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CAPTION CORRECTS LOCATION - Water flows over the collapsed Kakhovka Dam in Nova Kakhovka, in Russian-occupied Ukraine, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo)
AP Exclusive: Drone images of collapsed dam show ruined structure, devastation and no signs of life
Exclusive drone footage of the collapsed Ukrainian dam and surrounding villages under Russian occupation show the ruined structure falling into the flooded river and hundreds of submerged homes, … more
Authorities recover train from Austrian tunnel after fire forces evacuation
A train is being recovered from an Austrian tunnel where it got stuck when a fire broke out, forcing rescuers to evacuate the 151 people on board. The regional government in Tyrol province said that … more
Knife attacker injures several people, including children, in French Alpine town
France’s interior minister says an attacker with a knife injured children and others in a town in the Alps. Gerald Darmanin says the attack took place in a square in the lakeside town of Annecy on … more
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People ride on a rubber boat in a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Floodwaters from a collapsed dam kept rising in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes in a major emergency operation that brought a dramatic new dimension to the war with Russia, now in its 16th month. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna)
Zelenskyy visits area flooded by destroyed dam as five reported dead in Russian-occupied city
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in the flood-hit region of Kherson to evaluate response to damage caused by a dam breach. The Ukrainian leader wrote on his Telegram account that … more
Pope Francis blesses the faithful at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope spends first night in hospital after surgery to remove intestinal scar tissue, repair hernia
Pope Francis has spent a good first night in the hospital following a three-hour operation to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall. Doctors say Wednesday’s … more
FILE - Joran van der Sloot arrives to the courtroom for his sentence at San Pedro prison in Lima, Peru, Friday Jan. 13, 2012. The main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. student Natalee Holloway is expected to be handed over to U.S. officials in Peru and flown to the United States on Thursday, June 8, 2023, roughly a month after both countries agreed on his extradition. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)
Main suspect in 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway due to be extradited to US
The main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama student Natalee Holloway is expected to be handed over to U.S. officials in Peru and flown to the United States on Thursday. Joran van der … more
People gather outside the National Penitentiary for their turn to deliver food to their jailed relatives in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, June 1, 2023. In December 2022, the University of Florida published a study that found that men in Haiti’s prisons were on a starvation-level diet, consuming fewer than 500 calories a day. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Haitians are dying of thirst and starvation in severely overcrowded jails
Haiti’s inmates are thirsty and starving in severely overcrowded jails, many forced to sleep standing up. The United Nations says 185 inmates died in Haiti last year — many of … more
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FILE - Peter Møller, second from right, attorney and co-founder of the Danish Korean Rights Group, submits the documents at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 15, 2022. South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission said Thursday, June 8, 2023 it will investigate 237 more cases of South Korean adoptees who suspect their family origins were manipulated to facilitate their adoptions in Europe and the United States. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
South Korean inquiry to look into 237 more foreign adoptions suspected to have laundered origins
South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission will investigate 237 more cases of South Korean adoptees who suspect their family origins were manipulated to facilitate their adoptions in Europe … more
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Australia plans to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols in legislation coming next week
Australia's government plans legislation to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols nationwide except for religious, educational and certain other uses. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said Thursday that … more
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Against all odds, Mexico's endangered vaquita porpoise is hanging on in Gulf of California
Against all odds, the remaining handful of Mexico’s endangered vaquita porpoises are holding on in their only habitat in the Gulf of California. That's according to a new research expedition report … more
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FILE-- Pope Francis appears on a balcony of the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, July 11, 2021, where he was recovering from intestinal surgery, for the traditional Sunday blessing and Angelus prayer. The Vatican said Francis, 86, would be put under general anesthesia for the procedure Wednesday afternoon, June 07, 2023, and would be hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli hospital for several days. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)
What kind of surgery did Pope Francis have, and why?
The Vatican says Pope Francis has emerged after a three-hour abdominal surgery with no complications. He was admitted Wednesday to a Rome hospital for a procedure to open up his abdomen after … more
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FILE-- Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Farrell talks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Rome, Tuesday, July 31, 2018. During the period between the end of one pontificate and the election of a new pope the camerlengo, or chamberlain, runs the administration and finances of the Holy See, but under canon law Pope Francis was still pope, fully in charge of running the Vatican and the 1.3-billion-strong Catholic Church, even while unconscious and undergoing surgery Wednesday, June 7, 2023, to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall. (AP Photo/Paolo Santalucia)
What happens to papal power when a pope is unconscious? Nothing
Pope Francis' surgery to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall has raised questions about what happens to papal power when Francis is unconscious or unable to lead the church. The answer is: nothing. … more
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament against Russia's Karen Khachanov in four sets, 4-6, 7-6 (7-0), 6-2, 6-4, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will meet in a youth-vs.-experience clash at the French Open
PARIS (AP) — Two weeks ago, before the start of play at the French Open, the brackets were set for the tournament, and one possible semifinal matchup immediately demanded attention: No. 1 Carlos … more
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Greek island temple complex reveals 'countless' offerings left by ancient worshippers
Greece's Culture Ministry says archaeologists excavating a hilltop sanctuary on the Aegean Sea island of Kythnos have discovered “countless” pottery offerings left by ancient worshippers over the … more
This image made from video provided by Ukraine's Presidential Office shows the damaged Kakhovka dam near Kherson, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam and hydroelectric power station in a part of southern Ukraine that Russia controls, sending water gushing from the breached facility and risking massive flooding. (Ukraine's Presidential Office via AP)
Ukrainian dam breach: What's happening and what's at stake
The fallout from the breach of a river dam along a frontline of Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to wreak havoc on lives, livelihoods and the environment. The dramatic rupture of the Kakhovka dam … more
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Soccer world waits for Messi's decision with Al-Hilal, Barcelona and Inter Miami possible options
The soccer world is waiting for Lionel Messi's decision. The Argentina great is essentially a free agent after bidding adieu to Paris Saint-Germain. The big question now is surrounding where will the … more
Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones from Queensland, Australia, left, is escorted by a prosecutor upon arrival at the local immigration office in Meulaboh, Aceh, Indonesia on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. The Australian surfer who was jailed for attacking several people while drunk and naked in Indonesia's deeply conservative Muslim province of Aceh will be deported back to his country after he agreed to apologize and pay compensation, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sultan Ikbal Abiyyu)
Indonesia to deport Australian surfer jailed for drunken rampage in conservative province
An Australia surfer who was jailed for attacking several people while drunk and naked in Indonesia’s deeply conservative Muslim province of Aceh will be deported to his country after he agreed to … more
Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Francis to undergo intestinal surgery under general anesthesia
Pope Francis is going the hospital for surgery on his intestine, two years after he had 33 centimeters (13 inches) of his colon removed because of an inflammation and narrowing of the large … more
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In Kenya, lions are speared to death as human-wildlife conflict worsens amid drought
Parkeru Ntereka lost almost half of his goat herd to hungry lions that wandered into his pen located near Kenya’s iconic Amboseli national park. The 56-year-old’s loss made headlines in the east … more
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FILE - Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami poses for media during a press conference on the university's new international house of literature, The Haruki Murakami Library, opening at the Waseda University in Tokyo, on Sept. 22, 2021. In a speech released Wednesday, June 7, 2023, Murakami says walls are increasingly built and dividing people and countries as fear and skepticism flourish following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Author Haruki Murakami says pandemic, war in Ukraine create walls that divide people
Japanese writer Haruki Murakami says walls are increasingly built and dividing people and countries as fear and skepticism flourish following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic. … more
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