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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writers Millions of workers whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days are having to choose…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A leading Sudanese protest group has rejected a United Nations initiative to hold talks with the…

by RADUL RADOVANOVIC Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Under growing international pressure over their leader’s…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s new parliament has reelected its speaker for a second term, the first step toward…

By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center were hopeful when President Joe Biden took…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden wraps up his first year in the White House, he has held fewer news…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Advocates say that Saudi authorities have released a princess detained in the kingdom under mysterious…

MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say they have dismantled a drug-trafficking ring that allegedly brought hashish and marijuana from Morocco to southern…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ foreign minister has resigned his post amid swirling speculation over his intention to run for president of the…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s ruling parties are hitting the brakes on plans for compulsory coronavirus vaccinations,…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A government official says gunmen have released 30 Nigerian students who spent nearly seven…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has baptized 16 babies in the Sistine Chapel to resume a decades-old Vatican tradition. The ceremony wasn’t…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan’s health ministry says 164 people, including a 4-year-old girl, have been killed in…

By SAM MEDNICK and DENG MACHOL Associated Press OLD FANGAK, South Sudan (AP) — Aid groups say more people will face hunger this year in South Sudan…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. and Japan have agreed to keep American troops within their bases as worries grew about a…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With the fate of Ukraine and potentially broader post-Cold War European stability at stake,…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — More than 800,000 noncitizens and “Dreamers” in New York City will have access to the…

By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer Novak Djokovic is getting his day in court in a deportation case that has polarized opinions and elicited heartfelt…

BEIJING (AP) — A major Chinese city near Beijing has placed its 14 million residents on partial lockdown after 40 children and adults tested…

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s New South Wales state has reported 16 deaths in its deadliest day of the pandemic, even as it relaxed rules to allow…

HONOLULU (AP) — The University of Hawaii Board of Regents plans to address the issue of morale on the university’s football team following a…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The man who bought Kyle Rittenhouse a rifle when he was only 17 has taken a plea deal to avoid criminal conviction. Dominick Black…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Attendance at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas fell more than 70% compared to its previous in-person event two years ago, its…