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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen is set to become a father for the first time with his girlfriend Kelly…

PRAGUE (AP) — Oil delivery to the Czech Republic from Russia through the Druhzba pipeline has resumed after it was interrupted two days ago,…

LONDON (AP) — British rail travel is returning to normal after problems with a radio system used by drivers and signalers nationwide caused…

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of people fled the central Syrian city of Homs, the country’s third largest, as insurgents seized two…

Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A jailed Hong Kong activist has lost his landmark legal challenge against the prison authorities’ refusal to…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has called on China to “open its arms rather than raise its fists” as he wraps up his…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat says in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that Moscow doesn’t want a war with the…

AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China has banned exports of key materials used for a wide range of products, including smartphones, electric…

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States has deployed a reconnaissance aircraft while Japan and the Philippines sent navy…

Associated Press MILAN (AP) — American tenor Brian Jagde was just wrapping up Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” in Barcelona last month when he…

Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The 12-year-old Palestinian boy was lying in a hospital bed in central Gaza, wracked with…

Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgian authorities are responding to ongoing protests fueled by the governing party’s decision to…

Associated Press MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Iran is poised to “quite dramatically” increase its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium as it has…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer likely left New York City on a bus soon after the…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose to records Friday after data suggested the job market remains solid enough to keep the economy…

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Valerie Starkey was driving through Northern California to visit relatives when she suddenly felt shaking and…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The reopening this weekend of Notre Dame is a succession of ceremonies to breathe life back into the iconic cathedral…

Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The LGBTQ+ community in Russia has been under pressure for a decade, but the situation has worsened in the…

Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The LGBTQ+ community in Russia has been under pressure for years, but the situation has worsened since the…

AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s job market rebounded in November, adding 227,000 workers in a solid recovery from the previous…

Associated Press The oldest-known wild bird in the world has laid an egg at the ripe age of 74, her first in four years. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife…

Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Three mountain climbers — two from the U.S. and one from Canada — missing for five days on…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia to be the U.S. ambassador to…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is weighing whether to issue sweeping pardons for officials and allies who the White House…

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — It was one of the darkest moments in the modern history of the Arab world. More than four decades ago, Hafez Assad,…

AP Basketball Writer The NBA is returning to China next season, striking a deal to play preseason games there more than five years after the league…

Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Arsonists have extensively damaged a Melbourne synagogue in what Australia’s prime minister has…