TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A celebrated Ukrainian medic whose footage was smuggled out of the besieged city of Mariupol by an Associated Press team was freed by Russian forces on Friday, three months …
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By VASILISA STEPANENKO and LORI HINNANT
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6/18/22
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SAO PAULO (AP) — Before disappearing in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, Bruno Pereira was laying the groundwork for a mammoth undertaking: a 350-kilometer (217-mile) trail marking the southwestern …
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE and FABIANO MAISONNAVE
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6/18/22
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — At least 18 people have died as massive floods ravaged northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater and severing transport links, authorities …
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By JULHAS ALAM and WASBIR HUSSAIN
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6/18/22
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Russian state television showed video Friday of two U.S. military veterans who went missing last week while fighting in Ukraine, confirming that the men were taken captive and raising fears about …
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6/17/22
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Federal police said Friday that some of the human remains found deep in Brazil’s Amazon have been identified as belonging to British journalist Dom Phillips.
The remains …
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6/17/22
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RED LODGE, Montana (AP) — Just three months ago, the Yellowstone region like most of the West was dragging through an extended drought with little snow in the mountains and wildfire scars in Red …
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By MICHAEL PHILLIS, SETH BORENSTEIN and BRITTANY PETERSON
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6/17/22
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There is life amid the ruins in Ukraine, but there are so many ruins, and life is so fraught.
In the course of the last week, Associated Press photographers captured images of a man peering …
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By The Associated Press
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6/17/22
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LONDON (AP) — The British government has ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. WikiLeaks said it would appeal.
Home Secretary …
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By JILL LAWLESS
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6/17/22
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces shot dead three Palestinians and wounded eight others early Friday during a military operation in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin, the Palestinian Health …
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6/17/22
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian navy claimed Friday that it struck a Russian boat carrying air defense systems to a strategic island in the Black Sea.
In a statement on social media, the …
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6/17/22
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BORETTO, Italy (AP) — Water is so low in large stretches of Italy's largest river that local residents are walking through the middle of the expanse of sand and shipwrecks are resurfacing.
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By PAOLO SANTALUCIA
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6/17/22
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MANUS, Brazil (AP) — A fisherman confessed to killing a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in Brazil's remote Amazon and took police to a site where human remains were recovered, a federal …
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By FABIANNO MAISONNAVE, EDMAR BARROS and MAURICIO SAVARESE
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6/16/22
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PARIS (AP) — The French presidency said Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Premier Mario Draghi were on their way to Kyiv.
The Europeans …
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6/16/22
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CAIRO (AP) — In the video, a man stands in front of a blackboard in a full classroom, teaching the parts of an AK-47 rifle. He then hands it over to a boy, showing him how to cock it.
Other …
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By SAMY MAGDY
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6/16/22
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BERLIN (AP) — Rich countries including the European Union and the United States have pushed back against efforts to put financial help for poor nations suffering the devastating effects of global …
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By FRANK JORDANS
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6/16/22
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KOZANI, Greece (AP) — At Greece's largest coal mine, controlled explosions and the roar of giant excavators scooping up blasted rock have once again become routine. Coal production has been ramped …
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By DEREK GATOPOULOS
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6/16/22
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Before the pomp, the ceremony and the serious meetings about war, the three European leaders witnessed the devastation wrought by Russia. A must. To understand Ukraine's fight …
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By JOHN LEICESTER
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6/16/22
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ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's justice minister said Wednesday that police reported finding human remains in the Amazon area where an Indigenous expert and British journalist disappeared …
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By FABIANNO MAISONNAVE and EDMAR BARROS
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6/15/22
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LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Protests have been erupting in many Indian cities to condemn the demolition of homes and businesses belonging to Muslims, in what critics call a growing pattern of …
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By BISWAJEET BANERJEE
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6/15/22
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Residents of the West Texas city of Odessa improvised emergency water supplies after a water system outage left them high and dry for days amid scorching heat, even as utility crews scrambled …
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By JILL BLEED and TERRY WALLACE
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6/15/22
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