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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Concerns are growing that China’s men’s hockey team could get embarrassed on home ice in Beijing at the…

By NICK PERRY and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Pacific Rim leaders have agreed to do all they can to improve access to…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. and the European Union have inched away from a diplomatic cliff edge but remain miles apart…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Embattled Japanese technology conglomerate Toshiba is restructuring to improve its…

By LAETITIA BEZAIN Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — International agencies warn that more than 1.1 million people in southern…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark has reintroduced its digital pass and is once again considering COVID-19 to be “a socially critical disease”…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Caretaker Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced a three-week partial lockdown…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A former German environment minister and outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff have…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska says she’s running for reelection next year.…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping emerges from a party conclave this week not only more firmly ensconced in power than ever, but also with a…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand says it would delay the reopening of nightlife entertainment venues to Jan. 15 despite pleas from the industry to make it…

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A jury has recommended up to 28 years in prison for a Missouri man found guilty of killing his wife. The jury returned the…

By SAM MAGDY and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Libyan leaders have reaffirmed in Paris their commitment to ensure the success of the…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — No country will see energy needs grow faster in coming decades than India, and even…

By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Voters go to the polls in Bulgaria for the third time in seven months this weekend after…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s disease control center is calling for people to cancel or avoid large events and to…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s preparations for the next coronavirus surge include adding thousands more hospital beds…

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing Olympic officials say two foreign athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 in ongoing test events for February’s Winter…

By DREW COSTLEY and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — In some parts of the U.S., the risks from climate change have…