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Local people ride motorbike along a roadside with damaged buildings after Cyclone Mocha in Sittwe township, Rakhine State, Myanmar, Friday, May 19, 2023. Cyclone Mocha roared in from the Bay of Bengal on Sunday with high winds and rain slamming a corner of neighboring Bangladesh and a wider swath of western Myanmar's Rakhine state. (AP Photo)
Myanmar says official death toll from Cyclone Mocha at least 145, says aid is being provided
Myanmar says the death toll from a powerful cyclone this week has burgeoned to at least  145, including 117 Muslim Rohingya. The slow accounting of casualties since the storm struck Sunday has led … more
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Italy's deadly floods just latest example of climate change's all-or-nothing weather extremes
Climate experts say the floods that sent rivers of mud tearing through towns in Italy’s northeast this week are the result of extreme weather phenomena that are becoming increasingly frequent … more
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Australian police Taser 95-year-old with dementia as she approached them with steak knife and walker
A 95-year-old woman was in critical condition Friday, two days after police shocked her with a stun gun as she approached them with a walking frame and a steak knife in an Australian nursing home. … more
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FILE - Austrian actort Helmut Berger performs as 'Don Juan' during a rehearsal for the theater play 'Don Juan comes from the war' in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2003. Austrian-born actor Helmut Berger, a European movie star in the 1960s and 1970s who rose to prominence with roles in films by Italian director Luchino Visconti, has died. He was 78. (AP Photo/Stephan Trierenberg, File)
Austrian actor Helmut Berger, movie star in the 1960s and '70s, dies at 78
Austrian-born actor Helmut Berger, a European movie star in the 1960s and 1970s who rose to prominence with roles in films by Italian director Luchino Visconti, has died. He was 78. His agent said … more
7.7 magnitude earthquake in far Pacific creates small tsunami off Vanuatu
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Friday in the far Pacific created small tsunami waves in Vanuatu. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said waves less than 1.5 feet above tides were measured off Lenakel, a … more
FILE - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong listens beside Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo during a joint press conference at a hotel in Makati City, Philippines on Thursday May 18, 2023. An 88-year-old Australian doctor held captive in West Africa for more than seven years has been released, the Australian government said on Friday, May 19.(Lisa Marie David/Pool Photo via AP, File)
88-year-old Australian doctor freed 7 years after kidnapping by Islamic extremists in West Africa
An 88-year-old Australian doctor held captive by Islamic extremists in West Africa for more than seven years has been freed. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Friday that Ken Elliott has reunited with … more
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Pope Francis pauses during his weekly general audience in the St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Car rushes Vatican gate, is fired on by gendarmes; driver apprehended after reaching courtyard
A car driven by someone with apparent psychiatric problems rushed one of the entrance gates of the Vatican. It managed to get past Swiss Guards and reach the Apostolic Palace courtyard before coming … more
World leaders on Thursday arrived for a Group of Seven meeting in Hiroshima, the site of the world’s first atomic bomb attack, with Russia’s war in Ukraine expected to be high on the agenda. (May 18)
World leaders gather for G7 meetings, ready to pile fresh sanctions on Russia over Ukraine war
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Leaders of the world's most powerful democracies gathered Thursday for Group of Seven meetings in Hiroshima, with Russia's invasion of Ukraine high on the agenda for a … more
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First full-size 3D scan of Titanic shows shipwreck in new light
Deep-sea researchers have completed the first full-size digital scan of the Titanic, showing the entire wreck in unprecedented detail and clarity. Using two remote operated submersibles, a team of … more
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Ukrainian director and soldier Pavlo Yurov poses for a portrait in Kyiv, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Show must go on for a Ukrainian director drafted for war ahead of opening night
The show must go on. Even when its Ukrainian director is drafted by the army weeks before opening night. “Silence, Silence, Silence, Please” is a play that tackles Russia’s war in Ukraine had … more
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Zenabou S, a Comoros woman married to a French man in Mayotte and with French children, looks at her belongings as she prepares to move, in the Talus 2 district of Koungou, in the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte Saturday, April 22, 2023. France is facing a migration quagmire on the island territory of Mayotte off Africa’s east coast. The government sent in 2,000 troops and police to carry out mass expulsions, destroy slums and eradicate violent gangs. But the operation has become bogged down and raised concerns of abuse, aggravating tensions between local residents and immigrants from the neighboring country of Comoros. (AP Photo/Gregoire Merot)
Anti-migration operation on French African island of Mayotte stirs tensions, exposes inequalities
France is facing a migration quagmire on the island territory of Mayotte off Africa’s east coast. The government sent in 2,000 troops and police to carry out mass expulsions, destroy slums and … more
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People riding bicycles and scooters wait to cross an intersection near a sign reading "We stand with Ukraine" outside the Canadian Embassy in Beijing, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Embassies in Beijing have been asked by the Chinese government to avoid displaying propaganda after some raised Ukrainian flags or set up placards declaring support for Ukraine. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
China asks embassies to avoid 'propaganda' in apparent reference to pro-Ukrainian displays
Embassies in Beijing have been asked by the Chinese government to avoid displaying what it calls propaganda, in an apparent reference to shows of support for Ukraine. Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s … more
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FILE-Afghan women chant during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. A U.K.-based rights group on Thursday, May 18, 2023 launched an interactive map documenting human rights abuses and violence against civilians since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan nearly two years ago. (AP Photo/Ahmad Halabisaz, File)
UK-based group documents rights abuses since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan with 'witness map'
A U.K.-based rights group is launching an interactive map documenting human rights abuses and violence against civilians since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan nearly two years ago. The … more
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'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' debuts Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival
Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford will swing into Cannes on Thursday for the world premiere of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” in one of the most anticipated events of the French Riviera … more
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FILE - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during an interview with foreign media members at the Prime Minister's official residence Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Tokyo. Leaders of seven of the world’s most powerful democracies will gather this weekend for the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, the location of the world’s first atomic attack at the end of World War II. The leaders are expected to strongly condemn Russia’s war on Ukraine while pledging their continuing support for Ukraine. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
G-7 Hiroshima summit: Who's attending, what will be discussed?
Leaders of seven of the world’s most powerful democracies will gather this weekend for the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, the location of the world’s first atomic attack at the end of World … more
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Alice Winocour, left, and John C. Reilly pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Monster' at the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
CANNES PHOTOS: Festival gets into full swing on Day 2 with Hawke, McQueen, 'Monster' and more Depp
CANNES, France (AP) — Ethan Hawke and his “Strange Way of Life" co-stars showed off their itchy trigger fingers on the second day of the Cannes Film Festival. Hawke, who stars with Pedro … more
CAPTION CORRECTS LEFT AND RIGHT AND JOB TITLES Malawi's Minister of Water and Sanitation Abida Mia, left, waits with local Member of Parliament Gladys Ganda, right,for news updates from the rescue party on the banks of Shire River, Tuesday, May 16,2023. Rescuers have been searching for twenty-three missing persons in the southern tip of Malawi's Nsanje District, where a canoe carrying 37 people capsized Monday morning when a hippopotamus hit it while trying to cross into Mozambique. (AP Photo/Austin Kachipeya)
Death toll up to 7 after hippo capsized canoe in Malawi; 17 missing
The death toll has risen to seven people after a hippopotamus charged into and capsized a canoe on a river in the southern African nation of Malawi. Police said that six bodies were recovered on … more
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An aerial view of the Tassawini gold mining operation, in Chinese Landing, Guyana, Monday, April 17, 2023. The mining operation spans 3,400 acres or 1,380 hectares. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Tiny Amerindian village in Guyana fights gold mine in key court battle over indigenous land rights
One of Guyana’s smallest Amerindian villages is waging a monumental battle that could decide the amount of control that thousands of indigenous people have over their land in remote parts of this … more
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Pope Francis talks on the phone during his weekly general audience in the St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope takes cellphone call during general audience, meets with clergy abuse survivors
Pope Francis' weekly general audience often gives ordinary people rare access to the pope. Wednesday's audience was no different: A group of LGBTQ+ Catholics got a papal selfie and clergy abuse … more
FILE - Forensic assistant Laurentiu Bigu, left, and investigator Ryan Parraz from the Los Angeles County coroner's office cover the body of a homeless man found dead on a sidewalk in Los Angeles on April 18, 2022. The 60-year-old man died from the effects of methamphetamine, according to his autopsy report. Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. went up slightly in 2022 after two big leaps during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Drug overdoses in the US slightly increased last year. But experts see hopeful signs
Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. rose slightly in 2022. That makes it the first year without a substantial increase since 2018. Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the … more
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