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Colombia's president sends troops to a Caribbean city after an outburst of violence
SANTA MARTA, Colombia (AP) — Troops patrolled the unusually empty streets of Colombia’s Caribbean resort city of Santa Marta on Wednesday as President Abelardo de la Espriella tried to restore order a day after an outburst of violence blamed on a drug-trafficking gang.
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Heads of AI firms tell UN Security Council that it could be a risk to all humanity
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or, at least, its people.
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Argentina’s leaderless opposition struggles to unite against Milei's reelection bid
AVELLANEDA, Argentina (AP) — Several nights a week, scores of supporters of Argentina’s divisive former president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, gather outside the French-style apartment building in Buenos Aires where she is under house arrest, beating drums, blaring trumpets and chanting, “Cri...
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Jamaica celebrates that its reparations case against Britain referred to final appeals court
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s government announced Wednesday that its reparations case against Britain has been referred to the United Kingdom’s highest court of appeal for the Caribbean island.
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Son of Israel's ambassador to US seriously injured in ramming attack in the occupied West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) — The son of Israel's ambassador to the United States was gravely injured in a ramming attack in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
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Xi heads into Trump visit after making China into a global force since 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for a state visit in 2015, he sought to calm the growing unease among the Americans about his country's rapid ascent.
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Zelenskyy, at UN, urges leaders to keep choking Russia's revenues and impede its war efforts
Ukrainian President President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging world’s leaders to keep choking Russia’s revenues and impede its war efforts. He's telling the U.N. General Assembly that “Russia’s revenues must remain a target.” He says that trade, and the money it brings in, gives more time to the wa...
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Milei renews Argentina’s Falklands claim at the UN, urging a "peaceful solution"
Argentine President Javier Milei reaffirmed Argentina’s claim to sovereignty over the islands known to Britain as the Falklands and to Argentines as the Malvinas, calling it a key issue for his nation and urging the parties to find a “peaceful solution” as tensions with London over the disputed a...
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Trump administration's ban of three prominent news outlets from White House is in court
The extraordinary showdown between President Donald Trump and media outlets whose coverage he dislikes has moved to a courtroom in the nation’s capital. On Wednesday, a judge will hear arguments on whether the president’s move banning three news organizations from White House grounds violates the...
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Syrian leader lashes out at Israel in UN speech, says Golan is inseparable part of Syria
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria's interim president harshly criticized Israel's occupation of southern Syria and said the Golan Heights is an inseparable part of his country.
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Words long used in the Caribbean and Bermuda are now part of the Oxford English Dictionary
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — More than a dozen words long used in Bermuda and across the Caribbean got an official nod on Wednesday from the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Russia's parliamentary election result underscores public support for Kremlin policies, Putin says
President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia's first wartime parliamentary election, which further strengthened the Kremlin's already-overwhelming legislative control, was a show of public support for his policies.
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40 years after Chernobyl, Italy greenlights a return to nuclear energy
ROME (AP) — Italy’s Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to legislation paving the way for a return to nuclear power nearly four decades after the Chernobyl disaster prompted the country to abandon atomic energy.
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What to know about the deal by Britain to surrender the Chagos Islands
LONDON (AP) — The fate of the Chagos Islands is in the hands of one man almost half a world away.
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Congo is running short of health workers as Ebola remains out of control, WHO says
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo is running short of health workers to staff treatment centers for history's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak, particularly in the eastern province of North Kivu where cases have surged 73% over three weeks, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
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Trump's Board of Peace proposes $2.45 billion blueprint to begin Gaza reconstruction
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S.-backed Board of Peace is proposing a six-month, $2.45 billion plan to begin reconstruction and governance in Gaza as President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan struggles to stay afloat.
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Prince Harry warns that AI chatbots may be more dangerous than social media for young users
NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Harry warned Wednesday at the Clinton Global Initiative that artificial intelligence chatbots designed to provide companionship are even more dangerous to young people than social media.
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In defiant speech, Pezeshkian calls out Trump and says Iran will fight 'until our last breath'
Iran’s president said Wednesday that his people have been ‘victims of terrorism’ by the United States. He is delivering a rare wartime speech at U.N. General Assembly a day after President Donald Trump said he could “annihilate” the Islamic republic. President Masoud Pezeshkian held up photos of ...
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Australian executive in Myanmar linked to alleged financial misconduct is freed from jail
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — An Australian businessperson who served as executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar was released from jail after more than 100 days of detention on financial misappropriation allegations, a Myanmar legal official said Wednesday.
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Yemen’s factions battling Iran-backed Houthis share a common enemy but not common goals
CAIRO (AP) — Yemeni factions fighting the Iran-backed Houthis are united mainly in one thing — their opposition to the rebels who control the country’s north and have recently advanced along its Red Sea coastline.
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An international media watchdog calls for protection of journalists in Serbia ahead of an election
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An international media watchdog has warned that journalists in Serbia are increasingly under threat of violence and hostility ahead of a high-stakes early parliamentary election next month that will test populist President Aleksandar Vucic 's rule.
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The Latest: China’s Xi to kick off visit to Washington with a rare planeside welcome from Trump
When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington, he’s expected to get a rare greeting from President Donald Trump, who’ll be on the tarmac to welcome his counterpart’s plane instead of waiting for him to drive up to the White House. Trump’s decision to greet Xi shows how far the U.S. pres...
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Pope praises US radio and TV preacher Fulton Sheen as an inspiration ahead of his beatification
Pope Leo XIV has praised popular U.S. television preacher Archbishop Fulton Sheen as an inspiration on the eve of his beatification. The American pope grew up listening to Sheen's religious lessons on radio and television. On Wednesday, he urged English-speaking pilgrims attending his general aud...
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A knock at the door, then gunshots: Mass shooting at a house party in South Africa kills 11
Police and local authorities in South Africa say three gunmen opened fire at a house party and killed 11 people including a pregnant woman. Authorities said Wednesday that three other people were wounded. The shooting happened Tuesday night in the KwaMakhutha township south of the city of Durban ...
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New York City gridlock: Security beefed up at UN this year for General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Opening day at the United Nations' annual gathering of world leaders saw beefed-up security measures and a suspicious package that added to the chaotic scene around U.N. headquarters in New York.
