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FILE - Daniel Kertusha, 21, has his eyes scanned by an orb at a Worldcoin registration point in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. Spain’s privacy watchdog has ordered for Worldcoin to cease its operations for three months amid concerns over what it is doing with users’ personal information. Worldcoin was created by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. It scans eyeballs to make digital IDs in exchange for cryptocurrency. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Spain puts temporary ban on Worldcoin eyeballs scans, citing concerns over privacy

Spain’s privacy watchdog has ordered for Worldcoin to cease its operations for three months amid concerns over what it is doing with users’ personal information. Worldcoin was created by OpenAI … more

By JOSEPH WILSON | 3/6/24

FILE - A police officer guards a street in downtown Prague, Czech Republic, on Dec. 21, 2023. Czech police say a shooting in downtown Prague has killed an unspecified number of people and wounded others. The Czech Parliament's upper house, the Senate followed the lower house on Wednesday March 6, 2024, to approve changes in the gun law that tighten requirements for owning a weapon following the worst mass killing in the nation's history. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

The Czech parliament toughens gun laws after the worst mass shooting in the country's history

The Czech Parliament has approved changes in the gun law that tighten requirements for owning a weapon following the worst mass killing in the nation’s history. After a green light from the lower … more

3/6/24

IS militants kill at least 18 people in an attack on villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria

Syria's activists and pro-government media say Islamic State militants have killed at least 18 people in an attack on villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria. They say dozens are missing … more

By GHAITH AL-SAYED and BASSEM MROUE | 3/6/24

Masked members of "G9 and Family" gang stand guard during a press conference by their leader Barbecue in the Delmas 6 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Haiti's latest violence began with a direct challenge from Barbecue, a former elite police officer, who said he would target government ministers to prevent the prime minister's return and force his resignation. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Politicians seek new alliances to lead Haiti as gangs take over and premier tries to return home

Haitian politicians started pursuing new alliances Wednesday, seeking a coalition that could lead the country out of the gang violence that has closed the main airport and prevented embattled Prime … more

By EVENS SANON and BERT WILKINSON | 3/6/24

FILE - U.S. veteran Andrew Negra poses for a photo after the commemoration organized by the Best Defense Foundation at Utah Beach near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, France, Sunday, June 4, 2023, ahead of the D-Day Anniversary. French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday March 6, 2024 called on the public to collect photos, films, personal journals and testimony from witnesses to liberation at the end of World War Two, as the country prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings which heralded the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

France seeks personal accounts of liberation from the Nazis, 80 years after the D-Day landings

The French president is appealing to the public to collect photos, films, personal journals and testimony from witnesses to liberation from the Nazis, as the country prepares to mark the 80th … more

3/6/24

FILE - A dinghy lies on the shore after a shipwreck where two migrants were killed and eight were rescued, in Thermi, on the northeastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos, Greece, on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2023. The U.N. migration agency reported Wednesday that 8,565 people died on land and sea routes worldwide last year, a record high since launching its tally of the death toll a decade ago. The International Organization for Migration says the biggest increase in deaths last year came in the treacherous Mediterranean sea crossing. (AP Photo/Panagiotis Balaskas, File)

UN agency reports over 8,500 migrants died worldwide last year, a record since tallies began in 2014

The U.N. migration agency says more than 8,500 migrants died on land and sea routes worldwide last year, a record high since it began tallying deaths a decade ago. The International Organization for … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 3/6/24

FILE - Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks during his interview with The Associated Press, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. The U.N. atomic watchdog agency’s director has arrived in Russia for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine, where a nuclear power plant is at risk amid fighting, Russia's state news agency RIA Novosti reported Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

The UN atomic watchdog’s director arrives in Russia for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine

The U.N. atomic watchdog agency’s director has arrived in Russia for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine, where Europe's largest nuclear power plant is at risk amid fighting. The International … more

3/6/24

FILE - A police officer stands inside a police bus with detained demonstrators during an antiwar protest near Red Square in Moscow, on Sept. 24, 2022. Russian authorities have adopted a slew of laws restricting fundamental human rights, including freedom of speech and assembly, as well as the rights of minorities and religious groups. (AP Photo, File)

A timeline of restrictive laws that authorities have used to crack down on dissent in Putin's Russia

Russian authorities have adopted a slew of laws restricting fundamental human rights, including freedom of speech and assembly, as well as the rights of minorities and religious groups. These laws … more

By YURAS KARMANAU and DASHA LITVINOVA | 3/6/24

FILE - Russian police surround the body of Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic former deputy prime minister who was shot to death on a bridge just off Red Square, with St. Basil Cathidral in the background, in Moscow, Russia on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. His death brought thousands into the streets of Moscow, where they were allowed to protest unimpeded by police – unlike after the scene after the Feb. 16, 2024, death in prison of Alexei Navalny, a political foe of President Vladimir Putin. Mourners trying to lay flowers at makeshift memorials to Navalny were quickly arrested. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

How Putin's crackdown on dissent became the hallmark of the Russian leader’s 24 years in power

Over the last decade, Vladimir Putin’s government has evolved from tolerating dissent to ruthlessly suppressing any activities or people who dared challenge it. Arrests, trials and lengthy prison … more

By DASHA LITVINOVA | 3/6/24

This July 2023 self-portrait provided by Anna Gittins shows the elementary school principal from Hereford in western England in a hospital bed during her cancer treatment. Gittins was shocked when she found out she had advanced colorectal cancer in 2022. But when she contacted her local hospital, she was told no one would be able to see her for three months "due to high demand and low capacity of senior doctors." Gittins had access to private health care and has since undergone surgery and chemotherapy. (Anna Gittins via AP)

King Charles' diagnosis throws UK's long cancer treatment waiting times into sharp relief

Waiting times to diagnose and treat cancer across the U.K. have worsened in recent years and are at near record highs. Experts say too many cancers are diagnosed too late, and survival for common … more

By SYLVIA HUI | 3/6/24

A decade ago this week, a Malaysia Airlines flight vanished without a trace to become one of aviation’s biggest mystery. Investigators still do not know exactly what happened to the plane and its 239 passengers. (Mar 6)

MH370 disappeared a decade ago. Here's what we know about one of aviation's biggest mysteries

A Malaysia Airlines flight vanished without a trace on March 8, 2014, becoming one of aviation’s biggest mysteries. Investigators still do not know exactly what happened to the plane and its 239 … more

By EILEEN NG | 3/5/24

National Electoral Council (CNE) President Elvis Hidrobo Amoroso, center, speaks to the press at the National Electoral Council headquarters, flanked by Carlos Enrique Quintero, left, and Rosalba Gil in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Amoroso announced that Venezuela's presidential election will take place on July 28. Behind is a portrait of independence hero Simon Bolivar. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela sets its presidential election for July 28 as the opposition candidate remains barred

Venezuela has announced that its highly anticipated presidential election will take place July 28, but the country’s leading opposition candidate remains barred from the ballot. President Nicolás … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JORGE RUEDA | 3/5/24

A framed portrait of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney leans against the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill as Canadians mourn his death at the age of 84, in Ottawa, Ontario, Friday, March 1, 2024. A state funeral for Mulroney will be held on March 23 in Montreal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday, March 5. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

State funeral for former Canadian Prime Minister Mulroney to be held March 23

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a state funeral for former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney will be held on March 23 in Montreal. Mulroney died Feb. 29 at a Florida hospital following a … more

3/5/24

In this grab taken from video provided by Crystal Park Community Police Forum, two buffaloes walk on the R21 highway in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Two buffaloes were spotted walking down the middle of a major highway Saturday on the outskirts of the country's biggest city, Johannesburg. Some startled motorists took pictures and videos on their phones. A search team has now located the buffaloes and is preparing to capture and relocate them to a game farm. (Crystal Park Community Police Forum via AP)

In South Africa, where the buffaloes roam is sometimes a problem. Like on a major highway

Where the buffaloes roam can be a problem in South Africa. Two buffaloes were spotted walking down the middle of a major highway Saturday on the outskirts of the country's biggest city, Johannesburg. … more

By GERALD IMRAY | 3/5/24

Survivors and relatives of the victims pray, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, at the site where a migrant boat capsized in the early morning of Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, at a short distance from the shore in Steccato di Cutro, in the Italian southern tip, killing at least 94 people. Survivors and family members of the victims gathered at the same time on the day of the disaster for a commemoration on the first anniversary. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro)

The EU's border agency has a duty to inform Libya's coast guard about migrant boats, official says

Frontex chief Hans Leijtens says the European Union’s border and coast agency has a duty to inform the Libyan authorities about migrant boats in trouble the country’s waters and will continue to … more

3/5/24

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, left, and Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson attend a news conference during their meeting at Karlberg Palace in Solna, Stockholm, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (Pontus Lundahl/TT News Agency via AP)

Hungary's president formally signs the approval of Sweden's NATO bid, removing last obstacle

Hungary’s president has formally signed a bill approving Sweden’s NATO bid, removing the last obstacle after 18 months of delays that frustrated the alliance. The presidential signature on … more

By JUSTIN SPIKE | 3/5/24

FILE - An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday, March 5, 2024, for two high-ranking Russian military officers on charges linked to attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine that judges said happened “pursuant to a state policy.” It's only the second time the global court has publicly announced arrest warrants linked to Russia's war in Ukraine. In March 2023, the court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, accusing him of personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

International court seeks the arrest of 2 Russian officers over attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two high-ranking Russian military officers on charges linked to attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. The court announced … more

By MIKE CORDER | 3/5/24

A woman receives an underwear for periods free of charge at a pharmacy in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Spain's Catalonia region rolled out this week a pioneering women's health initiative that offers millions of women reusable menstruation products for free. Some 2.5 million women in northeast Spain can receive one menstrual cup, one pair of underwear for periods, and two packages of cloth pads at local pharmacies free of charge. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

The Spanish region of Catalonia offers women and girls free and reusable menstruation products

Spain’s Catalonia region rolled out this week a pioneering women’s health initiative that offers millions of women and girls reusable menstruation products for free. About 2.5 million women and … more

By JOSEPH WILSON | 3/5/24

FILE - Britain's Kate, the Princess of Wales, Patron of The Forward Trust visits HMP High Down in Sutton, England, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, to learn about how the charity is supporting those in the criminal justice system to manage and recover from their addictions. British officials said Tuesday March 5, 2024 that Kate will attend a Trooping the Color ceremony in June. It is her first confirmed major official duty since the royal underwent abdominal surgery. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool, File)

Princess of Wales to appear in June for royal ceremony, first confirmed official duty since surgery

British officials say that Kate, the Princess of Wales, will attend a Trooping the Color ceremony in June. It is her first confirmed major official duty since the royal underwent abdominal surgery. … more

3/5/24

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius gives a press statement on the status of an investigation into the German military audio that was leaked by Russia, in Berlin, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. The German government has vehemently rejected allegations that Russia’s leak of a conversation by high-ranking German military officers was an indication Berlin was preparing for war against Russia. The government is at the same time trying to contain the domestic fallout from the leak and promising a quick investigation. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

A German military officer used an unsecured line for a conference call. Russia hacked and leaked it

Germany’s defense minister says a military officer used an unsecured phone line at a Singapore hotel to join a conference call that was hacked by Russians and leaked to the public. Boris Pistorius … more

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER | 3/5/24