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A woman passes by a board depicting former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and reads: "The World of Brave People! #thank you for support", with antitank hedgehogs in the foreground, in the town of Bucha, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Talk of fighter jets to Kyiv could strain Western unity
The possibility of providing Kyiv with fighter jets to help beat back Russia’s invasion forces risks the unity of Ukraine’s Western allies, amid fears of escalating the nearly year-long conflict … more
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FILE - Teddy bears and flowers placed are placed on the coffins of deceased migrants inside a hangar at Lampedusa's airport, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. A decade ago this year, the head of the EU's executive branch, Jose Manuel Barroso stood visibly shaken before hundreds of coffins holding the corpses of migrants drowned off the Italian Island of Lampedusa. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
10 years after EU's 'never again' tragedy, little's changed
Almost a decade after a tragedy that many thought would reshape the European Union's approach to migration, little of substance has changed. Attempts by people to enter the EU without authorization … more
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FILE -- Police block a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Transparency International’s 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index, which measures the perception of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople, reported Tuesday that governments hampered by corruption lack the capacity to protect the people, while public discontent is more likely to turn into violence. (AP Photo/Anton Basanayev, file)
Global report highlights link between corruption, violence
A closely watched study by an anti-graft organization has found that most of the world continues to fail to fight corruption, with 95% of countries having made little to no progress since 2017. … more
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Morning service concludes in the annex of the Cathedral Notre Dame du Congo in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sunday Jan. 29, 2023. The cathedral is being prepared for Pope Francis' visit to Congo and South Sudan for a six-day trip starting Jan, 31, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a "colonialist mentality" that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Pope's Africa trip spotlights conflict, and church's future
Pope Francis is starting a six-day visit to Congo and South Sudan where he'll bring a message of peace to countries riven by poverty and conflict. Aid groups are hoping Francis’ trip will shine a … more
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Security officials and rescue workers search bodies at the site of suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. A suicide bomber struck Monday inside a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing multiple people and wounding scores of worshippers, officials said. (AP Photo/Zubair Khan)
Death toll from Pakistan mosque suicide bombing rises to 83
Pakistani officials say the death toll from the previous day’s suicide bombing at a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar has risen to 83. Mohammad Asim, a government hospital spokesman, says … more
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Miao Yu takes a break between class at the west campus of Valencia College, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. Yu, a former bookseller, left China after his store was shut down for political reasons. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Former Shanghai bookseller's wife hit with 'exit ban'
Chinese police have prevented a woman from returning to her home in Florida in an effort to compel her husband to return to China, she wrote in a letter he made public. The case appears to be the … more
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A Chiles en Nogada style tamal is displayed during the tamales fair at the Ixtapalapa neighborhood of Mexico City, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Chiles en nogada is a Mexican dish of poblano chiles stuffed with picadillo topped with a walnut-based cream sauce called nogada, pomegranate seeds and parsley, and it is typically served at room temperature. It is widely considered a national dish of Mexico. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Mexicans relish tamales, savoring tradition and nostalgia
At least three times a week, Mexico City bus driver Nicolás Cuatencos stops by a stand selling tamales. He always gets a “guajolota,” or “turkey,” which is a corn husk-wrapped corn dough and … more
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Dolphins, humans both benefit from fishing collaboration
A fishing community in southern Brazil has an unusual ally: wild dolphins. Accounts of people and dolphins working together to hunt fish go back millennia, from the time of the Roman Empire near what … more
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Security officials and rescue workers gather at the site of suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. A suicide bomber struck Monday inside a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing multiple people and wounding scores of worshippers, officials said. (AP Photo/Zubair Khan)
What's behind the Pakistani Taliban's deadly insurgency?
The Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing at a mosque inside a police compound in the northwestern city of Peshawar. … more
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2 Cuban sisters' 4,200-mile journey to the US and a new life
The Rolo González sisters walked out of Nicaragua’s main airport and peered out onto a sea of young men. The Central American “coyotes” squinted back, trying to find people to smuggle to the … more
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People wait for a bus to arrive in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Russian shelling kills 5 in tough eastern Ukraine combat
The Ukrainian presidential office says Monday in a report covering the previous 24 hours that Russian shelling killed at least five people and wounded 13 others, as the Kremlin’s and Kyiv’s … more
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry hold a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 30, 2023. (Khaled Desouki/Pool via AP)
Blinken urges Israel-Palestinian calm as violence soars
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is urging Israel and the Palestinians to exercise restraint and ease tensions amid a spike in violence that has put the region on edge. He spoke in Cairo on … more
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Army soldiers and police officers clear the way for ambulances rushing toward a bomb explosion site, at the main entry gate of police offices, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. A powerful bomb went off Monday near a mosque and police offices in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least a few people and wounding some 70 worshippers, police and government officials said. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
Suicide bomber kills 20, wounds 96 at mosque in NW Pakistan
Pakistani police have raised the death toll from a suicide bombing at a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar to 20 killed. They say as many as 96 worshippers were wounded in Monday’s attack. … more
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An Israeli policeman secures a shooting attack site in east Jerusalem, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. A Palestinian gunman opened fire in east Jerusalem on Saturday, wounding at least two people less than a day after another attacker killed seven outside a synagogue there in the deadliest attack in the city since 2008. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Palestinians say Israeli troops kill man in West Bank
The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank. Monday's death was the latest bloodshed in spiraling violence that comes … more
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Construction workers lay concrete outside the Cathedral Notre Dame du Congo in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Saturday Jan. 28, 2023. Pope Francis will be in Congo and South Sudan for a six-day trip starting Jan, 31, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a "colonialist mentality" that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Survivors of conflict to meet Pope Francis in Congo
Pope Francis’ long-awaited visit to Congo and South Sudan next week comes amid soaring insecurity in both war-torn countries, as desperate populations say they want his visit to quell the endless … more
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Garbage covers the base of a waterfall of the Nairobi River, which traverses informal settlements and industrial hubs, in the Dandora area of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. As clean water runs short, one of Africa's fastest growing cities is struggling to balance the needs of creating jobs and protecting the environment, and the population of over 4 million feels the strain. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
Is there hope for a dying river in Kenya's growing capital?
As clean water runs short, one of Africa’s fastest growing cities is struggling to balance the needs of creating jobs and protecting the environment, and the population of over 4 million feels the … more
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FILE - A staff walking near a Nissan logo at Nissan headquarters is seen though a window on May 12, 2022, in Yokohama near Tokyo. Nissan and Renault have changed their mutual cross-shareholdings to the same 15%, ironing out a source of conflict in the Japan-French auto alliance. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Automakers Renault, Nissan make cross-shareholdings equal
Nissan and Renault have agreed to make their mutual cross-shareholdings equal at 15%, ironing out a source of conflict in the Japan-French auto alliance. Renault Group will transfer 28.4% of the … more
FILE - North Koreans visit and pay respect to the statues of late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea, on, Jan. 22, 2023, on the occasion of the Lunar New Year. Russia’s embassy in North Korea says the country has eased stringent epidemic controls in capital Pyongyang that were placed during the past five days to slow the spread of respiratory illnesses. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho, File)
Russian embassy says North Korea lifted lockdown in capital
Russia’s embassy in North Korea says the country has eased stringent epidemic controls in capital Pyongyang that were placed during the past five days to slow the spread of respiratory illnesses. … more
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Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts during a press conference following his win over Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, early Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Analysis: Novak Djokovic clearly not done dominating tennis
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic clearly is not done dominating his sport. He says so. His coach says so. And, most importantly, his performances throughout a draining run to … more
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Erdogan might approve Finland's NATO bid, 'shock' Sweden
Turkey’s president has suggested his country might approve Finland’s application for NATO membership before taking any action on Sweden’s. The two Nordic nations applied jointly to become … more
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