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Airbus, Air France Acquitted Over 2009 Rio-Paris Crash

Airbus, Air France Acquitted Over 2009 Rio-Paris Crash

A French court on Monday acquitted Airbus and Air France of manslaughter charges over the 2009 crash of Flight 447...

Slovakia Gives Ukraine Remaining 9 of 13 Promised Warplanes 

Slovakia Gives Ukraine Remaining 9 of 13 Promised Warplanes 

Slovakia has delivered the remaining nine of the 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets that it promised to Ukraine, the Slovak...

France Loses Nearly 1,000 Hectares to Forest Fire

France Loses Nearly 1,000 Hectares to Forest Fire

French firefighters are trying to extinguish a large fire that has broken out on the country’s southern border with Spain....

Japan’s Sega to Buy Finnish Angry Birds Maker Rovio

Japan’s Sega to Buy Finnish Angry Birds Maker Rovio

Japanese video games group Sega has offered to buy Angry Birds maker Rovio, valuing the Finnish company at over $770...

‘Big Sponge’: New CO2 Tech Taps Oceans to Tackle Global Warming

‘Big Sponge’: New CO2 Tech Taps Oceans to Tackle Global Warming

Floating in the port of Los Angeles, a strange-looking barge covered with pipes and tanks contains a concept that scientists...

Russia, Belarus Competing in Hockey Tournaments Linked to War in Ukraine Ending

Russia, Belarus Competing in Hockey Tournaments Linked to War in Ukraine Ending

Russia and Belarus won’t be allowed to compete in International Ice Hockey Federation tournaments if the war in Ukraine continues,...

Germany Backs EU-Indonesia Trade Pact to Curb China Reliance

Germany Backs EU-Indonesia Trade Pact to Curb China Reliance

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday that he will press for a trade agreement between the European Union and Indonesia...

Putin Hails Russia’s Broad Ties With China

Putin Hails Russia’s Broad Ties With China

Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed his country’s broad ties with China on Sunday, including military cooperation, as he met with...

EU Leaders Beat a Path to Xi’s Door Seeking China’s Help

EU Leaders Beat a Path to Xi’s Door Seeking China’s Help

In the weeks since Chinese leader Xi Jinping won a third five-year term as president, setting him on course to...

Ukraine Welcomes Home 130 POWs in ‘Great Easter Exchange’

Ukraine Welcomes Home 130 POWs in ‘Great Easter Exchange’

Sunday marked the second wartime celebration of Orthodox Easter in Ukraine. Russian forces and the paramilitary Wagner Group freed 130...

Latest in Ukraine: Russia, Ukraine Exchange More Prisoners on Orthodox Easter   

Latest in Ukraine: Russia, Ukraine Exchange More Prisoners on Orthodox Easter   

New developments: Ukraine says more than 100 prisoners of war were freed in a major Orthodox Easter exchange with Russia...

Europe’s Most Powerful Nuclear Reactor Kicks Off in Finland 

Europe’s Most Powerful Nuclear Reactor Kicks Off in Finland 

Information in this article is confirmed with other sources and may be used without attribution to The Associated Press in...

Thousands Turn Out for Anti-Government Protest in Prague 

Thousands Turn Out for Anti-Government Protest in Prague 

Thousands of people rallied again in the Czech capital on Sunday to protest high inflation and demand the government’s resignation....

Pope Slams ‘Insinuations’ Against John Paul II as Baseless 

Pope Slams ‘Insinuations’ Against John Paul II as Baseless 

Pope Francis on Sunday publicly defended St. John Paul II, condemning as “offensive and baseless” insinuations that recently surfaced about...

Latest in Ukraine: Respected Russian Military Leader Returns to Ukraine

Latest in Ukraine: Respected Russian Military Leader Returns to Ukraine

New developments: Eleven people were killed and 21 were injured in Russian airstrikes in the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk. Rescue...

Ukraine Waits for US Missile System in Wake of Latest Russian Strike

Ukraine Waits for US Missile System in Wake of Latest Russian Strike

In the wake of Friday’s deadly Russian missile strikes, Ukraine’s air force said the country would soon have weapons with...

Guitarist Mark Sheehan of Irish Band The Script Dies At 46

Guitarist Mark Sheehan of Irish Band The Script Dies At 46

Ireland’s president has led tributes to Mark Sheehan, guitarist with Irish rock band The Script, after his death at 46....

First Test Flight of SpaceX’s Big Starship

First Test Flight of SpaceX’s Big Starship

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to take its most daring leap yet with a round-the-world test flight of its mammoth...

Italy’s Meloni Acknowledges ‘Anomalies’ in Russian Escape

Italy’s Meloni Acknowledges ‘Anomalies’ in Russian Escape

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni acknowledged “anomalies” in the handling of a Russian businessman who escaped from house arrest in Italy...

In Eastern Ukraine: Holding the Line, Waiting to Attack

In Eastern Ukraine: Holding the Line, Waiting to Attack

In a muddy trench under fire from Russian forces 200 meters away, Ukrainian servicemen injured while holding the line near...

China Protests US Sanctioning of Firms Dealing with Russia

China Protests US Sanctioning of Firms Dealing with Russia

Beijing Saturday protested U.S. sanctions against additional Chinese companies over their alleged attempts to evade U.S. export controls on Russia,...

Despite Protests, Macron Signs Pension Changes Into Law

Despite Protests, Macron Signs Pension Changes Into Law

French President Emmanuel Macron signed his unpopular pension reform into law on Saturday, prompting accusations from unions and the left...