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FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron looks on during a joint statement with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, before a working dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, April 8, 2024. France's government presented a bill Wednesday April 10, 2024 to allow adults with terminal cancer or other incurable illness to take lethal medication, amid growing public demand for legal options for aid in dying. Many French people have travelled to neighboring countries to seek such medication where medically assisted suicide or euthanasia are legal. French President Emmanuel Macron has long promised such a bill. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool via AP)

France is proposing to allow terminally ill patients to take lethal medication

France’s government has presented a bill to allow adults with terminal cancer or other end-of-life illness to take lethal medication. Polls show growing public demand in France for legal options … more

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FILE - The rainbow flag, a symbol of the LGBTQ+ community, flies over a building next to Nelson's Column monument, right, in Trafalgar Square, central London, Britain, March 28, 2014. Children who question their gender identity are being let down by lack of evidence and a toxic political debate, according to a report Wednesday from a senior doctor in in England. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

A major UK report says trans children are being let down by toxic debate and lack of evidence

A report from a senior doctor in England says children who question their gender identity are being let down by lack of evidence and a toxic political debate. Dr. Hilary Cass said there is “no good … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 4/10/24

In this image taken from video by Taiwan's TVBS, Chinese President Xi Jinping at right meets with former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in a bid to promote unification between the sides that separated amid civil war in 1949. (TVBS via AP)

Chinese President Xi meets former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou on pro-unification visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing in a bid to promote unification between the sides that separated amid civil war in 1949. Ma left office … more

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In this photo taken from video released by Roscosmos space corporation on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 an Angara-A5 rocket is seen prior to the launch at Vostochny space launch facility outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia. The first test launch of the new Angara-A5 rocket was aborted the second day in a row just moments before the scheduled liftoff. The Angara-A5 is a new heavy-lift rocket developed in Russia. (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)

Russia's second attempt to launch a heavy-lift rocket from Far East is aborted

Russia’s second attempt to test-launch a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex has been aborted. The launch of the Angara-A5 rocket from the Vostochny spaceport was canceled … more

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Mouhamed Sall, who is deaf, attends class at the Guinaw Rail Sud public high school in Pikine, Senegal, Monday, March 18, 2024. Sall and three other students are part of a new approach in a small number of schools in Senegal that seat those who are deaf and hard of hearing with the rest of the class. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

In some classrooms in Senegal, deaf and hard-of-hearing students now study alongside everyone else

A new approach in Senegal is mixing a small number of hard-of-hearing students into public classrooms. It's a step forward in the West African country where some people still associate disabilities … more

By ANDREI POPOVICIU | 4/10/24

Police break into the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, April 5, 2024. The raid took place hours after the Mexican government granted former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas political asylum. (AP Photo/David Bustillos)

Mexico releases video of Ecuador's raid on its embassy

Mexico has released security camera video of the moments when Ecuadorian authorities forced their way into Mexico’s embassy, pushed a Mexican diplomat to the ground and carried out Ecuador’s … more

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Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) officers on the site of an explosion occurred at the hydroelectric plant at the Suviana Dam, Italy, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Italian media are reporting that an explosion at a hydroelectric plant Tuesday in the Apennine Mountains south of Bologna has left at least three people dead and another six reported missing. The explosion occurred at the hydroelectric plant at the Suviana Dam, some 70 kilometers southwest of Bologna. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

At least 3 dead and 4 missing in an explosion at hydroelectric plant near Bologna

Italian officials say an explosion at a hydroelectric plant Tuesday in the Apennine Mountains south of Bologna has left at least three people dead and another four reported missing. Five were being … more

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A vendor sells grilled chicken to customers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Medical care and supplies are scarce as gang violence chokes Haiti's capital

Fresh gunfire has erupted in Haiti's capital, forcing aid workers in downtown Port-au-Prince to halt urgently needed care for thousands of people. The Alliance for International Medical Action says … more

By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON | 4/9/24

Passengers of a bus that was swept away by floodwaters are rescued by boat, near Garissa, northern Kenya, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Police said some of the passengers managed to escape just before the bus was submerged, while others climbed onto the roof. The incident happened just hours after Kenya's roads agency announced the closure of another section of the same road that was flooded after the Tana River swelled due to continuing heavy rains. (AP Photo)

Floodwaters swept a bus from a bridge in Kenya. All passengers survived

Authorities say 51 passengers were rescued after their bus was swept away by floodwaters on a bridge in northern Kenya. The bus is stuck in the river but the waters are subsiding. Police were looking … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 4/9/24

FILE — Former South African President Jacob Zuma addresses supporters of the newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, March 27, 2024. South Africa's election commission has ruled that Zuma is not eligible to run in upcoming elections because of Zuma's criminal record. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison in 2021 for defying a court order to appear before a judicial commission that was investigating corruption allegations during his presidency. (AP Photo, File)

South African court rules former leader Jacob Zuma can contest election

South Africa’s Electoral Court has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma can run for office as a lawmaker in the upcoming election, overturning an earlier decision that had barred him from … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 4/9/24

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung speaks upon his arrival for his corruption trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Lee urged voters to punish Yoon Suk Yeol's government, which he said has used prosecutors to suppress opponents. South Koreans are set to vote Wednesday in hotly contested parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea's president faces a major test in a crucial parliamentary election

South Koreans vote Wednesday for a new parliament in a hotly contested election that's seen as a referendum on conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol. The vote has raised worries about a deepening … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 4/9/24

FILE - A woman waves flags in support of Palestinians in Gaza during a protest in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, April 5, 2024. Turkey and Israel announced tit-for-tat trade barriers on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, as relations between them further deteriorated amid the war in Gaza. Turkey, a staunch critic of Israel’s military actions in Gaza, first announced that it was restricting exports of 54 types of products to Israel with immediate effect. The products include aluminum, steel, construction products, jet fuel and chemical fertilizers. Responding to the Turkish trade restrictions, Israel said it was preparing a ban on products from Turkey. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Turkey and Israel engage in trade tit-for-tat as relations deteriorate further

Turkey and Israel have announced tit-for-tat trade barriers as relations between them further deteriorate amid the war in Gaza. Turkey announced Tuesday that it was restricting exports of 54 types of … more

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People pay respect at the coffins of Ukrainian servicemen Serhiy Konoval and Taras Petrushun, who were killed in a battle with the Russian troops, during the funeral ceremony in Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

UN atomic watchdog says status of Ukrainian nuclear plant occupied by Russia is 'extremely serious'

The U.N.’s atomic watchdog says an explosion caused by an alleged drone attack at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine poses no direct threat to its safety. However, it said the episode … more

By ILLIA NOVIKOV | 4/9/24

FILE - A Filipino port worker looks as the Japanese Ship Akebono (DD-108), a Murasame-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, prepares to dock for a goodwill visit at Manila's south harbor, Philippines on Sept. 27, 2018. The United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will hold their first joint naval exercises, including anti-submarine warfare training, in a show of force Sunday, April 7, 2024 in the South China Sea where Beijing’s aggressive actions to assert its territorial claims have caused alarm. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

US Indo-Pacific Commander 'very, very concerned' about Chinese aggression in South China Sea

The head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command says he is “very, very concerned” about China’s aggression toward Philippine forces near disputed islands in the South China Sea. The Chinese coast … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 4/9/24

Members of the Karen National Liberation Army and People’s Defense Force examine two arrested soldiers after they captured an army outpost, in the southern part of Myawaddy township in Kayin state, Myanmar, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/METRO)

Myanmar military begins basic training for draftees as resistance forces keep the pressure on

Myanmar’s military has begun basic training at military bases and schools across the country for draftees called up under the country’s recently activated conscription law. The authorities … more

By GRANT PECK | 4/9/24

In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing, China. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is visiting Beijing to display the strength of ties with close diplomatic partner China amid Moscow's grinding war against Ukraine. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

China's Xi meets with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in show of support against Western democracies

Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a sign of mutual support amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and shared opposition to Western democracies led by the U.S. No … more

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A pro-Palestinian activist works on a protest poster near the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, April 8, 2024, prior to the start of a two days hearing in a case brought by Nicaragua accusing Germany of breaching the genocide convention by providing arms and support to Israel. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

Germany rejects allegations that it's facilitating acts of genocide in Gaza at UN court

Germany is strongly rejecting a case brought by Nicaragua at the United Nations’ top court accusing Berlin of facilitating breaches of the Geneva Convention and international humanitarian law by … more

By MIKE CORDER | 4/9/24

FILE - Chinese paramilitary policemen build a fence near a concrete marker depicting the North Korean and Chinese national flags with the words "China North Korea Border" at a crossing in the Chinese border town of Tumen in eastern China's Jilin province on Dec. 8, 2012. Zhao Leji, a top Chinese leader will lead a delegation to North Korea this week, both countries announced Tuesday, April 9, 2024.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

One of China's top leaders will lead a delegation to North Korea this week

A top Chinese leader will lead a delegation to North Korea this week. China's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Zhao Leji would visit the isolated country from Thursday to Saturday. He is chairman … more

4/9/24

In this photo released by Roscosmos space corporation on Monday, April 8, 2024 an Angara-A5 rocket is seen during preparation for the launch at Vostochny space launch facility outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia. The Angara-A5 is a new heavy-lift rocket developed in Russia.(Roscosmos space corporation via AP)

Russia aborts planned test launch of new heavy-lift space rocket

Russian space officials have aborted a test launch of a new heavy-lift rocket from a far-eastern launch pad just moments before the planned blastoff. The Angara-A5 rocket had been scheduled to lift … more

4/9/24

Iran frees jailed conservationists who worked to save cheetahs

Iran has released two conservationists who worked to save the endangered Asiatic cheetah before spending five years in prison on espionage charges. A report by the Tehran newspaper Etemad said … more

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