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The Tchin Thin wine bar is seen in Bordeaux, southwestern France, Thursday, Sept.14, 2023. A 32-year-old woman died in France and eight other people remained hospitalized Thursday after an apparent botulism outbreak linked to homemade sardine preserves and the wine bar in Bordeaux, according to regional health officials. At least 10 people who ate in the restaurant between Sept. 4 and Sept. 10 were hospitalized, most of them in intensive care or critical condition. All had consumed sardine preserves served by the restaurant, the Tchin Tchin Wine Bar. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia)

Botulism outbreak tied to sardines served in Bordeaux leaves 1 person dead and several hospitalized

Regional health officials in France say a 32-year-old woman is dead and a dozen people have been hospitalized after an apparent botulism outbreak. Health authorities have linked it to homemade … more

By ALEX TURNBULL | 9/14/23

FILE - Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, head of the CEI (Italian Conference of Bishops), welcomes parishioners after celebrating Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow, on June 29, 2023. Pope Francis’ Ukraine peace envoy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, is heading to China on the fourth leg of a mission that has already brought him to Kyiv, Moscow and Washington, the Vatican said Tuesday.. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

Pope's Ukraine peace envoy raises stalled Black Sea grain exports in Beijing talks

Pope Francis’ Ukraine peace envoy has discussed the need to resume the stalled Ukraine grain export deal to feed the world’s hungry during a meeting with a Chinese official in Beijing. The … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 9/14/23

FILE - Passenger planes take off from the Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City, May 12, 2022. The United States Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, returned Mexico’s aviation safety rating to the highest level two years after downgrading it. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

FAA restores Mexico aviation to highest safety rating

The United States Federal Aviation Administration has returned Mexico’s aviation safety rating to the highest level two years after downgrading it. The change will allow Mexican airlines to add new … more

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FILE - Members of a group of some 30 migrants seeking asylum look through the railings of a wall that Poland has built on its border with Belarus to stop massive migrant pressure, in Bialowieza, Poland, on May 28, 2023. Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said Thursday Sept. 14, 2023 he was awaiting the results of an investigation into allegations of a cash-for-visa migration scandal of the principally anti-migrant Polish government while the opposition was asking if government officials knew some of this European Union country visas were sold to terrorism suspects. (AP Photo/Agnieszka Sadowska, File)

A cash-for visas scandal hits Poland's strongly anti-migration government, weeks before elections

Poland's President Andrzej Duda says he is awaiting results of an investigation into allegations that Polish consulates sold a quarter of a million work visas to migrants from Asia and Africa for … more

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA | 9/14/23

FILE - The U.S. Embassy, centre, is seen in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Russia's Foreign Ministry on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 declared two U.S. diplomats "persona non grata" and ordered them to leave the country within seven days as they were allegedly involved in "illegal activity." (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russia expels 2 US diplomats, accusing them of 'illegal activity'

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has declared two U.S. diplomats “persona non grata” and is ordering them to leave the country within seven days for alleged involvement in “illegal activity.” In a … more

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A woman and a child sleep outside the Lampedusa's migrant reception center, Sicily, early Thursday Sept. 14, 2023. The reception center in Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa remained critical Thursday as it coped with transferring to the mainland thousands of migrants who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro)

Tiny Italian island coping with thousands of migrants who arrived in a short span

A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa is overwhelmed as it copes with transferring to the mainland thousands of migrants who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in … more

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People pray in front of a make shift shrine set up in front of a building that was caught on fire in Hanoi, Vietnam Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. A fire broke just before midnight Tuesday in the apartment building that killed scores of people. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Witnesses say victims of a Hanoi high-rise fire jumped from upper stories to escape the blaze

Police in Vietnam say that 10 children are among the 56 people killed in a blaze in a Hanoi high-rise. Witnesses said Thursday that some residents desperately tried to escape by jumping out of upper … more

By HAU DINH | 9/14/23

People look for survivors in Derna, Libya, Wednesday, Sept.13, 2023. Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings, and even the sea to look for bodies in Derna, where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed thousands of people. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Whole families drowned in a Libyan city's flood. The only warning was the sound of the dams bursting

The wall of water several stories high smashed into apartment buildings, drowning entire families in minutes. Residents of the Libyan coastal city of Derna said the only warning they had was the … more

By YOUSEF MURAD and JACK JEFFERY | 9/14/23

A TV screen shows an image of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Kim vowed "full and unconditional support" for Putin on Wednesday as the two leaders isolated by the West held a summit that the U.S. warned could lead to a deal to supply ammunition for Moscow's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea expresses 'concern and regret' over military cooperation talks between Kim and Putin

South Korea has expressed “deep concern and regret” over a meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin that was apparently focused on expanding military … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and DASHA LITVINOVA | 9/14/23

FILE - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2023. Gershkovich, who was detained on espionage charges, arrived at a Moscow court Thursday, Aug. 24, for a hearing on a motion by the prosecution to extend his arrest. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Father of imprisoned reporter Evan Gershkovich calls on world leaders to urge Russia to free him

The father of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is calling on world leaders meeting at the United Nations next week to stand up for freedom of the press and urge Russia to … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 9/13/23

Federal agents put seized books inside boxes after displaying them to the press at Federal Police headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Law enforcement officers say the books were printed by what they describe as the biggest manufacturer of Nazi propaganda in Argentina after carrying out raids this week, following a two year investigation to shut down the illegal printing press and arrest its operator. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina shuts down a publisher that sold books praising the Nazis. One person has been arrested

Argentina’s Federal Police have shut down a publisher that sold books that praised Nazi ideology, seized hundreds of texts and arrested one person as part of what authorities characterized as a … more

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This image released by the Romanian Ministry of Defense (MAPN), shows a concrete shelter built by the army's engineering units in the village of Plauru, on the Danube river border between Romania and Ukraine on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. In the Danube village of Plauru, which is situated opposite Ukraine's Danube port of Izmail, Romania's defense ministry has erected prefabricated concrete shelters for residents, measuring 9.6 meters long, 2 meters wide inside, and 1.5 meter high (about 31 feet long, 6.5 feet wide and 5 feet high). (Romanian Defense Ministry MAPN via AP)

NATO member Romania finds fragments of drones near its border with Ukraine for the third time

Defense officials in NATO member Romania say they have found new fragments of drones similar to those used by the Russian army near its border with war-torn Ukraine, in the third such finding in the … more

By STEPHEN McGRATH and ANDREEA ALEXANDRU | 9/13/23

Migrants walk towards a station to board a bus directed to Marseille, France, in Rome, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Despite vows by Italy’s right-wing government to crack down on migrant arrivals and European Union-inked deals with Tunisia to stem the flow, the numbers of desperate people making the dangerous Mediterranean crossing keep rising. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A flotilla of migrant boats from Tunisia overwhelms an Italian island and tests Meloni's policy

A flotilla of flimsy boats, crowded with migrants and launched from Tunisia is overwhelming a tiny Italian island south of Sicily. The arrival of more than 100 rickety iron boats that converged on … more

By FRANCES D'EMILIO | 9/13/23

This video grab shows Kim Aris displaying an old family photo of his mother, Myanmar's ousted and detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an interview with The Associated Press in London, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Aris, Suu Kyi's younger son, expressed concern about the health of his mother, who was arrested when her government was toppled by the army in February 2021, remains in detention, apparently in a prison in the Myanmar capital Naypyitaw. (AP Photo/Tian Macleod Ji)

The son of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi says he's increasingly worried about her health

The son of ousted Myanmar leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi says he has always avoided talking to the media, but this time is different. He’s increasingly worried about his imprisoned 78-year-old mother’s … more

By GRANT PECK and TIAN MACLEOD JI | 9/13/23

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, seen center left, examine a launch pad of Soyuz rockets during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kim Jong Un's trip to Russia provides window into unique North Korean and Russian media coverage

The world is largely relying on North Korean and Russian media for information about the unusual train journey of leader Kim Jong Un to meet with President Vladimir Putin at a space facility. … more

By FOSTER KLUG and EMMA BURROWS | 9/13/23

In this handout photo released by the Taliban Prime Minister Media Office, China's new ambassador to Afghanistan Zhao Sheng meets with Taliban Prime Minister Mohammad Hasan Akhund during the recognition ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. The Taliban on Wednesday greeted China's new ambassador to Afghanistan with pomp and ceremony, calling the envoy's nomination a significant step with a significant message. (Taliban Prime Minister Media Office via AP)

Taliban hail China's new ambassador with fanfare, say it's a sign for others to establish relations

The Taliban have hailed China’s new ambassador to Afghanistan with fanfare, saying his arrival is a sign for other nations to come forward and establish relations with them. The Taliban seized … more

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Russian spaceport visited by Kim has troubled history blighted by corruption and construction delays

The Russian space launch facility where President Vladimir Putin has hosted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reflects an ambitious attempt by Moscow to burnish its scientific glory that faded after … more

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FILE - The entrance to the former U.S. Embassy, which has been turned into an anti-American museum, is seen n Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. The upcoming prisoner swap between Iran and the United States follows the same contours that the countries have tracing since the resolution of the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover and hostage crisis. The limits of this diplomacy remain largely the same as they have been for over the four decades since, with officials in both countries even using similar language to discuss the deals now. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Analysis: Iran-US prisoner swap for billions reveals familiar limits of diplomacy between nations

American captives could be exchanged for billions of dollars of frozen Iranian assets, even as critics back in Washington warn against dealing with Tehran. That’s the way it was in 1981 and the way … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 9/13/23

$FILE -Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Not a lot unites Northern Ireland’s fractious political and religious groups. The British government has managed it with a law that sets out to lay to rest the ghosts of decades of violence, but is opposed by all major political parties, Catholic and Protestant churches, human rights organizations and the United Nations. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)$

Despite opposition, Britain passes law to curb prosecutions for Northern Ireland 'Troubles' violence

Britain's Parliament has passed a law that sets out to lay the ghosts of decades of violence in Northern Ireland to rest. The legislation is opposed by all of Northern Ireland's major political … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 9/13/23

FILE - This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says a launch of the newly developed Chollima-1 rocket carrying the Malligyong-1 satellite at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground on May 31, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

How Kim's meeting with Putin at Russian spaceport may hint at his space and weapons ambitions

Ending a global guessing game on when and where they would meet, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin convened at a rocket launch facility in Siberia. The two … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 9/13/23