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By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Coronavirus cases have soared to a new record high in Slovakia, with some hospitals having to move…

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization is reporting that coronavirus deaths rose by 10% in Europe in the past week, making it the only world…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Harry has sharply attacked the failure of social media companies to challenge…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Top Israeli defense officials say the country is preparing for the possibility of an armed conflict with regional arch-rival Iran…

BEIJING (AP) — A snowstorm that has lingered for several days in northeastern China has forced schools to close, suspended rail services, crushed…

By VANESSA GERA, MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European Union officials have accused Belarus of…

By SETH BORENSTEIN, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The world’s top two carbon polluters, China and…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s health minister says it will be able to obtain enough vaccines to…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Young people living in Pacific Rim countries want to see more ambition from their…

TOKYO (AP) — Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says China’s leaders don’t understand the variety of different cultures and…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s national disease control center has reported a record-high number of new…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Shares of Rivian Automotive jumped in their debut Wednesday, rising as much as 53% as…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating says a deal to acquire submarines powered…

By VICTORIA MILKO AP Science Writer JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Countries that rely on glaciers are facing trouble as many ice sheets melt because of…

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says he stands behind the comments he made last week about why he…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Fumio Kishida, who was reelected as Japan’s prime minister after his governing party scored a…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are trading mixed after a worrisome report on U.S. inflation that slammed into the…

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — As an entertainer, George Kordahi connected with generations of viewers in the Middle East as the…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation says that people who trust Fox News Channel and other…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China’s biggest online shopping day, known as “Singles’ Day” on Nov. 11, is taking on a…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — At least 16 people have died in floods and mudslides in Sri Lanka following more than a week of heavy rain. The disaster…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has hosted senior security officials from Russia, Iran and five Central Asian countries to…

By JOSH BOAK and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — President Joe Biden is touting his $1 trillion infrastructure plan as an eventual…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Women — and some men — in Congress have been fighting for government…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An activist group says South Korea has rejected refugee status for four ethnic Chinese…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At least 13 former Trump administration officials violated the law by intermingling campaigning…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to block the release…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House investigators have issued subpoenas to 10 more former…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Rudd has been crowned as 2021’s Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine.…