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By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge has extended a ban on social media platform X allowing videos of…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants on the…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Eden Golan is in Sweden for the Eurovision Song Contest, but she isn’t seeing much of…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Honda’s profit for the fiscal year through March jumped 70% as vehicle sales grew and a weak yen…

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Police made dozens of arrests as pro-Palestinian protest encampments were dismantled Friday at…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A top Indian opposition leader has been freed from jail on interim bail by the Supreme Court…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian conservative leader Andrej Plenkovic has been formally appointed prime minister-designate for a third consecutive…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has vowed to protect its companies operating in other markets after Japanese regulators told LY Corp., which…

By The Associated Press The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly passed a resolution to give Palestine more “rights and privileges.” The…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden White House wants voters to know about its differences with Republicans over taxes. The…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has pressed his campaign to urge Italians to have children. He has called for long-term policies to help families and…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, arrived in Nigeria amid pomp and dancing on Friday to…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Hope is fading for dozens of workers buried for days in the rubble of a building…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish farmers have marched through downtown Warsaw to protest the European Union’s…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The  British economy bounced back strongly in the first three months of the year, bringing to an end…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as the country’s prime minister. The reappointment Friday was…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks coasted to the close of another winning week on Friday. The S&P 500 rose 8.60…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians have voted in a runoff election for the remaining seats in the country’s parliament after hard-line politicians…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sega Sammy is selling its Japanese resort complex Seagaia to Fortress Investment Group of the U.S.…

By MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — After the coronavirus pandemic triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended…

By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) — Mona Hardin has been waiting five long years for any resolution to the federal…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A few weeks ago, Edmundo González Urrutia was just another grandfather visiting…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — An annual survey of more than 500 European companies has found that slowing growth in China is…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a series of painful budget cuts to close the…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Generative artificial intelligence tools will soon be used by California’s…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press DUMA, West Bank (AP) — Charred homes and cars dotting this hilltop village surrounded by olive groves are a…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — For Derrick Evans, being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol wasn’t enough. The…

By EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Scores of sick and starving pelicans have been found in coastal California…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — About 6 million Catalans are called to cast ballots in regional elections on Sunday that…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Vodou faithful sing, their voices rising above the gunfire erupting miles away as…