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FILE- Canadian soldiers march at a sunset ceremony and mounting of the vigil at the WWI Canadian National Vimy Memorial in Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France on April 8, 2017. With war ravaging Europe's heartland again, the countless headstones, cemeteries and memorials from World War I are a timeless testimony to its cruelty. Belgium and France want them recognized as UNESCO World Heritage sites to make sure people stop and think. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

World War I memorials in France and Belgium are vying again to become UNESCO World Heritage sites

Belgium and France want the countless headstones, cemeteries and memorials from World War I recognized as UNESCO World Heritage sites to make sure people stop and think about the meaning and value of … more

By RAF CASERT | 9/5/23

FILE - Former Chilean dictator and then-military commander Gen. Augusto Pinochet is embraced by a supporter as he meets with supporters who gathered at his home to greet him on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of his taking the post as head of the Chilean armed forces, in Santiago, Chile, Aug. 23, 1995. As Chile marks the 50th anniversary Monday, Sept. 11, 2023 of the coup that brought Pinochet to power, polling shows more than one-third of Chileans today justify the military takeover of a democratically elected government that went on to violate human rights, murder opponents, cancel elections, restrict the media, suppress labor unions and disband political parties. (AP Photo/Santiago Llanquin, FILE)

A half-century after Gen. Augusto Pinochet's coup, some in Chile remember the dictatorship fondly

The world remembers Gen. Augusto Pinochet as the dictator whose regime tortured, killed and disappeared 3,065 people in the name of fighting communism. But as their country marks the 50th anniversary … more

By EVA VERGARA and DANIEL POLITI | 9/5/23

Arrested members of the Wazalendo sect are sat and lined up in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. More than 40 people died and dozens were injured in clashes in the Congolese city of Goma between protesters from the Wazalendo religious sect and the armed forces, national authorities said. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Two military officers are arrested in Congo for leading a protest crackdown that killed 43 people

Two high-ranking military officers in northeast Congo have been arrested for their involvement in a crackdown on protests that left 43 people dead and dozens more severely injured. Defense and … more

By JUSTIN KABUMBA | 9/4/23

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, on July 19, 2023. British lawmakers headed back to Parliament on Monday Sept. 4, 2023 after their summer break. But thousands of U.K. children won’t be returning to their classrooms this week, because their schools are at risk of collapse from crumbling concrete. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Summer's over for UK politicians as Sunak faces a crisis over crumbling schools

British lawmakers have headed back to Parliament after their summer break but thousands of U.K. children won’t be returning to their classrooms this week. Their schools are at risk of collapse from … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 9/4/23

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa delivers his speech during his inauguration ceremony at the National Sports Stadium in the capital Harare, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Mnangagwa Monday hailed recent elections as a sign of the country’s “mature democracy” and a victory over Western adversaries, as he took an oath of office following polls whose credibility was questioned by multiple observer missions, including those from Africa. (AP Photo /Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwean president at his inauguration says the disputed election reveals a ‘mature democracy’

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa says last month's elections are a sign of the country’s “mature democracy.” He was speaking at his inauguration. Mnangagwa won disputed polls held on … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA | 9/4/23

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Parliament Press Office, Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov shows his resignation letter addressed to the Parliamentary Speaker in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Ukrainian Parliament Press Office via AP)

Ukraine's defense minister resigns following Zelenskyy's announcement of his replacement

Ukraine’s defense minister has submitted a letter of resignation after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he would be replaced this week and named his successor. more

By HANNA ARHIROVA and YURAS KARMANAU | 9/4/23

This shows a construction work off Henoko in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan on May 2, 2023, where the Japanese government plans to relocate a U.S. air base from one area of the prefecture to another. Japan’s Supreme Court on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023 dismissed Okinawa's rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite protests by locals who oppose the American troops' presence. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan's top court orders Okinawa to allow a divisive government plan to build US military runways

Japan’s Supreme Court has dismissed Okinawa’s rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite protests by … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 9/4/23

UN nuclear watchdog report seen by AP says Iran slows its enrichment of near-weapons-grade uranium

Iran has slowed its enrichment of uranium at nearly weapons-grade levels. That's according to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Monday. The … more

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN | 9/4/23

FILE - Chinese Premier Li Qiang attends a meeting with Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa, unseen, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on July 11, 2023. Chinese President Xi Jinping will skip this week’s Group of 20 summit in India, amid a downturn in bilateral relations, with Premier Li Qiang to attend in his place, China’s Foreign Ministry said Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool, File)

China's Xi will skip G20 summit in India over soured relations and Premier Li Qiang will go instead

China says President Xi Jinping will skip this week's Group of 20 summit in India as bilateral relations remain icy. The Foreign Ministry says Premier Li Qiang will attend in his place. A one … more

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Pope Francis arrives to preside over a mass at the Steppe Arena in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. Francis is in Mongolia to minister to one of the world's smallest and newest Catholic communities. Neighboring China's crackdown on religious minorities has been a constant backdrop to the trip, even as the Vatican hopes to focus attention instead on Mongolia and its 1,450 Catholics. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Francis opens clinic on 1st papal visit to Mongolia. He says it's about charity not conversion

Pope Francis is wrapping up the first-ever papal visit to Mongolia. He's inaugurating a new church-run homeless clinic and shelter. And he's insisting that such initiatives aren’t aimed at winning … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD and SARUUL ENKHBOLD | 9/3/23

Southeast Asian leaders are besieged by thorny issues as they hold an ASEAN summit without Biden

Southeast Asian leaders led by Indonesian host President Joko Widodo are gathering in their final summit this year. They're being besieged by divisive issues with no solutions in sight: Myanmar’s … more

By NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN | 9/3/23

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a joint news conference with President Joe Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

South Korea's Yoon to call for strong international response to North's nukes at ASEAN, G20 summits

South Korea’s president says he’ll tell world leaders about the need to faithfully enforce U.N. sanctions on North Korea when they converge in Indonesia and India for annual summits this week. … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 9/3/23

People march against legal actions taken by the Attorney General's office against the Seed Movement party and President-Elect Bernardo Arévalo, in Guatemala City, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. Guatemala's Congress has declared the Seed Movement's seven lawmakers — one of whom is Arévalo — independents, which bars them from holding leadership positions. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala's electoral authority blocks the suspension of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo's party

Guatemala’s top electoral authority says that it has blocked the suspension of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo’s Seed Movement, at least temporarily giving the party back its legal status and … more

By SONIA PÉREZ D. | 9/3/23

FILE - Johannesburg is seen from the sky, Oct. 18, 2009. Johannesburg has established itself as one of the best cities in the world, South Africa's economic hub where careers are made and dreams come true. But over the last few years, that image and reputation has been changing. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

A building marked by fire and death shows the decay of South Africa's 'city of gold'

The fire that killed at least 76 people last week in a rundown apartment block in Johannesburg has exposed not only the urban decay of South Africa's “city of gold” but also a failure of its … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY | 9/3/23

FILE — Displaced families arrive after being rescued by boat from a flooded area of Buzi district, 200 kilometers (120 miles) outside Beira, Mozambique, Saturday, March 23, 2019. Much of the world takes daily weather forecasts for granted. But most of Africa's 1.3 billion people live with little advance knowledge of what's to come. That can be deadly, with damage running in the billions of dollars. The first Africa Climate Summit opens this week in Kenya to highlight the continent that will suffer the most from climate change while contributing to it the least. At the heart of every issue on the agenda, from energy to agriculture, is the lack of data collection that drives decisions as basic as when to plant and when to flee. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

As Africa opens a climate summit, poor weather forecasting keeps the continent underprepared

Much of the world takes daily weather forecasts for granted. But most of Africa's 1.3 billion people live with little advance knowledge of what’s to come. That can be deadly, and expensive too, … more

By CARA ANNA | 9/3/23

A Ukrainian solider grabs an intelligence drone during landing in the Luhansk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. Moscow’s army is staging a ferocious push in northeast Ukraine designed to distract Ukrainian forces from their counteroffensive and minimize the number of troops Kyiv is able to send to more important battles in the south. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Russians press Ukraine in the northeast to distract from more important battles in counteroffensive

The Russian military is staging a ferocious push in northeastern Ukraine. The effort is designed to pin down Ukrainian forces, distract them from their counteroffensive and minimize the number of … more

By SAMYA KULLAB | 9/3/23

This image provided by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) shows Vikram lander as seen by the navigation camera on Pragyan Rover on Aug. 30, 2023. India’s moon rover has confirmed the presence of sulfur and detected several other elements on the surface near the lunar south pole a week after the country’s historic moon landing. ISRO says the rover’s laser-induced spectroscope instrument also has detected aluminum, iron, calcium, chromium, titanium, manganese, oxygen and silicon. (Indian Space Research Organisation via AP)

India's moon rover completes its walk, scientists analyzing data looking for signs of frozen water.

India’s space mission says the moon rover has completed its walk on the lunar surface and been put into sleep mode less than two weeks after its historic landing near the lunar south pole. The … more

By ASHOK SHARMA | 9/3/23

Riders wait at the intersection under heavy rain as the Typhoon Haikui approaches the country, in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan suspends work, transport and classes as island braces for arrival of Typhoon Haikui

Taiwan has suspended flights, rail transport and ferry services along with classes and outdoor events and it is urging workers to stay home as the island prepares for the arrival of Typhoon Haikui. … more

9/2/23

The bus that crashed today while carrying pilgrims to Karbala is pictured at the police station in Balad, Iraq, Saturday Sept. 2, 2023. A bus carrying pilgrims to the Iraqi city of Karbala overturned north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing 18 people, medical officials said. (AP Photo/Ali Jabar)

18 people have been killed in Iraq after a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims to Karbala overturned

Iraqi medical officials say 18 people have been killed after a bus carrying pilgrims to the Iraqi city of Karbala overturned north of Baghdad. Millions of believers converge on the city each year for … more

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | 9/2/23

FILE - A Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 file photo of a Nobel medal displayed during a ceremony in New York. The foundation that administers the prestigious Nobel awards has reversed its invitation policy and invited Russia, Belarus and Iran, and all members of the Swedish parliament, including a far-right party leader, who earlier have been banned. Vidar Helgesen, head of the private foundation said Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023 “that by inviting them “dialogue between those with differing views is being reduced. (Angela Weiss/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Nobel Foundation retracts invite to Russia, Belarus and Iran representatives to attend ceremonies

The Nobel Foundation retracted its invitation for representatives of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend this year’s Nobel Prize award ceremonies after the controversial decision “provoked strong … more

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