Youth served: Gauff wins, Serena loses at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia — Perhaps Serena Williams, now 38, will win a 24th Grand Slam title someday.
Matteo Salvini seeks power in Rome through regional victory
MILAN — Matteo Salvini is betting that the road to Rome runs through Emilia-Romagna.
US Vice President Pence to Pope Francis: you made me a hero
VATICAN CITY — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told Pope Francis, “You made me a hero" back home by granting him a private audience at the Vatican on F...
2 elephants escape from circus in Russian city
Russia is said to be the place where bears roam the streets — but for a short while it was a free-for-all for elephants.
Thunberg brushes off mockery from US finance chief
DAVOS, Switzerland — Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday brushed off criticism and mockery from U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, saying t...
Woods opens with 69 at Torrey North to start new year
SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods had his lowest opening round of the year since 2011. It wasn't enough to be among the leaders Thursday at the Farmers Insuranc...
Spain-Venezuela encounter by tarmac unleashes speculation
MADRID — A secretive meeting this week by the tarmac of Madrid's international airport between two prominent officials from Spain and Venezuela trigge...
Key quotes from world leaders at Holocaust forum
JERUSALEM — The presidents of France and Germany warned of rising anti-Semitism. Israeli and American leaders lashed out at Iran. Russia's president t...
Polish parliament OKs law allowing gov’t to punish judges
WARSAW, Poland — Poland's lawmakers gave their final approval Thursday to legislation that will allow politicians to fire judges who criticize their d...
Leaders vow to learn from Holocaust, offer competing lessons
JERUSALEM — Speaker by speaker, world leaders on Thursday denounced the rising threat of anti-Semitism and vowed never to forget the lessons of the Ho...
Portugal police: Banker in Angola scandal hangs himself
LISBON, Portugal — A Portuguese banker named in a major Angolan money-laundering and corruption scandal has died in an apparent suicide at his home, p...
Next stop, Brexit: Britain’s EU divorce bill becomes law
LONDON — Britain’s delayed and disputed Brexit bill became law on Thursday, removing the last U.K. obstacle to the country leaving the European Union ...
Storm Gloria kills 11 in Spain, causes wide coastal damage
MADRID — A calamitous storm has killed at least 11 people in Spain and left five others missing, as well as causing rivers to overflow their banks and...
European Central Bank holds rates, launches policy review
FRANKFURT, Germany — The European Central Bank has decided to launch a top-to-bottom review of how it steers the economy for 342 million people in the...
‘Who is she?’ - US Treasury chief takes swipe at Thunberg
DAVOS, Switzerland — As one of the executive producers of the last Mad Max movie, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin might have been interested in...
Cast in many roles, Gus Kenworthy is one tough act to follow
Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy hasn't had much time to rehearse and practice new tricks heading into the Winter X Games this weekend.
Holding court in Davos, Trump distracted by impeachment
DAVOS, Switzerland — President Donald Trump held court in the snow-capped Alps for two days, showcasing the American economy to world leaders and glob...
Guaidó seeks EU sanctions for Venezuela, meeting with Trump
BRUSSELS — Venezuela’s opposition leader said Wednesday that he wants the European Union to broaden sanctions against members of the Venezuelan govern...
The Latest: WTO chief says debate over trade rules will last
DAVOS, Switzerland — The Latest on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (all times local):
US-French tax truce a respite in tense relations with EU
DAVOS, Switzerland — France will delay its tax on big tech firms like Google and Facebook in exchange for the United States's promise to hold off reta...
Russia’s Putin remains secretive about his future role
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin remained tight-lipped about his future role Wednesday as he fast-tracks a set of constitutional changes wide...
UK lawmakers remove child-migrants promise from Brexit bill
LONDON — British lawmakers have overturned changes to the government’s flagship Brexit bill made by Parliament’s House of Lords, removing a promise to...
‘Naughty boy’: Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77
LONDON — Terry Jones, a founding member of the anarchic Monty Python troupe who was hailed by colleagues as “the complete Renaissance comedian" and “a...
Gaultier bids the runway adieu on final day of couture
PARIS — As Jean Paul Gaultier prepared to bid adieu to the Paris couture runway with a fashion show and glitzy after-party at the Chatelet Theater, Jo...
Wife: China’s ex-Interpol boss jailed for reformist views
PARIS — In her first comments about her husband's jail sentence, the wife of the former Interpol president imprisoned in China has dismissed his bribe...
Greek islanders strongly protest overcrowded refugee camps
ATHENS, Greece — Thousands of Greek residents and business owners joined a strike and protested Wednesday on the Greek islands hardest hit by migratio...
Soccer players union promises to defend Olympic protesters
GENEVA — Soccer players who defy Olympic rules by making protest gestures at the 2020 Tokyo Games will be supported by their global union.
Russia-Poland feud over history clouds Auschwitz anniversary
WARSAW, Poland — Over the next several days, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the...
Coco Gauff sets up Osaka showdown in Australia; Serena wins
MELBOURNE, Australia — Plenty was going badly for Coco Gauff in the second round of the Australian Open.
Auschwitz survivor who was just 2 at liberation nurses scars
MUNICH — Only 2 years old and so ill she had to stay on for weeks after liberation, Eva Umlauf was one of the youngest prisoners to be freed from Ausc...