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By BASSEM MROUE, LEE KEATH and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas said Thursday that it was sending a delegation to Egypt for further…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Artists from Universal Music Group, which include Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, will be returning…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian center-left government says it wants to add 7 billion kroner, or $630 million to the Scandinavian…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The European Union has announced an aid package for Lebanon of 1 billion euros — about $1.06…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Human Rights Watch has accused Kenyan authorities of not responding adequately to ongoing…

By SUSIE BLANN and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A senior Ukrainian military official says the situation on the front line in…

PARIS (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has unveiled an international framework for regulation and use of generative AI. It adds to…

By JAMEY KEATEN and JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest say they reserve the right to remove any…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish police have arrested a 16-year-old male on suspicion of attacking a synagogue with Molotov cocktails and say they plan…

By STEVE PEOPLES and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden has met privately with the families of law…

By BEN FINLEY and MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Arrest warrants must be served to alleged criminals if society is going to…

By The Associated Press Hamas said Thursday that it will send a delegation to Cairo as soon as possible to keep working on cease-fire talks, in…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A European court on Thursday upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J. Paul…

BEIJING (AP) — The death toll from a collapsed highway in southeastern China has climbed to 48 as searchers dug for a second day through a…

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s parliament canceled Thursday’s session following massive protests against a proposed law that critics…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Toothbrushes used to be simple, powered only by your hand so they never broke down. Nowadays,…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has given Chevron another six months to come up with a revised plan to…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares were mostly higher Friday ahead of a report on the U.S. jobs market, while several major markets…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s parliament has approved special legislation mandating a new,…

SYDNEY (AP) — A judge has denied bail to a 15-year-old boy alleged to be in a network planning terrorist acts and who claimed to be a friend of…

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Defense Ministry says a huge explosion at a military base in the southwest that killed 20 soldiers and…

By MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC and JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia is preparing to mark the anniversary of a school shooting last…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Millions of voters in England and Wales cast ballots Thursday in an array of local elections amounting…

By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — A convicted sex offender is asking the Norwegian Supreme Court to declare social media…

By RYAN KRYSKA AP Sports Writer In a Michigan basement decked out in maize and blue, a father sat with his son. They’d bond over a football video…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company will invest $2.2 billion over the next four years in new cloud and…

By DAVID KLEPPER and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood stars seldom weigh in on politics, so videos showing two celebrities…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Rep. David Scott faces multiple Democratic primary opponents in his quest for a 12th…

By MARIA CHENG and CHRISTINA MALKIA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo is struggling to contain its biggest mpox outbreak, and…

By STEFANIE DAZIO and AMY TAXIN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge in Los Angeles has sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four…