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A woman pauses after lighting a candle before Sunday service at St. George's Ukrainian Orthodox Church, in Dauphin, Manitoba, Sunday, June 18, 2023. Residents of Dauphin sought solace at church services as they mourn 15 community members who died in a highway crash that also left 10 gravely injured, after a minibus carrying seniors on a day trip to a casino collided with a transport truck on Thursday. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian police release names of 16 seniors who died in bus crash

Canadian police are releasing the names of 16 people who died in a crash between a minibus and a semitrailer a week ago at a highway intersection in a rural part of the Canadian province of Manitoba. … more

6/22/23

Winnie Ewing is shown on May 13, 2005. Winnie Ewing, a charismatic politician considered the mother of the modern Scottish independence movement, has died at the age of 93. Ewing’s relatives announced Thursday that she died the day before, “surrounded by her family.” (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)

Winnie Ewing, icon of Scotland's pro-independence movement, dies at 93

A politician considered to be the mother of the modern Scottish independence movement has died at the age of 93. Winnie Ewing’s relatives announced Thursday that she died on Wednesday “surrounded … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 6/22/23

FILE - Haiti's President Jovenel Moise walks with his wife Martine to the National Palace after being sworn-in, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Feb. 7, 2017. Attorneys for the widow of the slain president filed a lawsuit on June 22, 2023 in Florida against those accused in his assassination, which is still under investigation. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)

Widow of slain Haitian president files lawsuit against suspects seeking trial and damages

Attorneys for the widow of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse have filed a lawsuit in Florida against those accused in the assassination. The lawsuit was filed Thursday and first shared with The … more

By DÁNICA COTO and JOSHUA GOODMAN | 6/22/23

President of the Supreme Electoral Court, Minister Alexandre de Moraes, top center, presides over the start of the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro at the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, June 22, 2023. Judges are evaluating the case which claims the leader abused his power by using government communication channels to promote his campaign and cast unfounded doubts on the country’s electronic voting system. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Bolsonaro’s political future hangs in the balance as Brazilian court case begins

Brazil’s top electoral court has started hearing a case that could torpedo the political future of former President Jair Bolsonaro by rendering him ineligible for public office for eight years. … more

By CARLA BRIDI and MAURICIO SAVARESE | 6/22/23

Germany's Science Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger, left, arrives for a news conference to present the government's new strategy for supporting research into nuclear fusion, a technology some hope will some day provide almost unlimited, clean energy, in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany sees opportunity in nuclear fusion, but funding for research remains uncertain

The German government has announced draft plans to boost domestic research into development of nuclear fusion but left open how those efforts will be funded. Some hope the technology will provide … more

By FRANK JORDANS | 6/22/23

This GeoColor satellite image taken Tuesday, June 20, 2023 and provided by NOAA, shows Tropical Storm Bret as it chugged toward the eastern Caribbean. (NOAA via AP)

Tropical Storm Bret barrels toward eastern Caribbean at near-hurricane strength

A hurricane watch has been issued for St. Lucia as Tropical Storm Bret barrels toward the eastern Caribbean at near-hurricane strength. The storm was located about 200 miles (320 kilometers) east of … more

By DÁNICA COTO | 6/22/23

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a TV screen as he appears in a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service from the colony in Melekhovo, Vladimir region, during a hearing at the Russian Supreme Court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 22, 2023. Navalny has filed a lawsuit contesting prison regulations that, according to him, allow prison officials to deprive him of stationery and pens, thus violating his right to file complaints against them. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia's highest court quashes Navalny's lawsuit over depriving him of pen and paper in prison

Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny contesting prison regulations that allow prison officials to deprive him of stationery and pens. … more

6/22/23

UAE leader welcomes Iranian foreign minister in latest softening of Persian Gulf tensions

The president of the United Arab Emirates has met with Iran’s visiting foreign minister in the latest sign of improving relations between Arab Gulf countries and the Islamic Republic. The UAE, … more

6/22/23

Evadney Campbell poses for a photograph, following an interview with The Associated Press at the Black Cultural Archives, in London, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. A new exhibition at London's Black Cultural Archives opens Thursday to highlight the stories of the Windrush children, some 75 years after the ship Empire Windrush brought the first Caribbean migrants to the U.K. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Exhibition shines light on Caribbean's 'barrel children' left behind by Windrush migrants to UK

For scores of children who grew up in Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean in the 1950s and 60s, barrels of gifts that arrived at Christmastime were the only connection they had with their parents, … more

By SYLVIA HUI | 6/22/23

FILE - Pietro Orlandi wears a placard with a picture of his sister Emanuela during a sit-in near Saint Peter's Basilica, in Rome, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. The Vatican marked the 40th anniversary of the disappearance of the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee by confirming the existence of new leads “worthy of further investigation” in hopes of finally getting to the bottom of one of the Holy See’s enduring mysteries. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Vatican says new leads are worth pursuing in the disappearance of employee's daughter 40 years ago

Exactly 40 years after the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee disappeared, the Vatican announced new leads “worthy of further investigation” have surfaced. The Vatican’s criminal … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 6/22/23

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 22, 2023. Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter detained on espionage charges in Russia, appeared in court Thursday to appeal his extended detention. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

US journalist Evan Gershkovich appears in Moscow court to appeal extended detention

Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter detained on espionage charges in Russia, has appeared in court to appeal his extended detention. U.S. citizen Gershkovich was arrested in late March … more

6/22/23

FILE - Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District biologist Nadja Reissen examines a mosquito in Salt Lake City, Aug. 26, 2019. European Union officials warned Thursday June 22, 2023, there is a growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases such as dengue and chikungunya in Europe due to climate change. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Climate change leads to growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases, EU agency says

European Union officials say there is a growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases such as dengue and chikungunya in Europe due to climate change. The European Center for Disease Prevention and … more

By JAN M. OLSEN | 6/22/23

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, firefighters work at the site of an explosion at a restaurant in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Cooking gas caused a massive explosion at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China killed dozens and injured some, Chinese authorities said Thursday. (Wang Peng/Xinhua via AP)

Building collapses, gas blasts, mine cave-ins and more. Deadly accidents are commonplace in China

At least 31 people have been killed and seven injured when cooking gas exploded at a restaurant in Yinchuan in northwestern China. It is the latest in China’s long history of deadly industrial … more

6/22/23

A soldier secures the are as firemen fight a blaze Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in Paris. Firefighters fought a blaze on Paris' Left Bank that is sent smoke soaring over the domed Pantheon monument and prompted evacuation of buildings in the neighborhood, police said. Local media cited witnesses describing a large explosion preceding the fire, and saying that part of a building collapsed. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

After Paris blast crumples building in Left Bank, rescue workers searching for 1 person

French rescue workers are searching for a person feared missing after a powerful blast brought down a building in Paris’ Left Bank. The explosion injured more than 30 people, four of them … more

6/22/23

FILE - US soldiers, part of the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo KFOR guard a municipal building in the town of Leposavic, northern Kosovo, on May 29, 2023. The European Union has summoned the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo for emergency talks on Thursday June 22, 2023 to try to bring an end to a series of violent clashes near their border that is fueling fears of a return to open conflict. (AP Photo/Marjan Vucetic, File)

EU summons Kosovo and Serbia leaders for emergency talks amid fears of a return to open conflict

The European Union has summoned the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo for emergency talks to try to bring an end to a series of violent clashes near their border. The renewed tensions are fueling fears of … more

By LORNE COOK | 6/22/23

Adalah, the mother of Palestinian prisoner Kamal Jouri, inspects the ruins of the house belonging to the family which was demolished by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, June 22, 2023. Jouri is accused of shooting and killing an IDF soldier last year near Nablus. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israel demolishes alleged Palestinian attacker's home in volatile occupied West Bank

Israeli troops have demolished the home of a Palestinian who is suspected of killing an Israeli soldier last year, in the latest military operation in the increasingly volatile occupied West Bank, … more

6/22/23

Confessional booths are stacked into a corner at the Sacred Heart church in Mechelen, Beligum, Monday, June 19, 2023. Across Europe, the continent that nurtured Christianity for most of two millennia, many churches, convents, beguinages and chapels stand empty as faith and church attendance have dwindled over the past half century. Many are now been repurposed to preserve their historical and architectural relevance, while others have opened up to non-religious activities to expand their use. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

In Europe's empty churches, prayer and confessions make way for drinking and dancing

Across Europe, churches, convents and chapels stand empty and increasingly derelict after faith and church attendance shriveled over the past half century. More of the once-sacred structures are … more

By RAF CASERT | 6/22/23

Pilgrims walk at the Hajj terminal of King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Saudi Arabia has ambitious plans to welcome millions more pilgrims to Islam's holiest sites. But as climate change heats an already scorching region, the annual Hajj pilgrimage could prove even more daunting. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Ambitious Saudi plans to ramp up Hajj could face challenges from climate change

Saudi Arabia has ambitous plans to welcome millions more pilgrims to Islam’s holiest sites. But as climate change heats up an already scorching region, the annual Hajj pilgrimage could prove even … more

By RIAZAT BUTT | 6/22/23

People place a coffin containing the remains of a female inmate into a hearse in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. A riot on Tuesday at a women's prison northwest of the Honduran capital left at least 46 inmates dead, many of them burned, shot or stabbed to death, a Honduran police official said. (AP Photo/Elmer Martinez)

Hondurans see little hope for nation's prisons as details of cold-blooded massacre emerge

Authorities in Honduras are beginning to hand over to relatives the hacked, burned corpses of 46 women killed in the worst riot at a women’s prison in recent memory. The emerging picture of … more

By MARLON GONZÁLEZ | 6/22/23

Signs are posted on the Exterior of Auckland City Hospital, May 13, 2017. New Zealand, Thursday, June 22, 2023, has been debating a thorny healthcare issue — whether ethnicity should be considered in deciding when patients get surgery. (Doug Sherring/New Zealand Herald via AP)

New Zealand debates whether ethnicity should be a factor for surgery waitlists

New Zealanders this week have been debating a thorny health care issue — whether ethnicity should be a factor in determining when patients get surgery. In the country's largest city, Auckland, … more

By NICK PERRY | 6/22/23