AP Explains: How climate change feeds Africa locust invasion
JOHANNESBURG — Locusts by the millions are nibbling their way across a large part of Africa in the worst outbreak some places have seen in 70 years. I...
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...
US imposes visa rules for pregnant women on ‘birth tourism’
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday published new visa rules aimed at restricting “birth tourism," in which women travel to the U.S. to ...
‘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...
‘Magic’ gloves let acclaimed Brazilian pianist play again
SAO PAULO — A few days before Christmas, renowned pianist João Carlos Martins summoned his friends to a Sao Paulo bar so he could show off the best gi...
Lebanese Cabinet faces multiple challenges, growing unrest
BEIRUT — Lebanon's new government made up of appointees nominated by the Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies got down to business Wednesday, a day a...
Saudi crown prince’s WhatsApp linked to Bezos phone hack
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The cellphone of Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos was hacked in what appeared to be an attempt by Sau...
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...
Chinese city stops outbound flights, trains to fight virus
BEIJING — Chinese state media say the city of Wuhan is shutting down outbound flights and trains as the country battles the spread of a new virus that...
Key events leading to statement on Jeff Bezos phone hack
Experts at the United Nations said Wednesday that the phone of Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos was likely hacked through a file se...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
Years after SARS, a more confident China faces a new virus
BEIJING — As a viral outbreak spread from the central Chinese city of Wuhan this week, the ruling Communist Party's political and legal affairs commis...
AP PHOTOS: After Auschwitz, survivors still bear witness
Seventy-five years after the killing stopped at Auschwitz, the survivors still bear witness, and many observe the rising hatred and anti-Semitism in t...
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...
Battle for India’s new citizenship law moves to top court
NEW DELHI — India's top court on Wednesday began hearing dozens of petitions seeking the revocation of amendments to the citizenship law following nat...
AP EXPLAINS: How India ended up in turmoil over citizenship
NEW DELHI — India has been embroiled in protests since December, when Parliament passed a bill amending the country's citizenship law. The new law pro...
Virus prompts temperature checks, extra cleaning at airports
BEIJING — Many countries are checking the temperatures of arriving airline passengers and adopting precautionary quarantine procedures in response to ...
Mexico begins flying, busing migrants back to Honduras
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Hundreds of Central American migrants who waded across a river into Mexico in hopes of eventually reaching the U.S. were sent...
Allegations bite into business of ‘Africa’s richest woman’
LISBON, Portugal — Portuguese bank EuroBic said it will stop doing business with companies and people linked to its main shareholder Isabel dos Santos...
Backatcha: Thunberg returns Trump’s climate jibe
DAVOS, Switzerland — Greta Thunberg isn't easily intimidated.
Britain’s EU Journey: When De Gaulle said ‘non’ twice
LONDON — Britain officially leaves the European Union on Jan. 31 after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the ...
Winter storm lashes Spanish coast, leaves 4 dead, power cuts
MADRID — A winter storm lashed much of Spain for a third day Tuesday, leaving 200,000 people without electricity, schools closed and roads blocked by ...
Chanel delves into founder’s orphanage past in couture show
PARIS — A humble stone fountain, overgrown scrubs and flowers and white sheets drying on a line met Chanel's curious guests, including Pharrell Willia...
Changing tack, French strikers turn off power to press govt
PARIS — Opening another front in their battle against the French government, protesting workers cut power to thousands of Parisians on Tuesday, plungi...