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Retired High Court Chief Justice Robert French addresses the National Press Club in Canberra, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. French and dozens of legal academics on Friday refuted key arguments used in the public campaign against Australians creating an advocacy body for the Indigenous population through the nation's first referendum in a generation. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Retired Australian top judge and lawyers rebut opponents of Indigenous Voice

A former High Court chief justice and dozens of legal academics are rebutting key arguments used in the public campaign against Australians creating an advocacy body for the Indigenous population. … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 10/6/23

Migrants heading north take boats in Bajo Chiquito in the Darien province of Panama, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, after walking across the Darien Gap from Colombia. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Migrants pass quickly through once impenetrable Darien jungle as governments scramble for answers

Rain-swollen rivers only briefly slowed the otherwise uninterrupted flow of migrants through this jungle-covered border of Colombia and Panama and by midweek another 2,000 bedraggled migrants … more

By JUAN ZAMORANO | 10/6/23

Two police officers stand guard at San Nicolas viewpoint overlooking the Alhambra where European leaders are gathering, in southern Spain's Granada, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Almost 50 European leaders are using a summit in southern Spain's Granada to stress they stand by Ukraine at a time when Western resolve appears somewhat weakened. (AP Photo/Fermin Rodriguez)

EU summit to look at changes the bloc needs to make to welcome Ukraine, others as new members

European Union leaders have pledged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy their unwavering support. On Friday, they will face one of their worst political headaches on a key commitment — how and … more

By RAF CASERT and RENATA BRITO | 10/6/23

FILE - A bust of Alfred Nobel on display following a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Nobel Peace Prize guesswork focuses on the Ukrainian war, protests in Iran and climate change

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will be soon be revealed and the annual guessing game is reaching its climax. As usual, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has dropped no hints about who’s in the … more

By MARK LEWIS | 10/5/23

New York Mayor Eric Adams sits with AT&T Mexico CEO Monica Aspe during a forum by the US - Mexico Foundation in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

NYC mayor to residents of Puebla, Mexico: 'Mi casa es su casa,' but 'there's no more room'

The mayor of New York City is in Puebla, Mexico, thanking migrants for their contributions to his city, but telling them it is already full. Eric Adams is visiting the city, just outside the nation's … more

By DANIEL SHAILER | 10/5/23

FILE - Local Police officers check the scene of a passenger bus accident in Mestre, near the city of Venice, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Prosecutors on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023 said they have ordered an expert examination of an overpass guardrail that gave way when struck by a shuttle bus that plunged nearly 10 meters, killing 20 foreign tourists and the driver. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)

Battery technology in the crashed Venice bus made it less prone to catastrophic fires, experts say

Italy’s transport minister is questioning the spread of electric vehicle technology following the fiery crash of a fully electric shuttle bus that killed 21 people in mainland Venice. Transport … more

By COLLEEN BARRY and TOM KRISHER | 10/5/23

Reports say dozens have been killed and wounded as drone strikes hit a Syrian military ceremony

A drone attack has struck a packed graduation ceremony for military officers in the Syrian city of Homs, killing and wounding dozens, including civilians and military personnel. That's according to … more

By GHAITH AL-SAYED and KAREEM CHEHAYEB | 10/5/23

FILE - Tino Chrupalla, right, co-leader of the 'Alternative For Germany' (AfD) party, and Alice Weidel, left, the party's second co-leader, are pictured after a news conference in Berlin Tuesday, May 25, 2021 .The prosecution office of the city of Ingolstadt has launched an investigation against “unknown persons” who allegedly assaulted Tino Chrupalla, one of the leaders of the German far-right Alternative for Germany party. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP, File)

German prosecutors are investigating whether a leader of the far-right AfD party was assaulted

German prosecutors say they have launched an investigation into the alleged assault of a co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party at an election rally. Tino Chrupalla was given … more

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FILE - An Afghan refugee family return to Afghanistan through Pakistan's border crossing, Torkham, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Pakistan's caretaker Interior Minister on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, asked all illegal immigrants, including Afghans, to go back to their countries voluntarily before October 30 to avoid mass arrest and forced deportation, sending a wave of panic, especially among 1.7 million Afghan refugees living in the Islamic nation without valid documents. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Amnesty International asks Pakistan to keep hosting Afghans as their expulsion may put them at risk

Amnesty International is urging Pakistan to maintain its support for Afghan refugees by enabling them to live with dignity and be free from the fear of deportation to Afghanistan where they face … more

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This satellite image provided by NOAA on Monday, Oct. 2 2023 shows Tropical Storm Philippe, center right. Philippe is threatening to unleash heavy rains and flash flooding in the Leeward Islands on Monday before eventually recurving out into the central Atlantic where it could gain hurricane status around midweek, forecasters say. (NOAA via AP)

Tropical Storm Philippe chugs toward Bermuda on a path to Atlantic Canada and New England

Tropical Storm Philippe is aiming for Bermuda on a path that would eventually take it to Atlantic Canada and eastern New England. The storm was located 520 miles (835 kilometers) south of Bermuda on … more

10/5/23

FILE - Yiannis Habaris, the lawyer for three of five Israelis who are accused of raping a British woman, speaks on his cellphone outside the Famagusta District Courthouse in Paralimni, Cyprus, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Five Israelis accused of gang raping a British woman in a Cyprus hotel room won’t plead to charges including rape, sexual assault and abduction until prosecutors hand over key material including DNA tests, fingerprints and eyewitness testimony, lawyer Yannis Habaris said Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

Israeli suspects to plead to charges of raping of a British woman after defense lawyers get material

A lawyer says five Israelis accused of gang raping a British woman in a Cyprus hotel room won’t plead to charges including rape, sexual assault and abduction until prosecutors hand over key … more

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In this image from surveillance video aired by Iranian state television, women pull 16-year-old Armita Geravand from a train car on the Tehran Metro in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. The mysterious injury suffered by Geravand not wearing a headscarf while boarding a Metro train in Iran's capital has reignited anger just after the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked. (AP Photo/Iranian state television)

Mysterious injury of 16-year-old Iranian girl not wearing a headscarf in Tehran's Metro sparks anger

A mysterious injury suffered by a 16-year-old girl not wearing a headscarf while boarding a Metro train in Iran’s capital has reignited anger just after the one-year anniversary of the death of … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 10/5/23

Former The Young Children's Development Center, the site of a horrific attack, sits quiet as the sun sets in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, in Nong Bua Lamphu province northeastern Thailand, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A year after Thai day care center massacre, a family copes with their grief

In a simply built concrete house a few yards off a dirt road in the rural town of Uthai Sawan in northeastern Thailand, Tawee Lasopha wakes up before sunrise to catch fish from his pond, then moves … more

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI | 10/5/23

FILE - Health workers attend to patients suffering from cholera symptoms at a local hospital in Harare, Tuesday, Sept, 11, 2018. Zimbabwe has recorded 100 suspected deaths from cholera and more than 5,000 possible cases since late Sept. 2023. That has prompted the government to impose restrictions to stop the spread of the disease, including limiting numbers at funerals and stopping some social gatherings in affected areas. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Zimbabwe announces 100 suspected cholera deaths and imposes restrictions on gatherings

Zimbabwe has recorded 100 suspected deaths from cholera and more than 5,000 possible cases since late last month. That has prompted the government to impose restrictions to stop the spread of the … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA | 10/5/23

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, poses for photo with the Ukrainian soldiers in front of a Leopard 2 tank on the front line in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Russia launches more drone attacks as Ukraine President Zelenksyy travels to a European forum

Russia has targeted Ukraine with drones in another massive attack as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Spain to rally support from Western allies at a summit of some 50 European leaders. … more

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A police officer stands guard in front of the Congress center in Granada, southern Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Almost all of Europe's leaders will gather Thursday in and around one of the most renowned havens of tranquility Spain's Alhambra Palace seeking to fix their increasingly turbulent and violent continent which is seeing war and political instability starting to unhinge nations and institutions. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Some 50 European leaders are to stress their support for Ukraine at a meeting in Spain

Some 50 European leaders are gathering in southern Spain’s Granada on Thursday to stress that they stand by Ukraine, at a time when Western resolve appears somewhat weakened. Ukrainian President … more

By RAF CASERT and RENATA BRITO | 10/5/23

A vehicle that got washed away lies atop a submerged building after flash floods triggered by a sudden heavy rainfall swamped the Rangpo town in Sikkim, India, Thursday, Oct.5. 2023. The flooding took place along the Teesta River in the Lachen Valley of the north-eastern state, and was worsened when parts of a dam were washed away. (AP Photo/Prakash Adhikari)

Flash floods kill at least 14 in northeastern India and leave more than 100 missing

Rescue workers are searching for more than 100 people after flash floods triggered by a sudden heavy rainfall swamped several towns in northeastern India, killing at least 14 people. The Sikkim State … more

By ASHOK SHARMA | 10/5/23

A woman walks in the rain as Typhoon Koinu approaches to Taiwan in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Typhoon Koinu makes landfall in southern Taiwan, causing 190 injuries but no deaths

Typhoon Koinu is sweeping southern Taiwan, injuring 190 people but causing no deaths as it brings intense winds and rainstorms to the island, leading to school and office closures. Koinu, which means … more

10/5/23

Photographed from behind a glass, a leopard cub climbs a tree at the Park of Legends Zoo in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. A pair of three-month-old male and female leopard cub siblings, who are yet to be named, were presented to the public. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

First leopard cubs born in captivity in Peru climb trees and greet visitors at a Lima zoo

The first leopard cubs born in captivity in Peru are climbing trees and greeting visitors as they make their debut at a local zoo. A male and a female, they are just over 3 months old and their eyes … more

10/4/23

FILE - AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla speaks at the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, federal party conference at the Magdeburg Messe, Germany, July 28, 2023. Tino Chrupalla, a leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany was given medical treatment and then taken to a hospital shortly before he was due to speak an election rally in Bavaria on Wednesday Oct. 4, 2023, police said. (Carsten Koall/dpa via AP, File)

A German far-right party leader has been taken to a hospital from an election rally

German police say a leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was given medical treatment and then taken to a hospital shortly before he was due to speak at an election rally in Bavaria. … more

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