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In this photo released by the Roscongress Foundation, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Econimic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 20, 2025. (Vyacheslav Viktorov/ Roscongress Foundation via AP)
45 minutes ago

Putin boasts about Russia's economy despite recession fears

Read full article: Putin boasts about Russia's economy despite recession fears
People shelter in an underground metro station as air raid sirens warn of incoming strikes by Iran, in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
1 hour ago

Fearful of Iranian missiles, many sleep in Israel's underground train stations

Read full article: Fearful of Iranian missiles, many sleep in Israel's underground train stations
FILE - A navy soldier stands next to an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) Bayraktar TB3 on board the Turkish amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu L400, anchored in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
54 minutes ago

Erdogan vows to boost Turkey's missile production as Israel-Iran war escalates

Read full article: Erdogan vows to boost Turkey's missile production as Israel-Iran war escalates
FILE- President Donald Trump, center, stops to talk with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, left, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, as they attend a meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a summit of heads of state and government at NATO headquarters in Brussels on July 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool, File)
3 hours ago

The success of a key NATO summit is in doubt after Spain rejects a big hike in defense spending

Read full article: The success of a key NATO summit is in doubt after Spain rejects a big hike in defense spending

The success of a key NATO summit next week is hanging in the balance.

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters evacuate a resident from a burning apartment building following Russia's massive air attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, June 20, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
2 hours ago

Russian drones slam into 2 Ukrainian cities, killing at least 1 person in nighttime attack

Read full article: Russian drones slam into 2 Ukrainian cities, killing at least 1 person in nighttime attack

Authorities say Russian drones have slammed into two Ukrainian cities, killing at least one person in nighttime attacks.

FILE - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks to journalists on June 3, 2025, in Beirut. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
34 minutes ago

Iran’s foreign minister holds talks with top European diplomats in Geneva

Read full article: Iran’s foreign minister holds talks with top European diplomats in Geneva

Iran’s foreign minister has arrived for talks with top European diplomats in Geneva about the crisis that centers on concerns about his country’s nuclear program.

An Iraqi Shiite cleric holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against Israeli attacks on multiple cities across Iran, at a bridge leading to the fortified Green Zone where the U.S. Embassy is located in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
1 hour ago

A week into their war, Israel and Iran launch new strikes even as diplomatic effort gets underway

Read full article: A week into their war, Israel and Iran launch new strikes even as diplomatic effort gets underway

Israel and Iran have struck at one another again a week into their war as President Donald Trump weighs U.S. involvement and new diplomatic efforts appear to be taking place.

FILE -Banners are held by pro-assisted dying campaigners as they gather outside Parliament ahead of Fridays report stage in the Commons on The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill which is expected to see MPs vote on further amendments, in Westminster in London, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
36 minutes ago

UK lawmakers back bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives

Read full article: UK lawmakers back bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives

U.K. lawmakers have backed a bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives in a historic vote in Parliament that takes it a step nearer to becoming law.

FILE - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his speech in the hemicycle of the European parliament in Strasbourg, France, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
8 hours ago

Orbán's anti-Ukraine campaign targets political rival as Hungary's elections loom

Read full article: Orbán's anti-Ukraine campaign targets political rival as Hungary's elections loom

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has launched a sweeping anti-Ukraine campaign he hopes will sway voters ahead of elections next year, and discredit his chief political rival.

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, visiting New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, left shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping prior to their bilateral meeting in Beijing, Friday, June 20, 2025. (Shen Hong/Xinhua via AP)
7 hours ago

New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon talks trade in meeting with China's Xi

Read full article: New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon talks trade in meeting with China's Xi

The prime minister of New Zealand has stressed the importance of his country’s trade ties with China in a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

A walks through debris after Hurricane Erick hit near Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz)
9 hours ago

Mexico assesses damage from Hurricane Erick as rising rivers leave at least 1 dead

Read full article: Mexico assesses damage from Hurricane Erick as rising rivers leave at least 1 dead

Authorities in southern Mexico were still assessing damage and watching rising rivers as rain from the remnants of Hurricane Erick doused the region.

Refugees carry food at a distribution center run by the World Food Programme (WFP) at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Turkana, Kenya Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew)
2 hours ago

Food rations are halved in one of Africa's largest refugee camps after US aid cuts

Read full article: Food rations are halved in one of Africa's largest refugee camps after US aid cuts

More than 300,000 refugees in the Kakuma camp in remote Kenya have had their food rations cut in half.

Ukrainian makeup artist Tetiana Kurakova, 40, sits in a hotel in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 17, 2025, that was turned into a shelter for evacuees from Bat Yam, which was hit by an Iranian strike. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
20 hours ago

A Ukrainian fled to Israel. An Iranian missile shattered her new life

Read full article: A Ukrainian fled to Israel. An Iranian missile shattered her new life

Ukrainians who fled the war in their country for Israel are facing a new conflict.

Rachel Zegler performs the song 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' from The London Palladium Theatre balcony during a performance of Evita on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
3 hours ago

Rachel Zegler serenades the crowd for free in a new London production of 'Evita'

Read full article: Rachel Zegler serenades the crowd for free in a new London production of 'Evita'

One of the biggest moments in a new production of “Evita” isn't on the stage.

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Fordo enrichment facility in Iran on Jan. 24, 2025. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
1 day ago

Fact Focus: Israeli strikes on Iran nuclear sites pose limited radiation risks

Read full article: Fact Focus: Israeli strikes on Iran nuclear sites pose limited radiation risks

Israel is intensifying its attacks on Iran’s nuclear program, and President Donald Trump has hinted the U.S. might join the effort.

In this photo released by the Roscongress Foundation, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Reshetnikov attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (Roscongress Foundation via AP)
22 hours ago

Russia's economy minister says the country is on 'the brink of recession'

Read full article: Russia's economy minister says the country is on 'the brink of recession'

Russia's Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov says the country is on the brink of a recession.

FILE - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a press conference at the Spanish Embassy in Beijing, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
21 hours ago

Spain rejects NATO’s anticipated 5% defense spending proposal as 'unreasonable'

Read full article: Spain rejects NATO’s anticipated 5% defense spending proposal as 'unreasonable'

Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense needs that’s expected to be announced next week.

CORRECTS NAME TO KLINZY BARASA - Kenyan police officer Klinzy Barasa, accused of assaulting and shooting hawker Boniface Kariuki during a protest, appears at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
12 hours ago

Kenyan police officers arraigned over shooting a civilian during protests

Read full article: Kenyan police officers arraigned over shooting a civilian during protests

A court in Kenya has given police 15 days to complete investigations of two police officers suspected of shooting and wounding a hawker during the latest street protests over the death of a blogger in custody.

This satellite image provided by Maxar on June 18, 2025 shows Iran's Arak heavy water reactor building after Israel launched airstrikes on the reactor. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
21 hours ago

Iran's Arak heavy water reactor, hit by an Israeli airstrike, was part of Tehran's nuclear deal

Read full article: Iran's Arak heavy water reactor, hit by an Israeli airstrike, was part of Tehran's nuclear deal

Much of the focus on Iran’s nuclear program has been on Tehran’s enrichment of uranium.

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy lays flowers at the site of Russia's Tuesday deadly missile attack that ruined a multistory residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
12 hours ago

Zelenskyy calls for more pressure on Russia after deadly missile strike in Ukrainian capital Kyiv

Read full article: Zelenskyy calls for more pressure on Russia after deadly missile strike in Ukrainian capital Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging greater international pressure on Moscow.

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives to talk to reporters at Government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
1 day ago

Thai prime minister's leaked phone call with Cambodia's Hun Sen sparks outrage and political turmoil

Read full article: Thai prime minister's leaked phone call with Cambodia's Hun Sen sparks outrage and political turmoil

Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has apologized for the political turbulence set off by a leaked recording of her negotiating with Cambodia’s former leader in the two nations' latest border dispute.

Security ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
22 hours ago

NATO summit brings tight security and disrupts life in The Hague

Read full article: NATO summit brings tight security and disrupts life in The Hague

Super-tight security is smothering The Hague around a summit of NATO leaders next week.

Tourists stroll along the beach shore before the arrival of Hurricane Erick, in Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
1 day ago

Erick strengthens into a Category 3 major hurricane approaching Mexico's coast

Read full article: Erick strengthens into a Category 3 major hurricane approaching Mexico's coast

Hurricane Erick has intensified into a dangerous Category 3 major hurricane as it closes in on the southern coast of Mexico.

Acapulco Bay is void of boats while they are stored on shore as Hurricane Erick brings dark clouds, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)default
11 hours ago

Erick turns rainmaker after hitting Mexico's Pacific coast as a strong hurricane. 1 dead

Read full article: Erick turns rainmaker after hitting Mexico's Pacific coast as a strong hurricane. 1 dead

Acapulco residents and remaining tourists have emerged to walk outside or visit the few open businesses as the remnants of Hurricane Erick scraped by just inland of the resort.

FILE - The headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is seen with the American flag in the foreground, in Prague, Jan. 15, 2010. (Michal Kamaryt/CTK via AP, file)
1 day ago

Voice of America and Radio Farda's Persian services cover the Israel-Iran conflict despite cutbacks

Read full article: Voice of America and Radio Farda's Persian services cover the Israel-Iran conflict despite cutbacks

Despite the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle or sharply cut back on U.S. government-run news outlets like Voice of America, two Persian-language services have been called into duty to report on Israel's war with Iran to Iranian audiences.

FILE -The United Nations headquarters building is seen from inside the General Assembly hall, Sept. 21, 2021, during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool Photo via AP, File)
10 hours ago

These are 5 things the UN does that you may not have known

Read full article: These are 5 things the UN does that you may not have known

The United Nations’ vast system has tackled everything from delivering life-saving humanitarian aid to providing crucial peacekeeping operations in conflict zones.

FILE - Silvia Delgado Garca, a lawyer for former drug lord Joaqun "El Chapo" Guzmn in 2016, campaigns ahead of the upcoming judicial elections, in Ciudad Juarez, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez, File)
1 day ago

Lawyer who once represented drug kingpin El Chapo wins judge post in Mexico

Read full article: Lawyer who once represented drug kingpin El Chapo wins judge post in Mexico

A lawyer who once represented drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has won a judgeship in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua in Mexico’s historic judicial elections this month.

Acrobats from Dongchoon Circus Troupe, South Korea's last-remaining circus, perform in Ansan, South Korea, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
1 day ago

South Korea's last circus, Dongchoon, holds up as it marks centennial

Read full article: South Korea's last circus, Dongchoon, holds up as it marks centennial

The century-old Dongchoon Circus Troupe is the last circus in South Korea.

Smokes raises from a building of the Soroka hospital complex after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran in Be'er Sheva, Israel, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
11 hours ago

Trump says he'll decide whether US will directly attack Iran within 2 weeks

Read full article: Trump says he'll decide whether US will directly attack Iran within 2 weeks

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will decide within two weeks on whether the U.S. military will get directly involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran.

FILE - Cook Islands Prime Minister, and outgoing Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Mark Brown, speaks at the opening of the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay, File)
1 day ago

New Zealand has suspended millions in funding to the Cook Islands over its growing China ties

Read full article: New Zealand has suspended millions in funding to the Cook Islands over its growing China ties

New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China.

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
1 day ago

Iran executed at least 975 people last year, the highest number since 2015, UN report says

Read full article: Iran executed at least 975 people last year, the highest number since 2015, UN report says

A new United Nations report says that Iran carried out executions at “an alarming rate” last year with at least 975 people killed.

Tourists stroll along the beach shore before the arrival of Hurricane Erick, in Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
1 day ago

Here's why Hurricane Erick is quickly strengthening into dangerous storm

Read full article: Here's why Hurricane Erick is quickly strengthening into dangerous storm

Doubling in strength in less than a day and expected to further grow further, Hurricane Erick is chugging through the ideal environment to power up quickly as it approaches Mexico's southern Pacific Coast.

A man looks at flames rising from an oil storage facility after it appeared to have been struck by an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, early Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
1 day ago

As Israel strikes Iran, many wonder if the US will deepen its involvement

Read full article: As Israel strikes Iran, many wonder if the US will deepen its involvement

As Israeli strikes kill top Iranian generals, take out air defenses and damage nuclear sites, many wonder if President Donald Trump will deepen U.S. involvement in the conflict.

President Donald Trump speaks as a flag pole is installed on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
1 day ago

Trump says he's 'not looking for a fight' with Iran but stands ready to act if necessary

Read full article: Trump says he's 'not looking for a fight' with Iran but stands ready to act if necessary

President Donald Trump says he doesn’t want to carry out a U.S. strike on Iran but suggested he stands ready to act if it’s necessary to extinguish Iran’s nuclear program.

In this aerial photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, searchers sift through the wreckage on the site of Russia's Tuesday deadly missile attack that ruined a multistory residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
1 day ago

Kyiv rescuers find more bodies as death toll from latest Russian attack climbs to 28

Read full article: Kyiv rescuers find more bodies as death toll from latest Russian attack climbs to 28

Emergency workers have pulled more bodies from the rubble of a nine-story Kyiv apartment building demolished by a Russian missile.

Jos Luis Orozco, a pastor from Nicaragua, prays with his son, Josias, 17, left, and wife, Ruth, before speaking to members of the Oasis Church, in Taylor, Texas, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)
2 days ago

Religious leaders released from Nicaraguan prison say their experience only strengthens their faith

Read full article: Religious leaders released from Nicaraguan prison say their experience only strengthens their faith

U.S. efforts resulted in the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners including faith leaders in September 2024.

Huge smoke rises up from an oil facility facility after it appeared to have been hit by an Israeli strike Saturday, in southern Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo)
2 days ago

Fear stalks Tehran as Israel bombards, shelters fill up and communicating grows harder

Read full article: Fear stalks Tehran as Israel bombards, shelters fill up and communicating grows harder

In Iran’s capital city, the streets are empty, businesses closed, communications patchy at best.

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The Fernandina Beach Police Department released a video showing an arson suspect at Sliders Seaside Grill.
7 minutes ago

Arson suspect caught on camera setting fire at Sliders Seaside Grill in Fernandina Beach

Read full article: Arson suspect caught on camera setting fire at Sliders Seaside Grill in Fernandina Beach
Tampa Bay Rays grounds crew members prepare the field for a practice at George M. Steinbrenner Field during a stadium tour Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Could the Tampa Bay Rays end up moving to Jacksonville? A local sports expert weighs in

Read full article: Could the Tampa Bay Rays end up moving to Jacksonville? A local sports expert weighs in
In this photo released by the Roscongress Foundation, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Econimic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 20, 2025. (Vyacheslav Viktorov/ Roscongress Foundation via AP)
45 minutes ago

Putin boasts about Russia's economy despite recession fears

Read full article: Putin boasts about Russia's economy despite recession fears
Actor Marlee Matlin, left, and director Shoshannah Stern pose for a portrait to promote "Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore" on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
14 minutes ago

Marlee Matlin tells her story in an intimate and groundbreaking documentary

Read full article: Marlee Matlin tells her story in an intimate and groundbreaking documentary
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas addresses the media at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
2 days ago

EU's top diplomat warns that Russia has a plan for long-term aggression against Europe

Read full article: EU's top diplomat warns that Russia has a plan for long-term aggression against Europe

The European Union's top diplomat says Russia's massive military spending suggests that President Vladimir Putin plans to use his armed forces again elsewhere in the future.

TASS news agency First Deputy Director General Mikhail Gusman, left, and Xinhua News Agency President Fu Hua, right, attend a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, with the heads of international news agencies at the newly renovated St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
1 day ago

Putin says Russia could help broker a deal between Iran and Israel

Read full article: Putin says Russia could help broker a deal between Iran and Israel

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to help mediate an end to the conflict between Israel and Iran, suggesting Moscow could help negotiate a settlement that could allow Tehran to pursue a peaceful atomic program while assuaging Israeli security concerns.

FILE- A Cambodian Buddhist monk walks toward the Cambodia's 11th century Hindu Preah Vihear temple, which was enlisted as UNESCO's World Heritage site in Preah Vihear province, about 245 kilometers (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
1 day ago

A look at soaring border tensions between Cambodia and Thailand

Read full article: A look at soaring border tensions between Cambodia and Thailand

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on Wednesday for a march to show their solidarity with the government and military, amid soaring tensions with neighboring Thailand following a border row that erupted last month.

People watch as Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki spews volcanic materials into the air during an eruption, in Maumere, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo)
2 days ago

Volcanic eruption in Indonesia forces evacuations and flight cancelations

Read full article: Volcanic eruption in Indonesia forces evacuations and flight cancelations

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki has erupted with giant ash and smoke plumes again after forcing evacuations of villages and flight cancelations, including to and from the resort island of Bali.

Smoke rises up after Israel's attack, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
1 day ago

The Latest: Iran's supreme leader refuses to surrender as Trump considers joining Israeli strikes

Read full article: The Latest: Iran's supreme leader refuses to surrender as Trump considers joining Israeli strikes

Explosions were heard in Iran's capital as Israeli warplanes pounded Tehran throughout the day and night.

The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, early Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
1 day ago

Iran's leader rejects calls to surrender and warns that intervention would harm the US

Read full article: Iran's leader rejects calls to surrender and warns that intervention would harm the US

Iran’s supreme leader rejected U_S_ calls for surrender in the face of more Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage to them.”.

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro speaks at a rally to garner support for a referendum on labor reform, in Cali, Colombia, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
2 days ago

Colombia's Senate approves labor bill that would mean more pay and protections for workers

Read full article: Colombia's Senate approves labor bill that would mean more pay and protections for workers

Colombia’s Senate has approved a labor bill that is expected to grant workers more overtime pay while making it harder for companies to hire employees on short-term contracts.

FILE - Cuban doctors arrive at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, June 8, 2020, after traveling to Italy to help with the COVID-19 emergency response. (Ismael Francisco/Pool via AP, File)
2 days ago

Cuban diplomat defends foreign medical missions under pressure from US

Read full article: Cuban diplomat defends foreign medical missions under pressure from US

A senior Cuban diplomat has accused the Trump administration of trying to discredit the thousands of Cuban doctors working around the world and deprive the country of an important source of income.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, from left to right, President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum, President of France Emmanuel Macron, Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during a family photo at the G7 leaders' summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP)
2 days ago

First face-to-face between the leaders of US and Mexico will have to wait

Read full article: First face-to-face between the leaders of US and Mexico will have to wait

For Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, the bilateral meetings scheduled on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Canada were even more important than the summit itself.

A Kenyan policeman, center, prepares to shoot a man who appeared to be a vendor, left, during a protest in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
2 days ago

Photos capture shooting of a man by a Kenyan police officer during protests against police brutality

Read full article: Photos capture shooting of a man by a Kenyan police officer during protests against police brutality

An Associated Press photographer captured the shooting of a civilian by a Kenyan police officer in the head at close range.

President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One after speakiing with reporters to depart the White House on his way to attend the G7 Summit in Canada, Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
2 days ago

Trump administration demands action from 36 countries to avoid travel ban

Read full article: Trump administration demands action from 36 countries to avoid travel ban

The Trump administration has given 36 countries, most of them in Africa, a Wednesday deadline to commit to improving vetting or face a ban on their citizens visiting the United States.

A supporter of Argentina's former President Cristina Fernandez uses a boom to paste a photo of her on the wall outside her home after the nation's Supreme Court upheld Fernandez's corruption conviction in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
2 days ago

Argentine ex-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner allowed to serve corruption sentence at home

Read full article: Argentine ex-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner allowed to serve corruption sentence at home

A federal court in Argentina has granted former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s request to serve a six-year prison sentence for corruption at her home in Buenos Aires.

FILE - A WhatsApp icon is displayed on an iPhone, Nov. 15, 2018, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
2 days ago

Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp from their devices

Read full article: Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp from their devices

Iranian state television has urged people to remove WhatsApp from their smart phones, alleging without specific evidence that the messaging app gathered user information to send to Israel.

People swim in the river Spree to demand the lift of the hundred years old swimming ban at the river in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
2 days ago

Berliners jump into the Spree River to show it's clean enough for swimming

Read full article: Berliners jump into the Spree River to show it's clean enough for swimming

Swimmers have jumped back into a Berlin waterway where swimming was banned a century ago because its pollution could make people ill.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while flying aboard Air Force One en route from Calgary, Canada to Joint Base Andrews, Md., late Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
2 days ago

Donald Trump jabs Emmanuel Macron over comments about his early departure from G7

Read full article: Donald Trump jabs Emmanuel Macron over comments about his early departure from G7

The chemistry that once defined the political dynamic between Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron was nowhere to be seen when the U.S. president blasted his French counterpart on social media.

CORRECTS ACTION TO ATTACKED - A suspected pro government supporter is attacked by protesters during a demonstration over the death of blogger Albert Ojwang in police custody, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
2 days ago

Kenyan police shoot protester at close range during latest protests over blogger's death

Read full article: Kenyan police shoot protester at close range during latest protests over blogger's death

Kenyan police have shot an apparent bystander at close range during the latest protests over the killing of a blogger in custody earlier this month.

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3 days ago

South Korea ratifies treaty aimed at safeguarding international adoptions

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After years of delay, South Korea has ratified the Hague Adoption Convention, an international treaty meant to safeguard international adoptions.

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Israel's spy agency used AI and smuggled-in drones to prepare attack on Iran

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Israel stunned Iran last week with an intelligence and military operation years in the making that struck high-level targets with precision.

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Turkish court sentences opposition politician for inciting hatred, but orders his release

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A Turkish court has sentenced a far-right politician to more than two years in prison for incident public hatred and hostility.

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Eruption of Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano creates ash plume visible 90 miles away

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Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in south-central Indonesia has erupted, spewing towering columns of hot ash.

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