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Police officers work in an urgent search operation to find the missing baby of Constance Marten, who has not had any medical attention since birth in early January, in Roedale Valley Allotments, in Brighton, Tuesday Feb. 28, 2023. Ms Marten and her partner Mark Gordon are in police custody after being arrested in Brighton. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)

UK police search for infant after missing couple arrested

British police have launched a major search for a two-month-old baby after officers arrested the infant's mother and her boyfriend who had been missing since January. Aristocrat Constance Marten, 35, … more

By SYLVIA HUI | 2/28/23

People, some wearing face masks visit the Temple of Heaven park in Beijing, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. Visitors flock to the tourist sites in cities in China after authorities lifted all bans on public gatherings from the outbreak of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China says it's been 'open and transparent' on COVID origins

China says it has been “open and transparent” in the search for the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and dismissed U.S. criticism as politicizing the issue. The Foreign Ministry spokesperson says … more

2/28/23

French court to rule on TotalEnergies' east Africa projects

A Paris court is set to rule on a case pitting French and Ugandan environmentalist groups against oil giant TotalEnergies regarding a major oil field and pipeline projects in east Africa. In a 2019 … more

By SYLVIE CORBET | 2/28/23

FILE - In this file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a video screen shows Chinese astronaut Fei Junlong conducting extravehicular activities on the orbiting Tiangong space station, on, Feb. 9, 2023. China says it will soon begin training foreign astronauts for trips to its newly completed orbiting space station. (Liu Fang/Xinhua via AP, File)

China says will train foreign astronauts for space station

China says it will soon begin training foreign astronauts for trips to its newly completed orbiting space station. In an interview with state broadcaster CCTV, program official Chen Shanguang said … more

2/28/23

FILE - A mother reaches out to hold the hand of her young daughter, as they walk home after a church service in the village of Rwinkwavu, near to Akagera National Park, in Rwanda on Sept. 6, 2015. The Protestant Council of Rwanda in Feb. 2023 has directed all health facilities run by its members to stop carrying out all abortions, further limiting access to the procedure in the largely Christian nation of 13 million people. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Protestant Council of Rwanda bars abortions in its clinics

The Protestant Council of Rwanda has directed all health facilities run by its members to stop carrying out all abortions, further limiting access to the procedure in the largely Christian nation of … more

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA | 2/28/23

FILE- A Taliban fighter checks an Islamic State group house that was destroyed in the ongoing conflict between the two in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Two senior regional members of the Islamic State group have been killed in Afghanistan in recent weeks in separate operations by the Taliban security forces, a Taliban spokesman said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Taliban: 2 senior IS members killed in Afghanistan

Two senior regional members of the Islamic State group have been killed in Afghanistan in recent weeks during separate raids in Kabul. A Taliban spokesman said in a statement Tuesday that its forces … more

RAHIM FAIEZ | 2/28/23

UN suspends flights in east Congo after helicopter fired on

The United Nations says that one of its helicopters came under heavy fire in eastern Congo, bringing the mission to suspend flights in the conflict-riddled region. The U.N. World Food Program said … more

By JUSTIN KABUMBA | 2/28/23

FILE - Israeli lawmaker Avi Maoz, center, touches his beard as Israel's new right-wing government is sworn in at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, on Dec. 29, 2022, in Jerusalem. The ultranationalist ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tendered his resignation as a deputy minister in the new government.(Amir Cohen/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Israeli PM's ultranationalist ally quits as deputy minister

An ultranationalist ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tendered his resignation as a deputy minister in the new government. Avi Maoz’s departure was the first crack in … more

2/28/23

Sonia Guajajara, Brazil's first Minister of Indigenous Peoples, center, and Indigenous women attend a ceremony in Atalaia do Norte, Vale do Javari, Amazonas state, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. In a symbolic gesture, a high-level delegation from the Brazilian government paid a visit on Monday to the region where the Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips were murdered last year. (AP Photo/Fabiano Maisonnave)

Brazil delegation visits Amazon region where pair died

A delegation from the Brazilian government that includes widows of two slain men who had worked for justice for Indigenous Amazon peoples arrived in the remote region where the two were slain Monday … more

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE | 2/27/23

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answers questions at an announcement in Mississauga, Ontario, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Canada announced Monday it is banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices, reflecting widening worries from Western officials over the Chinese-owned video sharing app. Trudeau said it might be a first step to further action. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is at right. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

TikTok banned on all Canadian government mobile devices

Canada is banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices, reflecting widening worries from Western officials over the Chinese-owned video sharing app. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it … more

By ROB GILLIES | 2/27/23

FILE - Steven Seagal speaks at a news conference while attending an opening ceremony for a research and development center in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 22, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday Feb. 27, 2023, bestowed a state decoration on Steven Seagal, the American action-movie actor who also holds Russian citizenship. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

Putin bestows friendship award on actor Steven Seagal

Russian President Vladimir Putin has bestowed a state decoration on Steven Seagal, the American action-movie actor who also holds Russian citizenship. The awarding of the Order of Friendship was … more

2/27/23

FILE - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during the North America Summit, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Jan. 10, 2023. Obrador said on Feb. 23, 2023 that he'll sign a new bill into law that will cut funding to the country’s electoral agency. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Mexican president disparages pro-democracy demonstrators

Mexico’s president lashed out Monday at demonstrators who protested cuts to election funding over the weekend, belittling their concerns about threats to democracy and dashing any hopes that he … more

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ | 2/27/23

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen shake hands during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Yellen visits Ukraine, underscores US economic support

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her first visit to Ukraine underscores Washington's commitment to continuing its economic support for the country. Yellen arrived in the Ukrainian capital … more

By HANNA ARHIROVA | 2/27/23

FILE - Members of Slovenian rock band Laibach perform in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. Slovenia's iconic band Laibach will hold a concert in Ukraine's capital next month, saying Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, this will make them the first foreign group to perform a full show in Kyiv since the beginning of the Russian invasion last February. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

Slovenia band Laibach concert in Ukraine canceled amid rift

A planned concert by Slovenia's popular bank Laibach in Ukraine next month has been cancelled after the group angered Ukrainians by remarks interpreted to suggest that Kiyv was a client state … more

By ALI ZERDIN | 2/27/23

A man arranges local newspapers with preliminary presidential election results on a street in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Each of the three frontrunners in Nigeria's hotly contested presidential election claimed they were on the path to victory Monday, as preliminary results trickled in two days after Africa's most populous nation went to the polls. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

3 parties claim early leads in Nigeria's presidential vote

Each of the three frontrunners in Nigeria’s hotly contested presidential election are claiming they are on the path to victory, as preliminary results trickled in two days after Africa’s most … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 2/27/23

FILE - A speed rubber-boat passes along the over all 110 meters high offshore wind mills set up in the North Sea, 14 kilometers west of the small village of Blavand near Esbjerg, Denmark, on in this Oct. 30, 2002 file picture. Germany wants to create a web of power lines connecting the country’s offshore wind parks with those of its North Sea neighbors to smooth out bottlenecks in the European energy market. Governments in northwestern Europe are hoping that wind power at sea will provide a large share of their future clean energy needs. (AP Photo/Heribert Proepper)

Germany seeks to link all wind parks in North Sea

Germany wants to set up a new power line network to connect its own offshore wind parks with those of its North Sea neighbors in order to eliminate bottlenecks in the European energy market. … more

2/27/23

Greta Thunberg, right, joins the campaigners from Nature and Youth and Norwegian Samirs Riksforbund Nuorat who are blocking the entrances to the Ministry of Oil and Energy in Oslo Monday morning, Feb. 27, 2023. The reason for the action is that the wind turbines at Fosen, which the Supreme Court has said are illegal, have not been demolished. (Ole Berg-Rusten/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Norway protests target wind farm on land used by herders

Dozens of activists are blocking the entrance to Norway’s energy ministry in Oslo to protest a wind farm they say hinders the rights of the Sami indigenous people from raising reindeer in Arctic … more

2/27/23

A forensic investigator from Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) takes photos near to the sports complex in the Killyclogher Road area of Omagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 where off-duty PSNI Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell was shot. A senior Northern Ireland police officer is in critical but stable condition in a hospital after being shot by two masked men while he coached children’s soccer. Police said Thursday that a dissident Irish Republican Army splinter group is suspected of shooting the detective at a sports complex in the town of Omagh on Wednesday night. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)

IRA splinter group claims responsibility for police shooting

Police in Northern Ireland say they were reviewing an unverified statement by an Irish Republican Army splinter group claiming responsibility for the shooting of a senior police officer. A statement … more

2/27/23

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., left, speak during a news conference on legislation labeling the Russian Wagner Group as one of the Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

China accuses US of 'bullying' with new 'illegal' sanctions

China has accused the U.S. of “outright bullying and double standards" in leveling what it called “illegal" sanctions on Chinese companies as part of U.S. actions against Russia’s Wagner Group … more

2/27/23

FILE - In this Anifa stands in her home in the eastern Congo town of Goma on Friday, March 5, 2021. Two experts appointed by the World Health Organization to investigate allegations that some of its staffers sexually abused women during an Ebola outbreak in Congo have dismissed the U.N. agency’s own efforts to excuse its handling of such misconduct as “an absurdity.” (AP Photo/Kudra Maliro, File)

'An absurdity': Experts slam WHO's excusal of misconduct

Two experts appointed by the World Health Organization to investigate allegations that some of its staffers sexually abused women during an Ebola outbreak in Congo have dismissed the U.N. agency’s … more

By MARIA CHENG and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO | 2/27/23