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BEIRUT (AP) — Jordan’s prime minister says that he discussed in Beirut ways to expedite the delivery of Egyptian natural gas to Lebanon through…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Millions of people across the U.K. are facing a long, bleak winter as the rising cost of living…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Authorities in Bangkok have sandbagged low-lying areas in the Thai capital and checked pumping…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister says he has no intention of entering an arms race with Turkey…

LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — European Union scientists say the surface of Spain’s La Palma island is continuing to expand as lava…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The head of the Taliban government has ordered the group’s fighters to leave…

BERLIN (AP) — Officials in Germany are investigating why a huge wind turbine collapsed just hours before it was due to be officially inaugurated.…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police in the Netherlands and Germany say they have have arrested nine suspected…

BEIJING (AP) — Defense officials from China and the U.S. have held two days of talks in a small sign of progress amid a continuing sharp downturn…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With only hours to spare, President Joe Biden has signed legislation to avoid a partial federal…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Girls from the Afghanistan national soccer team who were recently granted asylum in Portugal have had a surprise visit from…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer MITO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s next prime minister says he believes raising incomes is the only way to…

By DAVID RISING and ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — As the island nation of Singapore pursues a strategy of “living with…

By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press IEROPIGI, Greece (AP) — A relatively smooth section of Greece’s rugged border with Albania is turning…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The head of the World Bank has discussed Sudan’s daunting economic challenges with the…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Primetta Giacopini’s life began and ended with pandemics. The 105-year-old California woman was two years old…

By ELDAR EMRIC and SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Hospitals across Bosnia are again filling with COVID-19…

By HAU DINH Associated Press VUNG TAU, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam will lift the lockdown in its largest city on Friday, ending nearly three months of…

By MARCY GORDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators have fired a barrage of criticism at a Facebook executive over…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Bahrain have cemented their year-old agreement to establish diplomatic ties. The king…