A strong earthquake that shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru has killed at least 15 people and left others trapped under rubble. Saturday's earthquake with about 6.8 magnitude has also brought …
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By GONZALO SOLANO and REGINA GARCIA CANO
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3/18/23
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Israelis took to the streets in protests, now in their 11th week, against plans by Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government to overhaul the country’s legal system. The protesters say the …
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3/18/23
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A strong earthquake in Ecuador has killed at least four people and damaged homes and buildings. The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 on Saturday about 50 miles …
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By GONZALO SOLANO
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3/18/23
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Pope Francis is seeking to promote legal migration routes to Europe as an alternative to smuggling operations that he says have turned the Mediterranean into a “cemetery.” Francis met with …
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By GIANFRANCO STARA
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3/18/23
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has traveled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation from Ukraine. Putin visited an art school and a children’s center on …
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3/18/23
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have agreed to strengthen economic and defense ties. Scholz traveled to Tokyo for the first round of government consultations …
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
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3/18/23
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Police in Pakistan have stormed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s residence in the eastern city of Lahore and arrested 30 people. The action Saturday came amid tear gas shelling after someone …
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By BABAR DOGAR
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3/18/23
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The mystery to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic now has some new clues. International scientists have found raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus in previously unavailable genetic data. It …
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By DAKE KANG and MARIA CHENG
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3/17/23
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Mexico's president has said that U.S. families are to blame for the fentanyl overdose crisis because they don't hug their kids enough. The comment by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador caps a …
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3/17/23
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LONDON (AP) — A British police officer was allowed to keep her job Friday after a disciplinary panel found her guilty of gross misconduct for unlawfully clubbing former professional soccer player …
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By BRIAN MELLEY
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3/17/23
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ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana's president was among hundreds of mourners Friday who paid their last respects at the funeral of Christian Atsu, the soccer player who died last month in the Turkey …
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By FRANCIS KOKUTSE
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3/17/23
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The International Criminal Court says it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine. …
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By MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT
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3/17/23
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Russia's Defense Ministry says fighter pilots involved in an incident with a U.S. drone that resulted in its crash will be given state awards. Friday's announcement appears to signal Moscow’s …
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3/17/23
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Slovakia’s government has approved a plan to give Ukraine its fleet of Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets. The decision announced on Friday makes Slovakia the second NATO member country to heed the …
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By KAREL JANICEK
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3/17/23
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Authorities are still getting to grips with the scale of Cyclone Freddy’s destruction in Malawi and Mozambique since late Saturday, with over 370 people confirmed dead and several hundreds still …
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By WANJOHI KABUKURU and VITUS-GREGORY GONDWE
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3/17/23
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March 10-17, 2023
A week when Tropical Cyclone Freddy displaced people in devastating Malawi and France recorded the longest winter drought since record-keeping began in 1959. King Charles III …
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By The Associated Press
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3/17/23
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March 10-16, 2023
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Asia and the Pacific.
The gallery was curated by AP …
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By The Associated Press
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3/17/23
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North Korea says its latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch was intended to send a “stronger warning” over U.S.-South Korean military drills, which it blames for destabilizing the …
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BY KIM TONG-HYUNG
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3/16/23
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El Salvador’s congress has voted to approve yet another extension of state-of-emergency allowing police to round up suspected members of street gangs. The vote late Wednesday was widely expected, …
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SAN SALVADOR
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3/16/23
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Hong Kong’s most popular boy band Mirror, a major driving force behind the revival of the local pop music scene, has launched its first English song, hoping to bring the city’s tunes to music …
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By KANIS LEUNG
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3/16/23
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