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Portuguese-flagged ship is hit far in Arabian Sea, raising concerns over Houthi rebel capabilities
A Portuguese-flagged container ship has come under attack by a drone in the far reaches of the Arabian Sea
April 30, 2024In climate change fight, power of cork seen by scientists as the star
"It’s a product that answers all the challenges we have as a society."
April 25, 2024Police stop knife attack in central Oslo after man stabs 1 person and threatens others
Police in Norway say a man carrying two knives stabbed one person and threatened several others in the center of Oslo on Wednesday
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A bus plunges into a rocky ravine in northern Pakistan, killing 15 people and injuring more than 20
A bus has plunged into a rocky ravine in northern Pakistan after its driver lost control, killing at least 15 people and seriously injuring more than 20 others
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The Latest | A hostage held in Gaza dies as Israel and Hamas work on a cease-fire deal
Dror Or, a 49-year-old held captive in Gaza, has died
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Pro-Palestinian protesters set up encampments at universities in Australia
Pro-Palestinian protesters are camped on university campuses across Australia, with some scuffling with pro-Israel protesters in Sydney, mirroring similar events in the United States
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AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
April 25 – May 1, 2024
From clashes in Istanbul, to protests in Berlin, people around the world demonstrated on May Day.
Kenya, along with other parts of East Africa, has been overwhelmed by flooding.
The Olympic flame started its journey to France from Greece, sailing through the Corinth canal.
This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Europe and Africa. The selection was curated by AP photographer Armando Franca in Lisbon.
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Sanctions and a hobbled economy pull the rug out from under Iran's traditional carpet weavers
The historic Kashan bazaar in central Iran once sat on a major caravan route, its silk carpets known the world over
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UK's governing Conservatives suffer big losses in local elections
Britain’s governing Conservative Party is suffering heavy losses as local election results pour in Friday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of a U.K. general election in which the main opposition Labour Party appears increasingly lik...
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Why did bill to stem ‘foreign influence’ trigger protests in Georgia over country's media freedom?
Georgia has been engulfed by huge protests triggered by a proposed law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union
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Damaged in war, a vibrant church in Ukraine rises as a symbol of the country's faith
An extraordinary new church is bringing spiritual comfort to war-weary residents of the Ukrainian village of Lypivka this Orthodox Easter season
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A Chinese flavor of rap music is flourishing as emerging musicians find their voices
In 2018, the censors who oversee Chinese media issued a directive to the nation’s entertainment industry
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For decades, Moscow has sought to silence its critics abroad
From its earliest days, the Soviet Union’s intelligence services — whether known as the Cheka or the names of any of its successor agencies like the KGB — kept the government in power by pursuing its opponents no matter where they lived
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China is sending a probe to get samples from the less-explored far side of the moon
China is preparing to launch a lunar probe that would land on the far side of the moon and return with samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side
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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
April 16 - May 2, 2024
Brazilian singer Catia de Franca performs her blend of psychedelic rock with traditional rhythms and modernist poetry. Mothers search a field on the outskirts of Mexico City looking for remains of missing love ones. Gangs in Haiti lay siege to several neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, burning homes and battling with police.
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The selection was curated by Leslie Mazoch, AP senior photo editor for Latin America and Caribbean, in Mexico City.
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Colombia breaks diplomatic ties with Israel but its military relies on key Israeli-built equipment
Colombia has become the latest Latin American country to announce it will break diplomatic relations with Israel over its military campaign in Gaza
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Kremlin critics say Russia is targeting its foes abroad with killings, poisonings and harassment
Since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, attacks and harassment of Russians abroad have been blamed on Moscow’s intelligence operatives across Europe and elsewhere
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As China's Xi Jinping visits Europe, Ukraine, trade and investment are likely to top the agenda
Ukraine, trade and investment are expected to dominate Chinese leader Xi Jinping's first trip to Europe in five years, which starts in France on Monday
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AP Week in Pictures: Asia
April 26-May 2, 2024
Workers marched during a May Day rally in Jakarta, anti-nuclear protesters demonstrated in front of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan in Taipei, and people in India’s northeastern Assam state crossed the Brahmaputra River in a country boat to vote in the national election.
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images in the Asia-Pacific region made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Subramoney Iyer in New Delhi.
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E-waste is overflowing landfills. At one sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle some of it
The world is producing more electronic waste than ever — 62 million metric tons in 2022
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Death toll from heavy rains in southern Brazil jumps to 29, with 60 more still mising
The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state has jumped to 29, with another 60 people missing, according to the state’s civil defense agency
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M23 rebels seize key smartphone mineral mining town in eastern Congo
A rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda this week seized Rubaya, a mining town in eastern Congo known for producing a key mineral used in smartphones, the group said in a statement
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Mexican cops find tents, question people in the case of 2 Australians, 1 American missing in Baja
Mexican authorities have found tents and questioned three people in the case of two Australians and an American who went missing over the weekend in the Pacific coast state of Baja California
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US, Russian troops operating out of same base in Niger, 2 US officials say
The development comes as the U.S. worries of rising Russian influence in Africa.
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Turkey halts all trade with Israel over military actions in Gaza
Turkey has announced that it is suspending all imports and exports to Israel over its ongoing military action in Gaza
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A scroll for the king, a website for the people: Coronation document to be released digitally
It is a record fit for a king, but it’s going online for everyone to see
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Exiled Belarus opposition leader says she hasn’t heard from her imprisoned husband for over 400 days
Belarus’ exiled opposition leader says that she hasn’t heard from her imprisoned husband for 421 days
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Here's what's on the table for Israel and Hamas in the latest cease-fire talks
Israel and Hamas appear to be seriously negotiating an end to the war in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages
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Liberia passes a law setting up a long-awaited war crimes court
Liberian President Joseph Boakai has signed an executive order to create a long-awaited war crimes court to deliver justice to the victims of Liberia's two civil wars
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Gangs in Haiti launch fresh attacks, days after a new prime minister is announced
Gangs in Haiti have laid siege to several neighborhoods in the capital, burning homes and exchanging gunfire with police for hours in one of the biggest attacks since Haiti’s new prime minister was announced
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Head of Greek extreme far-right Golden Dawn party is granted early release from prison
The head of Greece’s extreme far-right Golden Dawn party has been granted conditional early release from prison
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Thousands rally in Slovakia to protest a controversial overhaul of public broadcasting
Thousands have rallied in the Slovak capital to protest – again – a controversial overhaul of the country’s public radio and television services, a move that critics say would result in the government taking full control of the media
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Hamas to send delegation to Cairo to continue cease-fire talks
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been urging Hamas to accept the terms of the cease-fire deal.
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NATO members 'deeply concerned' by activities such as sabotage on alliance soil. They blame Russia
NATO countries say they are deeply concerned by a campaign of hybrid activities on the military alliance’s soil they attribute to Russia, and which they say constitute a threat to their security
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Lawmakers in Serbia elect new government with pro-Russia ministers sanctioned by the US
Serbian lawmakers have voted into office a new government that reinstated two pro-Russia officials who are sanctioned by the United States
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Send us Patriots: Ukraine's battered energy plants seek air defenses against Russian attacks
Ukrainian energy workers are struggling to repair the damage from intensifying airstrikes aimed at pulverizing Ukraine’s energy grid
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Prince William and Kate mark their daughter Charlotte's 9th birthday by releasing an image of her
Prince William and his wife, Kate, have marked their daughter Charlotte’s 9th birthday by posting a picture of her smiling for the camera as she posed near a plant with pink flowers
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At least 181 dead as flooding continues in Kenya
Heavy rains in Kenya's "long rains" season -- which typically runs from March to May – has been one of the nation’s worst flooding incidents in recent memory.
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Broadband internet services are disrupted in most parts of Nepal
Broadband internet are disrupted in many parts of Nepal as Indian vendors from whom most Nepali private operators source the bandwidth stopped providing the services because of payment defaults
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British police officer pleads guilty to terror charges for showing support for Hamas on WhatsApp
A British police officer has pleaded guilty to terror charges for showing support on social media for Hamas
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Czech central bank cuts a key interest rate again with inflation down and the economy on the mend
The Czech Republic’s central bank has cut its key interest rate for the fourth straight time as inflation dropped and the economy has shown signs of recovery
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Dozens of tourists evacuated amid flooding in Kenya’s Maasai Mara Reserve
Americans were among those who were saved, authorities said.
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London sword attack suspect appears in court on murder charge in death of teenage boy
A 36-year-old man accused of wielding a sword to kill a teenage boy, severely injure two police officers and wound two men in a rampage in London has appeared in court on charges of murder and attempted murder
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Double land mine blasts kill one person and wound at least 18 in Pakistan’s southwest
Pakistani police say double land mine blasts have killed one person and wounded at least 18 in the southwest
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Japan says a collision during a nighttime drill caused the deadly April crash of 2 navy helicopters
Japanese investigators have determined that a collision during a nighttime drill caused the deadly crash last month of two Japanese navy SH-60K Seahawk helicopters
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Hamas is sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks in the latest sign of progress
Hamas says it's sending a delegation to Egypt as soon as possible to continue talks in the latest sign of progress in the fragile cease-fire process
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Flights to Dubai disrupted as rain hits the UAE 2 weeks after its heaviest recorded rainfall ever
Airport authorities in Dubai say several flights have been cancelled and diverted as heavy rains hit the United Arab Emirates for the second time in a month
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Norway to add millions more to historic increase in defense spending announced last month
The Norwegian center-left government says it wants to add 7 billion kroner, or $630 million to the Scandinavian country’s armed forces over the next 12 years amid increased tensions in the region
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Human Rights Watch accuses Kenyan government of inadequate response to flooding
Human Rights Watch has accused Kenyan authorities of not responding adequately to ongoing floods that have killed more than 170 people since the start of the rainy season
May 02
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Russian missiles hit Ukraine's Odesa for the third time in a week, injuring 14
A senior Ukrainian military official says the situation on the front line in eastern Ukraine is worsening but local defenders are so far holding firm against a concerted push by Russia’s bigger and better-equipped forces
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EU announces 1 billion euros in aid for Lebanon amid a surge in irregular migration
The European Union has announced an aid package for Lebanon of 1 billion euros — about $1.06 billion — that will mostly go to strengthening border control to halt the flow of asylum seekers and migrants from the small, crisis-wracked country across the...
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Japan's Kishida unveils a framework for global regulation of generative AI
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has unveiled an international framework for regulation and use of generative AI
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