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FILE - Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio addresses the Climate Action Summit in the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters, on Sept. 23, 2019. Sierra Leone's election commission says President Julius Maada Bio has won a second term in office. The announcement Tuesday, June 27, 2023 said that the incumbent leader had received 56.17% of ballots cast, just over the 55% needed to avoid a second round. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

Sierra Leone’s main opposition calls for presidential election re-run after incumbent named winner

Sierra Leone’s main opposition party is demanding a re-run of last weekend’s presidential election even though incumbent President Julius Maada Bio already has been sworn into office for his … more

By KEMO CHAM | 7/1/23

Clave, Monument for Slavery, by Alex da Silva, is seen in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Dutch King Willem-Alexander delivers a speech in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, July 1, 2023, at the start of a year to commemorate the 150th anniversary of abolition by the Netherlands of slavery. The king's speech follows Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte saying sorry late last year for the country's role in the slave trade and slavery. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

The Dutch king could offer an apology in a speech on the anniversary of slavery's abolition in 1863

Dutch King Willem-Alexander will deliver a speech to commemorate the anniversary of the country abolishing slavery. There is speculation in the Netherlands he could offer an apology on behalf of the … more

By AHMAD SEIR and MIKE CORDER | 7/1/23

Travelers crowd the entrance to the Chisinau airport in Moldova Friday, June 30, 2023, as it reopened after a lock down prompted by a shooting inside the terminal that left two people dead. A Tajikistan national who was denied entry into Moldova at its main international airport grabbed a guard's weapon and fatally shot two security officers Friday, officials said. One traveler also was wounded.(AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)

Tajik man who fatally shot 2 at Moldova airport is wanted in a kidnapping case in his native country

Authorities in Tajikistan say a Tajik man who fatally shot two security officers at Moldova’s main international airport is wanted in his native country in relation to the kidnapping of a local … more

7/1/23

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, June 29, 2023. European leaders meet for a two-day summit to discuss Ukraine, migration and the economy. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Sánchez visits Kyiv on the day Spain starts EU presidency to underline bloc's support for Ukraine

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has started Spain’s six-month presidency of the European Union with a lightning visit to Kyiv to underline the bloc’s support of Ukraine in the face of the invasion … more

By CIARÁN GILES | 7/1/23

Pakistani security forces kill 6 militants in separate raids near the border with Afghanistan

Pakistan’s military says security forces have raided two militant hideouts in regions near the border with Afghanistan. The raids triggered intense shootouts that left six insurgents dead during … more

7/1/23

Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, also President of Cambodian People's Party, delivers a speech during his party election campaign in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Saturday, July 1, 2023. The three-week official campaigning period began Saturday for the July 23 general election. Eighteen parties are contesting the polls, but Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian Peoples Party is virtually guaranteed a landslide victory. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia ruling party victory a sure bet as campaigning begins for general election

Campaigning for Cambodia’s general election has officially begun. It's an exercise that serves more as an affirmation of a nominally democratic process than a prelude to a genuine contest. Eighteen … more

By SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK | 7/1/23

Firefighters use a water hose on a burnt bus in Nanterre, outside Paris, France, Saturday, July 1, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron urged parents Friday to keep teenagers at home and proposed restrictions on social media to quell rioting spreading across France over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

More than 900 people are arrested overnight as young rioters clash with police around France

Rioting raged in cities around France for a fourth night despite massive police deployment, with cars and buildings set ablaze and stores looted. Family and friends prepared Saturday to bury the … more

By JOHN LEICESTER, SYLVIE CORBET and LEWIS JOLY | 7/1/23

FILE - Mainland Chinese tourists take photographs as Chinese and Hong Kong flags are strung to mark the 26th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China in Hong Kong, on June 27, 2023. A Japanese journalist was barred from entering Hong Kong without a clear reason and was sent back to his country, a Japanese newspaper reported Friday, June 30, raising concerns over the city's shrinking press freedoms. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

Japanese journalist barred from entering Hong Kong without clear reason, newspaper says

A Japanese newspaper has reported that a Japanese journalist was barred from entering Hong Kong without a clear reason, raising concerns over the city's shrinking press freedoms. The Japan Times, a … more

By KANIS LEUNG | 7/1/23

25 dead after bus crashes and catches fire in western India

Police in western India say a tire blowout caused a bus to lose control and crash into a road divider and burst into flames, killing 25 people. Police officer Sunil Kadasne told the Press Trust of … more

6/30/23

16 kidnapped police employees released in southern Mexico

Sixteen police employees who were kidnapped in southern Mexico have been released after three days of captivity. No details were given on the circumstances of their release Friday. The group had been … more

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE | 6/30/23

Olivia Mora cries over the casket of her brother Hipolito Mora during his wake at his home in La Ruana, Mexico, Friday, June 30, 2023. Hipolito Mora, the leader of an armed civilian movement that once drove a drug cartel out of the western state of Michoacan, was killed Thursday on a street in his hometown. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

As Mexican town mourns slain anti-gang leader, brother warns community would take up arms again

The younger brother of the slain leader of an armed civilian defense movement in Mexico is warning that he and others who fought with Hipólito Mora will take up arms again if the government does not … more

By MARK STEVENSON and EDUARDO VERDUGO | 6/30/23

Cleaners line up in front of pilgrims after they cast stones at a pillar in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, in Mina near the holly city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 28, 2023. It takes tens of thousands of cleaners, security personnel, medics and others to make the annual Hajj pilgrimage possible for 1.8 million faithful from around the world. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

This year's Hajj was held in sweltering heat, and for those serving pilgrims there was little relief

As hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims walked in the footsteps of the prophets beneath a sweltering sun, contracted cleaners in lime-green jumpsuits held out matching plastic bags to collect … more

By LUJAIN JO | 6/30/23

Environmental activists protest against the Japanese government's decision to release treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, near a building which houses the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 30, 2023. The letters read, "Radioactive water in ground facilities." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

UN nuclear agency chief to visit Fukushima plant to see final preparations for release of wastewater

The chief of the U.N. nuclear agency will visit Japan next week to meet with officials and see final preparations for the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 6/30/23

FILE - In this photo provided by the South Korean Defense Ministry, U.S. B-52H bombers, center, and F-16 fighter jets and South Korean Air Force F-35A fighter jets, right bottom, fly over the Korean Peninsula during a joint air drill in South Korea on April 14, 2023. The United States flew nuclear-capable bombers to the Korean Peninsula on Friday, June 30, in its latest show of force against North Korea, days after the North staged massive anti-U.S. rallies in its capital. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP, File)

The US flies nuclear-capable bombers in a fresh show of force against North Korea

The United States has flown nuclear-capable bombers to the Korean Peninsula in its latest show of force against North Korea. South Korea's Defense Ministry says the B-52 bombers took part in joint … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 6/30/23

FILE - Ukrainian soldiers walk in their positions on the frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Friday, June 23, 2023. In the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, Ukrainian troops - backed by tanks, artillery and drones - have broken through initial Russian fighting positions and continue to make steady gains south of Velyka Novosilka near the administrative border with Donestk and south of Orikhiv, while confronting heavy bombardment in wide open fields with little cover. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Ukraine aims to wear down and outsmart a Russian army distracted by infighting

Ukrainian forces are attempting to wear down the Russian army and reshape battle lines to create more favorable conditions for a decisive, eastward counteroffensive. Ukraine’s troops were given a … more

By SAMYA KULLAB | 6/30/23

Jitendra Kumar, a paramedic checks the oxygen level of his patient who is suffering from a heat stroke after carrying him in an ambulance from his home in village Mirchwara, 24 kilometers (14.91 miles) from Banpur in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, June 17, 2023. Ambulance drivers and other healthcare workers in rural India are the first line of care for those affected by extreme heat. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

In rural India, summer's heat can be deadly. Ambulance crews see the toll up close

Extreme heat is fast becoming a serious public health crisis in India, with more than 150 people dying during a severe heat wave that blasted the country earlier in June. India is among the countries … more

By RAJESH KUMAR SINGH, PIYUSH NAGPAL and SIBI ARASU | 6/29/23

FILE - A Syrian national flag waves as vehicles move slowly on a bridge during rush hour, in Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 28, 2016. The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Thursday, June 29, 2023, that the 12-year conflict in Syria has pushed 90% of its population below the poverty line, and that millions face cuts in food aid next month because of a funding shortfall. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

UN warns that 90% of Syrians are below the poverty line, while millions face cuts in food aid

The U.N. humanitarian chief is warning that the 12-year conflict in Syria has pushed 90% of its population below the poverty line and millions face a 40% cut in emergency food aid in July because the … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 6/29/23

FILE - Syrians walk along in a refugee camp for displaced people run by the Turkish Red Crescent in Sarmada district, north of Idlib city, Syria, on Nov. 26, 2021. The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Thursday, June 29, 2023, that will establish an independent body to determine what happened to more than 130,000 people missing as a result of the conflict in Syria.(AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

UN votes to establish independent body to clarify fate of over 130,000 Syrians missing in conflict

The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution that will establish an independent body to determine what happened to more than 130,000 people missing as a result of the conflict in Syria. It is … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 6/29/23

FILE -A boy accompanied by his dog watches the repairs of Guajataca Dam, which cracked during the passage of Hurricane Maria, in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. A key dam in Puerto Rico that was severely damaged nearly six years ago by Hurricane Maria will be rebuilt and improved, officials announced Thursday, June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Crews will rebuild a critical dam in Puerto Rico that was battered by Hurricane Maria

Officials say a key dam in Puerto Rico that was severely damaged by Hurricane Maria will be rebuilt and improved. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will work with Puerto Rico’s Electric Power … more

6/29/23

A person shades himself on a hot, sunny day in Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico acknowledges 112 heat-related deaths so far this year, almost triple the figures in 2022

Mexico's health authorities have belatedly released a report showing a significant spike in heat-related fatalities in the last two weeks. The report was released late on Wednesday and comes after … more

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