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MADRID (AP) — Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar says society must be alert to the power of algorithms deciding what humans are permitted to see. He…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police in Turkey say they have detained 76 people in connection with attacks on homes and businesses believed to be owned by…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A key medical adviser to Japan’s prime minister says surging infections in the Tokyo area are…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Facebook’s ownership of Giphy will hurt competition for animated images, U.K. regulators said…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is facing a more difficult relationship with two of its key allies after lawmakers…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister has inaugurated his country’s diplomatic representation in Morocco, a symbol of the…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Human rights experts working with the United Nations have called on countries to pause the sale and…

By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican officials in Texas say law enforcement has now been enlisted…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — As Britain enjoyed a summertime lull in COVID-19 cases, the nation’s attention turned to the end…

DETROIT (AP) — Flooding brought by heavy rains shut down some freeways in the Detroit area Thursday as waves of thunderstorms made their way across…

LONDON (AP) — London’s top police official says the city’s police department is reviewing its files but not opening an investigation of…

By KATHERINE FAN of NerdWallet As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, recent research shows that office-based workers report being happy with the option…

Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A new law requiring food delivery companies in Spain to hire delivery riders and drivers as employees rather than…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say a man holding five people hostage in an Indianapolis apartment shot and wounded three people, including a…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean military court has sentenced disgraced K-pop star Seungri to three years in prison for crimes including…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Protesters have closed roads in different parts of Lebanon, angry over the central bank’s decision…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says the devastating wildfires that burned…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Gorman, who became world famous in January after reading “The Hill We Climb” at…

By JO KEARNEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A 21-year-old British free climber who scaled his second London skyscraper in a little over a week and…

BEIJING (AP) — Officers from the U.S. and Taiwanese coast guards have met to discuss improving cooperation and communication despite efforts by…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A prominent international human rights group has accused Hamas of committing war crimes during a…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish lawmakers have agreed to evacuate 45 Afghan citizens who worked for Denmark’s…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Human rights groups are welcoming Indonesia’s decision to stop abusive “virginity…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have reunited for another album more than a dozen years…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Official figures show the British economy grew by 4.8% in the second quarter of 2021 as lockdown…

BERLIN (AP) — Striking railway workers in Germany are halting much of the country’s train service for a second day. German news agency dpa…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Rescue workers in far eastern Russia are searching for eight people who are missing and fear…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities say the death toll from the severe floods and mudslides that struck the north of the country has risen to…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambians are voting in tense elections that the president and his main rival have said are…