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By RAHIM FAIEZ and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed prime minister has met with one of Pakistan’s…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has announced the formation of a federal political action…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House infrastructure coordinator Mitch Landrieu is leaving his post after two years and is…

By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik, who murdered 77 people in a far-right terror attack…

BERLIN (AP) — The number of people applying for asylum in Germany rose to 351,915 in 2023, an increase of 51.1% compared with the year before.…

By ALI ZERDIN Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenian rescuers are hoping to extract five people who have been trapped in a cave for…

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — The slaying of a South Korean woman during an initiation process for a group that…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Making decisions when you’re grieving isn’t ideal, but some money tasks are time-sensitive. Your income and expenses…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — An outspoken critic of Cambodia’s government who was badly hurt by assailants four…

By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden wants Americans to know what he believes is at stake…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un turns 40 on Monday with no announced…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The president of Cyprus has moved ahead with a considerable shake-up of his cabinet, replacing his ministers of defense,…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened his third day of…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is calling for a universal ban on the “despicable” practice of surrogate…

BEIJING (AP) — China says it has detained an individual accused of collecting state secrets on behalf of Britain’s foreign intelligence…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese automaker VinFast plans to spend up to $2 billion to build an electric…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Medics, patients and displaced people are fleeing from the main…

BELLINZONA, Switzerland (AP) — A former interior minister of Gambia is going on trial in Switzerland on charges including crimes against humanity…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer They may not have had lukewarm chardonnay on the tables, as nominee Jennifer Lawrence had predicted. But the…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine came under strong Russian missile attacks that struck near the front lines of fighting in the east as well as in…

BERLIN (AP) — Farmers are blocking highway access roads in parts of Germany and gathering for demonstrations, launching a week of protests against…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has swept to power for a fourth consecutive term in…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first U.S. lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed toward the moon Monday,…

By ANWARULLAH KHAN Associated Press KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb has exploded near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court has restored life prison sentences for 11 Hindu men who raped a Muslim woman during deadly religious rioting…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press In the last week alone, Israel has killed a senior Hamas militant in an airstrike in Beirut, Hezbollah has fired…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate their homes on Monday after parts of Victoria state were inundated by…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s General Assembly begins its 2024 regular session Monday and the top intrigue is whether…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Golden Globe Awards likes to think of itself as the party of the year, but instead…

BANGKOK (AP) — The electric vehicle unit of troubled Chinese property developer China Evergrande says its executive director has been detained by…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Republican Party of Florida will vote on removing Chairman Christian Ziegler…

By JACK DURA Associated Press South Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature convenes Tuesday in Pierre for its annual session, expected to last…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Advocates for gun rights are urging the New Mexico Supreme Court to block emergency orders by…

PHOENIX (AP) — A steep budget deficit caused by plummeting tax revenues and escalating school voucher costs will be top of mind as Democratic Gov.…

By STEVE PEOPLES and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — When Donald Trump launched his 2024 presidential campaign after a…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A defendant whose attack on a judge was captured in a wild courtroom video is scheduled to appear before her…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Judges in England and Wales have been given approval to use artificial intelligence to help writing…

By STEVE PEOPLES and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — When Donald Trump launched his 2024 presidential campaign after a…

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Josh Allen threw a go-ahead touchdown pass to Dawson Knox midway through the fourth…

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Lily Gladstone has made Golden Globes history. She became the first Indigenous person to win an award for best actress…

By ZIMO ZHONG AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Major Asian stock markets retreated on Monday after Wall Street logged its worst week since…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s Haneda airport is almost back to normal operations a week after a fatal collision…

By HIRO KOMAE, AYAKA MCGILL and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — Thousands of people made homeless overnight are living in…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barack Obama has won his second Emmy at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Obama won the…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Trevor Lawrence called his own number on fourth-and-goal at the 1, stretching…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Pastor Charles Hundley opened his worship service on a cold Sunday in northeast Des…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sandra Hüller swept into the newfangled Golden Globes in goddess green, and wide lapels on…

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Follow along for real-time updates on the Golden Globes from The Associated Press — on the red carpet,…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tyre Nichols’ loved ones are set to gather in remembrance at the site where police…

The Associated Press SILT, Colorado (AP) — Law enforcement officers in Colorado say an investigation is being conducted into an apparent…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Investigators were searching Sunday for the piece of fuselage that blew off a Boeing airliner over Oregon on…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on topline spending levels for the current…

NEW YORK (AP) — A resident of a New York City migrant shelter is charged with murder in the stabbing death of another man. Police on Sunday say…

By TARA COPP, COLLEEN LONG and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin remained in the hospital Sunday as…

By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An emergency landing by an Alaska Airlines jetliner has prompted U.S. federal authorities to…

PHOENIX (AP) — Wildlife officials say there’s been another jaguar sighting in southern Arizona and it’s the eighth different jaguar documented…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on a village under the control of the pro-democracy resistance in…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s state-run oil company says production at the country’s largest oil field has been…

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The information display screens at Beirut’s international airport have been hacked by domestic anti-Hezbollah…

By CLAIRE RUSH, DAVID KOENIG and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Alaska Airlines again grounded all of its Boeing 737 Max 9…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Timothée Chalamet and “Wonka” topped the box office charts for the third time in its four…

SHREWSBURY, England (AP) — Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have FA Cup fever just like their soccer club Wrexham. The Hollywood stars were…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — With a deep freeze approaching, an animal shelter in Krakow, Poland, appealed to the public to adopt or at least temporarily…

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include an album by Colombian-American musician Kali Uchis, Seth…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Pioneering surgeon Roy Calne, who led Europe’s first liver transplant operation, has died aged 93.…

MALE, Maldives (AP) — The president of the Maldives has suspended three of his deputy ministers for posting derogatory comments against India and…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Fans, players and coaches are paying their last respects in Brazil to Mario Zagallo. He…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A major winter storm bringing up to a foot of snow and freezing rain to some communities spread…

ROME (AP) — Italy’s alpine rescue service says two persons who were hiking with snowshoes have died after being struck by an avalanche. A…

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A crash involving dozens of vehicles along a foggy stretch of California’s Interstate 5 in southern California has…

By ALI ZERDIN Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenian authorities say five people are trapped in a cave in the southwest of the…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Catholics around the world are sharply divided by the Vatican’s recent declaration giving priests more leeway to…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Unprecedented riots in support of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro took…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says former President Donald Trump’s lawyers can’t present legal arguments to a jury assessing…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An apparent Israeli airstrike has killed two Palestinian journalists in…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has named several of his party’s candidates for March’s nationwide election. The ruling…

By THALIA BEATY and GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press No matter who takes home the College Football Playoff championship Monday night in Houston, a rare…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Election integrity activists want a federal judge to order Georgia to stop using its current…

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Hollywood is ready to party as the Golden Globes return for its annual boozy celebration of film and television’s…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Here’s what to know about the night South African Olympic runner Oscar…

By The Associated Press Washington plays Michigan in the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday, with the Huskies looking for their…

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Medics say an Israeli man has been fatally shot at a busy intersection in the West Bank. Sunday’s drive-by…

More than 100 residents of the Russian border city of Belgorod have evacuated to an area further from the Ukrainian border, local officials said.…