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FILE - Oscar Pistorius leaves the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday June 14, 2016 during his trail for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius has applied for parole and is expected to attend a hearing on Friday, March 31, 2023 that will decide if the former Olympic runner is released from prison 10 years after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
Oscar Pistorius eligible for parole, could be free this week
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has applied for parole and is expected to attend a hearing on Friday that will decide if he can be released from prison 10 years … more
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A statue of late Pope St. John Paul II is backdropped by the Agostino Gemelli hospital in Rome, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, after The Vatican said Pope Francis has been taken there in the afternoon for some scheduled tests. The Vatican provided no details, including how long the 86-year-old pope would remain at Gemelli University Hospital, where he underwent surgery in 2021. But his audiences through Friday were canceled, raising questions about Francis' participation during the Vatican's Holy Week activities starting Sunday.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Vatican: Pope has good night in hospital despite infection
A Vatican official says Pope Francis has spent a good first night in the hospital after being admitted for a respiratory infection. Further medical updates were expected later Thursday. Francis was … more
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Lawyer Amal Oraby poses for a portrait in Wadi Salib, a Palestinian area of Haifa, Israel where residents were forced to flee during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Oraby is usually a fixture at street protests. But as tens of thousands of Israelis fill the streets around the country against a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary, Oraby, an activist and lawyer, is sitting this one out. "Let's just say I am sensitive to Israeli flags, to this many Israeli flags," the Palestinian citizen of Israel says. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Israel's Palestinians mostly sit out democracy protests
Israel’s Palestinian minority has mostly sat out large protests against the government’s plan to overhaul the judiciary. It's a glaring absence in a battle that supporters say is meant to … more
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Ana Marina Lopez, wife of Guatemalan migrant Bacilio Sutuj Saravia who died in a fire at a Mexican immigration detention center, cries during an interview at her home in San Martin Jilotepeque, Guatemala, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. According to Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze late Monday at the center, starting a fire that left more than three dozen dead. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Across Latin America, migrant blaze families left reeling
As images of the devastating blaze at an immigration detention center in Mexico consume news broadcasts and social media, families scattered across the Americas are suffering the consequences, … more
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FILE - The President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso, in wheelchair, waves to the press as he waits for the President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader at the government palace prior to the VI meeting of the Alliance for Development in Democracy, in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, March 6, 2023. Ecuador’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday, March 29, that the opposition-dominated National Assembly can take up the question of whether to impeach President Guillermo Las (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)
Ecuador court says congress can pursue impeaching president
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court has ruled the opposition-dominated National Assembly can take up the question of whether to impeach President Guillermo Lasso over allegations of crimes against state … more
In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Philippine Coast Guard ship trains its hose as it tries to extinguish fire on the MV Lady Mary Joy at Basilan, southern Philippines early Thursday March 30, 2023. Multiple people died and others were missing after an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry with more than 200 passengers and crew onboard caught fire close to midnight in the southern Philippines, a provincial governor said Thursday. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)
Philippine ferry fire leaves 12 dead, at least 7 missing
A ferry carrying about 250 passengers and crew caught fire between Philippine islands and at least 12 people were killed with seven still missing. The governor of the southern island province of … more
Katherine Koonce, one of six people killed in a shooting Monday at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, was remembered by friends as a dedicated educator who put children first. (March 29) (AP video: Kristin Hall, Sharon Johnson)
Children lost in shooting were 'feisty,' a 'shining light'
Details from the rich, full lives of the three adults killed Monday at a Nashville elementary school have quickly emerged. But information on the three 9-year-old children who died has been slower to … more
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EU slams prison term for Russian father in antiwar art case
Russia’s prosecution of a single father whose daughter drew an antiwar sketch at school elicited outrage from the European Union, even as the man, who fled house arrest before the verdict was … more
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FILE - A man, top center, salvages a jacket as he looks over a tornado damaged home, March 26, 2023, in Rolling Fork, Miss. An unusual weather pattern has set in, triggering the devastating tornado that hit Rolling Fork, and meteorologists fear this Friday, March 31, will be one of the worst days, with much more to come. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Watch out: Series of dangerous storms target Midwest, South
Meteorologists are warning of a series of severe storms that could rip across America's Midwest and South over the next couple of weeks, with the first and perhaps most dangerous outbreak forecast to … more
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Prince Harry arrives for court case in London
Prince Harry blames royal family for delay in hacking suit
Prince Harry has blamed the royal family for a delay in bringing his phone hacking lawsuit against the publisher of The Daily Mail. The publisher argued in a London court Wednesday that the Duke of … more
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In this photo released by the Press and Media Bureau of the Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo delivers his statement at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Widodo said Tuesday that his administration is trying to save the FIFA Under-20 World Cup following the cancelation of the official draw for group assignments in the youth soccer tournament, after regional governors and protesters demanded Israel's team be excluded. (Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP)
Indonesia stripped of hosting Under-20 World Cup by FIFA
ZURICH (AP) — Indonesia was stripped of hosting the men's Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday amid political turmoil regarding Israel's participation. FIFA said Indonesia was removed from staging … more
Pope Francis hugs a child at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Vatican: Pope Francis goes to hospital for scheduled tests
The Vatican says Pope Francis has gone to a Rome hospital for some scheduled tests. It provided no details other than to say the pontiff’s visit to the Gemelli hospital on Wednesday was … more
A collage of newspapers report on the story of South African police having launched a manhunt for convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester, who escaped from a privately-run maximum security prison in the Free State province under bizarre circumstances. Bester, known as the "Facebook rapist," was found guilty in 2012 of raping two women and killing one after luring them with the social media platform. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
South Africa manhunt for convicted killer who escaped prison
South African police have launched a manhunt for convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester who escaped from a privately-run maximum security prison in the Free State province under bizarre … more
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Group: Oil tanker tied to US-traded firm receiving Iran oil
An advocacy group alleges that an oil tanker owned by a major U.S.-traded transportation company appears to be taking on Iranian crude oil in a key Asian maritime strait in violation of American … more
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FILE - British TV entertainer Paul O'Grady speaks at a Lesbian and Gay Rights demonstration aimed to coincide with the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, against laws aimed at stifling Gay Rights in Russia, opposite Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. Entertainer Paul O’Grady, who achieved fame as drag queen Lily Savage before becoming a much-loved comedian and host on British television, has died. He was 67. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
British comedian and TV star Paul O'Grady dies at 67
Entertainer Paul O’Grady, who achieved fame as drag queen Lily Savage before becoming a much-loved comedian and host on British television, has died. He was 67. O’Grady’s partner Andre Portasio … more
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FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on March 19, 2023. Netanyahu on Wednesday, March 29, rebuffed President Joe Biden's suggestion that the premier “walks away” from a contentious plan to overhaul the legal system, saying the country makes its own decisions. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Israeli PM, Biden exchange frosty words over legal overhaul
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rebuffed President Joe Biden's suggestion that the premier “walks away” from a contentious plan to overhaul the legal … more
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An empty classroom is seen in a school in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, March. 28, 2023. Palestinian public schools across the occupied West Bank have been shuttered since Feb. 5, in one of the longest teachers' strikes in recent memory against the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority.(AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Palestinian teachers' strike grows, reflecting deep crisis
It's the middle of the semester, yet a million kids across the Israeli-occupied West Bank are out of school. Palestinian public schools have been shuttered since Feb. 5, in one of the longest … more
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Migrants gathered on Tuesday, to seek answers about the whereabouts of their relatives who were inside the migration detention center which caught fire in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, where 40 died. (March 29)
38 dead in Mexico fire after guards didn't let migrants out
When smoke began billowing out of a migrant detention center in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Venezuelan migrant Viangly Infante Padrón was terrified because she knew her husband was … more
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Police search for tiger stolen from home in northern Mexico
Northern Mexico has developed such a habit of exotic animals and violence, that people not only keep tigers as pets — they steal them. Prosecutors in the violent northern state of Sonora said … more
FILE - A man walks past a wall that reads in Portuguese "Memorial to the victims of COVID-19 in Brazil," in the Senate building in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Brazil has officially recorded its 700,000th death from COVID-19, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Claudio Reis, File)
Brazil hits 700,000 virus deaths, 2nd highest in the world
Brazil’s government has reported the 700,000th death from COVID-19 in the South American nation, which has the second most victims of the virus after the United States. Brazilian health experts say … more
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