The Associated Press

An athletic Hungarian farm dog and a tiny pet of bygone Russian aristocrats are the latest breeds in the American Kennel Club's purebred lineup for 2022.

Tesla on Friday announced the opening of its showroom in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, where officials are accused of abuses against mostly Muslim ethnic minorities.

Israel's refusal to recognize liberal Reform and Conservative streams of Judaism has long been a point of tension with American Jews.

Sokhary Chau said his mother managed to keep her seven children alive for four years, surviving Cambodia's civil war to deliver them safely to the U.S.

Teachers now are left to decide how — or whether — to instruct their students about the events that sit at the heart of the country's division.

A shepherd in Germany arranged her animals into a 330-foot syringe to encourage people to get vaccinated.

The subpoenas stem from an ongoing civil investigation into the Trump family's business practices. The former president has also been subpoenaed, and is now suing the attorney general.

The fire started on Sunday and had been contained, but flared up again on Monday after firefighters had been sent home. A man was arrested in connection with the fire.

A person who crossed the border from South Korea into North Korea on New Year's Day was likely a defector who had made the trip in the other direction in late 2020, the military said Monday.

Quebec proceeded with the first of three planned closures of non-essential retail stores Sunday as the government tries to curb a new wave of COVID-19 driven by the highly infectious Omicron variant.

A Hong Kong online news site said Sunday that it will cease operations in light of deteriorating press freedoms, days after police raided a separate pro-democracy news outlet, arresting seven.

The missing persons toll has dropped after one person was found alive. Residents who escaped the flames that destroyed some 1,000 homes returned to sort through what was left.

Severe storms took out power and destroyed homes in Alabama, hours after heavy rain and tornadoes tore through Kentucky. Several Alabama counties are under a tornado watch through early Monday.

Abdalla Hamdok said Sunday that he will step down amid widespread protests condemn a military coup that derailed Sudan's shift to democratic rule. Over 50 protesters have died since the October coup.

Strong winds, heavy rains and possible tornadoes wrecked buildings and downed powerlines, three weeks after deadly tornadoes battered the state. The governor has declared a state of emergency.

"Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been our moral compass and national conscience," South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a eulogy at Tutu's state funeral on Saturday.

In a speech at a key political conference, Kim Jong Un vowed to further bolster his military capability, maintain draconian anti-virus measures and push hard to improve the economy.

Fifteen people were also injured in the surge at the shrine on New Year's Day, officials said. Initial reports suggested an altercation between a group of devotees led to the crush.

New York City said it limited the number of people in Times Square to about 15,000 this year, after forgoing a public event a year ago.

South Africans from all corners of retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu's "rainbow nation" filed past his pine casket in Cape Town. The viewing line at St. George's Cathedral stretched for nearly a mile.