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A woman walks past docked ferries during a 24-hour ferry strike at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Strikes by labor unions in Greece following a rail disaster that killed 57 people have disrupted public transport in Athens, as the government faces criticism for serious security gaps on the country's busiest rail line. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greek unions stage strikes after deadly rail disaster

Strikes by labor unions in Greece following a rail disaster that killed 57 people have disrupted public transport in Athens, as the government faces criticism for serious security failings on the … more

3/8/23

Ukrainian soldiers fire a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions near Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Russian Wagner Group chief claims extended gains in Bakhmut

The owner of Russia's Wagner Group military company says that his troops have extended their gains in the key Ukrainian stronghold of Bakhmut as fierce fighting has continued in the war’s longest … more

3/8/23

Kenyan senator Gloria Orwoba distributes free sanitary pads to girls at Mukuru Community Center Primary school, while explaining to them the need to openly discuss menstruation to end period shaming, in the Mukuru neighborhood on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Orwoba has said that she attended parliament last month while wearing a white pantsuit stained by her menstruation in order to combat the stigma surrounding women's monthly periods. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Kenyan senator campaigns against stigma around menstruation

Kenyan senator Gloria Orwoba has said that she attended parliament while wearing a white pantsuit stained by her menstrual blood in order to combat the stigma surrounding women's monthly periods. The … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 3/8/23

Female voluntary recruits attend a three month training program at a military base in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, March 6, 2023. After a 25-year ban, the Colombian army is once again allowing women to join its ranks through voluntary military service, which is a requirement for men. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Women enlist in Colombia's army for first time in 25 years

For the first time in 25 years, Colombia has opened military service to women. The first cohort of 1,296 female recruits enlisted in February and is now undergoing training. Colombia has long had … more

By ASTRID SUAREZ | 3/8/23

Relatives gather next to the body of 29 year old Yana Rikhlitska, a Ukrainian army medic killed in the Bakhmut area, during the funeral in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Just over a week ago, Yana Rikhlitska was filmed by The Associated Press as she helped treat wounded soldiers in a field hospital of Bakhmut area which has been pulverized as Russia presses a three-sided assault to seize it. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

'Oh my daughter': Volunteer medic, 29, buried in Ukraine

Just over a week ago, Associated Press journalists filmed 29-year-old Yana Rikhlitska as she helped treat wounded soldiers in a field hospital outside the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. She had … more

By ELENA BECATOROS | 3/7/23

Local residents cook on the stairs of an apartment house in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, March 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Ukraine military identifies soldier seen in grisly war video

The Ukrainian military has tentatively identified as one of its missing soldiers a man who appeared to be shot dead by Russian-speakers in a short video. The footage circulated widely on Ukrainian … more

By HANNA ARHIROVA | 3/7/23

Jewish settlers dressed in costumes celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim as soldiers secure the march in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Hebron is a flashpoint city where several hundred hard-line Israeli settlers live in heavily guarded enclaves amid some 200,000 Palestinians. The settlers each year hold a parade on Purim – a Jewish holiday marked by costumes and revelry that commemorates the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the biblical Book of Esther. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

At least 6 Palestinians killed during Israeli West Bank raid

The Israeli army has raided the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, leading to a gunbattle that killed at least six Palestinians. Israeli military officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to … more

By ILAN BEN ZION | 3/7/23

Teachers protest over suspected Iran schoolgirl poisonings

Iranian teachers have held protests in several cities over suspected poisonings targeting hundreds of schoolgirls. Activists say security forces broke up several of the demonstrations on Tuesday. … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 3/7/23

FILE - A Somali woman breastfeeds her child at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia on Sept. 20, 2022. Acute malnutrition among pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers has increased by 25% in the past two years in 12 countries hard hit by rising food prices fueled by the fighting in Ukraine, according to a new United Nations report released Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Malnutrition rises in pregnant women in 12 at-risk countries

A new United Nations report says acute malnutrition among pregnant and breastfeeding mothers has increased by 25% in the past two years in 12 countries hard hit by rising food prices fueled by the … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 3/7/23

FILE - The damaged roof of a school lies in the playground in Vilanculos, Mozambique, on Feb. 24. 2023. Still recovering from the effects of the first battering, the southwestern African nation of Mozambique is bracing for a rare second hit by long-living Tropical Cyclone Freddy late on Friday night, a regional weather center said Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo, File)

Cyclone Freddy to slam Mozambique Friday in rare second hit

Still recovering from the effects of the first battering, the southwestern African nation of Mozambique is bracing for a rare second hit by long-living Tropical Cyclone Freddy late on Friday night, a … more

By WANJOHI KABUKURU | 3/7/23

Army transporting aids at Lengga town in Johor state, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Malaysian police have found the body of a young woman trapped in a car that was swept away by rushing waters, the fifth death of seasonal floods that have also forced more than 43,000 people to flee their homes. (AP Photo)

5th body found in Malaysia floods; over 40,000 displaced

Malaysian police have found the body of a young woman trapped in a car that was swept away by rushing waters, the fifth death of seasonal floods that have also forced more than 43,000 people to flee … more

3/6/23

In this frame grab made from video released by Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), people inpspect the site where a landslide hit a village on Serasan Island, Natuna regency, Indonesia, on Monday, March 6, 2023. The landslide caused by torrential rain killed a number of people and left dozens of others missing on the remote island, disaster officials said. (BNPB via AP)

Indonesia landslides kill 10, rescuers search for 42 missing

Rescuers are searching for 42 people still missing after two landslides hit villages on an island in Indonesia’s remote Natuna regency. Natuna’s disaster agency lowered the death toll Tuesday … more

3/6/23

People collect bags of fertilizer in Lilongwe, Malawi, Monday March 6, 2023. The Russian government has donated 20,000 tons of fertilizer to Malawi as part of its efforts to garner diplomatic support from various African nations. (AP Photo/Gregory Gondwe)

Russia gives fertilizer to Malawi, seeks African support

The Russian government has donated 20,000 tons of fertilizer to Malawi as part of its efforts to garner diplomatic support from various African nations. Russia will give 260,000 tons of fertilizer to … more

By GREGORY GONDWE | 3/6/23

PSG's Neymar is carried off the field on a stretcher after after injuring during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Lille at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, France, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Neymar to undergo season-ending surgery on right ankle

Paris Saint-Germain says Brazilian soccer player Neymar will undergo season-ending surgery on his damaged right ankle and will be out for up to four months. Neymar will miss PSG’s Champions League … more

3/6/23

Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and second place candidate, greets his supporters during a protest against the recent presidential election results, in Abuja , Nigeria, Monday, March 6, 2023. Thousands of opposition supporters staged a protest Monday against the country’s presidential election results, as calls for a revote intensified. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan)

Protests against Nigeria's election results intensify

Thousands of opposition supporters protested Monday against the country’s presidential election results, as calls for a revote intensified. Dressed in black and holding signs the protesters led by … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 3/6/23

Maestro Daniel Harding, the new music director of Rome's Santa Cecilia orchestra, arrives at a press conference on the occasion of his presentation to media in Rome, Monday, March 6, 2023. British conductor Daniel Harding was named Monday as music director of Rome’s Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, starting in the fall of 2024. The 47-year-old conductor Harding, who has a second career as an Air France pilot, had an unusually young start as a conductor, and will arrive at the Santa Cecilia orchestra after 17 years as the principal conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Daniel Harding pilots to new post as music director in Rome

British conductor Daniel Harding has been named music director of Rome’s Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, starting in the fall of 2024. The 47-year-old Harding, who has a second career … more

By COLLEEN BARRY | 3/6/23

FILE - Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the Democratic Forces of Belarus, speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 19, 2023. A court in Belarus on Monday March 6, 2023 sentenced exiled opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges including conspiring to overthrow the government. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader to 15 years

A court in Belarus has sentenced exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges including conspiring to overthrow the government. … more

By YURAS KARMANAU | 3/6/23

FILE - A coal-fired power station in Witbank, South Africa , Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. South Africa's ever-worsening power crisis, in which homes and businesses go without electricity for up to 10 hours per day, is strangling Africa's most developed economy. President Cyril Ramaphosa hopes that by creating a new Cabinet post, electricity minister, his government will be able to curb the rampant corruption and mismanagement that have put the country in the dark. Ramaphosa is to name the new minister in a reshuffle later Monday, March 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

South African leader grapples with ever-worsening power cuts

South Africa’s ever-worsening power crisis — putting homes and businesses without electricity for up to 10 hours per day — is strangling Africa’s most developed economy. President Cyril … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 3/6/23

FILE - Bollywood film actor Amitabh Bachchan talks to media during a promotional event of his film 'TE3N' or three in Kolkata, India, on June 8, 2016. Amitabh Bachchan said he was injured during a film shoot and is recovering at home in India's Mumbai city in a blog post published on Sunday night, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo/ Bikas Das, File)

Amitabh Bachchan injured while shooting film in India

Amitabh Bachchan says he's recovering at home from a injury suffered while shooting a film in southern India. The 80-year-old Bollywood superstar posted on his blog Sunday night that he sustained a … more

3/6/23

A model wears a creation as part of the Lanvin Fall/Winter 2023-2024 ready-to-wear collection presented Sunday, March 5, 2023 in Paris. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Valentino holds black tie Paris show, Lanvin goes simple

Stars such as Avril Lavigne sat beneath the gothic style arches of Lanvin’s ornate Paris venue to view the old couture house’s latest designs, which riffed subtly on history. Here are some … more

By THOMAS ADAMSON | 3/5/23