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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…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have marked the 80th anniversary of the Japanese…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities on Tuesday charged that Russia is sending tanks and snipers to the…

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Aquarium is treating 40 endangered sea turtles that stranded in Massachustts when the water cooled down so…

The Associated Press A Canadian drugmaker says its plant-based COVID-19 vaccine showed strong protection against the coronavirus. Medicago said…

By COURTNEY JESPERSEN of NerdWallet It’s December, and we’re weeks away from Christmas. But the 2021 holiday shopping season may feel anything…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A mass trial of critics and opponents of Cambodia’s government has resumed amid an…

By RISDEL KASASIRA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Omicron cases have been confirmed in at least nine African countries, with some…