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WASHINGTON (AP) - The World Bank is upgrading the outlook for global growth this year, predicting that COVID-19 vaccinations and massive government stimulus in rich countries will power the fastest wo...

NEW YORK (AP) - The husband and wife team who helped make the first COVID-19 vaccine are contributing to a book about their efforts. BioNTech founders Ugur Sahin and zlem Treci are collaborating with ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in April to $68.9 billion as an improving global economy boosted sales of American exports. The April deficit, the gap between what America buys from ...

LONDON (AP) - Dozens of websites briefly went offline around the globe Tuesday, including CNN, The New York Times and Britain's government home page, after an outage at the cloud service Fastly, illus...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Criminal gangs divulged plans for moving drug shipments and carrying out killings on a secure messaging system secretly run by the FBI, law enforcement agencies said Tues...

DENVER (AP) - Former Colorado Rockies sluggers Larry Walker and Vinny Castilla will play in the All-Star celebrity softball game following the Futures Game at Denver's Coors Field on July 11 along wit...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Outdoing his fellow billionaires in daredevilry, Jeff Bezos will blast into space next month when his Blue Origin company makes its first flight with a crew. The 57-year-ol...

OTTAWA - The federal government is looking at taking a phased approach to welcoming back international visitors as pandemic restrictions loosen, focusing on case counts globally as part of decision-ma...

OTTAWA - Sweeping updates to the Broadcasting Act will not cover pornography or sexually exploitive content online, the federal heritage minister says. Steven Guilbeault told the House of Commons ethi...

PARIS (AP) - Google is being fined 220 million euros ($268 million) by France's antitrust watchdog for abusing its 'dominant' position in online advertising. Practices used by the search engine giant ...