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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands’ highest administrative court has upheld an Amsterdam municipality ban on new stores in the city’s historic heart that sell goods specifically to tourists. The Council of...

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian leader says the International Monetary Fund has approved a new loan for the country. President Petro Poroshenko hailed the move as recognition of Ukraine’s progress in stabilizing its...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission says it has reached an agreement with Italy to avert legal action over the country’s budget plans, which the EU’s executive arm had warned could break euro currency rules....

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Cabinet has approved a plan to expand a system of visas allowing people from outside the European Union to seek jobs as it tries to tackle a shortfall of skilled workers. Ministers also approved...

What’s America’s favorite family vehicle? The SUV? The minivan? These days, it could very well be the pickup truck. While heavy-duty pickup trucks are still common tools of the trade for contractors and people who...

GENEVA (AP) — China and the United States have traded barbs again at the World Trade Organization, with the U.S. ambassador accusing China of theft of technology and an envoy from Beijing retorting that the U.S. was...

PARIS (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Greece violated a prohibition on discrimination by applying Islamic religious law to an inheritance dispute among members of the country’s Muslim minority. The...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting (all times local): 5:45 a.m. Stock markets are up slightly as investors look ahead of an expected rate hike by the Federal Reserve. After a...

BERLIN (AP) — European Union officials have agreed to ban some single-use plastics, such as disposable cutlery, plates and straws, in an effort to cut marine pollution. Representatives from the EU’s 28 member states and...

BANGKOK (AP) — Facebook has announced its third and biggest purge of military-linked accounts in Myanmar, where critics have charged that the social network did too little to block inflammatory material that fueled communal...