National-World

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has named an American-born missionary in Peru to take over the Vatican’s…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s government has criticized U.S. controls on technology exports as a trade violation after Japan and the Netherlands agreed…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting remained largely deadlocked Monday in eastern Ukraine where Russian shelling killed…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African animal welfare officials have successfully sedated and captured a tiger that…

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization chief says the coronavirus remains a global health emergency. It comes after a key advisory panel found…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly says that a European Parliament body supervising anti-lobbying and lawmakers’ conduct…

LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that President Vladimir Putin didn’t seem serious about avoiding war in the days…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister says his country could greenlight Finland’s membership in NATO…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Armenia is pleading with judges of the United Nations’ highest court to order…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese rescuers have found two foreign men who were hit by an avalanche while backcountry skiing.…

By ANDI JATMIKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of Indonesian Muslims have marched to the heavily guarded Swedish Embassy in…

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenian media say authorities have apprehended two alleged Russian spies suspected of using an agency dealing in real…

PARIS (AP) — France’s national rail operator is recommending that passengers stay home if possible Tuesday to avoid labor strikes. The strikes…

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s main opposition Congress party has ended a five-month cross-country “unity…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese online retailer JD.com Inc. is closing its consumer e-commerce services in Indonesia and Thailand amid intense competition…

BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that Germany’s economy shrank by 0.2% in the fourth quarter compared with the previous three-month period.…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Long-haul carrier Emirates has successfully flown a Boeing 777 on a test flight…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World Bank economists say Myanmar’s economy grew 3% last year and will likely achieve…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch consumer electronics and medical equipment maker Philips said Monday it is cutting 6,000 jobs worldwide over…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in a…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union is taking another big step toward cutting its energy ties with…

By JUSTIN KABUMBA and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Pope Francis’ long-awaited visit to Congo and South Sudan this week comes…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — As clean water runs short, one of Africa’s fastest growing cities is struggling to…

BEIJING (AP) — Residents and travelers have sought shelter after a strong earthquake rocked a remote part of northwestern China. No injuries or…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — On Idit Silman’s first day as Israel’s new environmental protection minister, she handed out…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly fell in muted trading Tuesday as investors awaited decisions on interest rates…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — In May last year Fortum India, a subsidiary of a Finnish solar developer, won the bid for a…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three women killed in a weekend shooting at a short-term rental home in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood have been…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts can conduct a singalong about as well as he can orchestrate the kind of punishing…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri mother who reported that her infant twins were stillborn has been convicted of manslaughter. Twenty-eight-year-old Maya…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria say 20 people including children have died in road crashes involving…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Family members and a forensic expert are questioning why Kansas City police didn’t find a man’s body in the…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series “24″ and providing the…

MULBERRY, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities found a newborn girl wrapped in a blanket and still attached to a placenta on a hill outside a trailer…

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, LEAH WILLINGHAM and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The pastor at the Memphis church where Tyre Nichols’…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The first U.S. Cabinet member to visit Somalia since 2015 is urging the world’s…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s enigmatic personality and unconventional tactics are emerging as key…

By HOPE YEN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday he is looking forward to discussing with…

WELLSBURG, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified the three young children and one adult who died in a rollover crash in northern Iowa that also…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SALINAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s southeast coast has long been considered one of the U.S. territory’s…

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (AP) — Hazel McCallion, who led one of Canada’s largest cities into her 90′s, has died, leaving behind a legacy of feisty…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Liverpool has become the latest high-profile club to exit the FA Cup as the defending champions conceded a goal in…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — One of the twin Ohio boys who became the center of a statewide AMBER Alert that garnered nationwide attention last month has…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police are refusing to release body camera video of three Des Moines officers fatally shooting a 16-year-old boy after he…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — “Your education. Your way. Be original. Be you.” That’s how New College of…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and SHARON JOHNSON Associated Press ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — Jessie Blanchard started small nearly five years ago, just trying to get…

By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press Arizona officials refer to a notoriously congested stretch of desert highway through tribal land as the Wild Horse…

LOUISVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Federal and state authorities are investigating a crash involving a small bus and box truck in snowy conditions that killed…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Competing priorities, outsized demands and the federal…

By TIM SULLIVAN and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Increasingly it feels like America is at war with itself. In New…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer JERUSALEM (AP) — An alarming spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence and sharp responses by both sides are…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — When police fire tear gas at protesters demanding the resignation of Peruvian President Dina…

By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Tortuguita’s cautious voice rang out from a platform amid the tall pines the first time Vienna met…

By AARON MORRISON, CLAUDIA LAUER and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — An unarmed Black man dies after a videotaped beating by…

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Prayer Breakfast, one of the most visible and long-standing events that brings…