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FILE - Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, arrive Don Muang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug. 22, 2023. Thaksin, who last year returned from more than a decade of self-imposed exile to serve a prison sentence for misdeeds committed while in office, has been granted parole and could be released this weekend, the country’s justice minister announced Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
Jailed former Thai PM Thaksin gets parole, capping a reconciliation with military that ousted him
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who last year returned from more than a decade of self-imposed exile to serve a prison sentence for misdeeds committed while in office, has been … more
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Founder of Highland cafe Rattapon Sanrak prepares flower bud of marijuana for customers at his shop in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Thailand almost two years ago spawned a highly visible retail industry when it decriminalized the sale and possession of cannabis, but now appears set to tighten controls to ban its recreational use. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Thailand looks set to crack down on legal pot market with ban on 'recreational' use
Two years after Thailand made pot legal, the country appears set to crack down on its freewheeling drug market with a ban on “recreational” use. Legal cannabis has fueled Thailand’s tourism and … more
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A street vendor pulls his cart past an election banner introducing presidential candidates, from left, Anies Baswedan and his running mate Muhaimin Iskandar, Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of Indonesian President Joko Widodo, and Ganjar Pranowo and his running mate Mahfud MD, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. When millions of Indonesians pick their new president in one of the world's biggest elections on Feb. 14, the United States and China would be closely watching who will next lead a key Asian battleground coveted for its huge market, nickel and voice. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Indonesia's presidential election has high stakes for US and China
When Indonesians cast their votes on Wednesday for a new president in one of the world’s biggest elections, the stakes will also be high for the United States and China. The Southeast Asian nation … more
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FILE - Presidential candidates, from left, Ganjar Pranowo, Prabowo Subianto and Anies Baswedan holds hands as they pose for photographers after the first presidential candidates' debate in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Indonesia, the world's third-largest democracy, will open its polls on Wednesday to nearly 205 million eligible voters in presidential and legislative elections, the fifth since Southeast Asia's largest economy began democratic reforms in 1998. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
What’s at stake in Indonesia as the world’s third-largest democracy elects a new president?
Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, will open its polls Wednesday to nearly 205 million eligible voters in presidential and legislative elections, the fifth since Southeast Asia’s … more
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People mourn over the coffins of a family killed in a fire when Russian drone hit their home in residential neighbourhood in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Seven people including three children were killed on Saturday in the Russian drone attack. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
Russia and West clash over Ukraine at Security Council meeting ahead of war anniversary
Russia is accusing the West of sabotaging agreements that would have prevented the war in Ukraine – but the U.S. and its allies put the blame squarely on Moscow, saying there is no escaping that … more
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Forensic investigators work at the scene of an ongoing investigation regarding five deaths in southern Manitoba, in Carman, Manitoba, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. A Canadian man has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife, three young children and a 17-year-old female relative, authorities said Monday. (David Lipnowski/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canadian man facing 5 murder charges in the deaths of his wife, children and teen relative
A Canadian man has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife, three young children and a 17-year-old female relative. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Insp. Tim … more
FILE - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for an annual international press conference in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson tells his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán that more dialogue would be beneficial after Orbán invited the Swede to Budapest to discuss Sweden's NATO accession. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)
Hungary's Orbán faces a rare political crisis at home after president's resignation
Hungary’s long-serving government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces a rare political crisis after the president resigned amid public anger over her pardoning of a man convicted in a child … more
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In this image distributed by Vatican Media, Argentine President Javier Milei, left, cheers at Pope Francis as they meet in the pontiff's studio at The Vatican for a private audience, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Milei, who will meet Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni later in the day, attended the canonization of the first Argentine female saint, María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa also known as "Mama Antula" in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday. (Vatican Media via AP, HO)
After embrace, pope and Argentina's Milei meet amid speculation Francis might finally go home
Despite their rocky start, Argentine President Javier Milei and Pope Francis appear to have hit it off. They met Monday amid speculation that the Argentine pontiff might finally go home for a visit … more
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FILE - President Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte during the NATO summit at The Grove, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, in Watford, England. Former US president Donald Trump says he once warned that he would allow Russia to do whatever it wants to NATO member nations that are “delinquent” in devoting 2% of their gross domestic product to defense. Trump’s comment on Saturday represented the latest instance in which the former president and Republican front-runner seemed to side with an authoritarian state over America’s democratic allies. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)
How Trump urging Russia to invade 'delinquent' NATO members distorts how the alliance works
Donald Trump says he once warned that he would allow Russia to do whatever it wants to NATO member nations that are “delinquent” in devoting 2% of their gross domestic product to defense. … more
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Workers from state own Heritage Petroleum Oil and Gas Company clean up an oil spill that reached Rockly Bay beach, in Scarborough, south western Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Akash Boodan)
An offshore oil spill has caused a 'national emergency,' Trinidad and Tobago prime minister says
Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister says a large oil spill near the twin-island nation in the eastern Caribbean has caused a “national emergency.” Crews are struggling to contain the oil … more
Local boys drive a motorcycle passing a grilled chickens are on sale in a shop outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Cambodia reports a new bird flu case, the brother of a 9-year-old who died of the virus last week. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodia reports a new bird flu case, the brother of a 9-year-old who died of the virus
Cambodia’s Health Ministry says the brother of a boy who died last week from bird flu has tested positive for the virus. The 9-year-old’s death in the northeastern province of Kratie was the … more
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In this image from video provided by NASA, the 11 International Space Station crew members representing Expedition 70 (red shirts) and Axiom Space 3 (dark blue suits) crews gather for a farewell ceremony calling down to mission controllers on Earth on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Front row from left are Italy's Walter Villadei, Turkey's Alper Gezeravci and Sweden's Marcus Wandt. Above them hanging upside down in blue is Axiom Space's Michael Lopez-Alegria, a former NASA astronaut. (NASA via AP)
Turkey hails its first astronaut who returned from a 3-week mission to International Space Station
Turkey’s first astronaut has returned home to a hero’s welcome as a symbol of the country’s advances in technology and aerospace. Alper Gezeravci was greeted Monday by bouquet-laden children at … more
A billboard with a photograph of Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and the flags of several countries including India is displayed at Souk Waqif in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. Qatar has freed eight retired Indian navy officers who had been given death sentences for alleged spying that were commuted last year, India's Foreign Ministry said on Monday. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Qatar frees 8 retired Indian navy officers whose death sentences over alleged spying were commuted
India’s Foreign Ministry says Qatar has freed eight retired Indian navy officers who had been given death sentences for alleged spying that were commuted last year. The eight men were accused of … more
Supporters of Pakistan's Former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party 'Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf' chant slogans during a protest against alleged vote-rigging in some constituencies in the parliamentary elections, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Khan supporters and other Pakistani parties block highways to protest election results
Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and members of other parties are blocking highways and striking to protest alleged rigging of last week’s … more
FILE - Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 19, 2021. Human Rights Watch said Monday, Feb. 12, 2024 that Afghanistan’s public health system has been hit hard following a sharp reduction in foreign assistance, coupled with serious Taliban abuses against women and girls, jeopardizing the right to healthcare of millions of Afghans. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardize the Afghan health system, group says
Human Rights Watch says Afghanistan’s public health system has been hit hard following a sharp reduction in foreign assistance, coupled with serious Taliban abuses against women and girls, It says … more
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FILE - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the North lawn of the White House as they completed signing of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in Washington on March, 26, 1979. Egypt has threatened to void its decades-long peace treaty with Israel if Israel begins a large-scale offensive on Rafah, where some 1.4 million Palestinians shelter in densely-packed tent camps on the border with Egypt. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)
Egypt is threatening to void its decades-old peace treaty with Israel. What does that mean?
Egypt has threatened to void its decades-long peace treaty with Israel if Israel begins a large-scale offensive on Rafah, where some 1.4 million Palestinians shelter in densely packed tent camps on … more
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FILE - This combo photo shows Indonesian presidential candidates, from left, Anies Baswedan, Prabowo Subianto and Ganjar Pranowo. Indonesians on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024 will elect the successor to popular President Joko Widodo, who is serving his second and final term. It is a three-way race for the presidency among current Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and two former governors, Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo. (AP Photo, File)
A defense minister and 2 former governors vie for Indonesia’s presidency
Indonesians on Wednesday will elect the successor to popular President Joko Widodo, who is serving his second and final term. It is a three-way race among current Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto … more
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FILE - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, second left, and first lady Rosangela Silva, second from right, are received by an Indigenous party including Davi Kopenawa, a Yanomami leader and shaman, third from right, at the Caracarana Lake Regional Center in Normandia, on the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous reserve in Roraima state, Brazil, March 13, 2023. Rio de Janeiro's Salgueiro samba school paid tribute to the the Yanomami, Brazil’s largest Indigenous group, on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 in the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)
Rio's Carnival parade makes urgent plea to stop illegal mining in Indigenous lands
Rio de Janeiro’s Salgueiro samba school has paid tribute to Brazil’s largest Indigenous group, the Yanomami, crafting its giant floats, costumes and songs based on the group’s ancient culture … more
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Revelers wearing costumes made from beer and soda cans prepare to take part in the 'Bloco da Latinha' street party Carnival parade in Madre de Deus, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Brazil’s aluminum can street party brings joy, and a green message, to revelers
Carnival revelers in Brazil's Madre de Deus heard the aluminum can street party before spotting it. More than 30 paraders decked out in cumbersome outfits made from hundreds of beer and soda cans … more
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A protester raises a crucifix during a rally against same-sex marriage, at central Syntagma square, in Athens, Greece, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. More than 1,500 protesters have gathered in central Athens to oppose legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Greece. The bill is set for a vote in parliament in days. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
Hundreds of protesters opposed to bill allowing same-sex marriage rally in Greek capital
More than 1,500 protesters have gathered in central Athens to oppose legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Greece. The bill is set for a vote in parliament in days. Greece’s … more
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