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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping says his country will not seek dominance over Southeast Asia or bully its smaller neighbors, despite a…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge social and environmental policy bill passed by House Democrats includes a plan to impose…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austrians have begun a new 10-day national lockdown and many are wondering how they will endure…

By EVA VERGARA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A conservative lawmaker with a history of defending Chile’s military…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys made a final push to persuade the jury in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the…

By HAROLD ISAAC Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two of 17 members of a missionary group who were kidnapped more than a month ago are…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military has defiantly redeployed two supply boats to provide food to…

NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse says in a new interview that he believes the jury that acquitted him of murder came to the right verdict, and…

BEIJING (AP) — China says five of its citizens have been kidnapped from a mining operation in eastern Congo. The Chinese Embassy in Kinshasa posted…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government expects 200,000 vaccinated foreign students and skilled…

By SCOTT BAUER and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Police say a person is in custody after an SUV sped through barricades…

LONDON (AP) — WhatsApp is adding more details to its privacy policy and flagging the information for European users. The update is to comply with a…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press Across much of the United States, it has become increasingly acceptable for Americans to walk the streets with…

DENVER (AP) — Friends and associates say Billy Hinsche, a singer-songwriter and musician in a 1960s pop band with Dino Martin Jr. and Desi Arnaz…

By HAROLD ISAAC Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An Ohio-based church organization says two of 17 members of a missionary group have…

By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A migrant has died southwest of the island of Crete and 70 more were rescued when their…

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Turnout for Brazil’s standardized university admission exam appears to be the…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A conservation park ranger has been killed during an attack by armed men this weekend…

BUTNER, N.C. (AP) — A defense attorney says the former Oklahoma zookeeper known as “Tiger King” Joe Exotic has been transferred to a medical…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — South Korean superstars BTS were crowned artist of the year at the American Music Awards on…

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has attended a double christening for two of her great-grandchildren. The 95-year-old British monarch watched the…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog at Stamford Bridge as…

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Several dozen people gathered below the wind-whipped Wisconsin flag at Kenosha’s Civic Center Park and warmed up with chants…

HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (AP) — Add Christmas trees to the list of items facing shortages and higher prices this year. Several factors are driving the…

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Two Pakistanis and two Afghan minors have been arrested and charged for…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A lawsuit settlement has prompted the Arkansas State Police to clarify when its troopers can try to slow a fleeing vehicle…

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline held steady over the past two weeks, at $3.49 per gallon. Industry…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press Across much of the United States, it has become increasingly acceptable for Americans to walk the streets with…

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — An oil sheen spotted in the ocean near last month’s crude pipeline leak off Southern California was likely…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The mayor of a northern Italian city is calling for stiffer laws to protect women after the…

CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s interim prime minister has filed a request to run for president despite being technically barred from next month’s…

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A cat may be the reason three residents escaped an apartment fire in upstate New York. Residents were asleep when a fire…

MIAMI (AP) — The historic courthouse in downtown Miami is set to reopen after an engineering inspection spurred by the collapse of a nearby…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC says Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has taken part in a 30-minute video call from Beijing with Olympic…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Just over a week after some 200 nations struck an agreement aimed at…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The latest attempt to revive “Ghostbusters” has drawn a sizable audience to movie theaters while the awards…

By DAVID BARRAZA Associated Press LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says his government will build an oceanside…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republicans fighting President Joe Biden’s coronavirus vaccine mandates are…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Much of downtown Des Moines, Iowa, has been transformed in the past decade by new…

PARIS (AP) — France’s minister of the sea has vowed to “continue the fight” in the country’s dispute with Britain over fishing rights.…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery took the witness stand to tell jurors he pulled the…

LONDON (AP) — A taxi driver injured when his passenger’s homemade bomb exploded in the northwest England city of Liverpool says it’s a…

By FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A 40-year-old Tunisian computer engineer turned corruption fighter will stand trial again…

By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Poland’s prime minister has warned that migrant pressures on the European…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Some Democrats have begun saying out loud what others are saying privately —…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Workers and families with private health insurance would reap savings on prescription…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have marched through Brussels to protest reinforced COVID-19…

BY ELODIE SOUPAMA AND SYLVIE CORBET LE GOSIER, Guadeloupe (AP) — France is sending police special forces to its overseas Caribbean territory of…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has praised young people for their efforts to protect the Earth’s environment. Francis urged them to “be…