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Updated 5 days, 23 hours ago

Pope Leo XIV gets into Christmas spirit with prayer for peace at Spanish Steps

ROME — Pope Leo XIV got into the Christmas spirit Monday by taking part in a very Roman papal tradition: praying f…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Police: Man shoots 7 in series of Chicago-area attacks

CHICAGO (AP) — A man killed three people and wounded four others in a series of shootings over roughly four hours that started on Chicago's South Side and ended with his death in a shootout with police in a parking…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Syria temporarily cuts supplies of fuel to meet shortages

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s petroleum ministry on Sunday blamed U.S. sanctions for forcing it to cut by up to 24% its distribution of fuel and diesel because of delays in arrival of needed supplies.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
EXPLAINER: Why is Indonesia prone to plane crashes?

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Saturday's plane crash in Indonesia, in which a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 carrying 62 people plunged into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff, has once again cast the limelight on the sa…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Protesters arrested for criticizing Kazakhstan's vote

MOSCOW (AP) — Dozens of people protesting Kazakhstan’s opposition-free election were arrested Sunday in the country’s capital and in its principal city.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Daily low flying Israeli jets over Lebanon spreading jitters

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli military jets carried out several low flying flights over Beirut as reconnaissance drones also buzzed overhead Sunday in what has become a daily occurrence.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Chinese state media blast latest Pompeo move on Taiwan

BEIJING (AP) — China's state media lashed out at the latest move on Taiwan by the departing Trump administration, accusing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of “seeking to maliciously inflict a long-lasting scar …

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EST

Top Republican says Trump committed 'impeachable offenses'

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
The Latest: England invites over 80s to get virus vaccine

LONDON — Thousands of people 80 and older have started receiving invitations to get the coronavirus vaccine in England, officials said Sunday, as Britain ramps up its national vaccination program in a bid to meet i…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
AP News Digest 5:40 a.m.

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Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
UN envoy: Britain is `gung ho' about world role after Brexit

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Britain’s new U.N. ambassador says the government is feeling “gung ho” about continuing its role as an important player on the world stage despite its exit from the European Union.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Voters in Kyrgyzstan cast ballots in early presidential vote

MOSCOW (AP) — Voters in Kyrgyzstan cast ballots Sunday in an early presidential election that will also determine how much power the next president has.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Minister: Massive power outage leaves Pakistan in the dark

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A major technical fault in Pakistan's power generation and distribution system caused a massive power outage that plunged the country into darkness overnight, the energy minister said.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Lottery State-by-State-All

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Sunday:

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Woman in widely seen hotel confrontation charged in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — A 22-year-old California woman who wrongly accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone and tackled him at a New York City hotel in a widely seen video was charged after returning to the city on S…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Sunday, January 10, 2021