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FILE - Governor Wanda Vazquez gives a press conference to announce the extension of the COVID-19 curfew, while detailing the new sectors of the country that may resume operations, as part of a new executive order in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, May 21, 2020. According to an official who was not authorized to talk about the federal case, Vazquez was arrested on Aug. 3, 2022 in the U.S. territory on federal corruption charges. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, file)

Official: Ex Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vazquez arrested

Former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez has been arrested in the U.S. territory on corruption charges, an official tells The Associated Press. Two other unidentified people were arrested along with … more

By DÁNICA COTO | 8/4/22

Massimiliano Strappetti, left, watches Pope Francis putting on an indigenous headdress during a meeting with indigenous communities, including First Nations, Metis and Inuit, at Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Catholic Church in Maskwacis, Canada, Monday, July 25, 2022. Francis has promoted the Vatican nurse whom he credited with saving his life to be his "personal health care assistant." The Vatican announced the appointment of Massimiliano Strappetti, currently the nursing coordinator of the Vatican's health department, in a one-line statement Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope promotes Vatican nurse credited with saving his life

Pope Francis has promoted a Vatican nurse to be his “personal health care assistant” The Vatican announced the appointment of Massimiliano Strappetti on Thursday. Strappetti is the nursing … more

8/4/22

Undated family handout photo of Archie Battersbee, whose parents have submitted an application to the European Court of Human Rights in a bid to postpone the withdrawal of his life support. The family of a comatose boy have filed a legal action requesting permission to move their son from a London hospital to a hospice. Archie Battersbee’s parents announced the move after the European Court of Human Rights late Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022 rejected a request to intervene in the case following a series of rulings by U.K. courts that backed doctors who said further treatment was not in the 12-year-old’s best interests because he is brain dead. (Hollie Dance via AP)

Family of comatose boy seek to have him moved to hospice

The family of a comatose boy who have fought to prevent doctors from ending his life-support treatment have filed a legal action requesting permission to move their son from a London hospital to a … more

By DANICA KIRKA | 8/4/22

Fire engines and ambulances stand on Kronprinzessinnen road at the Grunewald forest in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. A large fire has broke out in one of Berlin’s biggest forests triggered by several explosions that took place on a blasting site inside the forest leading to canceled public transportation and the closure of several roads. Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP)

Fire triggered by explosions spreads in Berlin city forest

A large fire has broke out in one of Berlin’s biggest forests, triggered by several explosions that took place at an ammunition dump inside the forest. Around 100 firefighters are battling the … more

8/4/22

Inspectors OK 1st Ukraine grain ship but no sign yet of more

The first grain ship to leave Ukraine and cross the Black Sea under a wartime deal passed inspection Wednesday in Istanbul and headed on to Lebanon. more

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FILE - People gather at Place de l'Independence in Mali's capital Bamako, Aug. 19, 2020. Bamako, Mali's bustling riverside capital of more than 2.5 million people is on heightened alert as jihadi attacks have moved perilously close to the city. At least 15 extremist attacks hit Mali in June and July, the most daring when jihadi fighters attacked Kati, the country's largest military base, just 9 miles outside the capital. (AP Photo/Arouna Sissoko, File)

Mali's capital Bamako boosts security fearing jihadi attacks

Bamako, Mali’s bustling riverside capital of more than 2.5 million people, is on heightened alert as jihadi attacks have moved perilously close to the city. At least 15 extremist attacks hit Mali … more

By BABA AHMED | 8/4/22

Ukrainian refugee Liudmyla Chudyjovych makes up a room in a hotel where she works, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Prague, Czech Republic. Nearly six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many refugees are still struggling to find jobs in their European Union host countries, despite the EU's streamlined process for Ukrainians to live and work in any of its 27 member nations. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Months into war, Ukraine refugees slow to join EU workforce

Nearly six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many refugees are still struggling to find jobs in their European Union host countries, despite the EU's streamlined process for Ukrainians to … more

By KAREL JANICEK and JOVANA GEC | 8/4/22

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres makes remarks before the 2022 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference in the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

UN chief criticizes `grotesque greed' of oil companies

The United Nations chief is sharply criticizing the “grotesque greed” of oil and gas companies for making record profits from the energy crisis on the back of the world’s poorest people. … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 8/3/22

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - In this photo taken from video a view of destroyed barrack at a prison in Olenivka, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces, eastern Ukraine, on July 29, 2022. Ukrainian officials say they are struggling to establish the truth surrounding the explosion in a prison that killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured by the Russians following the fall of Mariupol. (AP Photo)

UN fact-finding mission will probe Ukraine prison killings

The United Nations chief says he is appointing a fact-finding mission in response to requests from Russia and Ukraine to investigate the killings at a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 8/3/22

A woman and a child with their luggage stand watch as masked residents line up to get their routine COVID-19 throat swab at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

COVID cases drop 9% globally last week, deaths stable

New coronavirus cases fell 9% globally last week while deaths remained stable. That's according to the latest weekly assessment of the pandemic, which was released Wednesday by the World Health … more

8/3/22

A aerial shot of activity from the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland on Wednesday Aug. 3, 2022, which is located 32 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of the capital of Reykjavik and close to the international Keflavik Airport. Authorities in Iceland say a volcano in the southwest of the country is erupting just eight months after its last eruption officially ended. (AP Photo/Ernir Snær)

Volcano near Iceland's main airport erupts again after pause

Authorities in Iceland say a volcano in the southwest of the country is erupting just eight months after its last eruption officially ended. The Icelandic Meteorological Office urged people to stay … more

8/3/22

FILE - In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Enrique Mora, a leading European Union diplomat, left, shakes hands with Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani in Tehran, Iran, March 27, 2022. Iran and the European Union said Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, that they would send representatives to Vienna amid what appears to be a last-ditch effort at reviving talks over Tehran's tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Mora who chairs the talks, wrote on Twitter that the negotiations would focus on the most recent draft on restoring the agreement, while Tehran said it was dispatching Kani to the Austrian capital. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP, File)

Iran, US, EU to send envoys to Vienna for nuclear talks

Iran, the United States and the European Union say they will send representatives to Vienna amid what appears to be a last-ditch effort at reviving talks over Tehran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal … more

By NASSER KARIMI | 8/3/22

Smoke rises over a burning warehouse of the online retailer Ozon in Istra Municipal District, northwest Moscow Region, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. The fire, which erupted at the warehouse belonging to Russia's leading online retailer Ozon, has covered the area of 50,000 square meters and injured 11 people, two of whom were hospitalized. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

1 killed, 13 injured in massive warehouse fire near Moscow

A massive fire has engulfed a warehouse outside Moscow, killing at least one person and injuring 13 others. Wednesday's fire at a warehouse belonging to Russia’s leading online retailer, Ozon, has … more

8/3/22

Lakes Beach is covered in sargassum in St. Andrew along the east coast of Barbados, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. A record amount of seaweed is smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados as tons of brown algae kill wildlife, choke the tourism industry and release toxic gases. (AP Photo/Kofi Jones)

Record amount of seaweed is choking shores in the Caribbean

A record amount of seaweed is smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados as tons of brown algae kill wildlife, choke the tourism industry and release toxic gases. More than 24 million … more

By DÁNICA COTO | 8/3/22

The parents of Archie Battersbee, Paul Battersbee and Hollie Dance, speak to the media outside the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel, east London, Tuesday Aug. 2, 2022. Archie Battersbee, 12, was found unconscious at home with a ligature over his head on April 7, and been in coma since then. His family, at the center of a life-support battle, says it has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in a last-ditch bid to stop a hospital ending his treatment. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

Parents of boy in life-support battle go to European court

The family of a comatose British boy at the center of a life-support battle says it has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in a last-ditch bid to stop a hospital ending his treatment. … more

8/3/22

A kid walks along fresh water fogger system along the Seine river, as Europe is under an unusually extreme heat wave, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

France's 2nd heat wave of the year leaves Paris sweltering

Paris’ regional authorities have warned residents to be vigilant as temperatures soar to 36 degrees Celsius (97 Fahrenheit). In a tweet, the Ile-de-France prefecture also asked residents to … more

8/3/22

Pope Francis makes the sign of the cross during the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope on Lebanon blast anniversary: Truth can never be hidden

Pope Francis has marked the second anniversary of the Lebanon port explosion by insisting that truth and justice “can never be hidden.” Francis' comments were an apparent reference to the … more

8/3/22

FILE - Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) speaks as Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi listens during a news conference at the Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo, Thursday, May 19, 2022. The U.N. nuclear chief warned that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control” and issued an urgent plea to Russia and Ukraine to quickly allow experts to visit the sprawling complex to stabilize the situation and avoid a nuclear accident. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

UN nuclear chief: Ukraine nuclear plant is `out of control'

The U.N. nuclear chief is warning that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control.” Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 8/3/22

FILE - New Zealand's Climate Change Minister James Shaw speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Wellington, New Zealand, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. Shaw told reporters Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, that about 70,000 coastal homes in New Zealand were at risk from rising seas, and many more inland homes were at risk from flooding rivers. (AP Photo/Sam James, File)

New Zealand climate plan includes relocating some homes

New Zealand’s government has released its first-ever climate adaptation plan, which includes the possibility of moving some communities to higher ground. But the six-year plan, which runs nearly … more

By NICK PERRY | 8/3/22

FILE - Houthi supporters attend a rally marking the seventh anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen's war, in Sanaa, Yemen, March 26, 2022. The United Nations says Yemen’s warring parties agreed Tuesday, Aug. 2, to renew an existing truce for another two months after international concerted efforts. The U.N.'s envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg said in a statement that Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the country’s Houthi rebels agreed to extend the truce.(AP Photo/Abdulsalam Sharhan, File)

UN says Yemen’s warring sides agree to renew existing truce

The United Nations says Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to renew an existing truce for another two months after concerted international efforts. The U.N.‘s envoy to Yemen said in a statement … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 8/2/22