Armenian leader travels to Russia despite tensions and promises economic bloc cooperation
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, whose country’s relations with Russia grew tense this year, says that when…
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Ukraine celebrates Christmas on Dec. 25 for the first time, distancing itself from Russia
By VOLODYMYR YURCHUK Associated Press KRYVORIVNIA, Ukraine (AP) — Christmas carried more than spiritual weight for many Ukrainians this year as the…
Continue ReadingTaylor Swift celebrates Christmas Day by watching Travis Kelce and Chiefs play Las Vegas
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Pop superstar Taylor Swift walked into Arrowhead Stadium alongside Santa Claus on Monday to watch her boyfriend and Kansas…
Continue ReadingTurkey steps up airstrikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq after 12 soldiers were killed
By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD and HOGIR ABDO Associated Press QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Turkey has intensified its airstrikes against Kurdish groups in Syria…
Continue ReadingAn Israeli airstrike in Syria kills a high-ranking Iranian general
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike Monday in a Damascus neighborhood killed a high-ranking Iranian general,…
Continue ReadingLiverpool star Mohamed Salah ‘shares pain’ of grieving families at Christmas amid Israel-Hamas war
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool soccer star Mohamed Salah says he “shares the pain” of grieving families at Christmas amid the Israel-Hamas…
Continue ReadingImprisoned Russian politician Navalny is now in a penal colony near the Arctic Circle
MOSCOW (AP) — Associates of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that he has been located at a prison colony above the…
Continue ReadingShipping firm Maersk says it’s preparing for resumption of Red Sea voyages after attacks from Yemen
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Shipping firm Maersk says that it’s preparing to allow vessels to resume sailing through the Red Sea, thanks to the…
Continue ReadingUkraine says it shot down Russian fighter jets and drones as the country officially marks Christmas
By ALEX BABENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday hailed the shooting down of two Russian…
Continue ReadingSerbian police detain at least 38 people as opposition holds more protests against election results
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say they have detained at least 38 people who took part in a protest against…
Continue ReadingPope Francis denounces the weapons industry as he makes a Christmas appeal for peace in the world
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday blasted the weapons industry and its “instruments of death” that fuel…
Continue ReadingThe secret life of gift cards: Here’s what happens to the billions that go unspent each year
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Gift cards make great stocking stuffers — just as long as you don’t stuff them in a drawer and forget…
Continue ReadingThe year of social media soul-searching: Twitter dies, X and Threads are born and AI gets personal
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer We lost Twitter and got X. We tried out Bluesky and Mastodon (well, some of us did). We fretted about AI bots…
Continue Reading276 Indians stuck in a French airport for days for a human trafficking probe arrive in India
By ANGELA CHARLTON and RAFIQ MAQBOOL Associated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) — A charter plane that was grounded in France for a human trafficking…
Continue ReadingCalifornia police seek a suspect in the hit-and-run deaths of 2 young siblings
Associated Press ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in a California community are seeking a suspect in a hit-and-run collision that killed two…
Continue ReadingFire breaks out on Russian nuclear ship Sevmorput but is quickly extinguished, authorities say
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s emergencies ministry says a fire broke out on a nuclear-powered container ship and icebreaker in the northern port of…
Continue ReadingBeijing sees most hours of sub-freezing temperatures in December since 1951
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing recorded the most hours of sub-freezing temperatures in December in more than seven decades as a cold wave has enveloped…
Continue ReadingChina approves 105 online games after draft curbs trigger massive losses
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China’s authority in charge of press and publications has approved 105 online games,…
Continue ReadingSuspect found dead after standoff, fire at California home on Christmas Eve
Associated Press HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — An armed man who faced off with officers at a California home for several hours on Christmas Eve was…
Continue ReadingAfghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over
By MOHAMMAD HABIB RAHMANI Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Bahara Rustam, 13, took her last class at Bibi Razia School in Kabul on Dec.…
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