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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia was ready to deploy troops to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border to quell tensions between the two countries, but Yerevan's hardline position had so far prevented it....

China's President Xi Jinping said the country's COVID-19 prevention and control is still going through a time of stress but the light is ahead, state media CCTV reported on Wednesday....

The increasingly prominent head of the Russian private military group Wagner on Wednesday took aim at the Kremlin administration for failing to block the U.S.-owned video sharing platform YouTube....

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The world is in a "sorry state" because of myriad "interlinked"; challenges including climate change and Russia's war in Ukraine that are "piling up like cars in a chain......

France's hardline CGT union has threatened to cut off electricity supplies to lawmakers and billionaires before a nationwide strike on Thursday, in an increasingly acrimonious showdown over the government's plan to raise the retirement age....

Inflation in Ireland appears to have peaked and should fall "quite quickly" across the remainder of the year, Finance Minister Michael McGrath said on Wednesday....

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia will achieve its objectives in Ukraine despite a "hybrid war" waged by the West against Moscow, the top Russian diplomat said Wednesday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov......

Irish house price growth slowed on a year-on-year basis for the eighth month in a row in November, expanding by 8.6% compared to the most recent peak of just over 15% earlier in 2022, data showed on Wednesday....

The tax consultant of a former EU lawmaker at the centre of a cash-for-influence corruption scandal at the European Parliament has been arrested in Italy, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday....

BEIJING (AP) — For seven decades, China's Communist Party has ruled the world's most populous country. As the country's population crests and begins to shrink, experts say, it will face challenges......

A battle for compensation is brewing over delays in the delivery of commercial jets, with a Dublin aviation summit descending into a blame game over the worst industrial disruption in years....

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan....

Bringing a "no fear" mindset and tips from fellow Americans, Mackenzie McDonald erased a French Open nightmare by knocking an injury-hampered Rafa Nadal out of the second round at the Australian Open on Wednesday....

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Phil Bauhaus of Germany remounted after a fall to win the crash-marred first stage of the Tour Down Under cycle race in a frantic sprint finish Wednesday, Italy's Alberto......

An improved economic outlook gives Europe the chance to double-down on efforts to boost its industrial competitiveness in key sectors from clean energy to semiconductors, EU Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Wednesday....

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Pro tennis player Jessica Pegula has Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin on her mind — and his No. 3 jersey number on her outfit — at the Australian Open. Pegula, whose......

UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher said traditional finance firms were "systemically safe" after years of increased regulation, but guardians of global financial markets had further to go to eradicate the risks posed by the non-banking sector....

Any new tribunal to judge Russia's invasion of Ukraine must have enough international backing to credibly prosecute the highest political and military leaders in Moscow, the European Union's top justice official said....

Germany is expected to narrowly avoid recession this year with price-adjusted growth of 0.2%, a source said on Wednesday citing non-finalised estimates from the government's draft annual economic report....

South African consumers opened their wallets in November as Black Friday sales and online specials spurred demand for clothes, electronics and furniture, a sign consumption was starting to pick up despite rising interest rates and high inflation....

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a case that could make it more difficult for students with disabilities to resolve problems quickly when they're not getting needed......

Ghana's producer price inflation was 52.2% year on year in December, down from 78.1% the previous month, statistical service data showed on Wednesday....

New York excavation contractor Brian Dietz does not view higher air fares as a deal-breaker for flying and airlines are seeing more small and medium size companies like his feeding a 2023 rebound in business travel....

A suspect wanted in connection with a fatal shooting at the Mall of America in December was arrested in Georgia on Tuesday, police said. Bloomington, Minnesota, Police Chief Booker Hodges said during......

Vietnam's legislature on Wednesday approved the resignation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, state media reported, amid a major escalation of the Southeast Asian country's anti-graft campaign....

U.S. airlines posting strong financial results remain upbeat about travel demand, even as economists and analysts say the risk of an economic recession has gone up....

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced Wednesday, with Tokyo gaining more than 2% after Japan's central bank kept its lax monetary policy unchanged, dispelling speculation it would yield to pressure to......

Oman LNG has agreed to supply up to 1.6 million metric tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to France's TotalEnergies and Thai state-owned firm PTT Pcl , the Omani state news agency reported on Wednesday....

Florida manatees, the gentle sea mammals known as "sea cows," are dying in Florida at an alarming rate, mostly of starvation as their main staple of sea grass disappears in the state's Panhandle region, according to experts....

Mexican state oil company Pemex illegally burnt off hydrocarbon resources worth more than $342 million in the three years up to August 2022 at two of its most important new fields, internal documents from the country's oil regulator showed....