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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president says he has started the process to once again pardon two politicians who were arrested earlier this…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer Google says it has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams as…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday after Wall Street drifted to a mixed close.…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — An industry association reports that China’s auto exports surged 63.7% in 2023 while sales at…

PARIS (AP) — A former France basketball player serving as an ambassador for the Paris 2024 Olympics has been forced to quit her role because of a…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s navy has seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that once was at the…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer A consumer advocacy group filed a lawsuit against Starbucks Wednesday, saying the company’s claim that its…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — The amount of renewable energy installed around the world last year grew at its fastest rate…

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — The Papua New Guinea government is working to restore order after at least 15 people were reportedly killed…

PHOENIX (AP) — Sentencing was postponed Thursday for former Arizona prisons chief Charles Ryan on his no-contest plea to a disorderly conduct…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — There will be at least $100 million left in the estate of the so-called last Hawaiian…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The rapper G Herbo was sentenced to three years’ probation Thursday after pleading guilty to his role in a…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Beijing’s threat to use force to claim the self-governed island of Taiwan isn’t…

By STEFANIE DAZIO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal tax…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The secrecy surrounding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalizations due to…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — While GOP presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley met in a sharp CNN debate that…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s long-held support for the Palestinian people can be traced…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Speaker Mike Johnson gathered House Republicans behind closed doors Wednesday to sell the…

By MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a case that strikes at the heart of Israel’s national…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Barred from giving a formal closing argument, Donald Trump wrested an…

By HOLLY RAMER, NICK PERRY and DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Sean Hodgson watched and worried as his best friend of nearly…

By GABRIELA MOLINA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of one of Ecuador’s most dangerous gangs, was…

By HOLLY RAMER, NICK PERRY and DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Sean Hodgson watched and worried as his best friend of nearly…

By ANDREW DeMILLO and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press Republican-led state legislatures are considering a new round of bills restricting medical…

By SIMINA MISTREANU and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A nonconformist candidate is resonating with Taiwan’s youth ahead…

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — One of Taiwan’s leading opposition party candidates in Saturday’s presidential…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States, Ukraine and six allies are accusing Russia of using North Korean…