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FILE - A French officer speaks to a Senegalese French Colonial soldier who has joined the Allies in North Africa under Gen. Henri Giraub on Dec. 28, 1942. Some of the last survivors in France from a colonial-era infantry corps that recruited tens of thousands of African soldiers to fight in French wars around the world will be able to live out their final days with family members back in Africa after a French government U-turn on their pension rights. (AP Photo, File)
France's African ex-soldiers win last battle - over pensions
Some of the last survivors in France from a colonial-era infantry corps that recruited tens of thousands of African soldiers to fight in French wars around the world will be able to live out their … more
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FILE - Shoppers wearing masks visit a popular mall following the easing of pandemic restrictions in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. European Union nations are fine-tuning a coordinated response to China's COVID-19 crisis on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023 and are zeroing in on travel restrictions that would upset both Beijing and the global airline industry. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
WHO worried about surge of COVID in China amid lack of info
The head of the World Health Organization says the agency is “concerned about the risk to life in China” amid the coronavirus’ explosive spread across the country and the lack of outbreak data … more
FILE - U.S. military personnel work near F-35 fighter jet of the Vermont Air National Guard, parked in the military base at Skopje Airport, North Macedonia, on June 17, 2022. On Wednesday Jan. 4, 2023, The Czech Republic's government has approved legislation to make it mandatory for the country's defense spending to meet the required NATO goal of 2% of gross domestic product amid the Russian war against Ukraine. Among the planned biggest multi-billion dollars acquisitions of new arms, the Czechs have been negotiating with the United States a possible purchase of 24 F-35 fighter jets and with Sweden a plan to acquire 210 CV90 armored vehicles. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski, File)
Czech government OKs bill for 2% GDP spending on military
The Czech government has approved a bill aimed at bringing defense spending at the required NATO goal of 2% of gross domestic product as Russia's war in Ukraine continues. Defense Minister Jana … more
FILE - Palestinian French lawyer and activist Salah Hammouri talks to reporters as he arrives at the Charles de Gaulle Airport after his extradition from Israel to France, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022, in Paris. Salah Hammouri vowed to keep advocating relentlessly for the rights of the Palestinian people from Paris after he was deported to France last month over Israel's claim he has ties to a banned militant group. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)
Palestinian rights lawyer says deportation won't stop him
Palestinian lawyer and activist Salah Hammouri is vowing to keep fighting for the rights of the Palestinian people despite his deportation to France following Israel’s claim that he has ties to a … more
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Passengers arriving from China wait in front of a COVID-19 testing area set at the Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. France says it will require negative COVID-19 tests of all passengers arriving from China and is urging French citizens to avoid nonessential travel to China. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
EU moving toward joint measures to face China COVID crisis
European Union nations are fine-tuning a coordinated response to China’s COVID-19 crisis and are zeroing in on travel restrictions that would upset both Beijing and the global airline industry. … more
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Myanmar's Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military council, inspects officers during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of Independence Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Min Aung Hlaing on Wednesday described plans for an election later this year and called for national unity in a speech as he led a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of independence from Britain. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)
Myanmar army leader touts election plan on Independence Day
Myanmar’s ruling military leader has pardoned over 7,000 prisoners, including some political detainees, and detailed plans for an election later this year during a ceremony marking the 75th … more
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CORRECTS DATE TO JAN. 4 - Mourners enter St. Peter's Basilica where the body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lies in state inside at The Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Pope Benedict, the German theologian who will be remembered as the first pope in 600 years to resign, has died, the Vatican announced Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. He was 95.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope praises 'acute and gentle' Benedict ahead of funeral
Pope Francis has praised Pope Emeritus’ Benedict XVI’s “acute and gentle thought” on the final day of public viewing of his body in St. Peter’s Basilica before his funeral. Francis was … more
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FILE - Pope Benedict XVI greets faithful from his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, the scenic town where he spent his first post-Vatican days and made his last public blessing as pope, Feb. 28, 2013. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's death has hit Castel Gandolfo's "castellani" particularly hard, since many knew him personally, and in some ways had already bid him an emotional farewell when he uttered his final words as pope from the palace balcony overlooking the town square. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
At Benedict's summer home, a town mourns its beloved visitor
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is particularly beloved in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo. He spent every summer here as pope, joining a centuries-long list of pontiffs who vacationed at the papal … more
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CORRECTS NAME TO PEDRO COMISSARIO - Mozambique's United Nations Ambassador Pedro Comissário Afonso, left, installs his country's flag during ceremony for five newly-elected non-permanent members to serve on the United Nations Security Council for the term 2023-2024, Tuesday Jan. 3, 2023 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
UN Security Council welcomes new members; 2 are first-timers
Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland are getting a formal welcome into the U.N. Security Council. Ambassadors installed their national flags Tuesday alongside those of other members … more
FILE - Daouda Diallo, 39, One of Burkina Faso's most outspoken human rights defenders, poses for a photograph in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Thursday Feb. 3, 2022. Diallo, Executive Secretary for the Collective Against Impunity and Stigmatization of Communities, a civil society group, accused on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2023, Defence fighters of targeting and killing dozens of civilians last week in Nouna town, which is majority ethnic Fulani. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia, File)
Burkina Faso rights group alleges 28 dead in ethnic killings
A rights group in Burkina Faso has charged that volunteer militia groups supporting the army have killed dozens of civilians of the ethnic Fulani group, including children, in the troubled … more
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FILE - A man wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus travels on a metro in Berlin, Germany, March 22, 2022. A German doctor has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for illegally issuing more than 4,000 people with exemptions from wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
German doctor jailed for illegally issuing mask exemptions
A German doctor was sentenced late Monday to two years and nine months in prison for illegally issuing more than 4,000 people with exemptions from wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic. A … more
'Lord, I love you': Aide recounts Benedict's last words
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s last words were “Lord, I love you,” his longtime secretary said Sunday, quoting a nurse who helped care for the 95-year-old former pontiff in his final hours. more
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Skiers speed down a ski slope with artificial snow in the middle of a snowless field, at 1600 meters above sea level, in the alpine resort of Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. Sparse snowfall and unseasonably warm weather in much of Europe is allowing green grass to blanket many mountaintops across the region where snow might normally be. It has caused headaches for ski slope operators and aficionados of Alpine white this time of year. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
Alpine slopes face snow shortage in unseasonably warm winter
Much of the Alps just don’t look right for this time of year. Sparse snowfall and unseasonably warm winter weather in much of Europe is allowing grass to blanket mountaintops across the region … more
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The body of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI laid out in state as father Georg Gaenswein stands on the right inside St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. Benedict XVI, the German theologian who will be remembered as the first pope in 600 years to resign, has died, the Vatican announced Saturday. He was 95. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Benedict aide's tell-all book will expose 'dark maneuvers'
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s longtime personal secretary has written a tell-all book that is coming out this month. The publisher on Monday promised the book “Nothing but the Truth” would tell … more
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FILE - President Ian Khama attends a swearing-in ceremony for a second and final term as Botswana president at the National Assembly buildings in Gaborone, Botswana, on Oct. 28 2014. An arrest warrant has been issued on Dec. 29, 2022 in Botswana for former President Ian Khama on a charge of illegal possession of firearms. (AP Photo, File)
Botswana issues arrest warrant for ex-President Ian Khama
An arrest warrant has been issued in Botswana for former President Ian Khama on a charge of illegal possession of firearms. Khama, currently residing in neighboring South Africa, denies the charge. … more
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Mostafa Waziri, top official at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, takes a look with a magnifier at an ancient wooden sarcophagus during a handover ceremony at the foreign ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences was returned to Egypt after U.S. authorities determined it was looted years ago, Egyptian officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Mohamed Salah)
Looted ancient sarcophagus returned to Egypt from US
Egyptian officials say an ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences has been returned to Egypt after U.S. authorities determined it was looted years ago. … more
Firefighters extinguish a coach that had been set on fire by unknown persons in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. The German government is condemning incidents on New Year’s Eve in which police officers and firefighters were attacked, mostly with fireworks. People across Germany on Saturday resumed their tradition of setting off large numbers of fireworks in public places to see in the new year. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)
Germany condemns New Year's attacks on fire, police officers
The German government is condemning incidents on New Year’s Eve in which police officers and firefighters were attacked mostly with fireworks. People across Germany on Saturday resumed their … more
In this image provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, an elderly woman sits on a chair while being carried by coast guard personnel wading through floodwaters in Plaridel, Misamis Occidental province in the southern Philippines, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. Heavy rains and floods devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)
Floods in Philippines leave 51 dead, over a dozen missing
The death toll in the massive floods that devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend has climbed to 51, with 19 others missing. The floods subsided in most of the areas hit by bad … more
This image made from a video shows sand bank with crashed helicopter on Gold Coast, Australia Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. Two helicopters collided Monday afternoon over the Australian beach. (Australian Broadcasting Corp. via AP)
Helicopters collide over Australian beach, 4 passengers dead
Two helicopters collided in an Australian tourist hotspot, killing four passengers and critically injuring three others. Police said the crash drew emergency aid from beachgoers who had been enjoying … more
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Homeless people sleep in the open under an overpass on a winter night in New Delhi, Dec. 28, 2022. India’s 2011 census figures show about 47,000 of the city’s residents were sleeping homeless, but activists say the number is a vast underestimate and that New Delhi has more than 150,000 rough sleepers. The harsh winter is blamed for killing scores of homeless people and leaving tens of thousands of others shivering on the streets. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
AP PHOTOS: New Delhi's homeless shiver in biting cold
NEW DELHI (AP) — When midnight approaches in New Delhi and a freezing fog settles over the Indian capital, thousands of homeless people spread torn mattresses and blankets on the pavements and lie … more
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