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EU delays Brexit to Jan. 31; Johnson election bid fails

LONDON — Britain got Brexit breathing space but no clarity on Monday when the European Union granted a three-month delay to the U.K.'s departure from ...
21:53 28 October 2021

UK opposition parties suggest Dec. 9 vote in Brexit gambit

LONDON — Two British opposition parties want to hold elections even earlier than Prime Minister Boris Johnson has proposed as they try to ensure the c...
8:49 27 October 2021

Mexicans parade as fancy skeletons ahead of Day of the Dead

MEXICO CITY — Mexicans paraded in the streets of the capital dressed as elegant skeletons Saturday as the country's Day of the Dead festivities extend...
4:22 27 October 2021

Argentina could take another sharp political turn in vote

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina could take another sharp political turn in Sunday's presidential elections, with center-left Peronist candidate Al...
4:09 27 October 2021

North Korea says it’s running out of patience with US

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Sunday said it's running out of patience with the United States over what it described as hostile policies and uni...
2:08 27 October 2021

Chilean president shaking up government amid protests

SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile's President Sebastián Piñera asked all his Cabinet members to offer their resignations Saturday as he prepared to shake up his...
2:03 27 October 2021

Vietnamese village prays, awaits news on loved ones’ fate

DO THANH, Vietnam — The rural village of Do Thanh in central Vietnam has relied on its sons and daughters working abroad to send money back home. Now ...
0:58 27 October 2021

Separatists clash with police in Barcelona after huge rally

BARCELONA, Spain — Police and violent protesters in Spain's restive Catalonia region clashed Saturday after a massive rally in Barcelona against the i...
22:03 26 October 2021

Johnson’s NIreland allies vow to keep rejecting Brexit deal

LONDON — Boris Johnson's allies in Northern Ireland vowed Saturday to keep rejecting the British prime minister's divorce deal with the European Union...
17:17 26 October 2021

‘I’m dying’: Relatives await answers in smuggling case

DO THANH, Vietnam — One family received a final text from their daughter saying she couldn't breathe and was dying. Another grieving family set up a m...
16:34 26 October 2021

Russian agent Butina returns to Moscow, wants no part of US

MOSCOW — The Russian woman convicted in the United States of being a Russian agent returned to Moscow on Saturday and declared that she has no desire ...
15:24 26 October 2021

The Latest: Irish police arrest 5th person in truck deaths

LONDON — The Latest on the deaths of 39 people in a truck in England (all times local):
15:09 26 October 2021

Far right expected to make gains in German regional vote

BERLIN — Political opponents say he's a Nazi and a court recently ruled he can be called a fascist, but to many Germans angry about immigration Bjoern...
13:48 26 October 2021

Ex-refugee shares the dangers of being smuggled in a truck

LONDON — Ahmad Al-Rashid knows what it was like for the 39 people who were found dead in the back of a truck in southeastern England this week. He's b...
10:37 26 October 2021

Venezuelans buy gas with cigarettes to battle inflation

CARACAS, Venezuela — Motorists in socialist Venezuela have long enjoyed the world's cheapest gasoline, with fuel so heavily subsidized that a full tan...
1:33 26 October 2021

Bolivia reveals final vote results, but no winner declared

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia's official vote tally was revealed Friday pointing to an outright win for incumbent Evo Morales in a disputed presidential e...
0:40 26 October 2021

Protests rattle the postwar order in Lebanon and Iraq

BAGHDAD — Tens of thousands of people, many of them young and unemployed men, thronged public squares and blocked main streets Friday in the capitals ...
22:44 25 October 2021

Shootings, death threats mar Colombia’s post-peace elections

BOGOTA, Colombia — Threatened with death, Wilson Florez chose a bulletproof vest.
18:56 25 October 2021

The Latest: UK police arrest 4th person in truck deaths case

LONDON — The Latest on the case of 39 people found dead in a truck in England (all times local):
17:15 25 October 2021

Countries pledge $9.8B for global climate fund to help poor

PARIS — Rich countries have pledged $9.8 billion to help poor nations tackle climate change, the fund coordinating support said Friday, as environment...
15:49 25 October 2021

AP PHOTOS: A look at the faces of Argentina’s poor

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Recession, rising poverty and austerity measures are putting pressure on Argentina's middle class and poor. Almost 11% of Ar...
15:18 25 October 2021

Hundreds rally during Zimbabwe’s new anti-sanctions holiday

HARARE, Zimbabwe — The massive march that Zimbabwe's government tried to rouse for a new anti-sanctions public holiday appeared to fizzle on Friday, w...
13:18 25 October 2021

EU envoys agree that Brexit extension is needed, no date set

LONDON — European Union ambassadors agreed Friday that the bloc should grant Britain's request for another extension to the Brexit deadline but have n...
11:29 25 October 2021

Lion Air crash report points to Boeing, pilots, maintenance

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian investigation found a Lion Air flight that crashed and killed 189 people a year ago was doomed by a combination of ...
11:27 25 October 2021

The Latest: EU envoys agree that Brexit extension is needed

BRUSSELS — The Latest on Britain's impending departure from the European Union (all times local):
10:34 25 October 2021

Inequalities in China drive many to seek better life abroad

BEIJING — Weeks prior to the discovery in England of the bodies of 39 people believed to be from China, Beijing was holding lavish National Day celebr...
10:13 25 October 2021

For businesses, Brexit is happening already

LONDON — Mylands paint, founded 135 years ago, has survived two World Wars, the Great Depression and the end of the British Empire by adapting its pro...
8:23 25 October 2021

Australia’s iconic rock Uluru scaled by final climbers

ULURU, Australia — Nature seemed to be siding with indigenous Australians' demand for Uluru to be respected as a sacred site on Friday when high winds...
7:26 25 October 2021

Israel, Jordan mark 25 years of imperfect peace

NAHARAYIM PARK, Israel — The Naharayim park was established 25 years ago as a symbol of the landmark peace agreement between Israel and Jordan. Now, a...
6:24 25 October 2021

Secret synagogue in Dubai prays for Persian Gulf revival

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In an unmarked villa, nestled amid homes in an upscale Dubai neighborhood, a congregation prays in the first fully funct...
6:11 25 October 2021