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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico city say an illegal fireworks workshop blew up east of Mexico City, killing two children and four adults…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. refugee chief is warning that the growing inability of the international…

MILAN (AP) — While many European theaters remain closed due to the pandemic, the famed Teatro alla Scala has opened its new season with the gala…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department is proposing a new disclosure rule as part of efforts to combat corruption and terrorism. The…

By GRANT PECK and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — In sentencing Myanmar’s iconic democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to prison,…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that drew violent protests to Charlottesville, Virginia, will be melted…

By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In an abrupt reversal, an attorney for former White House chief of staff…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges at the United Nations’ top court have imposed orders on Azerbaijan and…

In a story published December 7, 2021, The Associated Press reported on legal scholars’ reactions to Supreme Court arguments over abortion. The…

BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese court has cleared the way for the judge leading the investigation into last year’s massive blast at Beirut’s port to…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has announced the completion of an enhanced security barrier around the Gaza Strip designed to prevent militants from…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s health ministry has given the go-ahead for children between ages 5 and 11 to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The decision…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of Belgian health care workers have rallied in Brussels to voice their opposition to mandatory COVID-19 vaccines and to…

BERLIN (AP) — German investigators say a man suspected of killing his family and then himself left a note indicating that he was afraid of being…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Thousands of Airbnb hosts have agreed to house refugees as part of the online lodging marketplace’s…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has written a children’s book about dyslexia. The book is…

By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Workshops where non-professionals with a bug for fixing things can share equipment and…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit narrowed to $67.1 billion in October, the smallest level in six…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is introducing mandatory vaccination by March 1 for teachers, medical workers and uniformed security workers like…

BERLIN (AP) — A 67-year-old man who has admitted to removing the testicles of several men at their request must serve eight years and six months in…

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi’s government says 38 prisoners have been killed in a fire Tuesday morning in…

CAIRO (AP) — A rights group says an Egyptian court has ordered the release pending trial of an activist who has been imprisoned for nearly two…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer An eight-year project to carefully repeat early but influential lab experiments in cancer research has reached…

BY KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Rohingya refugees are suing Facebook parent Meta Platforms for more than $150 billion over what…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s office for Europe says that children in the 5 to 14 age group now…

BAGHDAD (AP) — A small clay tablet dating back 3,500 years and bearing a portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh that was looted from an Iraqi museum…

LONDON (AP) — Instagram has launched a feature that urges teenagers to take breaks from the photo-sharing platform and announced other tools aimed…