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MADRID (AP) — Law enforcement agencies from eight European countries have pounced on a Balkan crime organization allegedly running the…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Council of Europe has awarded its human rights prize to jailed Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova. She was arrested…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As the deadline closed in for hospital and nursing home workers in New York state to be…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Timbaland paved his own way as a hit-making producer for elite acts like Justin…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren said Monday that he will retire on…

MOSCOW (AP) — Azerbaijan and Armenia are marking the first anniversary of the start of their six-week war in which more than 6,600 people died and…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Instagram is putting a hold on the development of Instagram kids, geared towards children under 13, so it can…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With a donation of $1.5 million from author James Patterson, Scholastic Book Clubs has launched…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Tuesday finally meet with members of the COVID-19 Bereaved…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The lead judge investigating last year’s massive blast in Beirut’s port suspended his work in…

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Many of the 38 members recognized by the United Nations as small island developing states are known…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and FRANCESCO FEDELI Associated Press SAN MARINO (AP) — Pope Francis has repeated the Catholic stance that abortion is…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Millions of U.S. workers have changed jobs or are looking, often in pursuit of flexible hours, remote work and other…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry says two Canadians detained in late 2019 who were allowed to…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has sought urgent clearance…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Wildlife campaigners have called on the Albanian government to stop the construction of…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says two of its members died from injuries they suffered in an…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Aboriginal man is taking Australia’s government to court to argue that Indigenous…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Princess Mako’s fiancé has returned to Japan for their marriage, which was suspended…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has put dozens of soldiers on standby to help easy fuel supply problems…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Voters in Berlin have backed a proposal for the Berlin city government to take over about…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s voters have delivered their verdict. Now it’s up to party leaders to thrash out who…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan is traveling to Saudi Arabia.…

By DANIEL ROCA and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — A Spanish island volcano that has buried more than 500…

By JOE McDONALD and ZEN SOO AP Business Writers BEIJING (AP) — Global shoppers face possible shortages of smartphones and other goods ahead of…

By RISHI LEKHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of Indian farmers are blocking major roads and railway tracks outside the capital of New…

BANGKOK (AP) — Seasonal monsoon rains may worsen flooding that has already badly affected about a third of Thailand. A tropical storm swept through…

By ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A strong earthquake has struck the Greek island of Crete. One person…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The party that narrowly beat outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s bloc is pushing for a…