UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The Latest on the U.N. signing ceremony for the climate change agreement (all times local): 9:35 a.m. French President Francois Hollande says he will ask parliament to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change “by the summer of this year.” He spoke shortly before world leaders …

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) – Nirmala pouts when her father fits the prosthetic leg onto her stump and wraps the long straps around her waist. He whispers quiet encouragement in her ear as she grumbles. Finally, she limps around the Kathmandu sweatshop that is now her home. As soon as she …

CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) – Prince could play guitar like Carlos Santana or Jimi Hendrix, sing like James Brown, turn out pop melodies worthy of Motown or lay down the deepest grooves this side of Sly and the Family Stone. But no one could mistake his sound for anyone but Prince. …

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – Serbs vote in a snap election on Sunday that will test Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic’s proclaimed bid to lead the Balkan nation toward European Union membership. Vucic and his Progressive Party are expected to win most votes, but far-right groups favoring close ties with Russia over …

LOS ANGELES (AP) – It will cost Uber up to $100 million and took some significant policy concessions, but the ride-hailing company is forging forward with its thriving business model by keeping its drivers independent contractors, for now. Uber settled major class-action lawsuits in California and Massachusetts that sought employee …

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Efrem Lukatsky, a Kiev-based photographer for The Associated Press, recalls the confusion and anxiety of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion, the world’s worst nuclear accident. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion was only about 100 kilometers (65 miles) from my home in Kiev, but …

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) – The violence of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake left countless towns and villages across central Nepal in shambles. Almost one year later, in shambles they remain. The country has made almost no progress in rebuilding hundreds of thousands of homes, schools and government buildings, as well as some …

WINDSOR, England (AP) – Queen Elizabeth II – Britain’s oldest and longest-serving monarch – was celebrating her 90th birthday Thursday with a day at home with the dogs, a short walk to greet well-wishers and a family party, as the nation paid tribute to her service and stamina. Her government …

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Two men who were among 41 people picked up over the weekend from a boat found adrift in the Mediterranean Sea described on Thursday surviving what they say was a shipwreck that might have killed up to 500 people. Muaz Mahmud Aymo, a 25-year-old Ethiopian, and …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) – President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and its Gulf partners should wait to see whether Iraq can resolve its political crisis before committing more financial aid, arguing that the paralysis is impeding U.S.-led efforts to defeat the Islamic State group and reconstruct the …