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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2021 file photo, Ana Paula de Santos poses for a photo inside a room that she occupies with her husband in a building that used to house a factory, amid the new coronavirus pandemic, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. De Santos, who worked as a maid, has been unable to work because of COVID-19 and says that she can't afford the cost of living after the Brazilian government cut off financial aid to poor families affected by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
Brazil scrambles to help the poor, while they barely hang on

By Marcelo Silva De Sousa Jun. 24, 2021 11:22 AM EDT

People pass next of an exchange shop which seen close amid a crackdown on some exchange shops by authorities around the country that the blame for inciting the crisis, at Beirut's commercial Hamra Street, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. More than half the population now lives in poverty, while an intractable political crisis heralds further collapse and Lebanese are gripped by fear for the future. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanese are gripped by worry as economic meltdown speeds up

By Bassem Mroue Mar. 19, 2021 02:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 16, 2018 file photo, Syrian authorities distribute bread, vegetables and pasta to residents in the town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria. As Syria marks the 10th anniversary Monday, March 15, 2021, of the start of its uprising-turned-civil war, President Bashar Assad may still be in power, propped up by Russia and Iran. But millions of people are being pushed deeper into poverty, and a majority of households can hardly scrape together enough to secure their next meal. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
'Republic of Queues': 10 years on, Syria is a hungry nation

By Zeina Karam Mar. 15, 2021 06:55 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2021 09:00 AM EST
Erie Times-News. Feb. 17, 2021. Editorial: Pennsylvania must stop killing the Chesapeake Bay State Sen. Gene Yaw of...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Feb. 15, 2021 09:00 AM EST
Akron Beacon Journal. Feb. 14, 2021. Editorial: What are lawmakers waiting for? Repeal corrupt HB 6 now and start over. Expel Householder. ...

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden reaches for a pen to sign his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Biden arrived at the White House ready to wield his pen to dismantle Donald Trump’s legacy and begin pushing his own priorities.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Analysis: Louisiana Republicans slam Biden on oil actions

By Melinda Deslatte Jan. 31, 2021 04:00 PM EST

FILE - In this file photo released on April 7, 2019, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows vans queuing to fill their tanks with fuel, at a gas station in Daraa, south Syria. On Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, Syria’s petroleum ministry blamed U.S. sanctions for forcing it to cut by up to 24% its distribution of fuel and diesel because of delays in arrival of needed supplies. (SANA via AP, File)
Syria temporarily cuts supplies of fuel to meet shortages

By Albert Aji Jan. 10, 2021 08:54 AM EST

FILE- In this April 16, 2009 file photo, the Kuwait city skyline is seen through the haze of a sand storm in Kuwait City. Kuwait, one of the world’s wealthiest countries, is facing a debt crisis. The pandemic has sent the price of oil crashing to all-time lows and pushed Kuwait toward a reckoning with its longtime largesse for its citizens just as a parliamentary election looms in Dec. 2020. It needs the new parliament to approve raising its debt spending and passing the bill will be the first legislative challenge for Kuwait's new emir. (AP Photo, File)
Oil-rich Kuwait faces reckoning as debt crisis looms

By Isabel Debre Nov. 24, 2020 01:07 AM EST

Wyoming to help petroleum industry with coronavirus funding

By Mead Gruver Nov. 12, 2020 06:19 PM EST
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming will use federal coronavirus relief funding to help petroleum companies move ahead with oil and gas drilling projects interrupted...

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., addresses reporters before a campaign event, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
The Latest: Trump calls 'Borat' star an unfunny 'creep'

Oct. 23, 2020 03:57 PM EDT

President Donald Trump delivers remarks to supporters at a campaign rally Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in The Villages, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Trump, Biden scrap on oil, virus with just over a week to go

By Steve Peoples, Jill Colvn And Will Weissert Oct. 23, 2020 11:09 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Sep. 16, 2020 12:40 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania’s newspapers: Please don’t use unreliable sources of information —...

FILE- In this June 4, 2011 file photo, Indian laborers carry firewood, as smoke rises from a bricks factory on the outskirts of Jammu, India. India should commit to carbon neutrality by ending fossil fuel subsidies and investing in clean solar power as it mobilizes trillion of dollars to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, the U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)
U.N. chief urges India to quickly move to clean solar power

Ashok Sharma Aug. 28, 2020 03:03 AM EDT

A woman argues with police as they block protesters , to prevent a rally in support opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya ahead of Sunday's election in Slutsk, Belarus, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Belarusian police on Tuesday abruptly banned Tsikhanouskaya's previously approved rally in the city of Slutsk, about 100 kilometers (about 60 miles) south of Minsk, under the pretext of road repairs. Officers dispersed several hundred people who had gathered for the rally and detained at least 20 of them, according to Belarusian human rights organization Viasna. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Belarus leader pledges allegiance to Russia despite rift

By Yuras Karmanau Aug. 04, 2020 07:18 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2019 file photo, people gather as they celebrate first anniversary of mass protests that led to the ouster of former president and longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir. in Khartoum, Sudan. On Thursday, June 25, 2020, the United States, Germany and France have pledged hundreds of millions in aid to Sudan. The funds are intended to help the struggling African nation a year after pro-democracy protesters forced the removal of its long-time autocratic ruler, Omar al-Bashir.(AP Photo, File)
Sudan protest movement rejects gov't plans to cut subsidies

Jul. 23, 2020 08:23 PM EDT

Sudan’s premier appoints civilians as provincial governors

By Samy Magdy Jul. 22, 2020 05:02 PM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s prime minister announced the appointment of civilian governors for the country’s 18 provinces Wednesday, another key step forward in a...

Rights group: Justice awaits for Ecuador protest violence

By Manuel Rueda Apr. 06, 2020 04:19 PM EDT
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Human Rights Watch urged Ecuador's government Monday to hold those responsible for violent abuses during last year's protests...