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FILE - A police officer walks by a monument honoring 150 years of the Chinese community in Panama City, June 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)

Beijing condemns the demolition of a monument honoring the Chinese community in Panama

7:58 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

China has condemned the demolition of a monument honoring the Chinese community in Panama, the latest development as the Trump administration pushes for the Central American nation to distance itself from Beijing

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US military carries out 30th strike on alleged drug boat

6:18 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

The U.S. military says it has conducted another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people

Alicia Johnson to become first Black woman elected to Georgia's Public Service Commission

6:11 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Alicia Johnson will become the first Black woman elected to a statewide post in Georgia that isn't a judgeship

FILE - Cynthia Erivo arrives at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, at The Ritz-Carlton Bacara in Santa Barbara, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Hollywood stars Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo recognized in New Year's honor's list

5:33 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Britons ranging from Hollywood stars Idris Elba and Cynthia Erivo to a 102-year-old judo instructor have been named in King Charles III’s New Year’s honors list, an annual tradition that recognizes people for their contributions to U.K. public life

FILE - Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speaks during an event about drug prices with President Donald Trump, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump administration rolls out rural health funding, with strings attached

5:17 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

The Trump administration has announced the initial disbursement from its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program

Nevada casinos, lawmakers eager to reverse change in gambling tax deductions

4:36 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Congress can’t change a policy that will tax gamblers on money they didn’t win before it goes into effect, but lawmakers are hoping for a fix early in 2026

Victims' families demand answers in deadly Mexico train crash as authorities promise to investigate

3:16 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Survivors and families of the victims of a deadly train crash in southern Mexico are demanding answers as the government vows to investigate what caused a train to derail on a rail line connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico

Shamans hold photos of U.S. President Donald Trump and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during their annual ritual to predict political and social issues for the new year in Lima, Peru, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peruvian shamans predict Maduro's fall, continued global conflicts in 2026

3:12 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

A group of Peruvian shamans gathered in front of the sea in the Miraflores district of Peru’s capital city to carry out an annual ritual in which they make predictions for the upcoming year

FILE - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appears before the House Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Homeland Security says a fraud investigation is underway in Minneapolis

3:02 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says that federal Homeland Security officials are conducting a fraud investigation in Minneapolis

CORRECTS TO HEARING, NOT ARRAIGNMENT - U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., left, speaks to the media as her lawyer David Markus looks on after a hearing in federal court Monday, Dec. 29, 2025 in Miami. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

Florida congresswoman accused of stealing COVID funds maintains innocence

2:31 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has reiterated her innocence outside a Miami federal courthouse, where she faces charges of conspiring to steal $5 million in federal COVID-19 disaster funds

A woman tries to recover a carpet after overnight rainfall flooded a beachside tent camp in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Jahjouh)

FACT FOCUS: Trump says he's ended eight wars. His numbers are off

1:16 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump continues to claim he has ended eight wars this year, but that is exaggerated

FILE - A job seeker waits to talk to a recruiter at a job fair Aug. 28, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

A look at how Trump-era work requirements could impact people who receive public benefits

12:07 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

The Trump administration made work requirements for low-income people receiving government assistance a priority in 2025

FILE - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shake hands before a meeting at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (Turkish Presidency via AP, File)

Turkey and Armenia agree to simplify visa procedures to normalize ties

11:22 AM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Turkey and Armenia have agreed to simplify visa procedures to normalize ties, Turkey's Foreign Ministry announced Monday

Members of the new Iraqi Parliament are seen before the start of their first legislative session in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq's parliament elects a new speaker to face political and financial challenges

9:49 AM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Iraq’s parliament has elected a new speaker following overnight talks to break a political deadlock

FILE - The Iowa Capitol building is viewed Jan. 7, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Iowa’s state Senate special election

7:01 AM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Voters in a Democratic-leaning West Des Moines-area district will pick a new state senator Tuesday in a special election that could allow Iowa Republicans to regain a supermajority in the chamber

President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands at the start of a joint news conference following a meeting at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US offers Ukraine a 15-year security guarantee as part of peace plan, Zelenskyy says

5:37 AM on Monday, December 29, 2025

The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, left, Thai counterpart Sihasak Phuangketkeow, right, and Chinese counterpart Wang Yi pose for a photograph in Yunnan province, China, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AKP via AP)

Top diplomats of China, Cambodia and Thailand meet as Beijing seeks a stronger role in dispute

1:40 AM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Foreign ministers from Cambodia and Thailand have convened with their Chinese counterpart to discuss the border dispute between the two Southeast Asian countries

FILE - A woman and her children, survivors of Sunday night's 6.0-magnitude earthquake, wait for assistance in the village of Wadir, Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nava Jamshidi, File)

US pledges $2 billion for UN humanitarian aid as Trump warns agencies must 'adapt or die'

12:10 AM on Monday, December 29, 2025

The United States has announced a $2 billion pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid as President Donald Trump continues to slash U.S. foreign assistance funding

Zohran Mamdani has bold promises. Can he make them come true as New York City mayor?

11:57 PM on Sunday, December 28, 2025

Zohran Mamdani has promised to transform New York City government when he becomes mayor

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