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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin privately laid flowers at Mikhail Gorbachev’s coffin on…

BEIJING (AP) — China has responded furiously to a United Nations report on alleged human rights abuses in its northwestern Xinjiang region…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government is calling on Washington to repeal technology export curbs after…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid months of mass flight cancellations and delays, the Department of Transportation has…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister is warning that any actions seen as endangering a Russian peacekeeping contingent in a separatist region…

HELSINKI (AP) — Finland is slashing the number of visas issued to Russian citizens to a tenth of the regular amount. The decision, announced in…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s top politician says that the government will seek equivalent of $1.3…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature was advancing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gun-control advocates could have had one more victory in their very successful…

BERLIN (AP) — German carrier Lufthansa says it is canceling almost all passenger and cargo flights Friday from its two biggest hubs, Frankfurt and…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani health officials are reporting an outbreak of waterborne diseases in the flood-affected…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has begun moving more than 2,500 wild animals from a southern reserve to one in…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have locked down Chengdu, a southwestern city of 21 million people, following a spike in COVID-19 cases.…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A top South Korean official says that China and Russia’s reluctance to toughen U.N.…

By YESICA FISCH and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — A U.N. inspection team arrived at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia…

By HANNA ARHIROVA and YESICA FISCH Associated Press MYKHAILO-KOTSYUBYNSKE, Ukraine (AP) — It was the first day of school in Ukraine on Thursday but…

By KEN MORITSUGU and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The U.N. accused China of serious human rights violations that may amount to…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has launched weeklong war games that involve forces from China and other nations in a…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The moment that the black wall telephone rang early on the morning of Sept. 29,…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Friday ahead of U.S. jobs data that might influence Federal…