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STOCKHOLM – An international report says Sweden needs to urgently address the declining performance of its schools, a growing embarrassment for the Scandinavian welfare state. Swedes are used to seeing their nation rank near the top in international surveys on everything from quality of life to economic competitiveness. But the …

UNITED NATIONS – The new U.N. envoy for Yemen is on his way to the region for “intensive consultations,” while the U.N. tries to organize a conference on the crisis as soon as possible on neutral ground. The U.N. says Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed started Wednesday in Paris, meeting the …

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico – Police in northern Mexico have seized nearly $2.9 million in cash that was apparently in transit to a criminal gang. A statement from the security coordination agency in the Gulf coast state of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas, says 86 bundles of U.S. dollars and two more …