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ROME (AP) — Some journalists at Italy’s state-run RAI are on strike to protest budget streamlining and what they say is an increasingly…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of activists in Bangladesh backed by the ruling party’s student wing have demonstrated in the…

By ED DAVEY Associated Press Liberia, West Africa’s most forested country, has a long history of illegal logging, which the country’s…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing called off its first astronaut launch because of a valve problem on the…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a mosque. The move came…

By JOSHUA A. BICKEL Associated Press SABINA, Ohio (AP) — As climate change drives an increase in spring rains across the Midwest, it can mean more…

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Some 155 police officers were injured in fighting involving Dynamo Berlin and Energie Cottbus fans…

By KAREN MATTHEWS and STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters that had been blocked by police from accessing an…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers have launched their debate on far-reaching…

By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA Associated Press ITBAYAT, Philippines (AP) — U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts have staged joint combat…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian journalist’s arrest last week has triggered criticism of worsening press…

By The Associated Press Russia’s Defense Ministry said Monday that the military would hold drills involving tactical nuclear weapons — the…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former head of the Scottish National Party is expected to be Scotland’s next leader. John…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sure, she was a royal princess and all. But there’s no way Sleeping Beauty ever had quite…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A report into a building fire that killed 76 people in South Africa last year has…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Prado Museum has confirmed that a painting that was due to be auctioned in Madrid in 2021…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rita Moreno says it was always in her nature to be generous – to hold doors for people and…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany has recalled its ambassador to Russia for a week of consultations in Berlin following…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive has decided to end its 6-year dispute with member state Poland. It says Prime Minister Donald Tusk…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are returning to a strategy they hope could neutralize…

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are hearing for the first time how and why Michael Cohen’s reimbursement for…

By EDOUARD TAKADJI and MOUTA ALI Associated Press N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Voters in Chad have headed to the polls to cast their ballots in a…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner continues her efforts to settle into a normal routine following her release from a Russian…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government has protested to Beijing…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s King Frederik X has arrived in Stockholm with his Australian-born wife Queen Mary, as they begin their first…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer With some help from artificial intelligence, country music star Randy Travis, celebrated for his timeless hits like…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog has traveled to Iran where his agency faces…

By The Associated Press Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of…

By The Associated Press Israel’s military says it is conducting “targeted strikes” against Hamas in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The…

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press BRETTEVILLE-L’ORGUEILLEUSE, France (AP) — On D-Day, Charles Shay was a 19-year-old…