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FILE - A TV screen shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on March 13, 2023. North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters Tuesday, March 14, the South Korean military said, in the country's second weapons launch this week. The launch came a day after the U.S. and South Korean militaries began their largest joint field exercises in years on Monday. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
North Korea launches 2 missiles to sea as allies hold drills
South Korea says North Korea has launched two ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters in its second show of force this week. The launches Tuesday morning came a day after the U.S. and South … more
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Retrial ordered for 87-year-old ex-boxer on Japan death row
Tokyo’s high court has ordered a retrial for an 87-year-old former boxer who has been on death row for more than five decades. The court says there's a possibility the murder conviction of Iwao … more
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the floor the Knesset, Israel's parliament, as his coalition pressed ahead with a contentious plan to overhaul the country's judicial system, in Jerusalem, Monday, March 13, 2023. Speaking to members of his Likud party on Monday, he lashed out at the Israeli media, saying they are broadcasting a "never ending tsunami of fake news" against him. He reiterated his claim that the legal overhaul will strengthen Israeli democracy. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Netanyahu allies in Israel plow ahead on legal overhaul
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political allies are pressing ahead with their plan to overhaul the judiciary. The coalition advanced a bill Monday might that would protect the … more
How this little see-through fish gets its rainbow shimmer
Scientists have figured out what makes a small see-through fish sometimes shimmer in the light. In a study published Monday, they say the key is in the muscles of the fish from Thailand, called a … more
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Imprisoned Navalny learns documentary about him wins Oscar
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny learned from his lawyer that a film detailing his poisoning and political activism won the Oscar for best documentary feature. His spokeswoman, … more
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A tree lays across a street in Quelimane, Mozambique Sunday, March 12, 2023. Record-breaking Cyclone Freddy made its second landfall in Mozambique Saturday night, pounding the southern African nation with heavy rains and disrupting transport and telecommunications services. (AP Photo)
At least 44 dead as Cyclone Freddy pounds Malawi, Mozambique
An unrelenting Cyclone Freddy that is currently battering southern Africa has killed at least 44 people in Mozambique and Malawi since it struck the continent for a second time on Saturday night, … more
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Junior doctors hold placards as they stand at a picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital in Westminster in London, Monday, March 13, 2023. Thousands of junior hospital doctors are due to walk out for three days starting Monday. It follows strikes in recent months by nurses and ambulance staff. The NHS said it would prioritize emergency care during the strike but thousands of appointments will be canceled. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
UK: Tens of thousands of doctors kick off 3-day strike
Tens of thousands of junior doctors are on strike across England to demand better pay, kicking off three days of widespread disruption at the U.K.‘s state-funded hospitals and health clinics. … more
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Iran says 22,000 arrested in protests pardoned by top leader
The head of Iran’s judiciary says 22,000 people arrested in the recent protests that swept the Islamic Republic have been pardoned. The state-run IRNA news agency quoted Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi … more
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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the closing ceremony for China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Iran-Saudi Arabia deal casts China in unfamiliar global role
An agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to re-establish diplomatic relations has cast China in a leading role in Middle Eastern politics — a part previously reserved for longtime global … more
India enthuses over Oscars for 'Naatu Naatu,' elephant doc
India celebrated its two historic Academy Awards with enthusiasm befitting the high-energy best original song “Naatu Naatu.” The dance anthem from the blockbuster Telugu-language action epic … more
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FILE - Pope Francis waves to faithful as he is driven through the crowd during his visit to the island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, on July 8, 2013, where he denounced the "globalization of indifference" that greets migrants who risk their lives trying to reach Europe. Pope Francis' first 10 years as pope have been marked by several historic events, as well as several unplanned moments or comments that nevertheless helped define the contours and priorities of history's first Latin American pope. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
10 iconic moments in Pope Francis' first 10 years as pontiff
Pope Francis is marking the 10th anniversary of his election as pope on Monday. During that decade, several historic occasions, as well as several unplanned events, helped define the contours and … more
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FILE - Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe speaks during a press conference about an anti-nuclear petition drive in Tokyo, Sept. 6, 2011. Japanese publisher Kodansha Ltd. said Monday, March 13, 2023 that Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe died of old age. Oe's darkly poetic novels were built from a childhood during Japan’s postwar occupation and parenthood with a disabled son. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
Japan’s Kenzaburo Oe, awarded Nobel for poetic fiction, dies
A Japanese publisher Kodansha Ltd. says Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe has died of old age. He was 88. His darkly poetic novels were built from a childhood during Japan’s postwar occupation … more
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the closing ceremony for China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China's Xi wants bigger global role after Saudi-Iran deal
President Xi Jinping is calling for China to play a bigger role in managing global affairs after Beijing scored a diplomatic coup by hosting talks that produced an agreement by Saudi Arabia and Iran … more
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US calls Iran's prisoner swap claim a 'cruel lie'
Iran’s top diplomat claims a prisoner swap is near with the U.S., though he has offered no evidence to support his assertion. U.S. officials immediately dismissed his comments as a “cruel lie." … more
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FILE - Water buffalo herders in the marshes of Chibayish feed their animals after back to back drought severely reduced available food stocks in Dhi Qar province, Iraq, on Nov. 19, 2022. Iraq's prime minister Sunday March 12, 2023 promised sweeping measures to tackle climate change — which has affected millions across the country. Droughts and increased water salinity have destroyed crops, animals and farms and dried up entire bodies of water. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil, File)
Iraqi PM promises action to tackle crippling climate change
Iraq’s prime minister has promised sweeping measures to tackle climate change, which has affected millions across the country. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani said Sunday in a speech to open … more
BBC's Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker, center, arrives to King Power stadium prior to the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Chelsea in Leicester, England, Saturday, March 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)
More coverage disruptions at BBC as Lineker crisis deepens
The BBC’s sports coverage is facing a second day of severe disruptions as dozens of staff refused to work in solidarity with top soccer host Gary Lineker. Lineker, the BBC's highest-paid presenter, … more
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Israeli soldiers operate in village of Sarra near the Palestinians West Bank city of Nablus, Sunday, March 12, 2023. Israeli forces fatally shot three Palestinian gunmen who opened fire on troops in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest bloodshed in a year-long wave of violence in the region. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinian militants in West Bank
Israeli forces fatally shot three Palestinian militants who opened fire on troops in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest bloodshed in a year-long wave of violence in the region. The Al-Aqsa … more
FILE - A cyclists pedals his bike up a ramp near a weathered mural of Pope Francis, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, March 2, 2023. Francis left Argentina in February 2013 to attend the conclave that elected him as the successor to Benedict XVI on March 13. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Argentina's initial fervor for Pope Francis has faded
When Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina became Pope Francis, much of his home country celebrated as if it had just won a soccer World Cup championship. A decade later, the first Latin American leader of … more
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Trees are strewn across a street in Quelimane, Mozambique, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Record breaking Cyclone Freddy, will make its second landfall in Mozambique on Sunday morning as an "intense tropical cyclone". (AP Photo)
Tropical Cyclone Freddy hammers Mozambique for second time
Record-breaking Cyclone Freddy made its second landfall in Mozambique Saturday night, pounding the southern African nation with heavy rains and disrupting transport and telecommunications services. … more
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A shooting at a Jehovah's Witnesses hall in the German city of Hamburg killed eight people, apparently including the perpetrator, police said Friday. (Mar. 10)
Jehovah's Witnesses shocked by Hamburg attack, thank police
The Jehovah’s Witnesses have expressed shock over the deadly shooting at one of the group's halls in Hamburg, Germany, but thanked German police for preventing more bloodshed through their swift … more
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