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AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two new reports provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station has landed in Kazakhstan, ending a…

Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukraine has accused Russia of seeking to illegally seize control of the strategically important Sea…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says four people have died and five others have been rescued after a boat carrying migrants sank off…

Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese health authorities say cholera has killed at least 388 people and sickened about 13,000 others over the past…

Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Rescuers have recovered the bodies of more workers killed in an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran. The…

Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves has promised not to return to an era of public spending cuts…

Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has confirmed that plans remain in place for Pope Francis to go to Belgium and Luxembourg. That…

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With its larger-than-usual half-point cut to its key interest rate last week, the Federal Reserve underscored…

Associated Press PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane John struck Mexico’s southern Pacific coast Monday night with fierce winds and heavy…

Associated Press MARJAYOUN, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli strikes Monday on Lebanon killed more than 490 people, including more than 90 women and…

Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban have denied involvement in a bombing attack on a police convoy that was escorting foreign…

Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after…

Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — While tensions remain high between the U.S. and Iran, there’s at least one American that state radio in…

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti…

Israel has launched hundreds of airstrikes in southern and eastern Lebanon, killing more than 492 people. The Israeli military called on residents to…

Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — The head brewmaster for Weihenstephan, the world’s oldest brewery, has a secret: He really likes alcohol-free…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes reached new heights Monday after drifting higher in a quiet day of trading. The S&P 500…

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — All countries have crimes that resonate. Mexico’s is the disappearance of 43 students from a rural…

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese ophthalmologist has been working around the clock trying to keep up with the flood of patients with eye…