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Updated 16 hours, 21 minutes ago

Canada's Liberals celebrate a stunning win and the Conservative challenger loses his seat

The vote-counting agency Elections Canada said the counting of special ballots — cast by voters who are away from …

Updated 2 months ago
US refuses to blame Russia for Ukraine war, splitting with European allies in UN votes

In the U.N. General Assembly, the U.S. joined Russia in voting against a Europe-backed Ukrainian resolution that calls out Moscow’s aggression and demands an i…

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
Pope Francis isn't out of danger but his condition isn't life-threatening, medical team says

The pope suffered from a seasonal infection that has filled hospitals, but with a difference, Alfieri said.

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
Kim Sae-ron's death underscores the huge pressure on South Korean celebrities

After the 24-year-old actor was found dead at her home Sunday, the headlines predictably swung to calling for changes to the way celebrities are treated in the…

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
Trump warns Zelenskyy to quickly negotiate war's end with Russia or risk not having a nation to lead

The Republican president was riled by Zelenskyy's charge that Trump "lives in this disinformation space” fostered by Moscow. “We have seen this disinformation.…

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
Russia and the US agree to work toward improving ties and ending the Ukraine war in landmark talks

Trump's national security adviser, Michael Waltz, and special Mideast envoy Steven Witkoff joined Rubio at the table, along with Lavrov and Russian President V…

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
Top Russian and American officials will hold talks on ending the Ukraine war without Kyiv

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Putin's foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov arrived in the Saudi capital on Monday, according to Russian state TV. …

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
Hong Kong residents compete to name twin panda cubs who just turned 6 months old

The pair, currently identified as the “Elder Sister” and the “Little Brother," will make their public debut on Sunday and meet visitors for five hours daily. T…

Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
From roses in Vietnam to engraved 'love locks' in Germany, the world celebrates Valentine's Day

For anyone who’s been searching for signs of love in this world, there was proof of it this Valentine’s Day on the Eiffel Tower, where a couple embraced in a k…

Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
A far-right party is heading for its strongest result yet in Germany's election

After returning to parliament in 2021 with reduced support of 10.3%, AfD picked up strength as Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left government bickered through…

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and other dignitaries are expected at a ceremony on Sunday as a specially-made 9-meter (29.5-foot) tall clock in downtown Vilnius…

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Sweden's worst mass shooting leaves at least 11 dead, including the gunman

Officials said three women and two men, all with gunshot wounds, underwent surgery at Orebro University Hospital. All were in serious but stable condition afte…

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
As hundreds of quakes rattle Greek islands, a few brave tourists have Santorini to themselves

Efthimios Lekkas, head of the state-run Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization, said the epicenter of the earthquakes in the Aegean was moving northwa…

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Hospitals in eastern Congo are crowded with wounded and exhausting their supplies

Bethesda is one of several hospitals in Goma that The Associated Press visited that has inadequate personnel and supplies. The city hosts many of the close to …

Updated 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Serbian protesters march ahead of their Danube bridge blockade as driver rams Belgrade demonstration

Along the way to Novi Sad on Friday, the students were greeted by cheering citizens who honked their car horns or came out of their homes to offer food and dri…

Updated 2 months, 4 weeks ago
A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori

The law passed Thursday gives Taranaki Maunga all the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities and liabilities of a person. Its legal personality has a name: T…