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MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua’s government has announced that it will withdraw from the Organization of American States, a regional body…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has issued emergency use advice for using Merck’s COVID-19 pill, even though the oral medicine has…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A lawmaker from Pakistan’s ruling party says the government dropped a controversial clause…

By EVA VERGARA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chileans are voting for president Sunday with a mix of dread, optimism…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union’s drug regulator says it’s started evaluating the coronavirus pill made by Pfizer Inc. to see if it…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Senate Democrats will oppose the reappointment of Jerome Powell as chair of the…

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Demonstrators are rallying outside the parliament building in Georgia’s capital in support of imprisoned former…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police have fired warning shots, injuring an unknown number of people, as riots broke…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Canada’s health regulator has approved Pfizer’s kid-size COVID-19 shot. Health…

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s health authorities are trying a new technique to urge the people get the COVID-19 vaccine — cooperating with…

By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A jury has completed the first day of deliberations in a civil trial of white…

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Captain Snowpants; Yo Bro, No Snow; and Jennifer Snowpez are among the names that will be on some of Vermont’s snowplows…

By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Emails obtained by The Associated Press show that Tennessee Gov.…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Frozen vials labeled “Smallpox” that were discovered in a freezer at a vaccine research facility in Pennsylvania “contain…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration is considering new measures to protect a ground-dwelling bird…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer By offering its existing delivery platform technology to food banks for free, DoorDash, like a growing number of…

NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s winner of the National Book Award for poetry, Martín Espada, is among 20 Puerto Rican writers chosen as the…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A rare first printing of the U.S. Constitution has sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $43.2…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Photographer Mick Rock, whose iconic portraits of rock stars saw him dubbed “the man who shot the…

By ALBERTO ARCE Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities are trying to locate a group of Dutch tourists who left a hotel where they were…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities said Friday there are no more migrants camping along the Belarus side of the European Union’s eastern…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer The tennis player who disappeared after accusing a former top Chinese official of sexually assaulting her is known…

JERUSALEM (AP) — A British heavy machinery company has denied allegations by an international rights group that it is complicit in alleged Israeli…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian officials say the country is introducing stricter controls at border crossings, requiring everyone to register…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge has convicted a white Kansas City police officer of involuntary…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden remains “healthy” and “vigorous” and fit for duty, but is showing…