Algeria: 2 ex-ministers face groundbreaking corruption trial
ALGIERS, Algeria — Two former Algerian prime ministers went on trial Wednesday on corruption charges, in the most high-profile act of transparency and...
Cavill: Door ‘hasn’t closed’ on Superman, but 1st, ‘Witcher’
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Henry Cavill is all-in on his Netflix fantasy series "The Witcher," but he says the “door hasn't closed”on a return as Superm...
Texas judge orders border wall fundraiser not to build
HOUSTON — A local judge in South Texas has ordered supporters of President Donald Trump not to build their planned private border wall on a section of...
The Latest: Macron calls NATO summit ‘constructive’
WATFORD, England — The Latest on the NATO summit near London (all times local):
Climate simulations are mostly accurate, study finds
WASHINGTON — The computer models used to simulate what heat-trapping gases will do to global temperatures have been pretty spot-on in their prediction...
Trump calls Trudeau ‘two-faced’ as palace gossip goes viral
WATFORD, England — NATO leaders professed unity on Wednesday at a summit near London — but a spat over off-the-cuff chit chat at a royal reception rat...
African swine fever kills more than 20 wild boar in Poland
WARSAW, Poland — An outbreak of African swine fever in Poland near the German border has killed 21 wild boar, the agriculture minister said Wednesday.
Lady Gaga to headline pre-Super Bowl concert in Miami
NEW YORK — Lady Gaga is returning to the Super Bowl stage — sort of.
Bloomberg spending tens of millions more on new ad campaign
NEW YORK — Billionaire Democrat Michael Bloomberg is putting tens of millions of more dollars behind a new television ad casting himself as uniquely q...
Holidays bring phishing scam surge aimed at small business
NEW YORK — The email looked legitimate, so Danielle Radin clicked on the link it contained, expecting to have her products included in a holiday gift ...
Clifford, everybody’s favorite big red dog, gets a reboot
NEW YORK — Who’s your favorite big red dog? If you have one, chances are his name is Clifford.
Iran leader calls for ‘Islamic mercy’ after bloody crackdown
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader called Wednesday for those detained in recent gasoline price protests to be treated with “Islamic ...
Kim again rides horse up sacred peak as N. Korea raps Trump
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rode a white horse up a sacred mountain in his second symbolic visit in less than two months, sta...
Across generations, French workers fight pensions overhaul
PARIS — Amid the crowds demonstrating in Paris against a planned overhaul of the pension system, a nephew and his uncle will be marching side by side ...
AP Exclusive: 629 Pakistani girls sold as brides to China
LAHORE, Pakistan — Page after page, the names stack up: 629 girls and women from across Pakistan who were sold as brides to Chinese men and taken to C...
Buffalo bishop resigns under fire for handling of misconduct
NEW YORK — Pope Francis on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Buffalo Bishop Richard Malone following widespread criticism from Malone’s staff, pri...
Global stocks turn higher on renewed trade hopes
BEIJING — Global stock markets turned higher on Wednesday on hopes that negotiations toward a U.S.-China trade deal are proceeding despite tough rheto...
China and US clash over Xinjiang, Hong Kong bills
BEIJING — Already strained relations between China and the United States were further muddied after U.S. Congress overwhelmingly approved a bill targe...
EU climate leadership in doubt as bloc set to miss 2030 goal
MADRID — The European Union said Wednesday that it will likely miss its target for reducing greenhouse gases by 2030, dealing a blow to the bloc’s eff...
OPEC nations grapple with oversupply of oil
The world may be heading for an even greater oversupply of oil, and that possibility — which could drive down fuel and energy prices — is hanging over...
Israeli PM escapes domestic woes to meet Pompeo in Lisbon
TEL AVIV, Israel — Looking to escape his legal and political woes at home, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was headed Wednesday toward a war...
Egyptian government seeks to do away with popular tuk-tuks
CAIRO — Motorized rickshaws known as tuk-tuks have ruled the streets of Cairo’s slums for the past two decades, squeezing through dusty alleys, dodgin...
Of founders and findings: What to watch on impeachment
WASHINGTON — Same pillared House hearing room. Different chairman with his own mission.
Takeaways from House report on Trump impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee released a sweeping impeachment report Tuesday that asserts President Donald Trump misused his office to...
Report links Giuliani with top Republican on intel panel
WASHINGTON — A new report from Democrats compiling evidence on impeachment revealed contact between President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Gi...
Google co-founders step aside as antitrust scrutiny heats up
SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s co-founders are relinquishing their executive positions just as state and federal regulators, not to mention the Department o...
Bolsonaro vs NGOs: Amazon town becomes ground zero for spat
ALTER DO CHAO, Brazil — A sleepy Amazon town has become the flashpoint for the growing hostility between Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro a...
Maduro’s foes balk at UN-backed deal to rebuild power grid
MIAMI — A proposal to rebuild Venezuela’s collapsed power grid with the help of the United Nations is proving a political hot potato for Nicolás Madur...
Mexican president prays with family of dead US dual citizens
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador prayed for the safety of the country with the relatives of nine U.S. dual citizens slaught...
Five finalists announced for William C. Morris book award
NEW YORK — Ben Phillippe's “The Field Guide to the North American Teenager” and David Yoon's “Frankly in Love” are among the finalists for the William...