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What to know about FIFA’s new peace prize and who might receive it
GENEVA (AP) — There is a new worldwide peace prize on the scene and it…
Atlanta Falcons players to see video about Jesse Owens’ feats at 1936 Berlin Olympics
BERLIN (AP) — Atlanta Falcons coach Raheem Morris has prepared a video to show his…
Louvre vows to restore the imperial crown dropped by thieves during museum robbery
PARIS (AP) — The diamond and emerald-studded crown of Empress Eugénie, which was found damaged…
What to know about pirates off the Somali coast who have hijacked a tanker
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Pirates off the coasts of Somalia have hijacked a commercial vessel…
EU tightens visa restrictions on Russians over the Ukraine war and acts of sabotage
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Friday made it harder for Russian citizens to…
UK police arrest 10 around a soccer match between Aston Villa and Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv
LONDON (AP) — British police said Friday that 10 people were arrested the previous night…
James Bond fantasist jailed for 7 years in UK for trying to spy for Russia
LONDON (AP) — A British man who would “dream about being like James Bond” was…
What a reporter found when she investigated US military strikes on Venezuelan drug boats
GÜIRIA, Venezuela (AP) — Regina Garcia Cano was the reporter behind The Associated Press story…
European Union vessel reaches ship raided by pirates off Somalia; all 24 crew on board safe
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A European Union naval force on Friday reached a…
Iranian capital faces water rationing and evacuations if it doesn’t rain soon, president warns
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president has warned that the capital is facing an unprecedented…
From child actor to star: Lea Michele’s return to Broadway’s Imperial Theatre
NEW YORK (AP) — Lea Michele was just a kid actor backstage at the Imperial…
What to know about China’s newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the commissioning of its third aircraft carrier, China now boasts the…
Outside powers’ reported backing for Sudan’s warring sides fuels fighting as atrocities mount
CAIRO (AP) — For more than two years, Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force…
France players to honor victims of Paris attacks in 2015
PARIS (AP) — The French soccer federation will pay tribute to the victims of the…
China seeks to project power far beyond its coast with the new Fujian aircraft carrier
BANGKOK (AP) — China has commissioned its latest aircraft carrier after extensive sea trials, state…
Inmate mistakenly released from London prison arrested after more than a week of freedom
LONDON (AP) — A convicted sex offender who was mistakenly released early from a London…
Tanzania charges dozens with treason over violence linked to disputed election
DODOMA, Tanzania (AP) — Prosecutors in Tanzania on Friday charged dozens of people with treason…
Mexico president’s rivals cry foul as she uses groping incident to address gender violence
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The groping of Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum on a downtown street…
France mourns its stolen crown jewels as their uncomfortable colonial past returns to view
PARIS (AP) — As French police race to track where the Louvre’s stolen crown jewels…
Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown arrested on attempted murder charge in Miami shooting
Former NFL star Antonio Brown has been arrested on an attempted murder charge stemming from…
Drone sightings halt flights at major European cargo airport in Belgium
BRUSSELS (AP) — Flights out of one of Europe’s biggest cargo airports were briefly suspended…
Woman rescues a beached shark in Oregon in striking video
MANZANITA, Ore. (AP) — A woman was walking her dogs on an Oregon beach when…
Zohran Mamdani and London’s Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, have much in common, but also key differences
LONDON (AP) — He’s the left-leaning Muslim mayor of the country’s biggest city, and U.S.…
Two hospital deaths raise the toll from a retirement home fire in Bosnia to 13 dead
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The death toll from a fire this week in a retirement…