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BERLIN - German police raided 15 properties linked to the Last Generation climate activist group Wednesday, seizing assets as part of an investigation into its finances in a sign of growing impatience with…

WASHINGTON - Chief Justice John Roberts said there is more the U.S. Supreme Court can do to "adhere to the highest standards" of ethical conduct, an acknowledgment that recent reporting about the justices'…

LONDON - Inflation in the U.K. has fallen to its lowest level since the immediate aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, though elevated food prices meant it didn't fall as much as anticipated. The…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The head of Iran's nuclear program insisted Wednesday that his government would co-operate with international inspectors on any "new activities." His statement followed an…

Jeff Bridges has had both — and said cancer was easier than COVID-19.The “Old Man” star, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in October 2020, was undergoing chemotherapy when he contracted the coronavirus — and the 73-year-old is…

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas would set new standards and ratings for sexually explicit material in order to ban books from public and charter school libraries, under a bill given final passage by the state Senate…

Special rapporteur David Johnston recommends against a public inquiry into foreign interference, Canada has the highest level of household debt in the G7, and time's running out to claim a $70M lottery jackpot. Here's what you…

JERUSALEM - Sea urchins in Israel's Gulf of Eilat have been dying off at an alarming rate, researchers announced Wednesday -- a development that threatens the Red Sea's prized coral reef ecosystems. …

DELFT, Netherlands - For those seeking to live in the most sustainable way, there now is an afterlife too. A Dutch intrepid inventor is now "growing" coffins by putting mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms,…

MADRID - Repeated racist insults against Brazilian soccer star Vinicius Junior have unleashed a heated debate in Spain about tolerance for racism in a society that is becoming rapidly more diverse on and off…