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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A former member of the Islamic State group has been convicted by a German court of genocide and…

By LEE KEATH Associated Press KABUL (AP) — Human Rights Watch says that Afghanistan’s Taliban fighters have killed or forcibly…

By RAF CASERT and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron…

By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish officials say a fire in part of a building occupied by squatters in central Barcelona has…

By SYLVIE CORBET and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France has inducted U.S.-born entertainer, anti-Nazi spy and civil rights…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Olivia Rodrigo, H.E.R and The Weeknd have all won honors at a revamped Apple Music Awards,…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mixed amid nervous trading due to worries over the newest coronavirus variant.…

By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran is striking a hard line after just one day of restarted talks in Vienna over its…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Crown Prince Akishino, the emperor’s younger brother, has complained about harsh…

By ISABEL DEBRE and MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai has spent over $7 billion as the first host of the…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California corrections officials have begun limiting medical parole only to inmates so…

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Next to a North Texas day care center is a site where Total Energies…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Elena Ferrante adaptation “The Lost Daughter” won four Gotham Awards…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of judges on Tuesday questioned whether they had the authority to grant former…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar is imploring House Republican leaders to do more to tamp…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Barbados has stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II as it shed another…

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Next to a North Texas day care center is a site where Total Energies…

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — If Xiomara Castro’s wide lead in Honduras’ presidential election holds,…

By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A lead investigator of an alleged attack on Jussie Smollett says two brothers…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico say gunmen pulled up in a boat and shot a man to death on a popular beach in the Pacific coast resort of…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s conservative opposition party has chosen former businessman and…

BEIJING (AP) — A survey shows China’s manufacturing activity rebounded in November as orders improved and power shortages eased. An industry…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Myanmar has postponed its verdict in the trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to allow…