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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian National Police of Donetsk region, 98-year-old Lidia Lomikovska sits in a shelter after she escaped Russian-occupied territory in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, April 26, 2024. Lomikovska left the frontline town of Ocheretyne last week by walking almost 10 km (6 miles) alone, after Russian troops entered it and fighting intensified. (Ukrainian National Police of Donetsk region via AP)

A 98-year-old in Ukraine walked miles to safety from Russians, with slippers and a cane

A 98-year-old woman in Ukraine has escaped Russian-occupied territory by walking almost 10 kilometers (6 miles) alone, wearing a pair of slippers and supported by a cane. Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska … more

By SUSIE BLANN | 4/30/24

FILE - Former South African President Jacob Zuma addresses supporters of the newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, March 27, 2024. South African police are investigating if former President Jacob Zuma’s new political party forged supporters’ signatures to register for national elections next month. (AP Photo, File)

South African police investigate if former president's party forged signatures to contest elections

South African police are investigating if former President Jacob Zuma’s new political party forged supporters’ signatures to register for national elections next month. The MK Party has been … more

By GERALD IMRAY | 4/30/24

FILE - A general view of the stars above Sycamore Gap prior to the Perseid Meteor Shower above Hadrian's Wall near Bardon Mill, England, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. Two men have been charged with causing criminal damage for cutting down a popular 150-year-old tree next to Hadrian's Wall and featured in a Kevin Costner’s 1991 film “Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves,” prosecutors said Monday April 29, 2024. Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were also charged with damaging the wall that was built in AD 122 by Emperor Hadrian to to guard the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)

2 men are charged with cutting down famous 150-year-old tree near Hadrian's Wall in England

Prosecutors in England say two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree next to Hadrian’s Wall. Prosecutors say the men are charged with causing criminal … more

By BRIAN MELLEY | 4/30/24

In this 2018 photograph released by Mouvement pour le Salut de l'Azawad, Islamic State group commander Abu Huzeifa, known by the alias Higgo, poses in uniform. Mali's army said in a statement late Monday, April 29, 2024, that Huzeifa was killed by Malian state forces. The United States had announced a reward of up to $5 million reward for anyone providing information about him. Huzeifa was believed to have helped carry out an attack in 2017 on U.S. and Nigerien forces in Tongo Tongo, Niger, which led to the deaths of four Americans and four Nigerien soldiers. (AP Photo)

Mali says it killed extremist commander who took part in one of worst attacks on US forces in Africa

Mali's army says a senior Islamic State group commander wanted in connection with one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. forces in Africa has been killed. Abu Huzeifa was a commander in the group known … more

By BABA AHMED | 4/30/24

People try to clear the area after a dam burst, in Kamuchiri Village Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County, Kenya, Monday, April 29, 2024. Kenya's Interior Ministry says at least 45 people have died and dozens are missing after a dam collapsed following heavy rains. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi)

Kenyans in flood-prone areas are ordered to evacuate or will be moved by force as death toll rises

Rain-swollen water levels at two Kenyan hydroelectric dams are at “historic highs” and people downstream are being told to move away. The Cabinet is also ordering residents of flood-prone areas … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 4/30/24

In this image made from video provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Coast Guard vessel, BRP BAGACAY (MRRV-4410) is water cannoned by Chinese Coast Guards as it tried to approach the waters near Scarborough Shoal locally known as Bajo De Masinloc at the South China Sea on Tuesday April 30, 2024. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Chinese coast guard fires water cannons at Philippine vessels in the latest South China Sea incident

Chinese coast guard ships have fired water cannons at two Philippine patrol vessels near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, damaging both, in the latest flareup in an increasingly tense … more

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Police talking to members of the public at the scene in Hainault, north east London, Tuesday, April 30, 2024 after reports of several people being stabbed at a Tube station. Police say a man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and two police officers on Tuesday in the east London community of Hainault before being arrested. The incident is not being treated as terror-related. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)

Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring 4 others

A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in a east London suburb, killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring four others, authorities said Tuesday. A 36-year-old man was … more

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the capsule of Shenzhou-17 manned spaceship carrying astronauts Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin touches down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The return capsule of China's Shenzhou-17 manned spaceship landed back on Earth Tuesday with three astronauts who have completed a six-month mission aboard the country's orbiting space station. (Bei He/Xinhua via AP)

Chinese astronauts return to earth after six months in space

China's Shenzhou-17 spacecraft has returned to Earth with three astronauts who have completed a six-month mission aboard the country's orbiting space station. The three, Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie … more

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FILE - A police car on fire as riot police prepare to stop protesters in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Authorities in Kazakhstan have arrested a former interior minister in connection with deadly unrest that gripped the country in 2022, Kazakh news media reported Tuesday April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Vladimir Tretyakov, File)

Kazakhstan arrests ex-interior minister in connection with unrest that left 238 dead

Authorities in Kazakhstan have arrested a former interior minister in connection with deadly unrest that gripped the country in 2022, Kazakh news media reported Tuesday. The Prosecutor General’s … more

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Virologist Zhang Yongzhen speaks at a coffeeshop in Shanghai, China on Dec. 13, 2020. Zhang, the first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China was staging a sit-in protest after authorities locked him out of his lab. Zhang wrote in an online post on Monday, April 29, 2024, that he and his team were suddenly notified they were being evicted from their lab, the latest in a series of setbacks, demotions and ousters since he first published the sequence in early January 2020. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

Chinese scientist who published first sequence of COVID virus protests after being evicted from lab

The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China was staging a sit-in protest after authorities locked him out of his lab. Virologist Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an online post on … more

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FILE - Police attempt to break into the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, April 5, 2024, following Mexico's granting of asylum to former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought refuge there. Police later forcibly broke into the embassy through another entrance. Mexico is taking Ecuador to the United Nations' top court on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, accusing the nation of violating international law by storming into the Mexican embassy in Quito and arresting former Ecuador Vice President Jorge Glas, who had been holed up there seeking asylum in Mexico. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Mexico is taking Ecuador to the top UN court over the storming of the Mexican Embassy

Mexico is taking Ecuador to the top U.N. court, accusing the nation of violating international law by storming the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest a former vice president who had just been granted … more

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This photo provided by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows a part of a village on Tagulandang island covered by ash from eruptions of Mountt Ruang in the Sulawesi island, Indonesia, Friday, April 19, 2024. More people living near an erupting volcano on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island were evacuated on Friday due to the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the possibility of a tsunami. (National Search and Rescue Agency via AP)

Indonesia's Mount Ruang erupts again, spewing ash and peppering villages with debris

Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano has erupted for a second time in two weeks, spewing ash more than a mile into the sky, closing an airport and peppering nearby villages with debris. The alert level … more

By GRACEY WAKARI | 4/30/24

FILE - Judge Nawaf Salam, third right, speaks at the start of a two days hearing at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, April 8, 2024, in a case brought by Nicaragua accusing Germany of breaching the genocide convention by providing arms and support to Israel. The United Nations’ top court is set to rule on a request by Nicaragua for judges to order Germany to halt military aid to Israel. (AP Photo/Patrick Post, File)

The top UN court is set to rule on Nicaragua's request for Germany to halt aid to Israel

The United Nations’ top court is set to rule on a request by Nicaragua for judges to order Germany to halt military aid to Israel. The central American nation argues that Berlin’s support enables … more

By MIKE CORDER | 4/30/24

Monsignor Salvador Rangel, bishop of the Chilpancingo-Chilapa diocese, arrives to meet with people displaced by violence in Los Morros, Guerrero, Mexico, July 18, 2018. The retired Roman Catholic bishop who was famous for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico was located and taken to a hospital after apparently being briefly kidnapped, the Mexican Council of Bishops said Monday, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)

Abducted retired Catholic bishop who mediated between cartels in Mexico is located, hospitalized

A retired Roman Catholic bishop who was famous for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico was apparently kidnapped but was later located and taken to a hospital. The Mexican Council of … more

By MARK STEVENSON | 4/29/24

Suspected al-Qaida explosion kills 6 troops loyal to secessionist group in Yemen

An explosive device has killed six troops loyal to a United Arab Emirates-backed secessionist group in southern Yemen. A military spokesman blamed the attack on al-Qaida militants. The spokesman for … more

By AHMED AL-HAJ | 4/29/24

A voter casts her ballot in Togo's regional elections in the capital Lome, Monday April 29, 2024. Togolese voters headed to the polls on Monday to vote in the country's parliamentary elections, which will test support for a proposed new constitution that would scrap future presidential elections and give lawmakers the power to choose the president instead. (AP Photo/Erick Kaglan}

Togo votes in parliamentary election testing support for proposal that could keep dynasty in power

People in Togo have voted in parliamentary elections that tested support for a proposed new constitution that would scrap presidential elections and give lawmakers the power to choose the president. … more

By ERICK KAGLAN | 4/29/24

FILE - Two horses on the loose bolt through the streets of London, Wednesday April 24, 2024. One of the horses that broke away from their trainers and galloped through the streets of London last week is expected to make a full recovery while another remains under observation, the British Army said Monday. Quaker, a black horse, has shown "significant improvement'' on the way to what is expected to be a complete recovery, the army said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Vida, a gray, remains under "close and careful'' veterinary observation for his injuries. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP, File)

1 horse remains under observation and another is expected to recover fully after London rampage

Britain's military says one of the horses that galloped through the streets of London last week is expected to make a full recovery while another remains under observation following its injuries. … more

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FILE - Activist Dianne Peterson places a sign on an art installation outside a United Nations conference on plastics, April 23, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP. File)

Global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution at critical phase in Canada

For the first time, negotiators from most of the world’s nations are discussing actual text for what is supposed to become a global treaty to end plastic pollution. Delegates and observers at the … more

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT | 4/29/24

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg talks during his joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

NATO's chief chides alliance countries for not being quicker to help Ukraine against Russia

NATO's chief says the alliance's member countries have failed to deliver in good time what they promised to Ukraine. His acknowledgement Monday came as Russia rushes to exploit its battlefield … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 4/29/24

FILE -Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte shake hands at the end of joint news conference, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Turkey has told its NATO allies that Ankara will back the Netherlands’ outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s candidacy for the military alliance’s secretary general position, a senior Turkish official said Monday, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey says it backs outgoing Dutch prime minister Rutte's candidacy for NATO chief

A senior Turkish official says Ankara will back the outgoing Dutch prime minister's candidacy for the position of NATO secretary general. The official says Turkey informed its allies on Monday. The … more

By SUZAN FRASER | 4/29/24