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Details: Written by THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press; Published: 10 April 2022

Up to 48 million French voters will be choosing between 12 candidates: President Emmanuel Macron is seeking a second five-year term but faces a strong challenge from far-right candidate Marine Le Pen

Details: Written by By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer; Published: 07 March 2022

(AP Photo/Ralph Freso, File)

WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was arrested last month at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges.

Details: Written by By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer; Published: 28 February 2022

Russian teams were suspended Monday from all international soccer, including qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup, as Moscow was pushed toward pariah status in sports for its invasion of Ukraine.

Details: Written by YURAS KARMANAU, JIM HEINTZ, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press; Published: 24 February 2022

Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee.

Details: Written by By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press; Published: 21 February 2022

(Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is scrapping the last domestic coronavirus restrictions in England even as he acknowledged the potential for new and more deadly variants of the virus.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 18 February 2022

Photos courtesy of WWF

A comprehensive new map and report tracking whale migrations around the globe highlights where they go in the high seas and the cumulative impacts the animals face from human activity

Details: Written by JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press; Published: 07 February 2022

Not from political leaders, but from well-known people in Israel and Palestine a new proposal for a two-state confederation has emerged raising hopes for a way forward after a decade-long stalemate in Mideast peace efforts

Details: Written by By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer; Published: 06 October 2021

(AP Photo/Jerome Delay, file)

The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the world's first malaria vaccine

Details: Written by ALAN SUDERMAN, FRANK BAJAK and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press; Published: 01 October 2021

Outsiders have long profited from Africa’s riches of gold, diamonds, and even people. Now they are taking plundering millions of Internet addresses

Details: Written by By SALLY HO Associated Press; Published: 28 September 2021

(UN Web TV via AP)

More than a year after Black Lives Matter protests launched a worldwide reckoning about the centuries of racism that Black people continue to face, the question of reparations emerged — unevenly — as a high-profile issue at this year’s largest gathering of world leaders.