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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s pro-business Free Democrats on Monday became the last of three parties to back the start of formal coalition talks on…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A provincial minister says a roadside bomb exploded near a police bus parked outside a university in southwest Pakistan. It…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s president is criticizing the violent protests that have erupted against Italy’s new…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s center-left forces have won big in Rome and most other significant mayoral…

GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Officials at Grambling State University have blamed “outsiders” for a recent spate of violence on campus, including a…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq says it has detained the mastermind behind a deadly 2016 bombing in a Baghdad shopping…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has set a new goal for fighting climate change over the next decade, saying it will aim to cut its greenhouse…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dualtone Records is marking the birthday of Chuck Berry by announcing the release of a live…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is launching a wide-ranging strategy to regulate toxic industrial…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A heavily redacted report has been released by a Florida sheriff into the disappearance of a college student who was later…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Witnesses say Ethiopian military airstrikes have hit the capital of the country’s Tigray…

By ROBERT BURNS, ERIC TUCKER and EILEEN PUTMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colin Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of…

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are investigating fuel pump failures in more than 600,000 diesel Ram trucks that could cause the engines to…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and ALAN SUDERMAN AP Business Writers Sinclair Broadcast Group says that some of its servers and work stations were encrypted…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — Officials are predicting more rain as the death toll from floods and landslides in the…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia says it’s suspending its mission at NATO and ordering the closure of the alliance’s…

By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Heavy rains in central and northeastern Thailand have caused new flooding, with…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Some 300 male and female volunteers have stripped naked and donned white body paint for an artistic installation near the Dead…

By ALON BERNSTEIN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Sweden’s foreign minister is visiting Israel in an effort to mend ties after years in which…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Protests in Bangladesh’s capital are being held to denounce a wave of violence against…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The leader of Myanmar’s military-installed government says other Southeast Asian countries should…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The powerful chief editor of Germany’s best-selling newspaper Bild has been relieved of his…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Global automakers are stepping up the pace when it comes to building factories to prepare for what…

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A former Syrian lawmaker allegedly shot dead by an Israeli sniper has been laid to rest…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is calling for increases in Japan’s military capability and spending…

By Liz Weston of NerdWallet Supply chain disruptions could make purchasing longed-for toys a lot more difficult this year. This isn’t just a…

By KELVIN CHAN and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Facebook says it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Azerbaijan’s deputy foreign minister has accused Armenia of “ethnic cleansing”…

PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AP) — A critically endangered Sumatran tiger has been found dead after being caught in a trap on Indonesia’s Sumatra island…

BEIJING (AP) — China says its launch of a new spacecraft was merely a test to see whether the vehicle could be re-used. A Foreign Ministry…