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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to hold up despite higher…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The head of the top security agency in Belarus has claimed that the country has…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian official says more than 100 inmates have escaped from a prison near the capital…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A rapper in Iran who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and…

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s nationalist prime minister has called for right-wing forces to take power in upcoming European and U.S.…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Moscow court has imposed a 50,000-ruble ($560) fine on a TV presenter and actress who…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament has voted to introduce an annual national “veterans’ day” to honor…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s leader is facing a potential battle for survival after ending a three-year power-sharing…

By JILL LAWLESS and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is seeking to reverse the drain of potential soldiers from the…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police say that a routine traffic stop on a highway south of the capital turned into an unusual standoff as a…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A top European Union top military officer says a frigate that’s part of an EU mission in the Red Sea to protect merchant…

PARIS (AP) — Air passengers traveling to and from Paris have experienced significant disruptions Thursday, despite a decision by air traffic…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for an American believed to be held by the Taliban for nearly two years are asking a…

NEW YORK (AP) — A change in the court schedule means Donald Trump won’t be forced off the campaign trail next week to attend a hearing in his…

LONDON (AP) — Two military horses that bolted and ran miles through the streets of London after being spooked by construction noise and tossing…

By INDRAJIT SINGH Associated Press PATNA, India (AP) — A major fire that engulfed a restaurant and hotel in eastern India killed at least six…

By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — A court in Turkey sentenced nine rail officials to more than 108 years’ imprisonment over a…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Whether at home or on the road, Art Schallock would begin each day by taking the elevator…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ever since college, Brad Jobling struggled with his weight, fluctuating between a low…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy is marking its liberation from Nazi occupation and fascist rule amid a fresh media…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s president-elect has appointed new foreign and defense ministers to join his incoming administration as the island…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a…

By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — President Joe Biden has arrived in New York state to celebrate a tech…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide. A little under 3.6 million babies were…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A ship traveling in the Gulf of Aden has come under attack, the latest assault likely carried out…

By BARBARA SURK and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is warning that Europe could “die” if it fails…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A technical problem caused aviation authorities in Norway to temporarily close the airspace over the south of the…

The Associated Press Moscow’s court service says a third man has been detained in a major bribery case involving one of Russian’s most…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press PUTUCUAL, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government has repeatedly broken its promise to provide vaccines…

By The Associated Press Palestinian hospital officials said Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip killed at least five…