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By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe’s sky is filling up with near-empty flights that even airlines admit serve no purpose…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit surged to a near-record high of $80.2 billion in November as…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Retired Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy is ignoring pleas from former President Donald Trump…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Powerball tickets sold in Wisconsin and California were winners of the latest jackpot and will split $632 million. The…

LONDON (AP) — The BBC has appointed British journalist Deborah Turness as its new chief executive for news and current affairs. Turness comes to…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — French regulators have fined Google and Facebook a total of more than 200 million euros for not…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Firefighters have left South Africa’s Parliament complex four days after a major…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s biggest governing party says it aims for a final decision by the end of March on the introduction of a universal vaccine…

PARIS (AP) — France is allowing vaccinated travelers from South Africa to enter its territory without having to observe a coronavirus quarantine.…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press MAKURDI, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria say gunmen have abducted three Chinese nationals working in the…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — China’s foreign minister says his country will appoint a special envoy to the Horn of Africa…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO and MEHMET GUZEL Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Christians around the world have marked Epiphany with a series of…

LONDON (AP) — A top European court has declined to rule in a discrimination case centered on an activist’s request to have a cake decorated with…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung isn’t bald. But he is enjoying the…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli deputy minister is under fire for calling residents of an unauthorized West…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — One of Portugal’s leading media conglomerates says a group calling itself “Lapsus$” hacked the company’s online…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Thousands of mourners have poured into the streets of Iranian cities for the…

By PATRICK QUINN Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen begins a visit to strife-torn Myanmar on Friday that he hopes…

BEIJING (AP) — China has lashed out at the United States over its support for the European nation of Lithuania in its feud with Beijing over…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Germany has found itself facing a series of challenges in its relations with Russia and China…