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TEL AVIV (AP): Shortly after Donald Trump’s win in last month’s US election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rushed to congratulate the president-elect: “History’s greatest comeback!” he gushed. If Trump’s staunchly pro-Israel first term...

WASHINGTON (AP): As he presided over his final Christmas tree lighting at the White House last Thursday, United States President Joe Biden said his wish for the nation now, and always, was that “we continue to seek the light of liberty and love,...

ATHENS, Greece (AP): Across the street from the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the ancient monument in central Athens, historian Menelaos Haralabidis pauses in front of a drab apartment building. The building’s facade, freshly painted a mustard color, is...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP): A court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld the death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan but said it could be commuted to life if she reimburses some US$11 billion, or three-quarters of what she defrauded in the country’s...

PORT-AU-PRINCE(AP): An armoured vehicle carrying Kenyan police rumbles through Haiti’s capital with a shattered window that a high-calibre bullet failed to penetrate, a permanent sign of violence the officers face almost daily in Port-au-Prince....

KINSHASA, Congo (AP): Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo’s health minister said the government was on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people. Jean Kaseya, the head of Africa...