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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of foreigners have been denied entry to study, work or visit families in…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee says 177 of its 223 athletes signed up to go…

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press GONDOKORO, South Sudan (AP) — As South Sudan struggles for peace, it’s still cleaning up the deadly threat posed…

HONG KONG (AP) — A veteran Hong Kong activist has been arrested days after announcing plans to protest the Beijing Winter Olympics outside…

By SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of Tibetan exiles are marching near the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, denouncing the…

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a container ship that ran aground off a German North Sea island has been towed free a day after it got stuck. The…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A planned $3.4 billion coal-fired power plant in Dubai instead will be converted to use natural gas.…

By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Direct international flights to Bali have resumed for the first time in two years…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II will mark 70 years on the throne Sunday, an unprecedented reign that has made her…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer What started with a simple invitation to a few homeless people to watch the Super Bowl together in New…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India won’t be sending its top diplomat in Beijing to the Winter Olympics after a Chinese…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The new U.S. ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, has pledged to work “wholeheartedly” to deepen…

By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes ended mixed and Treasury yields jumped Friday as…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of Russia and China have declared their joint opposition to any expansion of NATO and…

By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The ice rinks hosting the figure skating and speedskating competitions at the Beijing Olympics will…

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — One analogy often used to describe how it feels to compete in a biathlon race goes…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Indian and Pakistani workers who are part of a vast foreign workforce…

By BASSEM MROUE and FAY ABUELGASIM Associated Press WADI NAHLEH, Lebanon (AP) — Dozens of young men from Lebanon’s impoverished north have…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery is withdrawing his guilty plea on a…

By GHAITH ALSAYED, ZEKE MILLER, LOLITA C. BALDOR and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press When helicopters carrying some 50 U.S. commandos landed in…