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Children play in a park as air raids go off, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, July 14, 2022. It’s well known that many of the residents of eastern Ukraine who refuse to heed authorities’ calls to flee are older ones. It’s jarring, then, to explore the streets of communities close to the front line and spot children. Unlike the adults who decide to stay, the children have their fate tied to the wishes of their parents. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

'Bang, bang': Children live and play near Ukraine front line

In eastern Ukraine's Kramatorsk, a few children still can be seen on mostly empty playgrounds as artillery sounds in the distance against Russian invaders. Authorities plead with residents of the … more

By CARA ANNA | 7/16/22

FILE - A Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at St Charles' Centre for Health and Wellbeing in London, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. Everyone in Britain who is 50 or over will be offered a fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine in the fall it was announced Friday, July 15, 2022, lowering the age threshold from the previously announced 65. The Department of Health said it had accepted advice from the U.K.’s independent vaccines adviser about the autumn booster program. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

UK to offer 4th COVID-19 vaccine shot to all 50 and over

Everyone in Britain who is 50 or over will be offered a fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine in the fall, lowering the age threshold from the previously announced 65. The Department of Health said it … more

7/15/22

FILE - United Nations armored personnel vehicles are stationed with an ambulance outside a tourist resort near Bamako, Mali, June 18, 2017. The United Nations mission in Mali said Friday July 15, 2022 that Egypt will suspend its participation in the peacekeeping force in the West African country by mid-August citing deadly attacks against its troops. Seven Egyptian peacekeepers have been killed in Mali so far this year. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed, File)

Egypt to withdraw peacekeeping troops from Mali, UN says

The United Nations mission in Mali says that Egypt will withdraw its troops from the West African county by mid-August citing deadly attacks against its peacekeepers. Seven Egyptian peacekeepers have … more

By BABA AHMED | 7/15/22

The amusement park Tivoli Friheden in Aarhus, Denmark where an accident took place Thursday July 14, 2022. Police in Denmark say a 14-year-old girl has died in an accident at a popular northern Denmark amusement park, reportedly when the rear part of a roller-coaster came off the rails. The manager of the Tivoli Friheden amusement park in Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city, told the local newspaper on Thursday that “the rear two seats” of the Cobraen roller-coaster were hanging "under the wagon train.” (Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Danish amusement park scraps ride after girl killed

An amusement park in Denmark says it will shut down a roller coaster for good after a 14-year-old-girl died after the rear part of the ride reportedly came off the rails. A 13-year-old boy also … more

7/15/22

Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr chant slogans during an open-air Friday prayers in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraqi cleric shows power as thousands attend mass prayer

Tens of thousands of Iraqis are attending a mass prayer in Baghdad called for by an influential Shiite cleric. Followers of Moqtada al-Sadr arrived to the capital Friday from across the country, … more

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | 7/15/22

This photo provided Friday July 15, 2022 by the fire brigade of the Gironde region (SDIS 33) shows a wildfire near Landiras, southwestern France, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Several hundred firefighters struggled Friday to contain two wildfires in the Bordeaux region of southwest France that have forced the evacuation of 10,000 people and ravaged more than 7,000 hectares of land. High temperatures and strong winds have complicated firefighting efforts in the region, one of several around Europe scorched by wildfires this season. (SDIS 33 via AP)

Fires ravage French forests near Atlantic as Europe heats up

A thousand firefighters with 10 water-dumping planes are struggling to contain two wildfires in the Bordeaux region of southwest France. The fires have forced the evacuation of 10,000 people and … more

7/15/22

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing in the Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 15, 2022. Griner was arrested in February at the Russian capital's Sheremetyevo Airport when customs officials said they found vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage. She has been jailed since then, facing up to 10 years in prison if convicted. (AP Photo/Jim Heintz)

WNBA's Griner back in Russian court as trial continues

American basketball star Brittney Griner has faced a Russian court again as her drug possession trial resumed after she pleaded guilty to the charges. Griner’s defense lawyers presented evidence … more

7/15/22

FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laughs while speaking at the Center for Strategic International Studies in Washington on Feb. 22, 2013. The assassination of former Japanese Prime Shinzo Abe has unearthed long-suspected, little-talked-of links between him and a religious group that started in South Korea but has spread its influence around the world. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

EXPLAINER: The Unification Church's ties to Japan's politics

The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has revealed long-suspected, little-talked-of links between him and the Unification Church. The church started in South Korea but has … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 7/14/22

RCMP and Surrey Police officers work at the scene of a shooting near a red Tesla vehicle, back, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, on Thursday, July 14, 2022. Ripudaman Singh Malik, the man acquitted in the 1985 Air India terrorist bombing, appears to have been killed in the shooting, according to several media outlets. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

Man acquitted in Air India bombings shot to death in Canada

The family of a man acquitted in a terrorist bombing that killed 329 people aboard an Air India flight in 1985 says he was person slain in Canada in what authorities describe as a possible targeted … more

7/14/22

Karol Nawrocki, right, head of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), stands in front of a grave as he meets the media near Działdowo, Poland, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Special investigators in Poland say they have found mass graves containing the ashes of at least 8,000 Poles slain by Nazi Germans during World War II in forest executions. The occupying Nazis tried to hide the killings by incinerating the bodies and planting trees on the burial pits. (Mikolaj Bujak/Institute of National Remembrance via AP)

Ashes of 8,000 WWII victims found in two Poland mass graves

Special investigators in Poland say they have found mass graves containing the ashes of at least 8,000 Poles slain by Nazi Germans during World War II in forest executions. The occupying Nazis tried … more

7/14/22

An elephant is hoisted into a transport vehicle at the Liwonde National Park southern Malawi, Sunday, July 10 2022. One by one, 250 elephants are being moved from Malawi's overcrowded Liwonde National Park to the much larger Kasungu park 380 kilometers (236 miles) away in the country's north. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi)

Malawi moves elephants from overcrowded park to larger one

One by one, 250 elephants are being moved from Malawi’s overcrowded Liwonde National Park to the much larger Kasungu park 380 kilometers (236 miles) away in the country’s north. The elephants are … more

By GREGORY GONDWE | 7/14/22

FILE - Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the first woman to lead the the World Health Organization's regional Africa office, joins Congo's health minister Gilbert Mokoki on a field trip in Brazzaville, Congo, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. The number of outbreaks of diseases that jumped from animals to humans in Africa has jumped by more than 60% in the last decade, the World Health Organization said in a statement Thursday, July 14, 2022, a worrying sign the planet could face increased animal-borne diseases like monkeypox, Ebola and coronavirus in the future. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

Outbreaks from animals in Africa surge by 60% in last decade

The World Health Organization says that the number of outbreaks of diseases that jumped from animals to humans in Africa has jumped by more than 60% in the last decade, a worrying sign the planet … more

7/14/22

Police at the amusement park Tivoli Friheden in Aarhus, Denmark where an accident took place Thursday July 14, 2022. Police in Denmark say a 14-year-old girl has died in an accident at a popular northern Denmark amusement park, reportedly when the rear part of a roller-coaster came off the rails. The manager of the Tivoli Friheden amusement park in Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city, told the local newspaper on Thursday that “the rear two seats” of the Cobraen roller-coaster were hanging "under the wagon train.” (Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Police: 14-year-old girl dies on Denmark amusement park ride

Police in Denmark say a 14-year-old girl has died in an accident at a popular northern Denmark amusement park, reportedly when the rear part of a roller-coaster came off the rails. The manager of the … more

7/14/22

Iranian gets life in prison in Sweden for 1980s crimes

A Swedish court has sentenced an Iranian citizen to life imprisonment after being convicted of murder and other war crimes during the final phase of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. The Stockholm … more

7/14/22

US Embassy alarmed by power struggle at Libya's oil company

The U.S. Embassy in Libya is voicing concern over the struggle for control of Libya’s oil corporation after its chairman was sacked. In a statement Thursday, the embassy said it was following … more

NOHA ELHENNAWY | 7/14/22

WHO: COVID-19 cases rise for the 5th week, deaths stable

The World Health Organization says the number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide rose for the fifth week in a row. In the U.N. health agency’s weekly review of the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO … more

7/14/22

IMF reaches deal with Pakistan to revive $6B bailout

The International Monetary Fund says it has reached a preliminary agreement on a $6 billion bailout for Pakistan. Thursday’s announcement sets the stage for the revival of the 2019 accord for the … more

By MUNIR AHMED | 7/14/22

FILE - Clouds hang over the Vesuvius volcano in Pompeii, southern Italy, Jan. 25, 2021. An American tourist had to be rescued on Mount Vesuvius near Naples after he apparently slipped into the volcano’s crater while trying to recover his fallen cellphone, news reports and the association of Vesuvius park guides said. The tourist and family members were cited by Carabinieri police because they went off the authorized path to get closer to the crater on Saturday, July 9, 2022 apparently to take a selfie, Italian news reports said. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)

US tourist falls into crater of Mount Vesuvius, is rescued

An American tourist had to be rescued on Mount Vesuvius near Naples after he apparently slipped into the volcano’s crater while trying to recover his dropped cellphone. News reports said the … more

7/13/22

FILE — Sugar Ray Leonard holds up the middleweight championship belt after defeating Marvin Hagler in a split decision to win the title in Las Vegas, Nev., April 6, 1987. A World Boxing Council championship belt belonging to former South African President Nelson Mandela has been stolen from a museum in Soweto. The belt was given to Mandela by American boxing legend Leonard during one of his visits to South Africa. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon/File)

Boxing champion belt given to Mandela stolen in South Africa

A World Boxing Council championship belt belonging to former South African President Nelson Mandela has been stolen from a museum in Soweto. The belt was given to Mandela by American boxing legend … more

Associated Press | 7/13/22

Police patrol an area in Soweto, South Africa Tuesday, July 12, 2022 in search of illegal firearms following the weekend shooting in a bar which claimed 16 people. South African police are searching for illegally-held guns in patrols of Johannesburg's Soweto township, following a spate of bar shootings that have rocked the nation. (AP Photo/Shiraaz Mohamed)

South Africa's many illegal guns a factor in bar shootings

South African police are patrolling the streets of Johannesburg’s Soweto township, following a spate of bar shootings that have rocked the nation. Activists say the country’s abundance of guns … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 7/13/22