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A roadblock is set up near the town of Greta following a bus crash in the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney, Australia, Monday, June 12, 2023. Australian police say that initial inquiries indicated multiple people had been killed in the overnight bus crash in New South Wales state. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

10 killed in Australia after wedding bus rolls, according to police and media reports

Ten people were killed in Australia when a bus carrying a group of about 40 returning wedding guests rolled overnight in the heart of wine country, according to police and media reports. Police said … more

6/11/23

FILE - A Ukrainian serviceman steers a boat in a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Floodwaters from a collapsed dam kept rising in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes in a major emergency operation that brought a dramatic new dimension to the war with Russia, now in its 16th month. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Ukraine says it recaptured a village; Russia insists it is repelling attacks

Ukraine’s military on Sunday reported recapturing a village in the southeast of the country amid Russian claims of repelling multiple attacks in the area, the latest indication that a highly … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 6/11/23

FILE -The rainbow flag, a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, flies over a building next to Nelson's Column monument, right, in Trafalgar Square, central London, Britain, Friday, March 28, 2014. England's publicly funded health service says will not routinely offer puberty-blocking drugs to children at gender identity clinics. It says more evidence is needed about their potential benefits and harms. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

England's health service says it won't give puberty blockers to children at gender clinics

England's publicly funded health service says will not routinely offer puberty-blocking drugs to children at gender identity clinics. It says more evidence is needed about their potential benefits … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 6/11/23

A candle with the image of Pope Francis is left in front of the windows of the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, June 11, 2023, where Pope Francis is recovering from the abdominal surgery he underwent on Wednesday. Pope Francis, following doctors' advice, skipped Sunday's customary public blessing to allow him to better heal after abdominal surgery. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Hospitalized Pope Francis follows Mass on TV, lunches with medical personnel and aides

Pope Francis has followed his doctors' advice and skipped his customary Sunday noon public blessing as he convalesces from abdominal surgery. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement that … more

By FRANCES D'EMILIO | 6/11/23

A farmer ties his cow as they bring them to a pooling center outside the 6-kilometer "permanent danger zone" near Mayon Volcano in Daraga, Albay province, northeastern Philippines, Sunday, June 11, 2023. Thousands of villagers have been forced to leave rural communities within a 6-kilometer radius of Mayon volcano's crater in Albay province. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Following owners, thousands of cows, buffaloes evacuated away from restive Philippine volcano

Philippine authorities are evacuating more than 2,000 cows and water buffaloes away from a restive volcano to minimize potential losses in case of a major eruption. The farm animals are being herded … more

By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA | 6/11/23

FILE - Streets are flooded in Kherson, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 7, 2023 after the walls of the Kakhovka dam collapsed. Residents of southern Ukraine, some who spent the night on rooftops, braced for a second day of swelling floodwaters on Wednesday as authorities warned that a Dnieper River dam breach would continue to unleash pent-up waters from a giant reservoir. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

Ukraine's dam collapse is both a fast-moving disaster and a slow-moving ecological catastrophe

The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine is swiftly evolving into long-term environmental catastrophe. It affects drinking water, food supplies and ecosystems reaching into the Black … more

By LORI HINNANT, SAM McNEIL and ILLIA NOVIKOV | 6/11/23

Candles with the image of Pope Francis are left at the entrance of the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome, Friday, June 9, 2023, where Francis is recovering after undergoing abdominal surgery on Wednesday. The Vatican says Pope Francis has had a second good night in the hospital recovering from surgery to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall.(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope, upon doctor's advice, to skip Sunday public blessing; surgeon says recovery absolutely normal

Pope Francis' surgeon says the pontiff is following doctors' advice and he will skip Sunday's customary public blessing to allow him to better heal after abdominal surgery. The surgeon says that … more

By FRANCES D'EMILIO | 6/10/23

An art installation called "Double Ducks" by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman is seen at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, Friday, June 9, 2023. Two giant inflatable ducks made a splash in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor on Friday, marking the return of a pop-art project that sparked a frenzy in the city a decade ago. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

One of the 2 giant ducks in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor deflates

One of the two giant inflatable ducks floating in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor has deflated, just a day after they were unveiled to revelers. Crowds of residents and tourists flocked to the … more

By KANIS LEUNG | 6/10/23

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to 10 Downing Street after meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. Former U.K. Prime Minister Johnson says he’s quitting as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament. Johnson quit on Friday, June 9, 2023 after receiving the results of an investigation by lawmakers over misleading statements he made to Parliament about a slew of gatherings in government that breached pandemic lockdown rules.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Boris Johnson's bombshell exit from Parliament leaves UK politics reeling

Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left chaos in his wake after quitting Parliament and accusing fellow lawmakers of ousting him in a “witch hunt.” Johnson unexpectedly stepped down as … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 6/10/23

Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones from Queensland, Australia, left, is escorted by a prosecutor upon arrival at the local immigration office in Meulaboh, Aceh, Indonesia on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. The Australian surfer who was jailed for attacking several people while drunk and naked in Indonesia's deeply conservative Muslim province of Aceh will be deported back to his country after he agreed to apologize and pay compensation, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sultan Ikbal Abiyyu)

Indonesia set to deport Australian surfer who apologized for drunken rampage

Indonesia’s authorities are set to deport an Australian surfer who apologized for attacking several people while drunk and naked in the deeply conservative province of Aceh. Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones … more

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In this image made from video released by Indonesia's Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Agency (PVMBG), Anak Krakatau volcano releases volcanic materials into the air as it erupts on Friday, June 9, 2023 on Sunda Strait, Indonesia. The volcano island erupted Saturday, spewing volcanic ash as high as three kilometers (nearly two miles) into the air, forcing authorities to halt tourism near one of the country's most active volcano. (PVMBG via AP)

Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano spews ash, lava in new eruption

Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano has erupted, spewing ash as high as 2 miles into the air. Indonesia's volcanology center says the volcano island located in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait between the … more

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French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron, right, meet rescue forces, in Annecy, French Alps, Friday, June 9, 2023. A man with a knife stabbed four young children at a lakeside park in the French Alps on Thursday June 8, 2023, assaulting at least one in a stroller repeatedly. Authorities said the children, between 22 months and 3 years old, suffered life-threatening injuries, and two adults were also wounded. (Denis Balibouse/Pool via AP)

French stabbing suspect faces charges as injured toddlers remain hospitalized

The man suspected of stabbing four young children and two adults in a park in the French Alps is facing potential charges Saturday. The children are between 22 months and 3 years old, and remain … more

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A man walks along a stream near Mayon volcano in Bonga, Legaspi city, Albay province, northeastern Philippines, Saturday, June 10, 2023. Monsoon rains that could be unleashed by an offshore typhoon were complicating worries of villagers threatened by a restive Philippine volcano that has forced thousands of people to flee from their homes.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Rains unleashed by typhoon worry thousands of people fleeing restive Philippine volcano

Thousands of people who fled their homes in the central Philippines to escape a restive volcano have to contend with another threat that’s complicating the ongoing evacuations: monsoon rains that … more

By JIM GOMEZ and JOEAL CALUPITAN | 6/10/23

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir after the dam collapse, in Energodar, Russian-occupied Ukraine, Friday, June 9, 2023. The plant has been under Russian occupation since 2022. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)

Last reactor shut down at Ukraine's largest nuclear plant as fighting, flooding continues

Ukraine's nuclear energy agency says it has put the last operating reactor at Europe's largest nuclear power plant into a “cold shutdown." It is a safety precaution amid catastrophic flooding from … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 6/10/23

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, center, waves before an offshore anti-terrorism drill outside the Kaohsiung harbor in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, Saturday, June 10, 2023. President Tsai on Saturday said the self-ruled island would work to improve its rescue and defense capabilities with new technologies, stressing that strengthening Taiwan is key to maintaining peace. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan president pledges to strengthen island's defense capability with new technologies

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen says the self-ruled island will work to improve its rescue and defense capabilities with new technologies, adding that strengthening Taiwan is key to maintaining … more

6/10/23

Destroyed tuktuk is seen outside the Pearl Beach hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, June. 10, 2023. Witnesses and state media in Somalia say extremists have attacked the beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, and security forces are responding at the site as some people remain trapped inside.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Somali security forces end hourslong extremist attack on Mogadishu hotel, state media says

State media in Somalia are reporting that security forces have ended an hourslong extremist attack on a beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, that began Friday night. There was no immediate word … more

By OMAR FARUK | 6/10/23

Volunteers haul a woman on a stretcher as she been evacuated from a flooded neighborhood of the left bank Dnipro river, in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, June 9, 2023. In Ukraine, the governor of the Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, said Friday that water levels had decreased by about 20 centimeters (8 inches) overnight on the western bank of the Dnieper, which was inundated starting Tuesday after the breach of the Nova Kakhovka dam upstream. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

UN aid chief says Ukraine faces `hugely worse' humanitarian situation after the dam rupture

The U.N. aid chief says Ukraine faces a “hugely worse” humanitarian situation than before the rupture of the Kakhova dam. He says an “extraordinary" 700,000 people are in need of drinking water … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 6/9/23

An animal rescue team on a boat with a rescued dog in the flooded area after the dam collapse in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Vasilisa Stepanenko)

'All life should be valued': Volunteers rush to save animals after Ukraine dam collapse

Dozens of volunteers for a Ukrainian animal rescue organization are racing to save as many animals as possible after a dam collapse flooded southern Ukraine's Kherson region. They are plucking dogs, … more

By VASILISA STEPANENKO | 6/9/23

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the resort city of Sochi, Russia, Friday, June 9, 2023. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin says Russian tactical nuclear weapons to be deployed to Belarus next month

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow will deploy some of its tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus next month, a move that the Belarusian opposition described as an attempt to blackmail … more

6/9/23

A Lebanese soldier points his rocket-propelled-grenade toward an Israeli Merkava tank in the disputed Kfar Chouba hills along the border, south Lebanon, Friday, June 9, 2023. Israeli soldiers fired tear gas to disperse scores of protesters who pelted the troops with stones along the border with Lebanon Friday, leaving some Lebanese demonstrators and troops suffering breathing problems. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)

Israeli troops fire tear gas to disperse protesters along Lebanon border

Israeli soldiers have fired tear gas to disperse scores of stone-throwing protesters along the border with Lebanon, leaving some demonstrators and troops with breathing problems. Friday's tension … more

By AHMAD MANTASH | 6/9/23