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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A former principal at a Jewish girls’ school in the Australian city of Melbourne will go on trial Wednesday on 29…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Growing worry over Chinese threats has led to a major Japanese boost in military spending, defense…

The Associated Press Rock star Bono, the family of Tyre Nichols and the 26-year-old who disarmed a gunman in last month’s Monterey Park,…

JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Separatist rebels say they have set fire to a small plane carrying six people after it landed at a remote airport in…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court has ordered the government to pay $24,000 to a Vietnamese woman…

BEIJING (AP) — China said Tuesday it will “resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights and interests” over the shooting down of a suspected…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — As legal sports gambling proliferates, the number of Americans betting on the Super Bowl…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shelling damaged a hospital and apartment buildings in Ukraine, local officials said…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Three migrants died and 16 have been rescued off the Greek island of Lesbos after a dinghy transporting them from the nearby…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new report by the U.N.’s international development agency says that sub-Saharan…

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer The Ghana Football Association says former Chelsea and Newcastle forward Christian Atsu has been rescued from the…

By SYLVIE CORBET and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Public transport, schools and electricity supplies have been disrupted in France…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s defense minister has taken a leave of absence for an undetermined period of time after he felt unwell and…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese video game maker Nintendo has recorded a slight drop in in profit for April-December as…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British energy firm BP has reported record annual earnings amid growing calls for the U.K.…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend and her three young children has…

By BERNARD CONDON, JIM MUSTIAN and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Beyond the beating, kicking, cursing and pepper spraying,…

By MEHMET GUZEL, GHAITH ALSAYED and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press NURDAGI, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers raced against time early Wednesday to pull…