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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is tightening visa requirements for people from Ethiopia. It says the government there is not cooperating on the…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA (AP) — Southeast Asia is coping with a weekslong heat wave as record-high temperatures have led to school…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A senior Turkish official says Ankara will back the outgoing Dutch prime minister’s…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The father and former coach of Olympic champion runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen has been charged with abusing one of his other…

LONDON (AP) — British author C.J. Sansom, best known for his historical crime novels featuring the Tudor lawyer and investigator Matthew Shardlake,…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A court has convicted five former firefighters and disaster response officials over a 2018 wildfire outside Athens that…

BEIJING, China (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit France, Serbia and Hungary next week as Beijing appears to seek a larger role in the…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Solomon Islands pro-Beijing Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has withdrawn from the…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s foreign minister has abruptly resigned in dissatisfaction over a Cabinet reshuffle that removed him as one of the…

By ERICK KAGLAN Associated Press LOME, Togo (AP) — Togolese voters headed to the polls on Monday to vote in the country’s parliamentary…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Within three or four years, thousands of  self-driving tractor-trailers are expected to travel on…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Late this year, Aurora Innovation Inc. plans to start hauling freight on Interstate 45 between the…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Older Americans are fueling a sustained boost to the U.S. economy. Benefiting from…

By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President…

PARIS (AP) — French media are reporting that police have summoned actor Gérard Depardieu for questioning about allegations made by two women that…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a vessel in the Red Sea on Monday,…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya say at least 40 people have died after a dam collapsed in the country’s west. The floodwaters swept through…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials on Monday appeared to be increasingly concerned that the…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a judge who was kidnapped after gunmen ambushed his vehicle has been freed in a late-night…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities on the Greek island of Samos say a migrant died and 25 others were rescued from a sinking dinghy that had left…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say a group of militants has attacked a police checkpoint in Russia’s North Caucasus region, killing two…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong transgender activist has received a new ID card reflecting his gender change, after a…

By DORANY PINEDA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A professor who helped save Europe’s largest saltwater lagoon is one of this…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The Rolling Stones are showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon. They kicked off their…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press VERSAILLES, France (AP) — The historic Versailles Palace Gardens will soon host the Paris Olympics equestrian…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo.…

By The Associated Press Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah have killed at least 22 people, including six women and five children,…

BERLIN (AP) — Nine people charged in connection with an alleged far-right plot to topple the German government are going on trial in one of three…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s leader is facing a week of high-stakes talks to save his job and re-energize the…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is talking with liberal opposition leader Lee…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police allege in court documents that four teenagers plotted to buy guns and attack…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s leading presidential candidate repeatedly touted the social programs of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press SULPHUR, Okla. (AP) — Small towns in Oklahoma are beginning a long cleanup after tornadoes flattened home and…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER, CAROLYN THOMPSON and MARGERY BECK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Protests are roiling college campuses across the U.S.…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya has postponed the reopening of its schools by one week due to ongoing flooding…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Seven Minnesotans accused of fraud are set to stand trial in what prosecutors call a massive…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A trial for a mass environmental injury case is starting more than two years after a…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — The trial of a woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend is set to…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press SHERIDAN, Ind. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz is the first and only Ukrainian-born member of Congress. In…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain is in nail-biting suspense Monday as it waits for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to announce…

By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — The leading candidate to be Panama’s next president is a last-minute stand-in who promises…

By RIAZAT BUTT and ADIL JAWAD Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Born and raised in Pakistan to parents who fled neighboring Afghanistan…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Naked and frail, a shaggy-haired man films himself as he endures solitude in a tiny room for months,…

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Students protested what they saw as injustice and demanded change. Administrators were under…

By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — It took almost a half century for Brazilian singer Cátia de França to find her audience,…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is beginning his seventh diplomatic mission…

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include the return of “Hacks” on Max and the new Jerry Seinfeld movie…

BEIJING (AP) — Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has met with a top government leader in the Chinese capital, just as the nation’s carmakers are…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading higher Monday amid optimism over the rally that ended the week on Wall…

By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A data analysis shows Indonesia had a 27% increase in primary forest loss in 2023. The…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described domestic violence as a national crisis after thousands…

LUPTON, Ariz. (AP) — Local authorities say Interstate 40 has reopened in both directions as fire crews continue watch over a controlled burn of…

KENNER, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say three officers have been wounded by gunfire in a standoff with a man suspected of shooting three other…

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff says two of his deputies are hospitalized after being wounded in a shootout with a man who opened fire when…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A marathon runner in the St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series in Nashville this weekend has died after receiving…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Brian Jack sought to make a debate among Republicans for an open Georgia congressional seat all about…

By The Associated Press Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell was shot in Florida and sustained a minor wound, the team announced on social media.…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal health officials say three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an…

By CHINEDU ASADU and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian defense officials say Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will visit…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — President Joe Biden won the Democratic presidential primary Sunday in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico…

By The Associated Press Three-time WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Candace Parker announced Sunday she’s retiring after 16…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The summer movie season may kick off next weekend, but the release calendar is still a work in progress. The latest…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say they have identified a man who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies after he sped toward them in a…

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say 10 people were wounded by gunfire when an argument turned violent at a venue for parties and other…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing party appears to have lost all three seats in…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities have announced new charges against four juveniles arrested following an exchange of gunfire earlier this month…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The sexy tennis drama “Challengers” won the box office this weekend with $15 million in ticket sales, according to…

BERLIN (AP) — German police say two Ukrainian men have been stabbed to death and a Russian man has been arrested by authorities as a possible…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dan Rather was synonymous with CBS News before the veteran anchorman left in bitterness in 2006,…

HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (AP) — Two people are dead in Oklahoma after a tornado swept through Oklahoma. Hughes County Emergency Medical Services says one…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is out to win some votes by scoring some laughs at the…

ROME (AP) — Dozens of people in northern Italy have raised their arms in the fascist salute to honor Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on the 79th…

By DARREN SANDS Associated Press No woman had ever preached the keynote sermon at the Joint National Baptist Convention, a gathering of four…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press More workplaces are bolstering their volunteer programs, especially as employee demands grow for socially…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Employees increasingly find that robust workplace volunteer programs meet their desires for…

BY ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné  has arrived in Lebanon as part of diplomatic attempts…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump is running against Joe Biden, but Trump keeps bringing up another Democrat, Jimmy…

By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Human rights groups and diplomat have criticized a law that was quietly…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Morgan Freeman spoke the words, but pretty much everyone who took the stage at the…