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By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar has become synonymous with soccer since winning the right to host the World Cup that opens on Sunday. But another sport is flying high in the historic center of Doha as over a million foreign fans flock to the tiny emirate: Falconry. Those in the

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Residents of northern New York state were digging out Saturday morning from a dangerous lake-effect snowstorm that had dropped more than 6 feet of snow in some areas and caused several deaths. The Buffalo metro area was hit particularly hard, with some areas south of the

By COLLEEN BARRY and GIANFRANCO STARA Associated Press PORTACOMARO, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis made a rare personal getaway Saturday, returning to his father’s birthplace in northern Italy for the first time since ascending the papacy to celebrate the 90th birthday of a second cousin who long knew him as simply “Giorgio.” Francis’ two-day visit

By SETH BORENSTEIN, SAMY MAGDY and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Negotiators say they have struck a potential breakthrough deal on the thorniest issue of United Nations climate talks in Egypt: the creation of a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries’ carbon

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Gianni Infantino said he feels gay. That he feels like a woman. That he feels like a migrant worker. He lectured Europeans for criticizing Qatar’s human rights record and defended the host country’s last-minute decision to ban beer from World Cup stadiums. The FIFA president

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised 125 anti-aircraft guns and other air-defense technology as he made an unannounced visit Saturday — his first — to Ukraine’s snow-blanketed war-time capital for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The air-defense package, which Britain valued at 50 million pounds

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A funeral has been held for one of two Polish men who died in a missile explosion near the border with Ukraine. Boguslaw Wos and another man died on Tuesday in Przewodow, a small Polish farming community, as Ukraine was defending itself against a barrage of Russian missiles. Western officials have

By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA president Gianni Infantino downplayed Qatar’s last minute ban on the sale of beer at World Cup stadiums as nothing more than a brief inconvenience to spectators. “If this is the biggest problem we have, I’ll sign that (agreement),” Infantino said Saturday, a day after

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s wedding day at the White House. President Joe Biden ‘s granddaughter Naomi Biden and her fiance, Peter Neal, were set to be married Saturday in what will become the 19th wedding in the history of the White House. Naomi Biden and Neal were exchanging “I do’s”

SETH BORENSTEIN, SAMY MAGDY and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Negotiators say they have struck a potential breakthrough deal on the thorniest issue of United Nations climate talks, creation of a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich nations’ carbon pollution. “There is an

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press As voting experts cheered the losses of election conspiracy theorists in numerous high-profile races on Election Day, Paddy McGuire prepared to hand over his office to one of them. McGuire, the auditor of Mason County in western Washington, lost his reelection bid to Steve Duenkel, a Republican who has echoed

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has spoken briefly with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in another step toward keeping lines of communication open between the two biggest economies. A White House official says Harris and Xi exchanged remarks Saturday while heading into a closed-door meeting at the summit

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Counting of ballots has begun in Malaysia’s tightly contested national election that will determine whether its long-ruling coalition can make a comeback after its electoral defeat four years ago. Political reformers under opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is forecast to lead Saturday’s polls. But with three main

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Prosecutors in Bulgaria say five people have been detained there in connection with the bombing that killed six people in Turkey’s largest city last weekend. A spokesperson for Bulgaria’s chief prosecutor said on Saturday that the detained individuals were charged with helping one of the people who carried out the Nov.