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By JOE McDONALD - AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s export growth tumbled in April as global demand weakened, adding to pressure on the world’s…

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says the majority of Russian forces that had been around the port city of Mariupol have left and…

By The Associated Press The commander of the main defending force at the Azovstal steel mill in the strategic Ukrainian port city of Mariupol says…

By The Associated Press BRUSSELS — The European Union’s chief executive is proposing that the bloc ban oil imports from Russia over its war on Ukraine,…

By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. says Secretary-General António Guterres and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed in principle…

By The Associated Press MOSCOW — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says Moscow still hopes to negotiate a peaceful settlement with Ukraine, even as the…

By The Associated Press Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., who was twice sickened in incidents he suspected were poisonings, has been…

By The Associated Press LONDON — The World Bank says Ukraine’s economy will shrink by 45% this year because of Russia’s invasion, which has shut down…

By AAMER MADHANI, SAMUEL PETREQUIN and JOSH BOAK - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. rolled out a new wave of financial sanctions on Wednesday…

By The Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia is trying to hide evidence of war crimes to interfere with…