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Ex-Haitian official, 17 others appear in US court involving 2021 plot to kill Haitian president
MIAMI (AP) — A former Haitian government official and more than a dozen other people appeared Monday in federal court in Miami on charges related to the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.
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A flashlight and unseen settlers: Photographer conveys West Bank family's nightly watch in 1 photo
TAYBEH, West Bank (AP) — Leo Correa began working in Israel for The Associated Press following the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack and joined the staff the next year.
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Up to 30 shots fired after man opened fire on officer outside Ontario synagogue
BELLEVILLE, Ontario (AP) — A 29-year-old man opened fire on a police officer stationed outside an Ontario synagogue during Yom Kippur, triggering a shootout involving as many as 30 shots, the province's police watchdog said Monday.
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Paramount reaches deal with states to settle their case challenging Warner buyout, AP source says
A person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press that Skydance-owned Paramount has reached a settlement with a group of state attorneys general that had sued to challenge the company’s buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery. This would effectively pave the way for the $81 billion mega merger...
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Report offers rare insight into the risks and challenges facing US deportees in Haiti
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Human Rights Watch released a report on Monday detailing the hardships faced by hundreds of people deported by the United States to gang-ravaged Haiti.
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Gates Foundation launches coalition to build more representative language data sets for AI
NEW YORK (AP) — The Gates Foundation is convening Anthropic, Google, OpenAI Foundation and dozens of other organizations to help make artificial intelligence more accessible in underrepresented languages.
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Polo, a tropical storm in the Pacific Ocean, is expected to become a major hurricane this week
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Polo will rapidly intensify in the Pacific Ocean and become a major hurricane later this week. Polo formed late Sunday. By Monday morning, it was centered about 255 miles south-southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico. Forecasters predict it will be a majo...
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Second technical issue in 2 weeks afflicts UK's air traffic controller, prompting more travel chaos
LONDON (AP) — A technical issue afflicted the U.K.'s national air traffic controller on Monday, the second in two weeks, prompting more travel disruption and renewed calls for the organization's chief to quit.
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Ethiopian opposition groups unite to mount challenge to prime minister Abiy
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Seven opposition groups in Ethiopia have formed an alliance aimed at removing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his government, according to an announcement on Sunday.
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World leaders in New York to grapple with climate. Fuel prices, AI and disasters complicate things
NEW YORK (AP) — World and business leaders gathering this week in New York are being forced to grapple with the increasingly urgent costs of climate change, soaring energy prices and the human toll from this summer's oppressive heat waves, prolific wildfires and catastrophic Nepal flood.
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The Latest: MS NOW, CNN and Politico file lawsuit against Trump to restore White House access
CNN, MS NOW and Politico have sued President Donald Trump’s administration after they were barred from covering the White House, saying the selective ban was “a blatant violation” of the First Amendment. Reporters from the three major news organizations were blocked from the White House on Saturd...
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Pope will retrace his missionary footsteps in Peru and finally visit Argentina in November
Pope Leo XIV is set to return to Peru in November, retracing his steps as a missionary priest. This will be his longest trip yet, also taking him to Uruguay and Argentina. The Vatican released his itinerary on Monday. Leo, who has Peruvian citizenship, spent two decades there as a priest and bish...
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The Netherlands is bracing for potentially devastating US sanctions against the ICC
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch officials are preparing for the United States to impose a tough new round of sanctions on the International Criminal Court as it seeks to dismantle the global tribunal over what the Trump administration sees as overstepping its authority.
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Google hit with $463 million fine for EU location data rule breach
Google has been fined 403 million euros ($463 million) for breaching the European Union's strict privacy rules because it mishandled users' location data, the bloc's data privacy watchdog said Monday.
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Amnesty accuses M23 of abuses amounting to war crimes at Congo mines
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Amnesty International accused M23 rebels in eastern Congo of carrying out abuses and unlawful killings of miners while trafficking critical minerals to neighboring Rwanda, in what it said could amount to war crimes.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard warns US over escalation, and other Mideast developments
Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned Monday that it would “change the geography of the war” if the United States escalates the conflict.
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3 suspects arrested in relation to one of a series of killings of women in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Police in South Africa said Monday they have arrested three suspects in connection with one of a series of killings of women in the same area on the outskirts of Johannesburg.
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Russia targets Zaporizhzhia after Ukraine launches 1,000-drone weekend barrage
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones struck the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday, a day after Kyiv’s forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia, officials said.
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Rebel Wilson appears in Sydney court over 'The Deb' producers' sabotage allegations
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australian actor Rebel Wilson returned to a court in Sydney on Monday over her directorial debut, “The Deb,” with producers accusing her of sabotaging the 2024 musical comedy.
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Poisoning suspected in deaths of 10 lions in Tanzania conservation area
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Authorities in northern Tanzania suspect poison may have caused the deaths of 10 lions inside a protected conservation area and UNESCO World Heritage site.
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The main Kremlin party keeps control of Russian parliament after a carefully orchestrated vote
Election officials say the Kremlin's main party has retained its majority in Russia’s parliament. That result came in three days of carefully orchestrated balloting — the first election since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine 4 1/2 years ago. Results released Monday by the country's Central...
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What's next for Germany's troubled chancellor after a string of state election defeats
BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz says he intends to stay on as the leader of Germany and his party after a string of state election defeats. But it's unclear how much room for maneuver the chancellor still has, only 16 months after he took office.
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Britain’s Burnham is set to meet Trump for the first time at the UN in New York
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time. The meeting will take place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Burnham plans to discuss ways to bolster Ukraine's defenses and ease fuel prices that have soared s...
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Explosion injures 3 South Korean military officers inside DMZ bordering North Korea
An explosion has injured three South Korean military officers inside the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone separating the Koreas. South Korea’s Defense Ministry says the explosion occurred Monday during an unspecified operation near the military demarcation line in the buffer zone commonly ref...
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Pope Leo XIV in France to find a secular country at odds with Catholic teaching on life
Pope Leo XIV opens a four-day visit to France this weekend that is expected to touch on church teaching about the value of all human life. His visit comes after France in 2024 enshrined abortion as a constitutional right and recently gave final approval to a bill allowing adults with incurable il...
