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By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer PARIS (AP) — France and the United States are edging closer toward rapprochement after the Biden…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are slipping in cautious trading Wednesday, shrugging off a rally on Wall Street led…

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron wants the Group of 20 major economic powers to set conditions for recognizing the Taliban, including…

BEIJING (AP) — A mid-size Chinese real estate developer has failed to make a $205.7 million bond payment, adding to financial strain in the…

SYDNEY (AP) — A lawyer says Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston will plead not guilty in an Australian court to a charge that he illegally…

By DAVID KEYTON and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize for physics for work that found…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government is facing calls to tighten up defenses against “dirty money” after a leak of…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders will gather Wednesday for a summit on how to keep…

By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The beliefs of the U.S. far-right extremist movement QAnon are finding a foothold abroad –…

By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The beliefs of the U.S. far-right extremist movement QAnon are finding a foothold abroad –…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders have met with U.K. officials for the first time since…

By DINO HAZELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis S. Collins, says he’s…

By MARK THIESSEN and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press TANACROSS, Alaska (AP) — Alaska is experiencing one of the nation’s sharpest upticks in…

By STEFANIE DAZIO, MATTHEW BROWN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Evidence emerged Tuesday that a ship’s anchor…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press DULAC, La. (AP) — Destruction caused by Hurricane Ida has people in south Louisiana debating whether they want to…

By MARCY GORDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — While accusing the giant social network of pursuing profits over safety,…

By JONATHAN LEMIRE, LISA MASCARO and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Victims of sex abuse within France’s Catholic Church have welcomed a new report that says an…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by federally funded…

By JOSH BOAK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is urging Republican senators to “get out of the way” and…