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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears via video during his address to the New Zealand Parliament in Wellington Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. Zelenskyy urges New Zealand to take a leading role in focusing on the environmental destruction his country is suffering as a result of Russia's invasion. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Zelenskyy asks New Zealand to focus on war's ecological toll

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged New Zealand to take a leading role in focusing on the environmental destruction his country is suffering as a result of Russia’s invasion. … more

By NICK PERRY | 12/13/22

FILE - Nurse Dmytro Gavro, left, with his colleagues perform CPR on a girl fatally injured during the shelling of a residential area, in the city hospital of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. A team of doctors and nurses who fled Mariupol as Russian forces closed in on their hospital are starting up a new medical center in the Ukrainian capital to serve people displaced by the war. Around 30 staff from Mariupol's Hospital Number 2 and a team of cardiac specialists who rescued their equipment from shelling in the eastern city of Kramatorsk started taking patients on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Ukraine: Doctors from occupied city open hospital in Kyiv

A team of doctors and nurses who fled Mariupol as Russian forces closed in on their hospital are starting up a new medical center in the Ukrainian capital to serve people displaced by the war. Around … more

By VASILISA STEPANENKO and LORI HINNANT | 12/13/22

FILE - Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet attends a Mass for the election of a new pope celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, not pictured, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. A Vatican cardinal sued a Canadian woman for defamation in Canadian court on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022 after she accused him of sexual assault when he was archbishop of Quebec. Cardinal Marc Ouellet, head of the Vatican’s bishops’ office, is seeking $100,000 in compensatory damages for “injury to his reputation, honor and dignity,” according to a copy of the complaint provided by Ouellet’s office. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Vatican cardinal sues for defamation in Quebec assault claim

A Vatican cardinal is suing a Canadian woman for defamation after she accused him of sexual assault while he was archbishop of Quebec. Cardinal Marc Ouellet is head of the Vatican’s bishops’ … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 12/13/22

Fathi Bashagha, one of Libya's rival prime ministers, gives an interview to The Associated Press, in Sirte, Libya, May 25, 2022. Bashagha called Tuesday, Dec. 13 for the release of the former Libyan intelligence officer accused of making the bomb that downed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing all onboard, after he surfaced in U.S. custody earlier this week. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Rival Libya PM calls for US to release Lockerbie accused

One of Libya’s rival prime ministers has called for the release of the former Libyan intelligence officer accused of making the bomb that downed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, … more

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FILE - People look at flowers placed on the Promenade des Anglais at the scene of a truck attack Monday July 18, 2016 in Nice, southern France. A French court on Tuesday Dec.13, 2022 convicted eight people charged in connection with a truck attack more than six years ago by an Islamic State sympathizer that killed 86 people celebrating Bastille Day in the French Riviera city of Nice. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)

8 in France convicted of roles in Bastille Day truck attack

A French court has convicted eight people charged in connection with a truck attack more than six years ago by an Islamic State sympathizer that killed 86 people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice. The … more

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY | 12/13/22

FILE - A woman reacts as she holds a photo of an injured 16-year-old teenager while relatives and other protesters from the Roma community protest outside the courthouse in Greece's second largest city of Thessaloniki, on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. The 16-year-old Roma teenager, who was shot in the head during a police chase over an allegedly unpaid gas station bill, has died on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, after been hospitalized for more than a week in Thessaloniki. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos, File)

Greece: Roma community leaders call for calm after teen dies

Leaders of the Roma community in northern Greece have appealed for calm as student and anarchist groups called rallies to protest the death of a Roma teenager. The 16-year-old was shot in the head … more

By COSTAS KANTOURIS | 12/13/22

Residents clean up following torrential rains in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. At least 100 people have been killed and dozens injured by widespread floods and landslides caused by the rains. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi)

At least 100 people killed by floods in capital of Congo

At least 100 people have been killed and dozens injured on Tuesday by widespread floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa. Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde … more

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE | 12/13/22

Supporters of ousted President Pedro Castillo hold a poster depicting Peru's new president, Dina Boluarte, along with sign "Killer" during a protest in Lima, Peru, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Peru's Congress voted to remove Castillo from office Wednesday and replace him with the vice president, shortly after Castillo tried to dissolve the legislature ahead of a scheduled vote to remove him. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peru's ousted President Castillo challenges detention

Peru’s ousted President Pedro Castillo says he is being “unjustly and arbitrarly detained” and thanked his supporters for their “effort and fight” since he was taken into custody last week. … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO | 12/13/22

FILE - People arrive at a displacement camp on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Sept. 19, 2022. Somalia has not yet fallen into famine but several parts of the country are in danger of it in the coming months, according to a new food security report on the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades that was released on Tuesday Dec. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Somalia not yet in famine but still in danger, report says

A new report on the Horn of Africa’s worst drought in decades says Somalia has not yet fallen into famine but several parts of the country are in danger of it in the coming months. The report by … more

By CARA ANNA | 12/13/22

Wall and gate of Burg Prison, Geermany, Tuesday, Dec.13, 2022. In the prison near Magdeburg, a hostage situation has ended. On the evening of December 12, 2022, a 30-year-old prisoner had temporarily taken two staff members into his power, the Ministry of Justice announced early Tuesday morning. According to the report, the perpetrator was overpowered by other correctional staff inside the prison. (Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa via AP)

Far-right murderer takes 2 prison guards hostage in Germany

German security officials say a convicted far-right murderer temporarily took two prison guards hostage during an attempted jailbreak before he was overwhelmed by other guards. They said Tuesday that … more

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, center, leaves an African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday Dec. 5, 2022. Ramaphosa might lose his job, and his reputation as a corruption fighter, as he faces possible impeachment over claims that he tried to cover up the theft of millions of dollars stashed inside a couch on his farm. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa parliament to vote on impeachment of Ramaphosa

South African lawmakers are to vote on whether to start impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a report that says he held undeclared foreign currency at his farm in 2020. The … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 12/13/22

A woman passes by anti-tank hedgehogs in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Ukraine has been fighting with the Russian invaders since Feb. 24 for over nine months. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Donors gather in Paris to get Ukraine though winter, bombing

French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting an international conference to help Ukraine make it through winter. Dozens of countries and international organizations are throwing their weight behind … more

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FILE - A man sits while smoking in Auckland, New Zealand, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. New Zealand on Tuesday passed into law a unique plan to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes. (AP Photo/David Rowland, File)

New Zealand imposes lifetime ban on youth buying cigarettes

New Zealand has passed into law a unique plan to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes. The law states that tobacco can’t ever be sold to anybody … more

By NICK PERRY | 12/13/22

Police work near the scene of a fatal shooting in Wieambilla, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Multiple people, including a few police officers, were shot and killed at a property in rural Australia after officers who arrived to investigate reports of a missing person were ambushed, authorities said. (Jason O'Brien/AAP Image via AP)

6 killed, including 2 officers, in Australian ambush, siege

Six people, including two police officers, were shot and killed after the officers responded to a call at a property in rural Australia and were ambushed. Authorities say the violence began at 4:45 … more

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Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres delivers remarks during the opening ceremony of COP15, the U.N. Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)

UN chief: Syrians face dire winter if aid from Turkey is cut

The U.N. chief is warning that the already dire humanitarian situation in Syria is worsening and if aid deliveries from Turkey to the rebel-held northwest aren’t renewed next month millions of … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 12/12/22

Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, left, greets Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, center, and Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom during a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, December 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU reaches deal on Ukraine aid, tax on big corporations

The European Union has reached a deal in principle to send an 18 billion euro ($18.93 billion) financial aid package to Ukraine and approve a minimum tax of major corporations in a big move that … more

By RAF CASERT | 12/12/22

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron, left, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Mariyinsky Palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 16, 2022. Emmanuel Macron is hosting Tuesday Dec. 13, 2022, in Paris an international conference meant to help Ukraine make it through winter. On the longer term, he insists talks with Russia will be needed to find a path to peace. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

France's Macron engineers new diplomatic push for Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting Tuesday in Paris an international conference meant to help Ukraine make it through winter. In the longer term, he insists talks with Russia will be needed … more

By SYLVIE CORBET | 12/12/22

FILE- Former Guinea military coup leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara takes part in independence day celebrations in Conakry, Guinea, Oct. 2, 2009. Camara took the stand for the first time Monday Dec. 12, 2022 to testify for his role in a stadium massacre by the military that left at least 157 people dead and dozens of women raped 13 years ago. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)

Guinea's ex-junta leader testifies about stadium massacre

Guinea’s former junta leader Moussa “Dadis” Camara took the stand for the first time Monday to testify about his role in a stadium massacre by the military 13 years ago in which at least 157 … more

By BOUBACAR DIALLO | 12/12/22

FILE - A bulldozer clears an area of forest that will be the line of the Mayan Train in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Aug. 2, 2022. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador loves big projects and hates to leave them unfinished, but that is likely what he will do when he leaves office in September 2024, including this tourist train line in the Yucatan peninsula which will have to be jacked up on stilts for 50 miles to run over some of the most fragile and environmentally sensitive geography in the world. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Mexico's president likely to leave big projects unfinished

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador loves big projects and hates unfinished ones, but that is likely what he will leave his successor when he leaves office at the end of 2024. The … more

By MARK STEVENSON | 12/12/22

In this photo provided by the European Parliament, Greek politician and European Parliament Vice-President Eva Kaili speaks during the European Book Prize award ceremony in Brussels, Dec. 7, 2022. The European Union's top official said Monday, Dec. 12, 2022 that the allegations of corruption targeting a vice-president of the European Parliament are of “utmost concern" and called for the creation of an independent ethics body covering all the bloc's institutions. (European Parliament via AP)

EU chief calls for stricter ethics rules amid scandal

The European Union’s top official says the allegations of corruption targeting a vice-president of the European Parliament are of “utmost concern." The lobbying scandal has already seen … more

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN | 12/12/22