troubled automotive sector are holding a national strike for the first time in 20 years, with a…

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — He may be the president of a small, landlocked state in central Africa, but Paul Kagame has always had…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania has scrambled four of its fighter jets after an unidentified object breached its airspace in the country’s…

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency said Friday that North Korea has dispatched troops to support…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is getting ready for her first campaign appearances with Barack and Michelle Obama…

PARIS (AP) — French maritime authorities say a baby died and 65 people had to be rescued when a migrant boat sank while attempting to cross the…

Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province have shut all schools and universities for two days in…

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a trend that has surprised many: Why, despite being squeezed by high prices, have Americans kept…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks closed their latest winning week with more records on Friday. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% to squeak…

BEIJING (AP) — Britain’s foreign secretary has raised concerns about China’s support of Russia in its war against Ukraine. David Lammy is…

Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden told European partners that it’s important for Ukraine’s Western allies to “sustain…

Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Kamala Harris insisted it was time to “end the suffering” in the Middle East while Donald Trump…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kremlin could not have asked for better publicity at a better time when Ben Swann, a self-described…

This year has seen President Vladimir Putin repeatedly brandish the nuclear sword, reminding everyone that Russia has the world’s largest atomic…

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police say a search is underway after four gunmen reportedly abducted an American national,…

Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner who is accused of keeping a woman’s corpse in the back of a hearse for over a year…

AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China has reported that its economy expanded at a rate of 4.6% in the July-September quarter. The data released…

Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A wealthy former general with ties to both Indonesia’s popular outgoing president and the…

Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Texas has sued a Dallas doctor over accusations of providing gender-affirming care to youths, marking one of the…

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reminded his troops to treat South Korea as a hostile foreign enemy and…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela has detained five more foreigners, including three U.S. citizens, for their alleged connection to a plot to…

Associated Press FOLSOM, Pa. (AP) — Elon Musk has brought his support for Republican Donald Trump to the Philadelphia suburbs for a town hall and…

Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived in Sydney on Friday for the first Australian visit by a…

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A three-judge panel has ruled that Tennessee cannot discipline doctors who provide emergency abortions to…

AP Sports Writers Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett is retiring effective immediately. The program said Thursday that Bennett will announce his…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has announced criminal charges against an Indian government employee in connection with a…

Associated Press Megan Marshack, an aide to Nelson Rockefeller who was with the former vice president when he died in 1979, has died. Marshack died…

Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast who weathered back-to-back hurricanes now have…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division shut down its phone lines following a barrage of calls from people responding…

AP Science Writer How a sperm and an egg fuse together has long been a mystery. New research by scientists in Austria provides tantalizing clues,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades.…

Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris says the death of Hamas’ top leader, Yahya Sinwar, “gives us an…

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Divorce records for Arizona’s Democratic Senate candidate Ruben Gallego and his ex-wife, Phoenix Mayor Kate…

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Attorneys delivered opening statements on Thursday in the high-profile murder trial of the former boyfriend of a Minnesota…