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Conservatives win German election while far-right party surges to second place

BERLIN (AP) - Provisional results in Germany's election confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nati...

Feb 23, 2025

Conservative opposition wins German election and the far right is 2nd with strongest postwar result

BERLIN (AP) - Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany doubled its support in the strongest showing...

Feb 23, 2025

Trump administration is firing 2,000 USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration said Sunday that it is eliminating 2,000 posts at the U.S. Agency for International Development and placing all but a fraction of others worldwide on leave. ...

Feb 23, 2025

American Airlines flight from New York to Delhi lands safely in Rome after diversion

ROME (AP) - An American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi, India, landed safely in Rome on Sunday after it was diverted due to a security issue, according to the Federal Aviation Administrati...

Feb 23, 2025

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he'd be ready to give up presidency if it brought peace and NATO membership

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday he would be ready to give up the presidency if it brought peace and NATO membership. Speaking at a forum of government official...

Feb 23, 2025

Israel's defense minister says troops to remain in West Bank refugee camps for 'coming year'

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday he has instructed the military to prepare to remain in some of the occupied West Bank's urban refugee camps "for the coming yea...

Feb 23, 2025

Pope Francis rested during a peaceful night following respiratory crisis and blood transfusion

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis rested during a peaceful night following a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions, the Vatican said Sunday. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni's one-line statement didn't menti...

Feb 22, 2025

Discontented Germany votes in an election with economy, migration and far-right strength in focus

BERLIN (AP) - German voters are choosing a new government in an election Sunday dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe's biggest economy, pressure to curb migration and growing...

Feb 22, 2025

Israel delays release of Palestinian prisoners, citing 'degrading' handovers of hostages

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel says the release of over 600 Palestinian prisoners is delayed "until the release of the next hostages is guaranteed, and without the degrading ceremonies" at handovers o...

Feb 22, 2025

Hospital official says gunman killed after shots were fired at a Pennsylvania hospital

YORK, Pa. (AP) - A gunman has been killed after shots were fired Saturday at a hospital in central Pennsylvania, officials said. Officials at UPMC Memorial in York said that no patients were injured a...

Feb 22, 2025