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The inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump plays live on screens in the lobby of a building in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada relieved Trump doesn’t impose tariffs on the major US trading partner on first day

Canadian leaders expressed relief that sweeping tariffs were not applied to Canadian products on the first day of Donald Trump’s presidency and that he did not mention America’s major trading … more

By ROB GILLIES | 1/20/25

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck southern Taiwan early Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, leaving 15 people with minor injuries.

A magnitude 6 earthquake in Taiwan leaves 15 people with minor injuries

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck southern Taiwan. The U.S. Geological Survey said that the quake hit early Tuesday or 1600 GMT Monday. The temblor's epicenter was 12 kilometers … more

1/20/25

FILE - Vatican investigators Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, right, from Spain, and Archbishop Charles Scicluna, from Malta, walk outside of the Nunciatura Apostolica during a break from meeting with people alleged abused by the Catholic lay group Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, in Lima, Peru, on July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Pope dissolves Peru-based conservative Catholic movement after abuses uncovered by Vatican

Pope Francis has taken the remarkable step of dissolving a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae. He took the decision after years of attempts at reform and a Vatican … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 1/20/25

French President Emmanuel Macron reviews the troops during a military ceremony during a visit at the Digital Support and Cyber Command (CATNC) of the French Army as part of his New Year address to the Armed Forces, in Cesson-Sevigne, western France, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Stephane Mahe/Pool via AP)

Wake up and spend more on defense, Macron tells Europe as Trump takes office

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Europe to “wake up” and spend more on defense, in a speech to the French military as Donald Trump returns to power. Macron referred to expected … more

By SYLVIE CORBET | 1/20/25

FILE - A man looks on at homes destroyed after air and artillery strikes in Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp, in Laiza, Myanmar, Tuesday Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo, File)

China says it brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar army and an ethnic rebel group

China says it has brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar’s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s northeast. The ceasefire between the military and the Myanmar National … more

1/20/25

Cecilia Sala, left, an Italian journalist who was detained on Dec. 19 as she was reporting in Iran, is welcomed by Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni as she landed at Rome' Ciampino airport after being released, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (Filippo Attili, Italian Government Office via Ap )

Italian journalist detained in Iran says she expected to be held longer and praises Musk's role

An Italian journalist detained in Iran whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States says she assumed she would have been held much longer. In her first … more

1/20/25

FILE - A medical worker carries a meal to an isolation tent housing a man being quarantined after coming into contact with a carrier of the Marburg Virus, at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

A sample from a remote Tanzanian region tests positive for Marburg disease, confirming WHO fears

Tanzania’s president says one sample from a remote northern part of the country has tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in more than 88% of cases … more

Associated Press | 1/20/25

FILE - Chinese Vice President Han Zheng attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Jan. 11, 2025. (Florence Lo/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Vice President Han Zheng, China's representative at Trump's inauguration, is a trusted adviser to Xi

Vice President Han Zheng, China’s representative at Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, is a trusted adviser to President Xi Jinping, a long-time survivor of Chinese politics who rose from … more

1/20/25

A Polish border guard looks east into Belarus at the crossing point Połowce-Pieszczatka in Polowce, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Lorne Cooke)

Poland wants the EU focused on security. Its border with Belarus highlights the challenges

Poland’s presidency of the European Union is firmly focused on security. The challenges and contradictions of defending the bloc and its values are stark at Poland's border with Belarus, Russia's … more

By LORNE COOK | 1/20/25

Jakrapob Penkair, right, 57, former Prime Minister's Office minister, and Supraipon Chuaychoo, 44, tourism business owner, sit for a photograph in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

AP PHOTOS: Same-sex couples in Thailand speak of happiness before marriage equality law takes effect

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s landmark marriage equality bill was officially written into law on Sept. 24, after it was endorsed by King Maha Vajiralongkorn. LGBTQ+ couples will be able to … more

By SAKCHAI LALIT | 1/19/25

Evacuations continued in Colombia after more than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast region following failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian official said.

At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official says

A Colombian official says more than 80 people have been killed in the country’s northeast region following failed attempts by the government to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army. … more

1/19/25

Firefighters extinguish fire from a tanker that exploded in Suleja, Nigeria, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Arise News)

Nigerian gasoline tanker explosion death toll rises to 86, with 55 others injured

The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response agency said. The blast happened in the early hours of Saturday near the … more

By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN | 1/19/25

This undated photo, provided by Hostage's Family Forum, shows Israeli hostage Romi Gonen, who is being held in Gaza by Hamas militants. (Hostage's Family Forum via AP)

Who are the Israelis released or recovered on the first day of the ceasefire?

Three hostages held by Hamas are expected to be released Sunday after 471 days in captivity as part of a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group. A gradual release of dozens of … more

By MELANIE LIDMAN | 1/19/25

Men exit a pond after plunging themselves in icy waters to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at the Izmailovsky Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Warm weather threatens Epiphany ice water plunges for Russia's Orthodox Christians

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of frozen lakes and rivers, have been forced to cancel their traditional … more

1/19/25

FILE – Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski, head of the Viasna human rights group, sits in a defendants' cage at a court session in Minsk, Belarus, on Jan. 5, 2023. (Vitaly Pivovarchyk/BelTA Pool Photo via AP, File)

An imprisoned Nobel laureate underscores human rights abuses in Belarus

Ales Bialiatski, a human rights advocate who won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Belarus and is one of hundreds of its political prisoners. Most were jailed in … more

By YURAS KARMANAU | 1/19/25

From left to right, Laos's Foreign Affairs Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Myanmar's Permanent Secretary to ASEAN Aung Kyaw Moe, Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Thailand's Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, Vietnam's Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan, Philippines's Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, Brunei Darussalam Foreign Minister Erywan Yusof, Cambodia's Secretary of State Kung Phoak, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono, East Timor's Foreign Minister Bendito Freitas and ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn pose for a group photo during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Retreat in Langkawi Island, Malaysia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Azneal Ishak, Pool)

Southeast Asian foreign ministers seek breakthrough in Myanmar conflict and South China Sea disputes

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and … more

By EILEEN NG | 1/18/25

Relatives cry by the coffin of journalist Jimmy Jean, who was killed during an armed gang attack on the General Hospital, during his church funeral service in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Journalists in Haiti demand justice as they bury a second colleague killed by gangs

The second of two journalists killed in one of the worst attacks on the press in Haiti has been buried. Loved ones praised Marckendy Natoux on Saturday as wails filled the church. Natoux was fatally … more

By EVENS SANON | 1/18/25

FILE - Chairlifts of a ski lift are photographed at the Astum ski resort in Huesca, northern Spain, on November 5, 2023. (Verónica Lacasa/Europa Press via AP)

Chairlift accident leaves dozens injured at Spanish ski resort in the Pyrenees

At least 30 people have been injured, many seriously, in a chairlift accident at the Spanish ski resort of Astún, in the Pyrenees mountain range, emergency services and local media reported. Nine of … more

1/18/25

Gunman shoots dead 2 judges in Iran's capital, state media reports

Iranian state media say a man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Iran’s capital in a rare attack targeting the judiciary. The judges were both clerics. According to the state-run IRNA … more

1/18/25

The Qadam train station, which was damaged during the war between rebel forces and ousted President Bashar Assad's forces, is seen in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

A train station was once the pride of Syria's capital. Some see it as a symbol of revival after war

A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian Peninsula during the Ottoman Empire and then a national transit hub. But more … more

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB | 1/17/25