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Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities say an ailing French national on death row for drug offenses has made a…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities say an ailing French national on death row for drug offenses has made a…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democrats are ending their final days in control of the state government bogged down with disunity…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A knife-wielding teenager walked into a school in Croatia’s capital on Friday, stabbed a 7-year-old girl…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese state media says President Felix Tshisekedi has replaced the armed forces chief and several other top…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is abandoning his efforts to provide some protections for transgender student athletes and…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Lawmakers have clashed in Taiwan’s legislature after members of a leading political party broke into the…
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greeece (AP) — Greek authorities say a speedboat carrying migrants capsized Friday morning off the eastern Greek island of Rhodes, leaving…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian attack Friday on a town in Russia’s Kursk border region using U.S.-supplied missiles killed six…
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Workers at Starbucks stores plan to go on a five-day strike starting Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations…
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government has agreed in principle to accept a second “no find, no fee” proposal from a U.S.…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s navy says it has rescued more than 100 people believed to be Rohingya refugees who…
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — A court in Sicily is expected to announce its verdict on whether Italy’s vice premier, Matteo Salvini, is guilty of illegally…
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Israelis are increasingly moving out of the country since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack shattered any sense of…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Israelis are increasingly moving out of the country since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack shattered any sense of…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A group of Gisèle Pelicot’s Australian admirers say they’re moved that the victim in…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Efforts to recover bodies of people trapped in collapsed buildings continues in the earthquake-hit…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MACAO (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the casino hub of Macao to diversify its economy as he swore in the former…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Creamy, delectable – and pricey. Butter has shot up in price across the European Union in recent months, forcing…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it has decided not to pursue a $10 million reward it had offered for…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Justice Kyra Harris Bolden is the first Black woman to be elected to the Michigan Supreme Court. Her victory…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — It’s been a tumultuous month for France and its relationship with former colonies in Africa, as its…
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer Drivers and airline passengers without reindeer and sleighs better make a dash for it: it’s beginning to look like another…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GAZIANTEP, Turkey (AP) — Turkey gained renown as a haven for refugees by welcoming more than 3 million Syrians fleeing violence…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A growing number of U.S. colleges and universities are advising international students to return to campus…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Founded during the Black Freedom Movement of the 1960s, Kwanzaa is a non-religious holiday that is observed by millions of…
Continue ReadingThe rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between Russia’s Vladimir Putin…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — They warned about him. Now they’ll have to work with him. A handful of prominent Democratic governors…
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Friday to turn what would have been one of the market’s worst weeks of the year into just a…
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