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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s Constitutional Court has thrown a lifeline to the ruling African National…

By EDITH M. LEDERER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — France’s top diplomat says there is a “crisis of trust” in the…

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say a Houston police officer was killed and another was wounded during a shooting that also killed a 31-year-old man who…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — The crisis in Afghanistan has reopened painful wounds for many of the 2 million Vietnamese…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The lawyer for U.S. journalist Danny Fenster, jailed in Myanmar for almost four months, says his…

HENRICO, Va. (AP) — Striking union members have voted to accept a new four-year collective bargaining agreement with snack company Mondelez…

By KRISTI EATON Associated Press TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) — It was used as a central set in the 1983 movie, “The Outsiders.” A low-slung white…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has convicted two Syrian brothers of holding leading roles in the Jabhat al-Nusra extremist group in…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Abandoned coal mines in the U.S. have been polluting rivers and streams for decades, but…

LONDON (AP) — London’s subway has opened two new stations in the network’s first expansion since the 1990s. It’s an expansion that Mayor…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Guinness World Records has certified two Japanese sisters as the world’s oldest living identical…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to protect workers and communities from extreme heat. The…

LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have announced the birth of their daughter. The baby,…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India, the world’s largest vaccine producer, will resume exports and…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The foreign ministers of Israel and Sweden held their first phone call in seven years, a move hailed as the “relaunching of…

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has apologized to Algerians who fought alongside French colonial forces in Algeria’s war for…

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of his countrymen…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities were seeking a suspect in a shooting that claimed the life of the grandson of Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson, police…

LONDON (AP) — Four men were charged Monday for allegedly shouting antisemitic abuse while driving around in a convoy in north London. The suspects,…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Deciding when to take Social Security benefits can make a huge difference in the amount of money you’ll have in…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland says it is sending 500 additional troops and special vehicles to the border with…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11. The vaccine maker said Monday it plans to…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A former school counsellor has testified in an Australian court from Israel that she suspected two sisters had alleged…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s business secretary says there is no danger that people won’t be able to heat their…

By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese lawmakers have convened to confirm the country’s new government, following a power…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tensions have soared on the border between Kosovo and Serbia as Pristina authorities…

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has insisted that Britain’s relationship with France is “ineradicable,” despite fury in Paris over…

By DAVID RISING and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities say they have found no evidence that the…