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The ideal wine for Thanksgiving dinner? It’s complicated

For many of us who love to cook and host on Thanksgiving, one central mystery remains: What to pour?
14:00 11 November 2021

Shootings, blasts prompt Denmark to tighten border controls

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark will temporarily reinstate border controls with Sweden and step up police work along the border after a series of violen...
11:42 11 November 2021

Gambia takes Myanmar to top UN court over Rohingya campaign

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Gambia filed a case Monday at the United Nations' highest court accusing Myanmar of genocide in its campaign against the Rohi...
10:18 11 November 2021

2020 Watch: Bloomberg escalates doubts about front-runners

NEW YORK — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
10:09 11 November 2021

China’s Xi on investment drive in EU member Greece

ATHENS, Greece — Chinese President Xi Jinping is meeting political leaders in Greece on a trip aimed at furthering a major global investment initiativ...
9:33 11 November 2021

Iran underground lab helps produce more low-enriched uranium

TEHRAN, Iran — The head of Iran's nuclear program told The Associated Press on Monday that the country is now producing more low-enriched uranium dail...
9:30 11 November 2021

China’s Alibaba, JD report booming Singles Day sales

BEIJING — Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com reported a total of more than $55 billion in sales Monday midway through Singles Day, an annual...
9:15 11 November 2021

Still a chance? 2020 longshots insist race is up for grabs

CONCORD, N.H. — Bernie Sanders rallied hundreds of supporters outside the New Hampshire capital when the senator formally filed to compete in the stat...
8:59 11 November 2021

Still teaching at 95, Jimmy Carter draws devotees to church

PLAINS, Ga. — The pilgrims arrive early and from all over, gathering hours before daybreak in an old pecan grove that surrounds a country church. They...
6:16 11 November 2021

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s flawed ‘read the transcript’ defense

WASHINGTON — It's been his drumbeating demand: "Read the transcript!"
5:16 11 November 2021

Trump impeachment inquiry heads to live TV coverage

Back in 1973, tens of millions of Americans tuned in to what Variety called "the hottest daytime soap opera" — the Senate Watergate hearings that even...
5:02 11 November 2021

UN mission in Iraq proposes roadmap for ending upheaval

BAGHDAD — The United Nations' mission for Iraq on Sunday proposed a roadmap out of the country's social upheaval, while Amnesty International said Ira...
3:05 11 November 2021

The Latest: Bolivian police detain electoral court officials

LA PAZ, Bolivia — The latest on the political crisis in Bolivia (all times local):
0:23 11 November 2021

In memoir, Haley alleges disloyalty among some on Trump team

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's former U.N. ambassador, Nikki Haley , alleges in her upcoming memoir that two administration officials who were ul...
23:54 10 November 2021

The Latest: Spanish interim PM seeks support to end deadlock

MADRID — The Latest on Spain's election (all times local):
23:32 10 November 2021

Romania presidential vote seen heading to Nov. 24 runoff

BUCHAREST, Romania — Exit polls from Sunday's balloting showed a runoff will be needed Nov. 24 to decide Romania's presidential contest.
22:38 10 November 2021

The Latest: Exit polls see runoff in Romania president vote

BUCHAREST, Romania — The Latest on Romania's presidential election (all times local):
22:09 10 November 2021

Bolivia’s president resigns amid election-fraud allegations

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned Sunday under mounting pressure from the military and the public after his re-election victor...
21:41 10 November 2021

Iran discovers new oil field with over 50 billion barrels

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country's south with over 50 billion barrels of crude, its president said Sunday, a find tha...
19:54 10 November 2021

Justices take up high-profile case over young immigrants

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is taking up the Trump administration's plan to end legal protections that shield 660,000 immigrants from deportation, ...
19:47 10 November 2021

Members of community attacked in Mexico doubt they’ll return

PHOENIX — A Utah man who helped get his mother and other family members safely out of northern Mexico after nine people were killed in an apparent amb...
19:33 10 November 2021

Hispanic immigrant in line to lead US Catholic bishops

Clergy sex abuse is once again on the agenda as U.S. Catholic bishops meet this week — but so is a potentially historic milestone: Los Angeles Archbis...
18:08 10 November 2021

Germany’s ruling parties OK pension reform to help women

BERLIN — Germany's governing parties agreed Sunday to reform the country's pension system, setting aside an ideological dispute that had threatened to...
18:06 10 November 2021

Still unknown? Many have yet to form opinions on Warren

RALIEGH, N.C. — Ron Wen knew Elizabeth Warren was running for president, but not much else.
13:30 10 November 2021

New federal grant program allots $10M for dams in 26 states

Built for irrigation in 1884, Smith Reservoir in Colorado no longer can hold as much water as it once did.
12:48 10 November 2021

Over 100,000 celebrate 30 years since fall of Berlin Wall

BERLIN — Police and organizers say more than 100,000 people took part in an open-air party celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin ...
12:35 10 November 2021

Offshoot Mormon community hit in deadly attack leaves Mexico

TUCSON, Ariz. — An 18-vehicle caravan carrying about 100 members of an offshoot Mormon community leaving their homes in Mexico after a violent attack ...
11:36 10 November 2021

AP sources: Former Trump adviser John Bolton has a book deal

NEW YORK — Former national security adviser John Bolton has a book deal, The Associated Press has learned.
11:12 10 November 2021

UK parties attack rival spending plans in election feud

LONDON — Britain's biggest political parties are accusing each other of financial recklessness as they vie to win voters' trust on the economy ahead o...
11:12 10 November 2021

Over 100,000 greet Japan’s emperor at enthronement parade

TOKYO — Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako waved and smiled from an open car in a parade Sunday marking Naruhito's enthronement as more than ...
11:11 10 November 2021