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BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel has a positive verdict on the influx of migrants to Germany in 2015 and 2016 as she prepares to step down:…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s judicial authorities have reportedly banned a newspaper for publishing a front-page graphic that…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and VANESSA GERA WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds if not thousands of migrants have sought to storm the border from Belarus into…

By FRANK BAJAK and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Security researchers say spyware from the notorious Israeli hacker-for-hire…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s leader Xi Jinping appears to be laying the foundation for a third term in power as top officials from the all-powerful…

BEIJING (AP) — Satellite images show China has built mock-ups of U.S. warships in its northwestern desert, possibly to practice for a future naval…

By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian activist has denounced a delay in releasing her…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press QAFFIN, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian farmers in dozens of villages in the occupied West Bank must show permits to…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press SREENAGAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is holding a series of local elections to choose representatives at the…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street rose to a record for an eighth day. Tokyo and…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Byard returned an interception 24 yards for a touchdown, and Tennessee’s defense…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is struggling with whether to allow a lawsuit by Muslim men claiming…

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — A day after questioned elections, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government has set about painting as a historic…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new mandate in the city of Los Angeles now requires people visiting…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is facing a familiar challenge as he promotes his new $1 trillion…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Parents held children born while they were stuck abroad. Long-separated…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The lockdown of New Zealand’s largest city is likely to end later this month, with…

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A protester and volunteer medic wounded on the streets of…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City man who has been jailed for more than 40 years for a triple murder is…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities in Houston have released the names of eight concertgoers who died…

BEIJING (AP) — Wang Yaping has become the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk as part of a six-month mission to the country’s space…

By RANDALL CHASE and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press A 9-year-old Dallas boy has died from injuries during a crowd surge at Astroworld, bringing the…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new book on the Carpenters takes a look back at nearly every rainy day and Monday of…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A lawyer for the gunman who killed 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques says his…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mostly lower after Wall Street hit a new high and China reported a…