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By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court will rule on Friday whether it has jurisdiction to hear a case brought by Ukraine against Russia. Kyiv accuses Moscow of violating international law by using a false accusation of genocide as the pretext for its 2022 invasion. It launched

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Amazon has called off its purchase of iRobot, blaming “undue and disproportionate regulatory hurdles” after the European Union signaled its objection to the deal. The companies said in joint statement Monday that they were disappointed but mutually agreed to terminate the acquisition. The deal was facing

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police searched the homes and office of Carlos Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro and a Rio de Janeiro city councilman, according to an officer with knowledge of the operation who spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Police

By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press In a sweeping two-year investigation, The Associated Press found goods linked to U.S. prisoners wind up in the supply chains of a dizzying array of products from Frosted Flakes cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal flour and Coca-Cola. They are on the shelves of

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has congratulated Italy after tennis player Jannik Sinner became the country’s first man to win a Grand Slam singles title in nearly a half century. Sinner won the Australian Open title on Sunday and Francis made the acknowledgement during an audience with the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona. The

By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON Associated Press ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where men are

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pedro Almodóvar has finally gotten around to that memoir admirers have wanted him to write. Sort of. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has a book out this fall, “The Last Dream,” that publisher HarperVia is calling a “debut collection of short stories.” Almodóvar, who has made a

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland faces a runoff presidential election in February between a former prime minister expected to have the advantage and a former foreign minister who negotiated the country’s recent entry into NATO. Ex-Prime Minister Alexander Stubb won Sunday’s first round as polls widely predicted, with 27.2% of votes.

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — As Hungary continues to oppose a 50-billion-euro ($54 billion) support package for Ukraine, other EU leaders are losing patience. After Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked the aid in December, the other 26 EU heads of state and governments are looking at other ways to unblock the

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III and his daughter-in-law, the Princess of Wales, have both left a private London hospital following unrelated medical treatments that have made the health of the royal family headlines news in the United Kingdom. The 75-year-old monarch was admitted to the London Clinic on Friday

By The Associated Press Elon Musk’s social media platform X has blocked some searches for Taylor Swift as pornographic deepfake images of the singer have circulated online. Attempts to search for her name without quote marks on the site Monday resulted in an error message and a prompt for users to retry their search, which

By TIA GOLDENBERG, NAJIB JOBAIN and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli document obtained Monday spelled out allegations against a dozen U.N. employees the country says took part in Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault — claiming seven stormed into Israeli territory, including one who participated in a kidnapping and another who

By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a Damascus suburb on Monday killed and wounded several people, the Syrian military said in a statement carried by state media. Opposition activists said the area hit was a stronghold of Iran-backed groups. There was no immediate comment from

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The pandemic has had a transformative effect on the office space landscape. Many businesses are shifting away from traditional spaces toward hybrid work and more flexible, collaborative spaces. About 23% of U.S. office space is available, compared with 16% before the pandemic, according to global real

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Romance scams are increasingly common, with consumers losing $1.3 billion to them in 2022, according to Federal Trade Commission reports. While anyone can fall victim to a romance scam, there are strategies you can use to reduce your risk. First, be wary of online relationships that move quickly. Common red

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s government has signed an agreement with the United States to acquire 24 U.S. F-35 fighter jets as part of a deal worth about $6.6 billion, the biggest single purchase for the Czech military. The Czech defense minister and U.S. ambassador signed a memorandum of understanding for the deal. The

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Lawmakers in more than a half-dozen U.S. states are pushing laws to define antisemitism, triggering debates about free speech and bringing complicated world politics into statehouses. Supporters say it’s increasingly important to add a definition that lays out how to determine whether some criticism of Israel also amounts to hatred

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese moon explorer is up and running Monday after several tense days without the sunlight it needs to generate power. Japan’s first lunar mission hit its target in a precision touchdown on Jan. 20, but landed the wrong way up, leaving its solar panels unable to

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer A court in Hong Kong has ordered China Evergrande, the world’s most deeply indebted company with more than $300 billion in liabilities, to be liquidated. The decision Monday came after the company failed to win support from its creditors for a plan to restructure the debt. Evergrande’s own Hong

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell will enter this week’s Federal Reserve meeting in a much more desirable position than he likely ever expected: Inflation is getting close to the Fed’s target rate, the economy is still growing at a healthy pace, consumers keep spending and the unemployment rate