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Prominent foe of female circumcision wins prestigious $1.4 million Templeton Prize
The Templeton Prize — one of the world's largest annual individual awards — is being awarded this year to a nurse-midwife who for decades has strived to improve women’s health care in East … more
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Yulia, an endangered Mediterranean monk seal rests on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. An unexpected visitor spotted sunbathing on a beach in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv is turning heads and causing a media buzz. The seal cow first appeared south of Tel Aviv's main beachfront last Friday, drawing clusters of curious onlookers to the rocky beach south of Jaffa's historic center on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
A rare, endangered seal named Yulia basks on Tel Aviv beach
An unexpected visitor spotted sunbathing on a beach in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv is turning heads and causing a media buzz. But it’s not American film director and Tel Aviv mainstay Quentin … more
Skeletons found in Pompeii ruins reveal deaths by eathquake, not just Vesuvius' ancient eruption
Archeologists in Pompeii have discovered two skeletons that they believe were men who died when a wall collapsed on them during the powerful earthquakes that accompanied the eruption of Mount … more
Rupert Stadler, former CEO of German car manufacturer Audi, sits in a regional court room in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Stadler plans to plead guilty in connection with the 'Dieselgate' emissions cheating scandal. This would make him the first CEO of the automotive industry to be convicted in the resulting trials. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, Pool)
Ex-Audi chief pleads guilty in automaker's diesel emissions scandal
The former head of Volkswagen’s luxury division Audi has pleaded guilty to charges tied to the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal. The move Tuesday makes Rupert Stadler the highest-ranking … more
FILE - Visitors stand in the Jewel Room during the reopening of the Green Vault Museum in Dresden's Royal Palace of the Dresden State Art Collections (SKD) in Dresden, Germany, May 30, 2020. A German court on Tuesday May 16, 2023, convicted five men of particularly aggravated arson in combination with dangerous bodily injury, theft with weapons, damage to property and intentional arson in the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from the Dresden museum in 2019. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)
Germany: 5 sentenced to prison for 100-million-euro jewelry heist
A German court has convicted five men over the theft of 18th-century jewels worth more than 100 million euros from a Dresden museum in 2019. German news agency dpa reported that they were given … more
Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon near Bakhmut, an eastern city where fierce battles against Russian forces have been taking place, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)
Russia launches 'exceptional' air attack in Kyiv with drones, missiles
Ukrainian officials say Russia has launched an intense air attack in Kyiv using a combination of drones, cruise missiles and possible ballistic missiles. Serhii Popko, the head of Kyiv's Military … more
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FILE - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second right, gestures as he leaves after receiving the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen, Germany, Sunday, May 14, 2023. Zelenskyy set off across Europe with a long shopping list. Ukraine’s president will head home with much of what he wanted – though not the Western fighter jets he seeks to defend against Russian air attacks. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
Zelenskyy's European tour aimed to replenish Ukraine's arsenal and build political support
European leaders have promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy an arsenal of missiles, tanks and drones during a whirlwind three-day visit to Italy, the Vatican, Germany, France and the U.K. … more
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Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso attends a ceremony to announce tax reforms at the government palace in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Ecuador’s opposition-led National Assembly voted Tuesday to move forward with impeachment proceedings against Lasso over embezzlement allegations. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Stage set for Ecuadorian president or lawmakers to be booted out of office
A showdown between Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso and the opposition-led National Assembly could result on either side being booted out of office before the end of the week. That's because … more
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Hotels and bars in the French town of Cannes are gearing up for the 76th Cannes Film Festival which kicks off on Tuesday with the premiere of Johnny Depp movie "Jeanne du Barry." (May 15)
Cannes Film Festival kicks off Tuesday with Johnny Depp and 'Jeanne du Barry'
The Cannes red carpet springs to life again Tuesday as the 76th Cannes Film Festival gets underway with the premiere of the Louis XV period drama “Jeanne du Barry,” with Johnny Depp. This … more
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FILE - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a joint press conference after their meeting at the presidential office in Seoul, May 7, 2023. Amid the high-level efforts to tackle the world's worst crises, this weekend's Group of 7 summit of rich democracies will also see an unusual diplomatic reconciliation as the leaders of Japan and South Korea look to continue mending ties that have been marked for years by animosity and bickering. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP, File)
South Korea and Japan use G-7 to push improvement in ties long marked by animosity
Amid the high-level efforts to settle global crises, this weekend’s Group of 7 summit of rich democracies will also see an unusual diplomatic reconciliation. The leaders of Japan and South Korea … more
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Fire at New Zealand hostel kills at least 6 people, prime minister says
New Zealand's prime minister says an overnight fire at a four-story hostel in New Zealand’s capital has killed at least six people. Chris Hipkins told the AM morning news program that he … more
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is locked in a tight election race, with a make-or-break runoff against his main challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu. (May 15)
Turkish President Erdogan heads to a runoff election that will decide who leads a key NATO country
Conservative Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces a runoff with his main rival in two weeks that will decide who leads a country struggling with sky-high inflation as it plays a key role in … more
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Sweden's Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health Jacob Forssmed speaks during his arrival for a meeting of EU sports ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 15, 2023. A boycott of the Paris Olympics by European Union countries is not on the table, the country currently in charge of the 27-nation bloc's presidency said on Monday, urging the International Olympic Committee to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Games. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
IOC puts trust at risk by seeking ways to allow Russia to compete at Olympics, EU official tells AP
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's presidency urged the International Olympic Committee to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from next year's Paris Games, yet said Monday a boycott by the … more
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FILE - Trains are parked at a station in Vienna, Austria, Friday, March 27, 2020. Two people were charged in Austria for allegedly playing speeches by Adolf Hitler via the loudspeaker system of a train running from Bregenz to Vienna, Austrian news agency APA reported Monday, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)
Duo in Austria charged with playing Hitler speeches on train intercom
Two people have been charged in Austria for allegedly playing speeches by Adolf Hitler via the loudspeaker system of a train running from Bregenz to Vienna. Austrian news agency APA reported Monday … more
Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of Move Forward Party, speaks to media as he announces the victory in Sunday's general election at the party's headquarters in Bangkok Monday, May 15, 2023. Ballots tallied Monday showed voters in Thailand wanted change after nine years under a former general who took power in a coup, with the main opposition parties easily besting other contenders in the general election. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)
What lies ahead for Thailand after dramatic opposition election win?
Thailand’s opposition has racked up a stunning majority of the 500 seats at stake in the race for the House of Representatives,, dealing a major blow to the establishment parties and a former … more
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Elzbieta Cajzer, head of the museum's collections department, shows a collection of shoes that belonged to child victims of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau at the conservation laboratory on the grounds of the camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. A two-year effort has been launched in 2023 to preserve 8,000 children’s shoes at the former concentration and extermination camp where German forces murdered 1.1 million people during World War II. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)
Auschwitz museum begins emotional work of conserving 8,000 shoes of murdered children
The Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum has launched a two-year effort to preserve 8,000 shoes that belonged to children before they were murdered at the Nazi German death camp. In all, about 110,000 … more
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Supporters of Move Forward party cheer as they watch counting of votes on television at Move Forward Party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, May 14, 2023. Vote counting was underway Sunday in Thailand's general election, touted as a pivotal chance for change nine years after incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha first came to power in a 2014 coup. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
'They want change': Opposition parties win big in Thailand election on promises of reform
Ballots tallied Monday show voters in Thailand want change after nine years under a former general who took power in a coup. Main opposition parties easily bested other contenders in the general … more
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Pieces that may be from wetsuit, surfboard found after surfer attacked by shark off South Australia
Searchers have found what appear to be pieces of the wetsuit and surfboard belonging to a 46-year-old surfer who was attacked by a shark off South Australia's coast. School teacher Simon Baccanello … more
FILE - A group of Arab refugees walks along a road from Jerusalem to Lebanon, carrying their belongings with them on Nov. 9, 1948. The group was driven from their homes by attacks in Galilee. For the first time, the United Nations will officially commemorate the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel on the 75th anniversary of their exodus, an action stemming from the U.N.’s partition of British-ruled Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. (AP Photo/Jim Pringle, File)
UN to commemorate Palestinians' 1948 flight from Israel for the first time
For the first time, the United Nations will officially commemorate the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel on the 75th anniversary of their exodus. The flight … more
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In this photo provided by Myanmar Military True News Information Team on Sunday, May 14, 2023, buildings damaged by Cyclone Mocha is seen in Kyauk Phyu township, Rakhine State. (Military True News Information Team via AP)
Powerful Cyclone Mocha floods streets, cuts communications in western Myanmar, at least 3 killed
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A powerful tropical cyclone flooded streets, blew off roofs and severed communications in western Myanmar on Sunday after thousands of people had crammed into monasteries, … more
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