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SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian man has pleaded guilty to murdering an American mathematician who fell from a Sydney cliff in 1988 in a gay hate crime…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the government plans to double to 1 billion the rapid, at-home COVID-19…

By The Associated Press (AP) — Italy on Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck off the Tuscan island of…

BEIJING (AP) — China is defending what it calls historical rights to virtually the entire South China Sea, following a new U.S. government report…

PARIS (AP) — France will let in travelers from Britain who are vaccinated against COVID-19 without having to self-isolate or to offer an valid…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Senior British government ministers have expressed support for Conservative Prime Minister Boris…

By CHRISTOPH NOELTING and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press KOBLENZ, Germany (AP) — A former Syrian secret police officer has been convicted by a…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is investigating after an 80-year-old Palestinian with U.S. citizenship died of a heart attack after being detained by…

PARIS (AP) — A French prosecutor has freed a suspect held in custody since Wednesday morning over the 2012 slayings of a British-Iraqi family and a…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The emirate of Ajman is warning its government employees that they will be penalized for coming into contact for…

BEIRUT (AP) — A general strike by public transportation and labor unions has paralyzed Lebanon as the nation suffers through one of the…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Defense Ministry says troops that are part of a Russia-led security alliance are…

By STEVE McMORRAN Associated Press Novak Djokovic was included in the draw for the Australian Open — but he’s still waiting to learn if he can…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s natural gas crisis isn’t letting up. Prices are high. Reserves that…

By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French teachers expressed anger at the way the French government is handling the virus situation…

By BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer There’s one word that always grabs the world’s attention in sports: scandal. Figure skating has had its share…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — A doctor in Texas became the first person to be charged under a landmark U.S. law designed to add…

By TRISHA THOMAS and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — Italy has paid tribute to the 32 victims of the Costa Concordia…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has received its first supply of Pfizer’s antiviral COVID-19 pills to…

BEIJING (AP) — A key concern when Beijing was bidding to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games was the lack of a robust winter sports tradition in the…