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Fans celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday in Britain and beyond
LONDON (AP) — Fans of Jane Austen celebrated the acclaimed author’s 250th birthday on Tuesday…
Cannabis entrepreneur Duke Rodriguez joins the race for New Mexico governor
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Duke Rodriguez, one of New Mexico’s most successful cannabis entrepreneurs and…
Muslim rights group sues Florida Gov. DeSantis over ‘foreign terrorist’ label
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A leading Muslim civil rights group in the U.S. has sued…
An American man dies after fall in the Slovenian Alps
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — An American man has died in Slovenia apparently after falling off…
FIFA slashes price for some World Cup tickets to $60 for teams’ most loyal fans after global backlash
MIAMI (AP) — FIFA slashes price for some World Cup tickets to $60 for teams’…
A photographer finds thousands of dinosaur footprints near Italian Winter Olympic venue
MILAN (AP) — A wildlife photographer stumbled upon one of the oldest and largest known…
Court battle begins over California’s new congressional map designed to favor Democrats
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The fight over California’s new congressional map designed to help Democrats…
Sudan tops global humanitarian crisis watchlist for third year as devastating war grips the country
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan topped a watchlist of global humanitarian crises released Tuesday by an…
11 firefighters and 2 other people injured after North Carolina house fire and explosion
SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — Eleven firefighters and two other people were injured in a house…
Lithuania arrests 21 in alleged cigarette smuggling ring using weather balloons from Belarus
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanian authorities said Tuesday they had arrested 21 people allegedly connected…
Baltimore cyclist finds joy in collecting lost hubcaps and stringing them into art
BALTIMORE (AP) — Cyclist Barnaby Wickham has collected more than 700 lost hubcaps, mostly on…
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels say they will withdraw from seized city in eastern Congo
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels said Tuesday they will withdraw from Uvira, the…
Russia names German broadcaster Deutsche Welle as ‘undesirable organization’
Russian authorities on Tuesday named German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle as an “undesirable organization,” effectively…
Editorial Roundup: United States
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 12 The Wall…
Millions facing acute food insecurity in Afghanistan as winter looms, UN warns
GENEVA (AP) — More than 17 million people in Afghanistan are facing crisis levels of…
Rome opens long-awaited Colosseum subway station, with displays of unearthed artifacts
ROME (AP) — Rome opened two subway stations on Tuesday — one deep beneath the…
Former Lebanese minister ordered released on $100,000 bail amid financial crime allegations
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon ’s judicial authorities ordered the release on $100,000 bail Tuesday of…
As reefs vanish, assisted coral fertilization offers hope in the Dominican Republic
BAYAHIBE, Dominican Republic (AP) — Oxygen tank strapped to his back, Michael del Rosario moves…
Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over editing of president’s Jan. 6 speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages…
Bus crash kills 13 and injures over a dozen on highway in central Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A passenger bus overturned, killing 13 people and injuring over a…
Ukraine and 34 other countries approve compensation body for damages from Russia’s invasion
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and 34 other countries formally approved…
Brigitte Macron defends ‘clumsy’ sexist slur against feminist protesters
PARIS (AP) — France’s first lady has defended her use of a sexist slur to…
Suspected militants kill 2, including a police officer guarding polio team in northwestern Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected militants opened fire on a police officer guarding a team…
Thousands flock to a Tokyo zoo to see the last 2 pandas in Japan before their return to China
TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Tokyo’s Ueno zoo to have a last…