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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II look on, during day five of of the Royal Ascot horserace meeting, at Ascot Racecourse, in Ascot, England, Saturday June 19, 2021. (David Davies/PA via AP)
Queen beams as she returns to Ascot after COVID-19 hiatus

Jun. 19, 2021 12:19 PM EDT

FILE - Jared Kushner does a television interview at the White House on Oct. 26, 2020, in Washington. Kushner, the son-in-law of former President Donald Trump and one of his top advisers during his administration, has a book deal. Broadside Books, a conservative imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Kushner’s book will come out in early 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Jared Kushner has book deal, publication expected in 2022

By Hillel Italie Jun. 15, 2021 06:59 PM EDT

Alisha Hoffman-Mirilovich, right, and Claudia Glennan embrace at the Edwardsville Pierogi Festival in Edwardsville, Pa., Friday, June 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
'We need more': Democrats frustrated as agenda faces hurdles

By Steve Peoples Jun. 15, 2021 12:21 AM EDT

A museum employee poses for photographers next to Roman era gladiatorial helmets and a shield, during a media preview for the "Nero: the man behind the myth" exhibition, at the British Museum in London, Monday, May 24, 2021. The exhibition, which open to visitors on May 27 and runs until October 24, explores the true story of Rome's fifth emperor informed by new research and archaeological evidence from the time. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Bad reputation: British Museum takes new look at Rome's Nero

By Jill Lawless May. 24, 2021 12:29 PM EDT

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador talks during a ceremony marking the 700 year anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, known as Mexico City at the Templo Mayor archeological site in Mexico City, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mexican president apologizes for 1911 massacre of Chinese

May. 17, 2021 12:05 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press May. 07, 2021 05:43 PM EDT
Boston Globe. May 5, 2021. Editorial: Count counties out of federal aid program The six vestigial county governments...

Raul Castro, first secretary of the Communist Party and former president, attends the VIII Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba's opening session, at the Convention Palace in Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 16, 2021. (Ariel Ley Royero/ACN via AP)
Era ends as Raul Castro steps down as Communist Party chief

By Andrea Rodríguez Apr. 17, 2021 12:04 AM EDT

Raul Castro, first secretary of the Communist Party and former president, attends the VIII Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba's opening session, at the Convention Palace in Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 16, 2021. (Ariel Ley Royero/ACN via AP)
Raul Castro resigns as Communist chief, ending era in Cuba

By Andrea Rodríguez Apr. 16, 2021 03:26 PM EDT

People attend a protest in front of the Serbian Parliament building in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, April 10, 2021. Environmental activists are protesting against worsening environmental situation in Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Thousands rally in Serbia to protect the environment

By Jovana Gec Apr. 10, 2021 10:47 AM EDT

Inmates, from a second cell block, cough and try to breath through broken windows after officers deploy a chemical irritant at the St. Louis Justice Center, known as the city jail, on Sunday, April 4, 2021. Inmates broke windows, set a fire and threw debris to the ground late Sunday at a St. Louis jail that has been plagued by uprisings in recent months. (Colter Peterson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Inmates stage uprising at St. Louis jail dogged by unrest

By Jim Salter Apr. 05, 2021 01:46 AM EDT

Members of the Greek army march with traditional costumes during a parade in Athens, Thursday, March 25, 2021. Fighter jets flew by the ancient Acropolis and tanks rumbled past parliament in central Athens as Greece's celebrations for the bicentenary of the nation's war of independence culminated in a military parade attended by dignitaries from Britain, France and Russia but no public. (Kostas Tsironis/Pool via AP)
Greek Independence Day events culminate in military parade

By Elena Becatoros Mar. 25, 2021 04:13 AM EDT

Britain's Prince Charles attends a ceremony at Greece's newly renovated National Gallery in Athens, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Greece on Wednesday kicked off two days of celebrations to mark the bicentenary of the start of the country's war of independence, although events are far more muted than originally planned due to the pandemic. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
Greece kicks off events for bicentenary of independence war

By Elena Becatoros Mar. 24, 2021 10:09 AM EDT

A man wears a mask in the colors of the Hungarian flag during a protest against COVID-19 restrictions in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 15, 2021. Hungarians gathered on the country's national day to protest against the current lockdown measures after new restrictive measures were introduced by the Hungarian government last week aiming to slow a record-breaking wave of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)
Hungarian far-right party protests lockdown

By Justin Spike Mar. 15, 2021 09:57 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

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, rioters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington.  People charged in the attack on the U.S. Capitol left behind a trove of videos and messages that have helped federal authorities build cases. In nearly half of the more than 200 federal cases stemming from the attack, authorities have cited evidence that an insurrectionist appeared to have been inspired by conspiracy theories or extremist ideologies, according to an Associated Press review of court records. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Dozens charged in Capitol riots spewed extremist rhetoric

By Michael Kunzelman And Amanda Seitz Feb. 16, 2021 12:24 AM EST

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani addresses the nation in a televised speech in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Rouhani said the West has no way except reaching an agreement with Tehran for restoring 2015 nuclear deal as the nation marked the anniversary of the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution on Wednesday on wheels - cars, motorcycles, bicycles - instead of traditional rallies and marches because of the region's worst outbreak of the coronavirus. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
Wheels only, please: Iran marks 1979 revolution anniversary

By Nasser Karimi Feb. 10, 2021 02:40 AM EST

A vehicle passes in front of a GameStop store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. The online trading platform Robinhood is moving to restrict trading in GameStop and other stocks that have soared recently due to rabid buying by smaller investors. GameStop stock has rocketed from below $20 earlier this month to close around $350 Wednesday as a volunteer army of investors on social media challenged big institutions who had placed market bets that the stock would fall. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
For GameStop day traders, the moment they've dreamed about

By Paul Wiseman And Joseph Pisani Jan. 30, 2021 10:42 AM EST

A demonstrator holds a poster reading "We demand the release of those arrested during the social crisis" during a demonstration in Tunis, Saturday, Jan.23, 2021. Tunisia is extending its virus curfew and banning demonstrations as it tries to stem a rapid rise in infections and calm tensions after a week of protests and rioting over economic troubles. New clashes between protesters and police broke out Saturday hours after the new virus restrictions were announced. (AP Photo/Hedi Ayari)
Tunisians protest arrests; government faces confidence vote

By Bouazza Ben Bouazza Jan. 26, 2021 07:49 AM EST

Police officers face demonstrators during clashes in Ettadhamen City near Tunis, Tunisia, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. A growing groundswell of youth unrest, tapping into a well of economic frustration, is sweeping Tunisia and worrying its leadership all the way to the top. It is, after all, the country that triggered the 2011 Arab Spring revolutions. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)
Outreach by Tunisian leaders fails to quell youth unrest

Jan. 20, 2021 03:52 AM EST

Security forces stand guard in Tunis' landmark Avenue Habib Bourgiba, where massive protests took place in 2011, on the tenth anniversary of the uprising, during a national lockdown after a surge in COVID-19 cases, in Tunis, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Tunisia is commemorating the 10th anniversary since the flight into exile of its iron-fisted leader, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, pushed from power in a popular revolt that foreshadowed the so-called Arab Spring. But there will be no festive celebrations Thursday marking the revolution in this North African nation, ordered into lockdown to contain the coronavirus.  (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Tunisia marks revolution's 10th anniversary in lockdown

By Bouazza Ben Bouazza Jan. 14, 2021 05:33 AM EST

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