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6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong

6:35 AM on Tuesday, December 9

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron wait to welcome Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and his wife Ana Maslac Plenkovic, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Brigitte Macron faces backlash for using slur against feminist protesters

6:31 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Brigitte Macron is facing criticism after being filmed using a slur against feminist protesters

Chinese Premier Li Qiang speaks during the 1+10 Dialogue with heads of major international economic organizations in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chinese premier cites damage from US tariffs, as China's surplus surpasses $1 trillion

2:01 AM on Tuesday, December 9

China's premier says higher tariffs have dealt a “severe blow” to the world economy, even as China's own trade surplus has surged past $1 trillion

Leader of ANO 2011 political movement Andrej Babis arrives to be sworn in as the country's new prime minister at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czech populist billionaire Babiš sworn in as prime minister

1:53 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš has been sworn in as the Czech Republic’s new prime minister following October’s parliamentary election

From devotion to rebellion, AP photos recorded Asia's many tones in 2025

12:56 AM on Tuesday, December 9

FILE - Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians stand amid the destruction left by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Gaza City Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)

Trump's ceasefire plan for the Israel-Hamas war faces pitfalls as it moves into a new phase

10:34 PM on Monday, December 8

The first phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is nearly complete, after a two-month process plagued by delays and finger-pointing

FILE - Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, second from right, is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft as he is extradited to the United States, at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Elmer Martinez, File)

Honduras seeks arrest of ex-President Hernández after Trump pardon

9:40 PM on Monday, December 8

Honduras Attorney General Johel Zelaya has ordered authorities and asked Interpol to execute a 2023 arrest order for ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández

Cuba sentences former economy minister to life in prison for espionage

9:23 PM on Monday, December 8

Cuba’s top court says a former economy minister was sentenced to life in prison for espionage, in the highest-profile case against an ex-official in recent years on the island

FILE - Governor of the Mexico's Chihuahua state Cesar Duarte attends the 30th annual Border Governors' Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Oct. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

Mexican ex-governor expected to face charges for money laundering

8:14 PM on Monday, December 8

Mexican authorities have detained former Chihuahua Gov. César Duarte, accused of laundering money diverted from state coffers

FILE - A Block Island Wind Farm turbine operates, Dec. 7, 2023, off the coast of Block Island, R.I., during a tour organized by Orsted. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy

5:10 PM on Monday, December 8

A federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious” and violates U.S. law

FILE - The CNN logo is displayed at the entrance to the CNN Center in Atlanta on Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ron Harris, File)

Takeover bid of parent company means limbo for CNN and some fellow cable networks

4:15 PM on Monday, December 8

It's a tough time for CNN, which looks like it will be in management limbo for some time with Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid of its parent company, Warner Bros

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Judge orders the release of an immigrant with ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt

11:31 AM on Monday, December 8

A Brazilian woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be released from immigrant detention while she fights potential deportation

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