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Mexico’s president slams US aid for Ukraine and sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president on Friday slammed U.S. aid for Ukraine and economic sanctions on Venezuela, Cuba and other nations. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador issued a broad criticism of U.S. foreign policy, saying U.S. economic sanctions were forcing people to emigrate from Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. Experts say economic mismanagement and political […]
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Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley drops his chairman's coin into Capt. Palomino's beer as he w...

Traveling with Milley: A reporter recalls how America’s top soldier was most at home with his troops

STE MERE EGLISE, France (AP) — The soldier had target fixation. He had three beers in hand, a full day of leave and a group of young women waiting. But a crowd of Army uniforms also gathered for this French village’s D-Day celebrations stood in the way. The soldier navigated another step and realized he […]
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Stock market today: Global shares mostly fall over China worries

TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mostly lower Thursday in subdued trading on looming worries about China property woes. France’s CAC 40 shed 0.3% to 7,050.19 in early trading. Germany’s DAX slipped 0.4% to 15,164.02. Britain’s FTSE 100 edged down 0.6% to 7,544.91. U.S. shares were set to drift lower with Dow futures down nearly […]
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Wounded ethnic Armenian man named Sasha, 84 years-old, from Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh is helped...

Over half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population flees as the separatist government says it will dissolve

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh said Thursday it will dissolve itself and the unrecognized republic will cease to exist by year’s end after a three-decade bid for independence, while Armenian officials said over half of the region’s population has already fled. The moves came after Azerbaijan carried out a lightning offensive […]
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Plans for Poland’s first nuclear power plant move ahead as US and Polish officials an sign agreement

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish and U.S. officials signed an agreement Wednesday in Warsaw for the construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant, part of an effort by the Central European nation to move away from polluting fossil fuels. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called the deal to build the plant at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site in […]
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North Korea says it will expel the US soldier who crossed into the country in July

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday that it will expel a U.S. soldier who crossed into the country through the heavily armed border between the Koreas in July. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said that authorities have finished their questioning of Pvt. Travis King. It said that he confessed to […]
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Slawomir Mentzen, left, and Krzysztof Bosak, right, the co-leaders of the hard right Confederation ...

A hard-right party gathers strength in Poland, pushing a new, less friendly course on Ukraine

KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Poland’s hard-right Confederation party opened its electoral campaign convention as if it were a rock concert, with a singer riding up on a motorcycle, its engine revving, and a pyrotechnic show of flames and sparklers. The party has been growing in popularity, especially among young men fed up with the political […]
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Demonstrators start a fire at the foot of the barrier protecting the National Palace during a march...

9 years later, families of 43 missing Mexican students march to demand answers in emblematic case

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Chanting from one to 43, relatives of students abducted nine years ago counted out the number of the missing youths as they marched through Mexico City Tuesday to demand answers to one of Mexico’s most infamous human rights cases. With President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s term ending next year, family members […]
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CORRECTS LOCATION - Security forces gather at the site of a fatal fire in the district of Hamdaniya...

Fire rips through Iraqi wedding hall, killing around 100 in shock to Christian community

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — As they watched the bride and groom start their slow dance, Faten Youssef imagined the future wedding of her son, seated next to her at a reception table. Within moments, however, disaster struck when an inferno erupted that would leave nearly 100 dead in the northern Iraqi wedding hall. As the […]
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Stock market today: Global shares dip with eyes on the Chinese economy and a possible US shutdown

TOKYO (AP) — Global shares mostly sank Tuesday over worries about a possible U.S. government shutdown and the troubled Chinese economy. France’s CAC 40 lost 0.7% in early trading to 7,076.82. Germany’s DAX fell 0.5% to 15,329.25. Britain’s FTSE 100 edged up 0.2% to 7,638.01. U.S. shares were set to drift lower with Dow futures […]
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waves to crowd during a celebration to mark 75th anniversary o...

South Korea vows to retaliate against any North Korean provocations in Armed Forces Day ceremony

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president vowed to retaliate immediately against any potential provocations by North Korea in his Armed Forces Day speech Tuesday, as thousands of troops prepared to march through the capital in the country’s first such military parade in 10 years. The show of force comes as concerns grow that […]
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FILE - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley greets a soldier of the U.S. Army, at...

As Gen. Milley steps down as chairman, his work on Ukraine is just one part of a complicated legacy

OSLO, Norway (AP) — On a frigid U.S. air base in Germany, the top U.S. military officer was in his element. Striding along the training area in his fatigues, Army Gen. Mark Milley bellowed at the Ukrainian troops gathered around him. “Slava Ukraini!” he hollered, again and again, the “glory to Ukraine” battle cry. A […]
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UN rights experts decry war crimes by Russia in Ukraine and look into genocide allegations

GENEVA (AP) — Independent U.N.-backed human rights experts said Monday they have turned up continued evidence of war crimes committed by Russian forces in their war against Ukraine, including torture — some of it with such “brutality” that it led to death — and rape of women aged up to 83 years old. Members of […]
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Blast in Nagorno-Karabakh injures more than 200 as thousands flee to Armenia, local official says

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — A powerful blast rocked the mountainous Nagorno-Karabakh region Monday evening as ethnic Armenians streamed out of the breakaway territory after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of it in a lighting offensive last week. The explosion at fuel storage facility near the regional capital of Stepanakert wounded more than 200 people, […]
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Stock market today: Asian shares dip with eyes on China economy, US shutdown

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly sank Tuesday over worries about a possible U.S. government shutdown and the troubled Chinese economy. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.6% in morning trading to 32,469.85. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 dipped 0.5% to 7,042.50. South Korea’s Kospi dropped nearly 1.0% to 2,471.30. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 0.9% to […]
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Ukraine targets a key Crimean city a day after striking Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Saturday morning launched another missile attack on Sevastopol on the occupied Crimean Peninsula, a Russian-installed official said, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet that left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering. Sevastopol was put under an air raid alert for […]
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Niger’s junta accuses United Nations chief of blocking its participation at General Assembly

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The military government that seized power in Niger has accused United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of “obstructing” the West African nation’s full participation at the U.N.’s annual meeting of world leaders in order to appease France, Niger’s former colonizer, and its allies. The decision to not allow the junta’s envoy to […]
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In this image taken from video, Niko, a pet squirrel, stands on the shoulder of Yeison in their ten...

A Venezuelan man and his pet squirrel made it to the US border. Now he’s preparing to say goodbye

MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — During the weeks it took Yeison and Niko to migrate from Venezuela toward the U.S., they navigated dangerous jungles and over a dead body. The two are so inseparable that Yeison sold his phone so both had enough bus money to continue their journey. Now as Yeison prepares to finally enter […]
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Migrants climb over concertina wire after they crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mex...

With temporary status for Venezuelans, the Biden administration turns to a familiar tool

MEXICO CITY (AP) — From a White House podium in May, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas outlined new legal pathways to the United States for Venezuelans and others, along with a “very clear” message for those who come illegally. “Our borders are not open. People who cross our border unlawfully and without a legal […]
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Bulgaria to purchase US Stryker combat vehicles and related equipment

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s government has approved the purchase of U.S.-made Stryker combat vehicles to modernize the country’s land forces and bring them in line with NATO standards. The decision, announced Friday by the government’s press office, followed the approval by the U.S. State Department of the sale of 183 Stryker vehicles and related […]
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South Africa to host US trade forum as diplomatic tensions subside

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa will host a meeting in November of nations participating in the U.S. Africa Growth and Opportunity Act despite earlier calls to exclude the country from the forum due to its ties to Russia and the docking of a sanctioned Russian vessel near Cape Town last year. AGOA is U.S. legislation […]
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Lebanese Army investigators inspect bullet holes and collect forensic evidence next to the entrance...

Lebanon begins investigating shooting outside US Embassy that caused no injuries

AUKAR, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanonese security agencies have launched an investigation into a late-night shooting outside the U.S. Embassy that caused no injuries, officials said Thursday. No one claimed responsibility for the small arms fire Wednesday night near the entrance to the heavily fortified compound in Beirut’s northeastern suburb of Awkar. It was not immediately […]
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Ukrainian servicemen walk through a charred forest at the frontline a few kilometers from Andriivka...

Inside a Ukrainian brigade’s battle ‘through hell’ to reclaim a village on the way to Bakhmut

ANDRIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian bullet struck the sergeant just above the left ear. The leader of the Ukrainian platoon was down. Headquarters radioed a battlefield promotion to the private who had called him “brother” — a man known as Courier. Courier knew the platoon’s orders were to move forward through the forest, on […]
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Clarification: Mideast-US Air Force story

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In a story published Sept. 21, 2023, The Associated Press reported on comments from a top U.S. Air Force official about tense encounters in the air between Russian and American forces. The story should have made clear that an incident involving a Russian pilot using flares and fuel […]
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