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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has undergone a procedure to stop persistent bleeding on the surface of his brain,…

Associated Press MILAN (AP) — A humanitarian rescue group says its sailboat plucked from the central Mediterranean an 11-year-old girl believed to…

Associated Press When the African Methodist Episcopal Church, arguably the world’s largest independent Black Protestant denomination, held its…

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale costs in the United States picked up sharply last month, signaling that price pressures are still…

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The town of Asheville, North Carolina, is known for its artists and restaurants. In September, it was…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Civic engagement nonprofits believe democracy is an exercise in need of constant support — not just extra money…

Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Some European Union countries are doubling down on their decision to rapidly halt asylum procedures for Syrian…

AP Business Writer DoorDash will require its drivers to verify their identity more often as part of a larger effort to crack down on unauthorized…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A court in Pakistan has indicted imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife in one of several graft cases they face.…

Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.N. experts say there has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source…

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast has fetched up to more…

AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese leaders have wrapped up a two-day planning meeting in Beijing with pledges to take a more proactive…

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Rights and civil society groups say more than 100 people including children have been killed by security forces in…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — She’s an Iraq War combat veteran and sexual assault survivor who has advocated for years to improve how the…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is calling on wealthy countries and institutions to substantially reduce if not outright cancel debt as a matter…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As several of President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for high-level positions in his administration face…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An American who turned up in Syria says he was detained after crossing into the country by foot on a Christian pilgrimage…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — About six months ago, Donald Trump was sitting in a courtroom in lower Manhattan listening to a jury make him the…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A Serbian court has convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison a man who gunned down nine people and wounded 12 in a…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British military veterans who were discharged or suffered other forms of discrimination because of their sexual…