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By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president has asked its parliament to approve a four-year International…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prosecutors acknowledged to a government inquiry Wednesday that new scientific and…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN BRUSSELS (AP) — New rules requiring airlines to use more sustainable fuels across the European Union have been agreed in a bid…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s central bank has raised its key interest rate, saying inflation “is still far too high.” Riksbanken on Wednesday…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Witnesses say crowds of families have been growing at Sudan’s border crossing with Egypt and at a…

BERLIN (AP) — Police say a van carrying 29 people from Syria pushed a patrol car off the road as officers tried to stop the vehicle near…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An Appalachian update on Charles Dickens and a tale told by a dolphin are among six finalists for…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press In what could prove a milestone for an industry that hopes to address climate change, the Silicon Valley…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Viessmann Group is selling its business with heat pumps, viewed as a key technology in making heating more…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Former Jewish girls school principal and now convicted sex offender Malka Leifer has been ordered to appear in an…

By JUSTIN SPIKE and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The spiritual priorities of Pope Francis will be on display during a…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — I won’t forget the first time I took a ride in a car without anyone sitting in…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — With her homeland now a conflict zone, rest does not come easily for Dr. Sara Abdelgalil. She is…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly fell Thursday, echoing the drop on Wall Street, as worries about the U.S.…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian government has launched an initiative to streamline and promote innovation in…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has warned against continued U.S.-Taiwan cooperation, responding to reports that the U.S. military is sending officers…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s public safety chief has come under fire for his remark that he enjoyed eel rice so…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has planted a native totara tree in…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — For Ruslan, an engineer in the Belarus capital of Minsk, Russia’s war in…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrians living on opposite sides of the largely frozen battle lines dividing their country are…