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BERLIN (AP) — An Austrian court has acquitted five people, including the founder of the Blackwater security firm, who were accused of exporting two…

LONDON (AP) — A political standards watchdog says a U.K. Conservative lawmaker who offered to lobby on behalf of gambling interests should be…

PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor’s office says an investigation has been opened following the death of a French actress who was among those…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union official has praised an agreement that would see Albania host thousands of…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian opposition lawmakers have disrupted the opening of a new session of Parliament,…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023 — it was a long time coming yet has a long way to go for…

LONDON (AP) — The father, stepmother and uncle of a 10-year-old girl found dead in her U.K. home have pleaded not guilty to murder charges. Sara…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Ireland’s prime minister Leo Varadkar says the European Union is losing its credibility…

MOSCOW (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested in Russia on espionage charges, lost an appeal on Thursday to be released…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is calling for an international treaty to ensure artificial intelligence is developed…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s justice minister says the son of the president of Somalia will return to Turkey in the coming days to face…

PARIS (AP) — Greta Gerwig, actor, writer and film director, notably for the blockbuster “Barbie,” will preside over the jury of the 77th Cannes…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Appeals judges at a special Kosovo court have upheld the convictions of a former…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says former President Donald Trump’s economic policies…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Several arrests have been in Denmark with police saying they carried out the operation “on suspicion of preparation…

By COURTNEY BONNELL and DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writers LONDON (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have escalated attacks on ships passing through…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Olympic chief has defended a decision to send hundreds of athletes to…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel has vowed to keep fighting in Gaza until it crushes Hamas…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N. report says Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence. Before the…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after a powerful rally across Wall Street sent…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — The World Bank is forecasting that China’s economy will slow next year, with annual…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are struggling to keep their two most elementary promises to Ukraine at war…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A leader of Taiwan’s main opposition Nationalist Party is visiting rival China…

By HARRIET MORRIS Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his end-of-year news conference Thursday — and this year,…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The defense ministers of Japan, Britain and Italy have signed an agreement to establish a joint…

By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Siberian Battalion is unique in many ways. It’s soldiers are Russians who…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The inflation plaguing European shoppers has fallen faster than expected. The economy…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is set to join its peers in the U.S. and Europe in keeping borrowing rates…

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australia batter Usman Khawaja has worn a black armband because he wasn’t allowed to wear shoes branded with a “all…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The renowned chief from the Amazon rainforest and the Belgian filmmaker appeared to be…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the age-old adage goes, don’t mess with success. The Grammy Awards aren’t,…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. James Comer, who is leading the House Republicans’ impeachment investigation of Joe…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press TOMPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rep. James Comer, who is leading the House Republicans’ impeachment…

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentines are facing uncertainty and concerns after President Javier…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Relatively few Americans are excited about a potential rematch of the 2020…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge in Wyoming will decide as soon as Thursday whether to strike down, affirm or hold a…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mickey Mouse is about to belong to you and me. The earliest version of Disney’s…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It was considered to be among the world’s most productive partnerships between an…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela are scheduled to meet face-to-face as regional partners urgently seek to defuse a…

BOGOTA.Colombia (AP) — A Colombian congressional committee has ordered a preliminary investigation into President Gustavo Petro over allegations of…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A lawsuit filed by lawyers for a spiritual adviser to an Alabama inmate scheduled to be…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County prosecutors say two men who spent decades in prison for crimes they didn’t commit have been exonerated and…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two leading international human rights groups are accusing Greek authorities of failing…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Senate has approved the appointment of Justice Minister Flávio Dino to take a…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was suspended indefinitely by the NBA on…

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Lawyers for three Washington state officers charged in the death of a Black man who was…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and CHEYANNE MUMPHREY Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas high school Black student who has been disciplined and kept away…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a defense policy bill that authorizes the biggest pay bump for troops in…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — She’s Time magazine’s person of the year. She’s the…

SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian appeals court has overturned all convictions against a woman 20 years after a jury found her guilty of killing her four…

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas woman who cut off her ankle monitor and fled the country while awaiting trial last year has been found guilty of murder in…

MONACA, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police officer has been indicted on involuntary manslaughter and other charges after prosecutors say he pushed…

By BETH HARRIS and RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani can opt out of his $700 million, 10-year contract with the Los…

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge says Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway will not be allowed to use…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Country singer Luke Combs is making amends to a disabled Florida woman who sells tumblers online after she was ordered to pay…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Dick Nunis, who helped expand The Walt Disney Company’s in-person entertainment ambitions from a single theme park in…

NEW YORK (AP) — A man has been arrested for setting fire to papers inside the New York City courthouse where former President Donald Trump’s…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Mexico say a Canadian man with a criminal record in his home country has been killed in a shooting at a mall in…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Even with two lanes each way, the main road through Atlantic City can be choked with…

By CLAIRE RUSH and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Oregon and Washington authorities say they are making the war on fentanyl a top…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Somalia’s president says his son didn’t flee Turkey after he was involved in a fatal…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard is being questioned by some…

By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional commission is asking the Justice Department to investigate the role of Beijing…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The first tropical cyclone to hit Australia in the current season has weakened to a low…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Georgia election worker suing Rudy Giuliani over false…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A former professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of one of the nation’s largest…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Authorities have filed a murder charge in the October slaying of a Detroit synagogue leader, saying she…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Dozens of student protesters at Brown University were arrested, and a weeklong sit-in at Haverford College ended…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida mother tearfully testified that her family could be torn apart if the…

By ASTRID SUAREZ and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian authorities are investigating the alleged kidnapping and…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declined to hear a lawsuit brought by Democrats seeking to end…