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Europe uses subsidies, taxes and policy pauses to offset pain of high fuel prices
Europeans are becoming more incensed as pump prices surpass the equivalent of $12 a gallon in some countries. EU c…
Italy gets creative as it works to make art accessible for blind people
Italy and its art-filled cities have no shortage of tourists, but they haven’t always been overly welcoming to visitors with disabilities. People who use wheel…
Russia bombards Ukraine with drones and missiles a day before planned peace talks
Officials have described recent talks between Moscow and Kyiv delegations as constructive. But after a year of efforts, the Trump administration is still searc…
A Kremlin official confirms that U.S.-brokered Russia-Ukraine talks are resuming this week
The Trump administration has over the past year pushed the two sides to find compromises. But breaking the deadlock on key issues appears no closer as the four…
Cut off from most communication, Iranian protesters share rare stories of determination and dissent
The Associated Press spoke with six Iranians, each on condition of anonymity through secure channels as security forces continued to crack down on dissenters a…
Venezuela’s acting president signs oil industry overhaul, easing state control to lure investors
Rodríguez’s government expects the changes to serve as assurances for major U.S. oil companies that have so far hesitated about returning to the volatile count…
A new report warns that combined war casualties in Russia's war on Ukraine could soon hit 2 million
As the war grinds through another bitterly cold winter, Russian strikes hit an apartment block Wednesday on the outskirts of Kyiv, killing two people. Nine oth…
Japan will hold an early election next month as Takaichi aims to capitalize on her popularity
The dissolution of the 465-member lower House of Representatives paves the way for a 12-day campaign that officially starts Tuesday. When Speaker Fukushiro Nuk…
Trump in Davos says NATO should allow the US to take Greenland but he won't use force
NATO was founded by leading European nations, the U.S. and Canada. Its other members have been steadfast in saying Greenland is not for sale and cannot be wres…
Spain’s high-speed train crash casts a shadow over a world-class rail system
Both before and after that milestone, successive Spanish governments devoted tax revenues and European Union development aid to its high-speed rail network tha…
Prince Harry says Daily Mail scoops made him 'paranoid beyond belief'
Tens of millions of dollars are on the line in the privacy invasion case in which the Duke of Sussex is joined by Elton John, actors Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie…
Ukrainian drone strikes cut power to hundreds of thousands in Russia-occupied southern Ukraine
Russia has hammered Ukraine’s power grid, especially in winter, throughout the nearly four-year war. The strikes aim to weaken Ukrainians’ will to resist in a …
Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese EVs in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products
Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime…
US seizes sixth sanctioned tanker it says has ties to Venezuela in Trump's effort to control its oil
U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. eff…
Trump claims killing of Iran protesters 'has stopped' even as Tehran signals executions ahead
“We’ve been told that the killing in Iran is stopping -- it’s stopped -- it’s stopping,” Trump said at the White House while signing executive orders and legis…
China's trade surplus surges 20% to a record $1.2 trillion, even with Trump's tariffs
China’s trade surplus surpassed the $1 trillion mark for the first time in November, when the trade surplus reached $1.08 trillion in the first 11 months of la…