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An adviser to Pakistan's prime minister says a landmark new deal with Qatar for liquefied natural gas at lower rates will save Islamabad a total of about $3 billion over the next 10 years

Global shares have advanced on hopes for President Joe Biden’s stimulus package and bargain-hunting after sell offs last week

Tourism had been flourishing in the UNESCO-protected southern Albanian city of Gjirokastra

Companies that sell refrigerators, washers, hairdryers or TVs in the European Union will need to ensure those appliances can be repaired for up to 10 years

Hairdressers across Germany are reopening for business after a 2 ½ month closure, another cautious step as the country balances a desire to loosen restrictions with concern about the impact of more contagious coronavirus variants

Asian shares have advanced on hopes for President Joe Biden’s stimulus package and bargain-hunting after sell offs last week

The Commerce Department issues its January tally of U.S. construction spending Monday

An AP Fact Check that takes a look at Donald Trump's first post-presidential speech is finding a lot of familiar falsehoods

Two surveys show China’s manufacturing recovery weakened for a third month in February as exports and new orders declined

India is expanding its COVID-19 vaccination drive beyond health care and front-line workers, offering the shots to older people and those with medical conditions that put them at risk

Republican lawmakers have criticized governors’ emergency actions since the coronavirus outbreak began

An Australian state has become the first in the country to ban some single-used plastic items including drinking straws, stir sticks and cutlery

Philippines opens vaccination campaign to contain one of Southeast Asia’s worst virus outbreaks but faces supply trouble

The public relations chief for Japan’s prime minister has resigned after she acknowledged she had a $700 dinner paid for by a broadcaster

Nearly 4 million doses of the newest COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped Sunday night, and will begin to be delivered to states for injections starting on Tuesday

A not-so-distant recovery for movie theaters could be glimpsed Sunday, as Warner Bros

A U.S. advisory panel has endorsed the new one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson as a third option to bolster the national effort against the coronavirus pandemic

Utah is canceling about 7,200 coronavirus vaccine appointments after an error in the state health department’s registration website allowed people without qualifying conditions to register for shots

Germany has announced that travelers from France’s northeastern Moselle region will face additional restrictions because of the high rate of variant coronavirus cases there

Brazil’s capital has entered a two-week lockdown, joining several states in adopting measures against COVID-19 as intensive care beds begin to fill in some important cities

While new COVID-19 cases surge in Italy’s north, the island of Sardinia has earned coveted ‘’white zone’’ status

Iran has surpassed 60,000 known coronavirus-related deaths, another unwanted landmark for the hardest-hit country in the Middle East

President Joe Biden and lawmakers are laying the groundwork for a long-sought boost to U.S. roads, bridges and other infrastructure