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By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A stadium in Somalia’s violence-prone capital is hosting its first soccer tournament in…

BEIJING (AP) — China, the world’s biggest exporter, says it is deeply concerned about tensions in the Red Sea that have upended global trade…

By RAF CASERT and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Farmers in France have staged protests across the country and in Brussels against…

By The Associated Press A Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday in a border region near Ukraine, and Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting it…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, JACK JEFFERY and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Qatar said it was appalled Wednesday by leaked remarks…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s train drivers have brought rail traffic to a standstill again when they began a six-day strike to push their demands in a…

By JUTARAT SKULPICHETRAT Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled that popular progressive politician Pita…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China’s central bank plans to reduce the ratio of reserves banks must keep on hold as…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday, with Chinese stocks extending gains after Beijing…

BANGKOK (AP) — Japan has reported its exports surged almost 10% in December from a year earlier, helped by a revival in trade with China and strong…

PRAGUE (AP) — A fast train has collided with a truck in eastern Czech Republic, killing one person and injuring at least 19 people. The Czech…

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A tropical low slowly moving toward northeast Australia reached cyclone strength on Wednesday and will bring flooding…

By KEN MORITSUGU and NG HAN GUAN Associated Press UCHTURPAN, China (AP) — Aftershocks from a magnitude 7.1 earthquake continued to rock western…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s bid to join NATO has cleared its next-to-last hurdle after being held up for almost two years. Turkey’s parliament…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County’s annual count of homeless residents began Tuesday night — a…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney has requested a second court delay in its legal battle with Florida Gov. Ron…

By TOM KRISHER, FATIMA HUSSEIN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden picked up an endorsement from the…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court is set to decide whether popular politician Pita Limjaroenrat, who was blocked from becoming…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County will pay $5 million to the founder and CEO of a software company who was briefly accused of stealing data on…

BEIJING (AP) — China and Nauru formally restored diplomatic relations Wednesday after the tiny Pacific island nation cut its ties with Taiwan…

By SARUUL ENKHBOLD Associated Press ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — A truck carrying 60 tons of liquefied natural gas and a car collided at an…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei believes it his job to be “incorrect.” He was hard…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Inflation in New Zealand has slowed to its lowest rate in two and a half years the country’s official statistics…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A U.S. District Court judge is standing by her decision to block portions of a public health…

By MAYA SWEEDLER and ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is the winner of the New Hampshire Republican…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military struck three facilities in Iraq and two anti-ship missiles…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The co-chairs of the U.S. Congressional Taiwan Caucus are making their first trip to…

By STEVE PEOPLES and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New Hampshire was supposed to present a formidable challenge for former…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Arizona said Tuesday they will retry a co-founder of the lucrative…