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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate whose execution by lethal injection was halted nearly four years ago has died after a long fight with…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say four children including an infant and their grandmother have been found…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has stepped down as CEO of the social media platform. He has…

CAIRO (AP) — A court has found a leading Egyptian human rights activist guilty of insulting a judicial election commission in a tweet he posted…

By ARNO PEDRAM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A Black woman will, for the first time, join other luminaries interred in France’s Pantheon. That…

ISTANBUL (AP) — A powerful storm has pounded Istanbul and other parts of Turkey, killing at least four people and causing havoc in the city of 15…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most acclaimed Indigenous actor, David Gulpilil, has died of lung cancer,…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling in the bitter custody battle surrounding a 6-year-old boy who survived a…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has accused Lithuanian authorities of dumping the…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A 21-year-old Kansas lawmaker has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving — his second arrest in less than a month.…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s navy has successfully test-fired a prospective hypersonic missile. The Russian Defense Ministry said Monday that the…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Organizers of the Miss Universe pageant say a contestant tested positive for COVID-19 after…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Magdalena Andersson, who last week was Sweden’s first female prime minister for a few…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mixed as investors continue to cautiously weigh how much damage the new omicron…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is urging Americans to get vaccinated, including booster shots, as he seeks…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he plans to pay a return visit to the United Arab Emirates in February. The…

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The imprisoned former president of ex-Soviet republic Georgia has appeared in court on charges of abuse of office,…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor says Ghislaine Maxwell and the late Jeffrey Epstein were partners in…

By STEPHEN WADE and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The northern Japanese city of Sapporo became a frontrunner to land the 2030 Winter…

BERLIN (AP) — A German federal court ruled on Monday that the widow of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl isn’t entitled to $1.1 million in damages…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet We’re living longer on average, but the number of years we’re healthy hasn’t kept up. The result is what actuaries…

BERLIN (AP) — About 3.5 million state-level employees and civil servants in Germany will receive a 2.8% raise and a tax-free COVID-19 bonus of…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Scores of opposition supporters in Kyrgyzstan have rallied to challenge the results of a…

MILAN (AP) — The carmaker Stellantis says it’s secured a five-year supply of battery-grade lithium hydroxide in Europe supporting its plans…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister is calling on world powers not to “give in to Iran’s nuclear blackmail” as talks commenced in…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Actress Lindsay Lohan has told her followers on Instagram that she’s engaged. Lohan announced her engagement…

YORK, England (AP) — A top snooker player fell asleep in the middle of his match in one of the most prestigious events in the sport. Mark Williams…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s president has discussed his country’s economic meltdown and an unprecedented…

LONDON (AP) — Dozens of customers who stopped for a drink at Britain’s highest pub are getting a longer stay than they bargained for after the…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch military police have arrested a husband and wife who left a hotel where they…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Decorations unveiled for Joe and Jill Biden’s first White House Christmas honor…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian lawmakers have repealed agricultural legislation that provoked a year of nationwide…

By ARITZ PARRA and HELENA ALVES Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese health authorities have identified 13 cases of the omicron…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain is extending its COVID-19 booster vaccine program to millions more people as part of efforts to…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is pushing for an international accord to help prevent and fight…

By KIYOKO METZLER Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Talks over Iran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers have resumed in Vienna. That’s…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has eased some penalties for travelers arriving in the country with products containing…

PARIS (AP) — French authorities are waiting for laboratory confirmation of eight suspected cases of the new version of the coronavirus, involving…

By JUSTIN SPIKE, PAUL WISEMAN and VANESSA GERA Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — From appliance stores in the United States to food markets…

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities say a mob has burned a police station and four police posts in the…

By SYAWALLUDIN ZAIN Associated Press JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysians working in Singapore are holding joyful reunions with their loved ones…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The emergence of the omicron variant isn’t changing New Zealand’s plans to ease…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press BELAGAVI, India (AP) — Arbaz Mullah was a Muslim man in love with a Hindu woman. But the romance so angered the…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press BELAGAVI, India (AP) — Arbaz Mullah was a Muslim man in love with a Hindu woman. But the romance so angered the…

By AMANDA SEITZ and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — This month’s elections may have offered a preview of the Spanish-language…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s an omnipresent truth: Merriam-Webster has declared vaccine its 2021 word of the year.…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities have announced that they will delay for at least two weeks plans…

By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett’s defense attorney says he is a “real victim” of a racist…

By JAMEY KEATEN, RAF CASERT and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says the global risk from the omicron…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Lawmakers from all three Baltic states have met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in a sign of further cooperation…