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Here's why every Australian can request, and receive, a free portrait of King...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Hours before King Charles III was due to arrive in Australia last week, lawmaker Patrick Gorman posted on social media offering free printed portraits of the British...

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Israel says more strikes are coming against a Hezbollah-run financial...

BEIRUT (AP) — Israel said late Monday it planned to carry out more strikes in Lebanon against a Hezbollah-run financial institution that it targeted the night before and which it says uses customers'...

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Hundreds mourn Catholic priest and Indigenous peace activist killed in...

SAN ANDRES LARRAINZAR, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the southern Mexico state...

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Two plead guilty to murder of former Air India suspect Ripudaman Singh Mali

NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia (AP) — Two men accused of killing of former Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik have pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a Canadian court. The...

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Moldova narrowly votes to secure path toward EU membership after accusing...

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldovans voted by a razor-thin majority in favor of securing the country’s path toward European Union membership, electoral data showed Monday, after the pro-Western...

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US defense chief promises Ukraine what it needs to fight Russia but goes no...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States “will get Ukraine what it needs” to fight its war with Russia, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, but he gave no...

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Gunmen kill 7 people working on a strategic tunnel project in...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Gunmen fatally shot at least seven people working on a strategic tunnel project in Indian-controlled Kashmir and injured at least five others, officials said on Monday. Police...

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Peru’s ex-president Toledo gets more than 20 years in prison in case linked...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo on Monday was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, which became...

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In annual religious pilgrimage, Panamanians crawl to reach the Black Christ...

PORTOBELO, Panama (AP) — At dawn, pilgrims like Ernesto Troya undertook the hardest stretch of their journey to reach the statue of the Black Christ of Portobelo in Panama. Moved by faith, they...

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Cuba fights to come back from a nationwide blackout, then a storm that killed...

HAVANA (AP) — A small town in far eastern Cuba was recovering Tuesday from flooding that killed at least six people after Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast as a tropical storm with winds and...

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Pakistani parliamentary panel picks a judge third on seniority list to head...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A parliamentary panel on Tuesday recommended a judge who was third on the seniority list of a panel of judges to head the Supreme Court of Pakistan, government officials said Tuesday,...

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Burial held for Catholic priest and Indigenous peace activist killed in...

SAN ANDRES LARRAINZAR, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds of people turned out Tuesday for the burial of Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the...

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South Korea warns it can send arms to Ukraine after reports of North's troops...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea warned Tuesday it could consider supplying weapons to Ukraine in response to North Korea allegedly dispatching troops to Russia, as both North Korea and Russia...

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About 140 Rohingya Muslims on wooden boat off Indonesia's coast as residents...

LABUHAN HAJI, Indonesia (AP) — About 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, were on a wooden boat anchored about 1 mile (0.60 kilometers) off the coast of Indonesia’s...

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Tropical storm swamps Philippine provinces in widespread flooding and trap...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Torrential rain set off by an approaching tropical storm swamped eastern Philippine cities and towns overnight in widespread flooding that trapped people, some on their...

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It could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains under a blockade,...

United Nations agencies have long warned that it could take decades to rebuild Gaza after Israel's offensive against Hamas, one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns since World War...

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A gasoline truck overturns and explodes near Uganda's capital, killing 11

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — At least 11 people were killed Tuesday after a fuel truck exploded next to a highway in Uganda, police said. Two children were among the dead. The truck overturned after an...

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Desperation amid search for survivors of an airstrike on a crowded area near...

BEIRUT (AP) — Nearly 16 hours after an Israeli airstrike hit across the street from Beirut’s main public hospital, rescuers were still removing debris Tuesday from the overcrowded slum area. An...

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Villagers are wary of plans to dam a river to ensure Panama Canal's water supply

EL JOBO, Panama (AP) — A long, wooden boat puttered down the Indio River’s chocolate waters carrying Ana María Antonio and a colleague from the Panama Canal Authority on a mission to hear directly...

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Turkey strikes Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria following deadly...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s air force struck Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday in an apparent retaliation for an attack at a key state-run defense company that killed five...

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