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The Latest | Israeli airstrikes on Rafah kill at least 22 people, Palestinian health officials say

Palestinian health officials say Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah have killed at least 22 people, including six women and five children
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Mourners pray over the bodies of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat, at the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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9 people going on trial over an alleged far-right German coup plot

Nine people charged in connection with an alleged far-right plot to topple the German government are going on trial in one of three cases linked to the plot that came to light in late 2022
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FILE - A police officer carries a plastic box during a raid against so-called 'Reich citizens' in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Nine people charged in connection with an alleged far-right plot to topple the German government are going on trial in one of three cases linked to the plot that came to light in late 2022. The trial that opens Monday in Stuttgart is the first one and focused on those defendants of the so-called Reich Citizens group who allegedly were part of the so-called military arm. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP, File)
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Scotland's leader faces a week of high-stakes talks to keep his job

Scotland’s leader is facing a week of high-stakes talks to save his job and re-energize the country’s independence movement after he torpedoed a coalition with the Green Party by ditching a target for fighting climate change
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FILE - Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf speaks during a press conference at Bute House, Edinburgh, April 25, 2024. Scotland’s leader is facing a week of high-stakes talks to save his job and reenergize the country’s independence movement after he torpedoed a coalition with the Green Party by ditching a target for fighting climate change. (Jeff J Mitchell/PA via AP, File)
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South Korea's president talks to opposition about cooperation after his party was routed in election

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is talking with liberal opposition leader Lee Jae-myung about how to revive bipartisan cooperation, after Yoon’s conservative party lost massively in recent parliamentary elections
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, shakes hands with main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung during a meeting at the presidential office in Seoul South Korea, Monday, April 29, 2024. (Hong Hae-in/Yonhap via AP)
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Teens plotted to buy guns, attack Jewish people after Sydney stabbing: police

Police allege in court documents that four teenagers plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people days after a Christian bishop was stabbed in a Sydney church
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FILE - Security officers stand guard outside Orthodox Assyrian church in Sydney, Australia, April 15, 2024. Four teenagers plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people days after a bishop was stabbed in a Sydney church, according to police documents cited in news reports on Monday, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
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Mexico's presidential candidates discuss social spending, climate change in 2nd debate

Mexico’s leading presidential candidate repeatedly touted the social programs of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and walked a fine line between supporting the national oil company and promising a clean energy transition in the second deb...
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FILE - Rep. Jorge Álvarez Máynez greets supporters after he was nominated by the Citizen's Movement party to run for president in the upcoming general elections, Jan. 10, 2024, in Mexico City. Mexico's second presidential debate on Sunday, April 28, a little more than a month before the elections, measured the economic, employment and poverty proposals of the ruling Claudia Sheinbaum and opponents Xóchitl Gálvez and Maynez. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
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Kenya postpones reopening of schools as flood-related deaths near 100

Kenya has postponed the reopening of its schools by one week due to ongoing flooding caused by heavy rains, as flood-related deaths since mid-March in the East African country neared 100
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A man walks through floodwaters in Kisumu, Kenya, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to the deaths of at least 13 people and displaced some 15,000, the United Nations said, as forecasters warned more rains can be expected until June. (AP Photo/Brian Ongoro)
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Spain is in suspense waiting for Pedro Sánchez to say whether he will resign or stay in office

Spain is in suspense as it waits for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to announce whether he will continue in office or leave
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FILE - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addresses the media at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. Spain is in nail-biting suspense Monday as it waits for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to announce whether he will continue in office or not. Sanchez, 52, shocked the country on Thursday, announcing he was taking five days off to think about his future after a court opened preliminary proceedings against his wife on corruption allegations. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
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Panama's leading presidential candidate is a late entry promising a return to better times

The leading candidate to be Panama’s next president is a last-minute stand-in who promises to return the Central American country to a boom time that experts say will be difficult to recapture
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Jose Raul Mulino, presidential candidate for Achieving Goals, addresses supporters during a campaign rally in Panama City Sunday, April 28, 2024. Panama will hold general elections on May 5. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Millions of Afghans made Pakistan home to escape war. Now many are hiding to escape deportation

For more than 1 million Afghans who fled war and poverty to Pakistan, these are uncertain times
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A worker prepare 'Naan' at a ran locally called 'Tandoor' in a a neighbourhood, where mostly Afghan populations, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. For more than 1 million Afghans who fled war and poverty to Pakistan, these are uncertain times. Since Pakistan announced a crackdown on migrants last year, some 600,000 have been deported and at least a million remain in Pakistan in hiding. They've retreated from public view, abandoning their jobs and rarely leaving their neighborhoods out of fear they could be next. It's harder for them to earn money, rent accommodation, buy food or get medical help because they run the risk of getting caught by police or being reported to authorities by Pakistanis. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
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Documentary focuses on man behind a cruelly bizarre 1990s Japanese reality show

Naked and frail, a shaggy-haired man films himself as he endures solitude in a tiny room for months, and months more
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In this image provided by Hulu, Japanese comedian Nasubi appears on a hit TV reality show in Tokyo in 1998. “The Contestant” directed by Clair Titley, explores the story behind the late 1990s reality show from Japan, “A Life in Prizes,” in which a comedian nicknamed Nasubi is forced to survive on whatever he can redeem from mail-in coupons, as he is denied contact with the outside world. (Hulu via AP)
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Revival of vinyl records in Brazil spares a 77-year-old singer – and others – from oblivion

It took almost a half century for Brazilian singer Cátia de França to find her audience, but she finally has — with the help of a near-obsolete audio technology
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FILE - Brazilian singer Catia de Franca, 77, performs at a warehouse converted into a venue for independent artists in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 19, 2024. It took almost half a century for de França to find her audience. Her belated fame largely reflects a revival taking place in Brazil, where vinyl records outsold CDs and DVDs for the first time last year. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
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Blinken is back in the Middle East this week. He has his work cut out for him

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is beginning his seventh diplomatic mission to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war began more than six months ago
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gestures as he departs for Saudi Arabia in the latest Gaza diplomacy push, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Saturday, April 28, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
April 28

Deforestation in Indonesia spiked last year, but resources analyst sees better overall trend

A data analysis shows Indonesia had a 27% increase in primary forest loss in 2023
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A stump of a tree is visible at a swath of land that has been cleared to make way for a corn plantation Mandar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, April 21, 2024. From trees felled in protected national parks to massive swaths of jungle razed for palm oil and paper plantations, Indonesia had a 27% uptick in primary forest loss in 2023 from the previous year, according to a World Resources Institute analysis of new deforestation data. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil)
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Australian prime minister describes domestic violence as a 'national crisis' after protests

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described domestic violence as a national crisis after thousands rallied around the country against violence toward women
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Prince Harry and Meghan to visit Nigeria in May for Invictus Games talks

Nigerian defense officials say Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will visit the West African nation in May for talks about the Invictus Games, which he founded to aid the rehabilitation of servicemembers and veterans
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FILE - Britain's Prince Harry, right, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, arrive to a wheelchair basketball match at the Invictus Games in Duesseldorf, Germany, Sept. 13, 2023. Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will visit Nigeria in May 2024 for talks on the Invictus Games, which he founded to aid the rehabilitation of wounded and sick servicemembers and veterans, a Nigerian official said Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
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Japan's ruling party loses all 3 seats in special vote, seen as punishment for corruption scandal

Japan's governing party has lost all three seats being contested in parliamentary by-elections Sunday
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Japanese Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Fumio Kishida makes a speech on the final day of an election campaign for parliamentary by-elections, in Matsue, Shimane prefecture, western Japan Saturday, April 27, 2024. Japan’s governing party, stung by an extensive slush funds scandal, lost all three seats in parliamentary by-elections Sunday in a major setback for Kishida in seeking reelection as his party's leader in the autumn. (Kyodo News via AP)
April 28

German police arrest a Russian man in connection with the fatal stabbings of 2 Ukrainian men

German police say two Ukrainian men have been stabbed to death.
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Flowers and a small Ukrainian flag are laid at a shopping center in Murnau, Germany, Sunday, April 28, 2024. Police say two Ukrainian men have been stabbed to death in southern Germany and a Russian man was arrested by authorities as a possible suspect in the killings. German news agency dpa reported Sunday that the two Ukrainians, who were 23 and 36 years old and lived in the southern German county of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, were killed on the premises of a shopping center in the village of Murnau in Upper Bavaria. (Constanze Wilz/dpa via AP)
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Dozens in Italy give a fascist salute on the anniversary of Mussolini's execution

Dozens of people in northern Italy have raised their arms in the fascist salute to honor Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on the 79th anniversary of his execution
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks on the last of a three-day Brothers of Italy party conference ahead of the June elections for the European Parliament, in Pescara, Italy, Sunday, April 28, 2024. Writing on lecture stand reads in Italian "Italy changes Europe." (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)
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Top French diplomat arrives in Lebanon in attempt to broker a halt to Hezbollah-Israel clashes

French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné has arrived in Lebanon as part of diplomatic attempts to broker a de-escalation in the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border
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Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bouhabib, right, welcomes his French counterpart Stephane Sejourne, during their meeting, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Tesla founder Musk visits China as competitors show off new electric vehicles at Beijing auto show

Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has met with a top government leader in the Chinese capital, just as the nation’s carmakers are showing off their latest electric vehicle models at the Beijing auto show
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, visiting Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk, left, meets with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing, Sunday, April 28, 2024. Musk met with a top government leader in the Chinese capital Sunday, just as the nation's carmakers are showing off their latest electric vehicle models at the Beijing auto show. (Wang Ye/Xinhua via AP)
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Passage of harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law in Iraq draws diplomatic backlash

Human rights groups and diplomat have criticized a law that was quietly passed by the Iraqi parliament over the weekend that would impose heavy prison sentences on gay and transgender people
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FILE - Supporters of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sign a pledge to stand against homosexuality or LGBTQ, outside a mosque in Kufa, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Human rights groups and diplomats criticized a law that was quietly passed by the Iraqi parliament over the weekend that would impose heavy prison sentences on gay and transgender people. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil, File)
April 28

Armed men kidnap a senior judge in Pakistan’s restive northwest

Pakistani police say armed gunmen have kidnapped a senior judge in Pakistan’s restive northwest
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This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo)
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Aerial photos show wide devastation left by a deadly tornado in China's Guangzhou

Aerial photos posted by Chinese state media show wide devastation in part of the southern city of Guangzhou after a tornado swept through the day before, killing five people, injuring dozens others and damaging more than 140 buildings
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In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency,In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a man removes debris from a damaged building in the aftermath of a tornado in Guangming Village of Zhongluotan Town, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Sunday, April 28, 2024. Aerial photos posted by Chinese state media on Sunday showed the wide devastation of a part of the southern city of Guangzhou after a tornado swept through the day before, killing and injuring dozens of people and damaging over a hundred buildings. (Deng Hua/Xinhua via AP)
April 28

Ukraine's army chief reports tactical retreat in the east

Ukrainian troops have been forced to retreat from three villages in the east.
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A young man walks past to partially destroyed building in Russian attacks in Borodyanka, north of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 27, 2024. Borodyanka was occupied by Russian troops at the beginning of their full-scale invasion in 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Dubai plans to move busy international airport to a $35B new facility within 10 years

Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, will move its operations to the city-state’s second, sprawling airfield in its southern desert reaches “within the next 10 years” in a project worth nearly $35 billion
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A top Qatari official urges Israel and Hamas to do more to reach a cease-fire deal

The White House says U.S. President Joe Biden has again spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Mourners pray over the bodies of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat, at the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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A Hindu festival in southwestern Pakistan brings a mountainous region to life

More than 100,000 Hindus are expected to climb mud volcanoes and steep rocks in southwestern Pakistan as part of a three-day pilgrimage to one of the faith's holiest sites
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Hindu devotees climb stairs to reach atop an ancient cave temple of Hinglaj Mata to attend an annual festival in Hinglaj in Lasbela district in the Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Friday, April 26, 2024. More than 100,000 Hindus are expected to climb mud volcanoes and steep rocks in southwestern Pakistan as part of a three-day pilgrimage to one of the faith's holiest sites. (AP Photo/Junaid Ahmed)
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Renowned Peruvian investigative reporter battles criminalized smear campaign — and cancer

One of Latin America’s most storied journalists, Gustavo Gorriti has endured death threats from drug traffickers, survived Peru’s harrowing Shining Path insurgency and a kidnapping by silencer-toting military intelligence agents during a 1992 president...
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Journalist Gustavo Gorriti poses for a portrait at his home in Lima, Peru, Friday, April 26, 2024. Gorriti, 75, is one of Latin America’s most storied journalists with more than four decades of investigative reporting that exposed high-level abuse of power in Peru and abroad. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
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African farmers look to the past and the future to address climate change

From ancient fertilizer methods in Zimbabwe to new greenhouse technology in Somalia, farmers across the heavily agriculture-reliant African continent are looking both to the past and future to respond to climate change
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James Tshuma, a small scale farmer, shows some of his vegetables he planted in a small garden at his home, in Mangwe district in Zimbabwe, on Friday, March 22, 2024. Tshuma has lost hope of harvesting anything from his fields. But a patch of green vegetables is thriving in a small garden the 65-year-old is keeping alive with homemade organic manure and fertilizer. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
April 28

A funeral is held for 20 Cambodian soldiers killed in an arms depot explosion at an army base

Cambodia has held a funeral for 20 soldiers who died at an army base in a huge explosion of stored munitions that also wounded several others and damaged nearby houses
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A roof of a nearby residence is seen damaged after an ammunition explosion at Prey Beng village in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia, Sunday, April 28, 2024. An ammunition explosion at a base in southwestern Cambodia on Saturday afternoon killed multiple soldiers and wounded several others, Prime Minister Hun Manet said. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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Pope visits Venice to speak to artists and inmates and finds city taxing day-trippers

Pope Francis has met with women prisoners in Venice who are the protagonists of the Vatican pavilion at the Venice Biennale art fair
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Pope Francis delivers his message as he meets with youths in Venice, Italy, Sunday, April 28, 2024. The Pontiff arrived for his first-ever visit to the lagoon town including the Vatican pavilion at the 60th Biennal of Arts. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
April 27

Mexican journalist is slain south of Mexico City, spurring outrage among colleagues

Mexican journalists are protesting a day after one of their colleagues was killed in the southern state of Morelos
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April 27

Two Russian journalists jailed on 'extremism' charges for alleged work for Navalny group

They're accused of working for a group founded by Alexei Navalny.
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In this photo released by Basmanny District Court press service, Russian journalist Konstantin Gabov attends a hearing at a court in Moscow on Saturday, April 27, 2024, after his arrest on “extremism” charges, which he denied. (Basmanny District Court press service via AP)
April 27

Assailants ambush and kill 3 police officers in southern Chile, shaking the country

Authorities say armed assailants have ambushed and killed three law enforcement officers in southern Chile before setting their car on fire
April 27
People light candles during a vigil for three police officers in front of the police headquarters in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, April 27, 2024. Armed assailants ambushed and killed three law enforcement officers in southern Chile on Saturday before setting their car on fire, authorities said. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
April 27

Thousands rally in Madrid to urge Spanish leader Pedro Sánchez not to resign

Thousands of supporters and party members of Spain’s Socialist party have rallied outside the party’s national headquarters in Madrid
April 27
Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero and others government members, cheer to supporters of Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez gather at the PSOE party headquarter during a demonstration in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, April 27, 2024. Spain is in nail-biting suspense Monday as it waits for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to announce whether he will continue in office or not. Sánchez, 52, shocked the country on Thursday, announcing he was taking five days off to think about his future after a court opened preliminary proceedings against his wife on corruption allegations. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)
April 27

A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake shakes Indonesia's Java Island, felt in Jakarta

A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook the southern part of Indonesia’s main island of Java but there are no immediate reports of injury or significant property damage
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April 27

As EU election campaigns kick off in Germany, the Ukraine war, rise of far right are dominant themes

Several German parties have kicked off their campaigns for the election of the European Parliament in June with a focus on issues such as the war in Ukraine and many European voters’ support for far-right nationalist parties across the continent
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks at a Citizens' Dialogue organized by the Lüneburg SPD to kick off his party's European election campaign, in Luneburg, Germany, Saturday April 27, 2024. (Markus Scholz/dpa via AP)
April 27

Ships from Turkey planning to deliver aid to Gaza were denied right to sail

A three-ship flotilla planning to reach Gaza with humanitarian aid from Turkey has been prevented from sailing by Guinea-Bissau authorities, which took down their country’s flags from two ships
April 27
April 27

Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of a social media influencer

Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of a well-known social media influencer who was shot by an armed motorcyclist in front of her home in central Baghdad
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Blood covers the ground at the scene of a shooting on Saturday, April 27, 2024 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi, a well-known social media influencer, who was shot by an armed motorcyclist in front of her home in central Baghdad. (AP Photo/Ali Jabar)
April 27

Yemen's Houthi rebels claim downing US Reaper drone, release footage showing wreckage of aircraft

They aired footage of parts that corresponded to known pieces of the aircraft.
April 27
A Houthi supporter raises a mock rocket during a rally against the U.S. and Israel and to support Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, April. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
April 27

It's 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa's celebrations are set against growing discontent

South Africa has marked 30 years since the end of apartheid with a ceremony in the capital
April 27
People listen to South African President Cyril President, right, through a screen, during Freedom Day celebrations in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday April 27, 2024. The day marks April 27 when the country held pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official end of the racial segregation and oppression of apartheid. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
April 27
FILE - Britain's King Charles III, center, poses for a photograph with secondary school students during his visit to the Eastlands Library to learn about a project that restores old libraries and encourages reading amongst children in the community in Makadara district of Nairobi, Oct. 31, 2023. King Charles III is on the comeback trail. The 75-year-old British monarch will slowly ease back into public life after a three-month break to focus on his treatment and recuperation after he was diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer. (Thomas Mukoya/Pool Photo via AP, File)
April 27

Russia arrests another suspect in the concert hall attack that killed 144

A Moscow court has detained another suspect as an accomplice in the attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people in March, the Moscow City Courts Telegram channel said Saturday
April 27
April 27

20 Cambodian soldiers killed in ammunition explosion at a military base

Cambodia’s prime minister says 20 soldiers have been killed and several others wounded in an ammunition explosion at a base in the southwest of the country
April 27
A roof of a nearby residence is seen damaged after an ammunition explosion at Prey Beng village in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia, Sunday, April 28, 2024. An ammunition explosion at a base in southwestern Cambodia on Saturday afternoon killed multiple soldiers and wounded several others, Prime Minister Hun Manet said. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
April 27

The Cambodian prime minister says 20 soldiers killed in an explosion at a military base, several others injured

The Cambodian prime minister says 20 soldiers killed in an explosion at a military base, several others injured
April 27
April 27

Orange crush: Boats packed with revelers tour Amsterdam canals to celebrate the king's birthday

Decked in the national orange color, dancing to music, and eating orange-glazed pastries, many in the Netherlands are marking King’s Day, celebrating the monarch’s birthday who is enjoying a slight rise in popularity as per a national poll
April 27
An orange-clad man and his orange-clad dog listen to a girl playing violin during King's Day celebrations in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
April 27

A tornado in southern China kills 5 people and damages factories in the metropolis of Guangzhou

State media says a tornado has struck the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, killing five people and damaging more than 140 factory buildings
April 27
In this image taken from video and released by Li Jiayi, storm clouds and strong wind are seen over the Baiyun district in the southern Chinese's city of Guangzhou on April 27, 2024. A tornado struck the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Saturday, killing some and damaging factory buildings, state media said. (Li Jiayi via AP)
April 27

British troops may be tasked with delivering Gaza aid, BBC report says

The BBC is reporting that British troops may be tasked with delivering aid to Gaza from an offshore pier now under construction by the U.S. military
April 27
This satellite picture taken by Planet Labs PBC show the construction of a new aid port near Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. A new port is being built in the Gaza Strip ahead of a U.S. military-led operation to surge needed food and other aid into the besieged enclave as Israel's war on Hamas there grinds on, according to satellite images analyzed by Thursday, April 25, 2024, by The Associated Press. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
April 27

Pro-Palestinian students have peacefully evacuated prestigious Paris university campus building

Students in Paris inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses in the United States have peacefully evacuated a campus building at a prestigious French university after days of tensions
April 27
A student walks past th entrance of Sciences-Po university in Paris Friday, April 26, 2024. Students in Paris inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses in the United States blocked access to a campus building at a prestigious French university Friday, prompting administrators to move all classes online. The pro-Palestinian protest at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, known as Sciences Po, came two days after police broke up a separate demonstration at one of the university's amphitheaters. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)