SUNDERN, Germany — SUNDERN, Germany (AP) — Germany ‘s growers have started to cut their Christmas trees in anticipation of a tradition that’s around 500 years old. Germans have been celebrating Christmas with decorated trees for centuries. In the 19th century the tradition spread elsewhere in Europe, and immigrants took the custom to the United...

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin (R) arrives at the airport of Hangzhou on November 3, 2025. Dmitry Astakhov | Afp | Getty Images Russian officials appeared eager Monday to reaffiirm Moscow’s alliance with China following U.S. President Donald Trump’s high-profile meeting with Xi Jinping....

JERUSALEM — For decades, Hinda Koza-Culp’s family clung to a black-and-white photograph and a haunting story: Her great-grandmother’s six siblings and parents were all murdered in the Holocaust, their names largely lost to history. Then last year, Koza-Culp typed her great-grandmother’s maiden name, Litvak, into an online database and discovered something she never could have...

Getty Images The Maldives has banned young people born on or after 1 January 2007 from smoking tobacco, becoming the only country in the world to enforce a nationwide generational tobacco prohibition. The archipelago’s health ministry announced on Saturday that it would be illegal for younger generations to use, buy or sell tobacco within the...

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials ordered tens of thousands of people to evacuate to safer grounds and prohibited fishermen from venturing out to sea in an east-central region Monday as a typhoon approached from the Pacific. Authorities warned of torrential rains and potentially deadly storm surges of up to 3 meters (nearly 10 feet). Typhoon...

Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary gestures while making a point during a press conference with Eddie Wilson, CEO of Ryanair, and Jason McGuinness, Commercial Director, to talk about the future of the company’s operation in the Portuguese market on July 23, 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal.  Horacio Villalobos | Corbis News | Getty Images Ryanair chief...