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By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police have arrested six people accused of publishing seditious social media posts, in…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Thousands of people have gathered outside Taiwan’s legislature to oppose changes being pushed through by the opposition…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon has finally moved away from the Philippines, leaving at least seven people dead, mostly due to floods or…

By KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Malta’s former prime minister and other top officials are to appear in court to…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — A report by the United Nations says that as economies in Asia and the Pacific slow and grow…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man accused of running naked down the aisle of an Australian domestic flight,…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union defense ministers are meeting in Brussels to try again to overcome Hungary’s objections to providing billions of…

By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A stone quarry has collapsed in India’s northeast due to heavy rains triggered by a…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s parliament has re-elected hard-liner Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf as its speaker, reaffirming its hard-right…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s prime minister says the nation’s Cabinet is to recognize a Palestinian state as a European Union rift with Israel…

By RISDEL KASASIRA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda has rolled out a nationwide yellow fever vaccination campaign to help safeguard…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press CHIHUAHUA, México (AP) — José Portillo Gil, the gang leader known as “El Chueco” — the Crooked…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans will vote Sunday in historic elections weighing many of the core issues facing the…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday after U.S. markets were closed for the Memorial Day…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge is expected to weigh a union lawsuit against collective bargaining…

The Associated Press NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s historical society is close to gaining control of ancient ceremonial and burial earthworks now…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas congressman Tony Gonzales is out to save his job in a GOP primary runoff that has put…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Aquaman might not mind if the oceans rise, but moviegoers might. That’s one of the…

By AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — During the presidential election four years ago, the Equal Ground Education Fund hired over…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Officials in America’s hottest big metro are working to better protect people amid temperatures…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The victims of last summer’s staggering 31-day streak of daily temperatures reaching 110…

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Over the past three weeks, Israel’s offensive in…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers in Donald…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Puerto Rico say lightning struck a beach in the northern coastal town of Isabela during inclement weather,…

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — A 2-mile (3.2-kilometer) stretch of a popular Southern California beach was closed for the Memorial Day holiday after a…

By DEBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Three players have quit Argentina’s national women’s team after a dispute with soccer…

CHICAGO (AP) — A commercial airliner’s engine caught fire Monday at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, the Federal Aviation…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s federal archaeology agency is accusing the conservative-governed city of Guanajuato of mistreating the…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Residents in the western Canadian city of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, are being allowed to return home after…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Tyson was recovering Monday after falling ill a day earlier during a flight from Miami to Los Angeles, his representatives…

Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese state media says at least four people have been reported dead in a building collapse in the eastern…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — International donors meeting in Brussels say they will commit 7.5 billion euros, about $8.1…

ASUZA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say an 81-year-old man who investigators say terrorized a Southern California neighborhood for years with a…

CHICAGO (AP) — A man who spent 12 years in prison fora Chicago murder based in part on testimony from a legally blind eyewitness is suing the city…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An American quarry company has rejected the Mexican president’s campaign of criticisms and closures, and his offer to buy its…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma is the wild card in Wednesday’s election…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The office of Poland’s president says Andrzej Duda has spoken on the phone with Congolese president in an effort to…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Lawyers for nine Egyptian men cleared by a Greek court of involvement in a migrant shipwreck disaster say they remain…

Bill Walton, who starred for John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins before becoming a Basketball Hall of Famer and one of the biggest stars of basketball…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Furiosa won the holiday box office over Garfield by a hair. It was a close race, but the wasteland warrior of “…

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a Yuma man has been arrested for allegedly starting a wildfire in a national wildlife preserve in southwest…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden marked Memorial Day with a pledge that the country would continue…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal lost in the first round of the French Open to Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 on…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Uzbekistan leader Shavkat Mirziyoyev have held talks and signed a number of agreements aimed at…

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico has risen to 157, with a tragically small number of the primates…

OCEANA COUNTY, Mich. (AP) — Police say a Michigan woman was killed when an out-of-control vehicle slammed into her during a drag-racing event, but…

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian appeals court has upheld a one-year prison sentence against a prominent political activist who attempted to challenge…

TOKYO (AP) — North Korea on Monday launched a missile into the sea, Japan and South Korea said, hours after North Korea announced plans to put a…

BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a Massachusetts man will be arraigned Tuesday on multiple charges including assault with the intent to…

By TIA GOLDENBERG and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel faced new condemnation on Monday for strikes on the southern Gaza…

LONDON (AP) — Dairy-loving daredevils threw caution to the wind Monday for one of Britain’s most extreme annual events: Cheese rolling. Cheered…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The testimony in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial is all wrapped up after more than…

By TERRY TANG and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The federal government recently reclassified race and ethnicity groups in an effort to better…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal’s fans have traveled from all over to be at Roland Garros for what might be his…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans who spend Memorial Day scouting sales online and in stores may find more…

By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press As climate change makes storms more frequent and intense, Florida community foundations are looking for…

By MOHAMMED ZINATY Associated Press BINT JBEIL, Lebanon (AP) — Health officials say an Israeli strike targeting a motorcycle in southern Lebanon…

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan military says seven soldiers and 23 militants have been killed in three separate shootouts in the…

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted a military officer of espionage for passing internal documents to Russia and offering more. It sentenced…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British opposition leader Keir Starmer has made his first major speech of the U.K. election…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The Papua New Guinea government said more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive…

MADRID (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Madrid, where he is expected to sign a bilateral security agreement with…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A passenger bus has crashed into vehicles on a highway in southern Turkey, killing at least 10 people and leaving 39 others…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Relations between the European Union and Israel took a nosedive on the eve of the diplomatic…

By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s acting President Mohammad Mokhber has addressed the country’s new parliament for…

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A Georgian parliament committee has rejected the president’s veto of the “foreign agents” legislation that has…

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Protesters demanding the resignation of Armenia’s prime minister have blocked main streets in the capital city and other…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is beginning its annual meeting with government ministers and other…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Defense officials in NATO member Poland are presenting plans to strengthen its eastern border with Russia and Russian ally…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A rising political newcomer in Hungary is seeking to capitalize on a scandal that rocked…