UK introduces new fast-track visa to attract scientists
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced a new fast-track visa to attract more of the world’s best scientists to the U.K. in hopes of ...
Man City sweeps past 10-man Fulham 4-0 in FA Cup 4th round
Manchester City capitalized on the sixth-minute sending-off of Fulham’s U.S. defender, Tim Ream, to sweep to a 4-0 win over the second-tier team and r...
Turkish teams hunt for quake survivors as death toll hits 38
ANKARA, Turkey — Working against the clock in freezing temperatures, Turkish rescue teams pulled more survivors from collapsed buildings Sunday, days ...
Germany urged to fight anti-Semitism to avoid Jewish exodus
BERLIN — Germany's foreign minister is calling for strengthened efforts against anti-Semitism to ward off the possibility that many Jews decide to lea...
Ringing in Brexit? Plans to celebrate UK exit divide country
LONDON — With Brexit just days away, Britons are fighting over the chimes of Big Ben. And the White Cliffs of Dover are a battleground.
Britain’s EU Journey: When the EU faced its biggest crisis
LONDON — Britain officially leaves the European Union on Jan. 31 after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the ...
Shiffrin wins super-G, 2 days after downhill triumph
BANSKO, Bulgaria — Following three weeks without a win in her favorite technical events, Mikaela Shiffrin bounced back with two triumphs in speed race...
Analysis: Nadal vs. Kyrgios in Australia, as good as it gets
MELBOURNE, Australia — Maybe he was simply bored by the questions. He certainly was physically and emotionally spent after the longest win of his care...
Rahm takes the lead at Torrey Pines with McIlroy lurking
SAN DIEGO — Jon Rahm is playing some of his best golf with two victories and a runner-up in his last four tournaments. He was at his best Saturday at ...
French carmaker to evacuate workers from China amid outbreak
PARIS — France and a major automaker said Saturday that they are moving to get citizens out of a locked-down Chinese city where a deadly outbreak of a...
Trump’s idea of executive power is also impeachment defense
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has always been a man of absolutes.
Cardinal at center of 2 Popes storm doubles down on celibacy
VATICAN CITY — A Vatican cardinal at the center of a storm over a book about celibacy and the Catholic priesthood is denouncing the “brutality” of cri...
Tottenham held by Southampton, Leicester wins in FA Cup
LONDON — Southampton held Tottenham to a 1-1 draw to force a replay in the FA Cup on Saturday, while Leicester and Norwich both won.
Xi calls situation grave as China scrambles to contain virus
BEIJING — China's leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak's epicenter in centr...
The Latest: Bertens’ win closes women’s 3rd Rd in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Latest on the Australian Open (all times local):
Curtoni leads Italian sweep at downhill, Shiffrin 4th
BANSKO, Bulgaria — Elena Curtoni led an Italian sweep of the podium at a women’s World Cup downhill on Saturday for her first career victory, while Mi...
Europe’s bishops mark Auschwitz anniversary denouncing hate
WARSAW, Poland — Europe's Catholic bishops are marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with a statement denouncing anti-Semitism a...
Democrats speak to history with exhaustive impeachment case
WASHINGTON — At times it seemed like few senators in the chamber were really listening. But the House Democrats presenting the impeachment case agains...
Trial highlights: Dems cry cover-up, Trump hails activists
WASHINGTON — From the floor of the Senate, Democratic impeachment prosecutors said Friday that Trump tried to cover up his actions with Ukraine, anoth...
Antetokounmpo thrills Neymar & Mbappé as Bucks beat Hornets
PARIS — With the world’s two most expensive soccer players cheering him on in Paris on Friday night, Giannis Antetokounmpo took a while to entertain t...
At least 18 dead, hundreds hurt as quake hits eastern Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey — A 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked a sparsely-populated part of eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 18 people, injuring more th...
Pompeo heads to Ukraine next week to meet with president
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ukraine next week, making his first trip to the country at the heart of President Donald Trump'...
US says e-commerce firms need to do more about fake goods
WASHINGTON — E-commerce has unleashed an increasing torrent of fake merchandise upon the world and private companies and the U.S. government must do m...
In Paris, Michael Jordan takes questions on many NBA topics
Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls probably played a role in changing basketball in Europe, when they played in Paris and won a tournament 23 years ...
Schiff sets tone of impeachment case, says ‘right matters’
WASHINGTON — For a few gripping minutes, Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead impeachment prosecutor against President Donald Trump, had made the restless Senat...
Top EU officials sign Brexit deal in closed door ceremony
BRUSSELS — The leaders of two of the European Union’s main institutions on Friday signed the divorce agreement governing Britain’s departure from the ...
Legal confusion deepens in Poland in new challenge for EU
WARSAW, Poland — Legal confusion has deepened dramatically in Poland, with the government and the country’s high court judges on a collision course ov...
Despite renewed strikes, France pushes on with pension plan
PARIS — Women workers danced in protest and striking Eiffel Tower employees shuttered France's most famed monument Friday — but the government pushed ...
Federer tops Australia’s Millman in 5 sets at Melbourne Park
MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer was thinking, “Uh, oh, here we go again.”