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A marble bust of Sarah Bernhardt, by Jean-Leon Gerome, 1895, is photographed during the "Sarah Bernhardt, and the woman created the star" exhibition at the Petit Palais museum in Paris, Friday, April 28, 2023. The pioneering French stage legend Sarah Bernhardt was one of the world’s most famous women by the time of her death in 1923. Inside Paris’ Petit Palais museum, the public is now discovering the madcap jigsaw puzzle of gothic stories, costumes, recordings, films, photos, jewels, sculptures, and personal objects for the first time together that made the unclassical beauty the object of fascination from Berlin, to London and New York. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Paris exhibit celebrates 'first celebrity' Sarah Bernhardt

The pioneering and scandalous French stage star Sarah Bernhardt was one of the world’s most famous women by the time of her death in 1923. She owed her fame not only to her acting talent but her … more

By THOMAS ADAMSON | 5/1/23

Erdogan says Turkish forces killed IS chief in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkish forces have killed the leader of the Islamic State group during an operation in Syria. Erdogan told TRT Turk television late Sunday that the IS … more

5/1/23

Palestinians: Israeli fire kills teen in West Bank raid

The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces have fatally shot a Palestinian teenager in a raid in the occupied West Bank. The death was part of a relentless wave of violence that has rocked … more

By TIA GOLDENBERG | 5/1/23

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks at press conference at Parliament in Wellington on Monday, May 1, 2023. Hours before he was due to depart to attend the coronation of King Charles III in London, Prime Minister Hipkins said he personally favors his country becoming a republic but it’s not an issue he intends to push for while leader. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

New Zealand leader says he favors nation becoming a republic

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he personally favors his country becoming a republic but it's not a change he intends to push for as leader. Hipkins made the comments to reporters hours … more

By NICK PERRY | 5/1/23

Santiago Peña, presidential candidate of the Colorado ruling party, kisses his wife Leticia Ocampos after the voting closed during general elections in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, April 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Paraguay's long-ruling Colorado Party has easy election win

Paraguayans have voted overwhelmingly to keep the long-ruling Colorado Party in power for five more years, backing its presidential candidate and giving it majorities in both houses of Congress. … more

By DÉBORA REY | 5/1/23

FILE - This frame grab from video, provided by the Mexican government, shows Ovidio Guzman Lopez being detained in Culiacan, Mexico, Oct. 17, 2019. Ovidio's brothers, Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar and Jesus Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, are the lead defendants among 23 associates charged with running a criminal enterprise, fentanyl trafficking, among other things, in a New York indictment unsealed April 14, 2023 in Manhattan, while Ovidio, alias “the Mouse,” is facing similar charges in another indictment in the same district. Another brother, Joaquín Guzmán López, is charged in the Northern District of Illinois. (CEPROPIE via AP File)

Case details Sinaloa cartel's fentanyl-fueled evolution

Prosecutors revealed in a recent indictment that while Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán serves a life sentence, his sons have steered the family business into fentanyl, … more

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and MARK STEVENSON | 5/1/23

A Yanomami Indigenous youth paints his face while traveling on a bus to a civic center to attend an event related to the annual Free Land Encampment protests, in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, Tuesday, April 25, 2023. The Free Land Encampment protests by Indigenous groups, held annually in Brazil’s capital, demand that the government protect their rights. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Brazilian police probe deadly shooting on Indigenous land

Brazil’s federal police say they are investigating a shooting that killed one and wounded two Yanomami Indigenous people. The main suspects are illegal gold miners operating in the Yanomami region … more

4/30/23

Somalis who fled the conflict in Sudan sit in a bus after arriving back home at the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia Sunday, April 30, 2023. 148 Somali nationals, mostly students, fleeing violence in Sudan arrived back home by plane on Sunday from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, after a land trip from Sudan via Ethiopia facilitated by the Somali government. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Official: 148 Somalis evacuated from Sudan via Ethiopia

Scores of Somalis fleeing violence in Sudan arrived in their Horn of Africa nation on Sunday, an official said. Some 148 Somali nationals, mostly students, arrived by plane in the capital, Mogadishu, … more

By OMAR FARUK | 4/30/23

++ CORRECTS AGES ++ Relatives and family friends attend the funeral of Sofia Shulha, 11, and Pysarev Kiriusha, 17, in Uman, central Ukraine, Sunday, April 30, 2023. Shulha and Kiriusha were killed during a Russian attack on a residential building early Friday morning. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Relatives bury children killed in Russian missile attack

Relatives and friends cried next to coffins as they buried children and others killed in a Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Uman. Almost all of the 23 victims of the attack on … more

ANDREA ROSA | 4/30/23

Smoke rises in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, April 29, 2023, as gunfire and heavy artillery fire continued despite the extension of a cease-fire between the country's two top generals. The battle for power between the country's army and its rival paramilitary has killed hundreds and sent thousands fleeing for their lives. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

Emergency aid supplies reach Sudan, as fighting sputters on

An aircraft carrying eight tons of emergency medical supplies has landed in Sudan to help hospitals devastated by more than two weeks of fighting between forces loyal to rival generals. The … more

By NOHA ELHENNAWY | 4/30/23

Visitors gather near a portrait of Sun Yat-sen, who is widely regarded as the founding father of modern China, at Tiananmen Square during the May Day holiday period in Beijing, Sunday, April 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese who reported on COVID to be released after 3 years

Chinese authorities are preparing to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicizing videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during the COVID-19 outbreak. That's according to his … more

By KANIS LEUNG and HUIZHONG WU | 4/30/23

In this photo provided by India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) shows NDRF personnel engaged in evacuating people following a gas leak in Giaspura, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Sunday, April 30, 2023.(National Disaster Response Force via AP)

11 dead, 4 hospitalized in gas leak in northern India

Media reports in India say 11 people have died and four are hospitalized after a gas leak in northern Punjab state. Police told the Press Trust of India news agency the incident occurred Sunday at an … more

4/30/23

Pope Francis arrives for a mass in Kossuth Lajos Square in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, April 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope on the banks of the Danube in final Mass in Hungary

Tens of thousands of Hungarians have filled Budapest’s main square for Pope Francis’ final Mass in Hungary. The Mass on Kossuth Lajos Square, on the banks of the Danube, provides the visual … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD and JUSTIN SPIKE | 4/30/23

The Stone of Destiny is seen during a welcome ceremony ahead of the coronation of Britain's King Charles III, in Westminster Abbey, London, Saturday, April 29, 2023. (Susannah Ireland/Pool Photo via AP)

Details revealed about King Charles III's coronation service

The coronation service for King Charles III will be one of many faiths and many languages. Charles is keen to show that he can be a unifying figure for everyone in the United Kingdom. He will be … more

By DANICA KIRKA | 4/29/23

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israelis rally for 17th week against judicial overhaul plans

Tens of thousands of Israelis are protesting judicial overhaul proposals in the 17th weekly rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition. The demonstrations have been … more

4/29/23

The sculpture of the walrus 'Freya' is unveiled in Oslo, Norway, Saturday, April 29, 2023. The walrus Freya was euthanized by the Directorate of Fisheries in August 2022. The reason was that the public did not follow the recommendations from the authorities to keep their distance from the 600-kilogram animal. (Annika Byrde/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Life-size sculpture of euthanized walrus unveiled in Norway

A walrus that became a global celebrity last year after it was seen frolicking and basking in a Oslo fjord before it was euthanized by the authorities has been honored with a bronze sculpture in … more

4/29/23

In this photo provided by the UK Ministry of Defence, British Nationals prepare to be evacuated onto a RAF aircraft at Wadi Seidna Air Base, in Sudan, Thursday, April 27, 2023. (PO Phot Arron Hoare/UK Ministry of Defence via AP)

As battle for Sudan continues, civilian deaths top 400

Gunfire and heavy artillery fire has persisted in parts of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, residents said, despite the extension of a cease-fire between the country’s two top generals, whose battle for … more

4/29/23

Pope Francis arrives as he meets poor people and refugees in St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, April 29, 2023. The Pontiff is in Hungary for a three-day pastoral visit. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Pope visits refugees, urges Hungary to show charity to all

Pope Francis has thanked Hungarians for welcoming Ukrainian refugees and urged them to help anyone in need. On the second day of a visit to Hungary, Francis begged for a culture of charity in a … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD and JUSTIN SPIKE | 4/29/23

Pakistan releases Chinese national charged with blasphemy

A defense lawyer says a Chinese national who was arrested in Pakistan on charges of blasphemy has been released after a court granted him bail. The lawyer for the man who has been only identified as … more

By RIAZ KHAN | 4/28/23

FILE - A passenger arrives from overseas at the arrivals hall of Haneda international airport in Tokyo, Nov. 8, 2021. Japan will lift its coronavirus border controls and no longer require entrants to show pre-departure negative tests and records of triple vaccinations beginning Saturday, April 28, 2023, as the country’s Golden Week holiday season begins and a large influx of foreign tourists are expected. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Japan to lift COVID-19 border controls before holiday week

Japan will lift most of its coronavirus border controls, including a requirement that entrants show proof of three vaccinations or a pre-departure negative test, beginning Saturday as the country’s … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 4/28/23