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Bosnia marks 25 years since inking of US-brokered peace deal

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — As their ethnic leaders gathered around a table outside Dayton, Ohio, to initial a U.S.-brokered peace deal a quarter-century ago, Edisa Sehic and Janko Samoukovic still were ene…

Death on eve of Brazil's Black Consciousness Day sparks fury

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Black man died after being beaten by supermarket security guards in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on the eve of Friday's Black Consciousness Day observations, sparking outrage after vid…

Muslim teen shoots and kills minority Ahmadi man in Pakistan

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A sixteen-year-old Muslim youth opened fire on Friday and killed a member of Pakistan's minority Ahmadi community in eastern Punjab province, police and the community's spokesman said.

American passenger recalls trying to kill train attacker

PARIS (AP) — One of three Americans acclaimed as heroes for tackling an alleged Islamic State gunman aboard a Paris-bound train testified Friday that he tried to kill the man who stormed into their passenger car wi…

Embed-Armenia-Azerbaijan, ADVISORY

ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN — Map. This AP digital embed shows a map of Azerbaijan and Armenia and the three districts to be ceded by Armenia under the ceasefire agreement. This map is current as of Nov. 20, 2020, and will …

Dutch court convicts 58-year-old man of sexually abusing boy

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court convicted a man Friday of sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy and depriving him of his liberty leading to his death more than 20 years ago, but acquitted him of deliberat…

Human remains found in a southern Serbian mine

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union’s mission to ensure the rule of law in Kosovo said Friday that human remains that appear to be a mass grave of ethnic Albanians from Kosovo have been found in a disused co…

Stocks open lower on Wall Street at the end of a choppy week

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening slightly lower at the end of a choppy week on Wall Street. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% in the early going Friday and is headed for a weekly loss. It’s still up more than 9% for the m…

Wisconsin recount: Masks, plexiglass and lots of ballots

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin on Friday will begin recounts of the presidential race in the state's two biggest and most Democratic counties. It's a longshot bid by President Donald Trump — who paid a required $3 …

Owl found in Rockefeller Center tree could take flight soon

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. (AP) — A tiny owl that was found dehydrated and hungry in the branches of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is eating its way back to good health and is set to be released back into the wild Sa…

South African police use tear gas on protest over race

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African police used tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons on hundreds of mainly Black protesters who gathered again Friday outside a high school in a predominantly white nei…

Georgia Secretary of State to certify election for Biden

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s top elections official said Friday that he will certify that Joe Biden won the state’s presidential election after a hand tally stemming from a mandatory audit affirmed the Democrat’s lead …

Wisconsin recount: Masks, plexiglas and lots of ballots

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin on Friday will begin recounts of the presidential race in the state's two biggest and most Democratic counties. It's a longshot bid by President Donald Trump — who paid a required $3 …

APEC leaders, including Trump, begin virtual meeting

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum began a virtual meeting on Friday to seek ways to revive their coronavirus-battered economies, with U.S. President Donald Trump…