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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-backed human rights experts say that war crimes continue in Ethiopia despite a peace deal…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus police say the trial of five Israelis accused of gang raping a British woman in a hotel room is scheduled to start…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — State media report that a military drone has crashed during a test flight in northern Iran, wounding two people and damaging…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet When you purchase an immediate annuity, you’re paying a lump sum now in exchange for a stream of payments over a fixed…

By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister has accused the European Union special…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Six Ukrainian deputy defense ministers have been fired following the dismissal two weeks ago…

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross says it shipped badly needed flour and medical supplies to an ethnic Armenian…

MIAMI (AP) — A rapidly intensifying storm in the Atlantic has developed into a hurricane. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Nigel is a…

GENEVA (AP) — An expert commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body says in her first report on Russia that the rights situation in the…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The second phase of the African Union troop withdrawal from Somalia has started, under a…

SANFORD, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine say a man who was reported missing has been found trapped in his pickup truck after two days in a muddy,…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A head-on collision between a truck and a bus ferrying workers to a mine in South…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A senior British politician is urging police to investigate sexual assault allegations against…

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Russia’s new ambassador to the Vatican is meeting with Pope Francis…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s leading Roma and Sinti group has presented its first report on discrimination and racism against the minority community.…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish state media says underwater teams are searching a lake for a helicopter that crashed while fighting a forest fire in…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Some $6 billion of Iranian assets once frozen in South Korea is in Qatar, a key…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian lawmakers are sitting in the last session before moving to a new Parliament building and…

MORGANTOWN, Penn. (AP) — Authorities in Pennsylvania have launched a search for nine people who escaped from a juvenile detention facility…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Elon Musk, the head of electric carmaker Tesla, to establish a factory in…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukraine’s legal battle against Russia over allegations of genocide used by Moscow…

By CLAIRE RUSH and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon judge will decide whether a gun control…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two years after the Taliban banned girls from school beyond sixth grade, Afghanistan is the only…

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press MICHALOVCE, Slovakia (AP) — A populist former prime minister whose party is favored to win Slovakia’s early…

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press MICHALOVCE, Slovakia (AP) — A populist former prime minister whose party is favored to win Slovakia’s early…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s top foreign policy official is heading to Russia for security talks after two days of meetings with U.S. President Joe…

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — The Chevron Corp. says a liquefied natural gas plant in Australia has resumed full production after a fault cut output…

ROME (AP) — A 4.8-magnitude earthquake has rattled parts of Tuscany. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Italy’s…

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer The same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles, a Black high school student in…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The commitments were far-reaching and ambitious. Among them: End extreme poverty and…

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — For two years, it was the coronavirus pandemic. Then, it was Russia’s war in Ukraine.…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — For years, experts had warned that floods posed  a significant danger to two dams protecting nearly…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Clinton Global Initiative will announce the launch of the CGI Ukraine Action Network, as…

By JOHN O’CONNOR and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — For centuries, Europeans carving up the prairie to suit…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares fell Monday in Asia, with Hong Kong’s benchmark pulled lower by property stocks following…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge who rejected efforts by former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has had an unprecedented wildfire season, exacerbated by extreme heat and dry…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republicans who control the North Carolina legislature with veto-proof majorities are…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and GARY ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — In North Carolina and Wisconsin, Republicans are trying to…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government is telling the online dating industry to improve safety…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan says 103 Chinese warplanes flew toward the island in new daily high in recent times. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry…

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Symphony Orchestra says it agreed to a three-year contract with its musicians union on a deal to replace the agreement…

By MELINA WALLING and KENDRIA LaFLEUR Associated Press CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) — Across the country, more indoor farms are launching or expanding even…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The war in Ukraine and its visiting president take center stage at the United Nations…

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is extending an olive branch to video gamers after previously linking computer games to rioting that…

By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The president of the Dominican Republic is defending his…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s attorney general has sued the state’s largest hospital system, claiming it violated patient privacy laws when a…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jann Wenner, who co-founded Rolling Stone magazine and also was a co-founder of the Rock…

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A Marine Corps pilot safely ejected from a fighter jet over South Carolina and the search for his missing aircraft…

NEW YORK (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he plans to sign into law a pair of climate-focused bills intended to force major corporations to…

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say two pilots have died after their planes crashed upon landing at an air racing event in Reno. Officials with the…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Yelling that the future and their lives depend on ending fossil fuels, tens of thousands of…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Mike Babcock, the coach with a Stanley Cup championship and two Olympic gold medals on his resume, has lost his…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer No. 13 Alabama is out of the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A top official with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah group says Palestinian and Lebanese…

By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been a central argument for the United Auto Workers union: If Detroit’s three…

CAIRO (AP) — Libya’ health minister says four Greek rescue workers dispatched to Libya following devastating flooding in the eastern city of…

STOW, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts authorities say a World War I-era plane crashed and flipped over onto its roof as the pilot tried to land outside…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in northwestern Congo say torrential rain has caused a landslide that…

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Drake and Doja Cat, a reboot of Robert Rodriguez’s “Spy…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined in an interview aired Sunday to answer…

BERLIN (AP) — A U.N. committee has named a group of medieval Jewish sites in the eastern German city of Erfurt as a World Heritage Site. It’s…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Drew Barrymore, who drew criticism for taping new episodes of her daytime talk show despite…

By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s national security adviser met with China’s…

PARIS (AP) — Balmain artistic director Olivier Rousteing says robbers have made off with more than 50 pieces of the new collection that his Paris…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The owner of a New York City day care center and a tenant living in the…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — If it were a normal year, the 75th Emmy Awards would be held Monday night. But this is…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Police in a southern Chinese city say they have detained some staff at China Evergrande Group’s wealth management unit in…

By ROBERT F. BUKATY and DAVID SHARP Associated Press BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Atlantic storm Lee made landfall at near-hurricane strength, bringing…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A day after inspecting Russia’s nuclear-capable bombers and other…

PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles County sheriff’s department says a deputy was shot Saturday evening in his patrol car and is now in…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — In a basement in one of the front-line cities in Ukraine’s Donetsk region,…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Help-wanted advertisements in New York will have to disclose how much jobs…

By ROBERT F. BUKATY and DAVID SHARP Associated Press BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Atlantic storm Lee pummeled a large swath of New England and Maritime…

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli spends most of his life around a bunch of Twins. His future is…