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FILE - Health workers attend to patients suffering from cholera symptoms at a local hospital in Harare, Tuesday, Sept, 11, 2018. Zimbabwe has recorded 100 suspected deaths from cholera and more than 5,000 possible cases since late Sept. 2023. That has prompted the government to impose restrictions to stop the spread of the disease, including limiting numbers at funerals and stopping some social gatherings in affected areas. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Zimbabwe announces 100 suspected cholera deaths and imposes restrictions on gatherings

Zimbabwe has recorded 100 suspected deaths from cholera and more than 5,000 possible cases since late last month. That has prompted the government to impose restrictions to stop the spread of the … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA | 10/5/23

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, poses for photo with the Ukrainian soldiers in front of a Leopard 2 tank on the front line in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Russia launches more drone attacks as Ukraine President Zelenksyy travels to a European forum

Russia has targeted Ukraine with drones in another massive attack as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Spain to rally support from Western allies at a summit of some 50 European leaders. … more

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A police officer stands guard in front of the Congress center in Granada, southern Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Almost all of Europe's leaders will gather Thursday in and around one of the most renowned havens of tranquility Spain's Alhambra Palace seeking to fix their increasingly turbulent and violent continent which is seeing war and political instability starting to unhinge nations and institutions. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Some 50 European leaders are to stress their support for Ukraine at a meeting in Spain

Some 50 European leaders are gathering in southern Spain’s Granada on Thursday to stress that they stand by Ukraine, at a time when Western resolve appears somewhat weakened. Ukrainian President … more

By RAF CASERT and RENATA BRITO | 10/5/23

A vehicle that got washed away lies atop a submerged building after flash floods triggered by a sudden heavy rainfall swamped the Rangpo town in Sikkim, India, Thursday, Oct.5. 2023. The flooding took place along the Teesta River in the Lachen Valley of the north-eastern state, and was worsened when parts of a dam were washed away. (AP Photo/Prakash Adhikari)

Flash floods kill at least 14 in northeastern India and leave more than 100 missing

Rescue workers are searching for more than 100 people after flash floods triggered by a sudden heavy rainfall swamped several towns in northeastern India, killing at least 14 people. The Sikkim State … more

By ASHOK SHARMA | 10/5/23

A woman walks in the rain as Typhoon Koinu approaches to Taiwan in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Typhoon Koinu makes landfall in southern Taiwan, causing 190 injuries but no deaths

Typhoon Koinu is sweeping southern Taiwan, injuring 190 people but causing no deaths as it brings intense winds and rainstorms to the island, leading to school and office closures. Koinu, which means … more

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Photographed from behind a glass, a leopard cub climbs a tree at the Park of Legends Zoo in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. A pair of three-month-old male and female leopard cub siblings, who are yet to be named, were presented to the public. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

First leopard cubs born in captivity in Peru climb trees and greet visitors at a Lima zoo

The first leopard cubs born in captivity in Peru are climbing trees and greeting visitors as they make their debut at a local zoo. A male and a female, they are just over 3 months old and their eyes … more

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FILE - AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla speaks at the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, federal party conference at the Magdeburg Messe, Germany, July 28, 2023. Tino Chrupalla, a leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany was given medical treatment and then taken to a hospital shortly before he was due to speak an election rally in Bavaria on Wednesday Oct. 4, 2023, police said. (Carsten Koall/dpa via AP, File)

A German far-right party leader has been taken to a hospital from an election rally

German police say a leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was given medical treatment and then taken to a hospital shortly before he was due to speak at an election rally in Bavaria. … more

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FILE - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 31, 2023. Fidan warned on Wednesday Oct. 4, 2023 that Kurdish militants behind a suicide bombing in the Turkish capital face robust retaliation against their group’s positions in Syria and Iraq. (Maxim Shemetov/ Pool Photo via AP, File)

Turkey strikes Kurdish militants in Iraq again after warning of retaliation for a bombing in Ankara

Turkish warplanes have launched a new round of airstrikes against Kurdish militant targets in Iraq. The strikes on Wednesday came hours after the foreign minister warned that Turkey will hit their … more

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Jewish worshippers pray during the weeklong Jewish holiday of Sukkot, next to one of the gates to the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, or the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli police arrest suspects for spitting near Christian pilgrims and churches in Jerusalem

Israeli police say they have arrested several people suspected of spitting in the direction of Christian pilgrims and churches in Jerusalem. The incident comes as religious tensions have flared in … more

By JULIA FRANKEL | 10/4/23

FILE - A protester holds up a machete as a symbol of self-defense against gangs, during a protest against gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Kenya’s president is committing his country to lead a multinational force in Haiti to combat gang warfare even as residents of both countries question the plan being pushed by the United States government. President William Ruto was speaking Wednesday, Sept. 20 at a ceremony establishing diplomatic ties with the Caribbean nation. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, file)

Kenyan opposition lawmakers say the Haiti peacekeeping mission must be approved by parliament

Kenyan lawmakers say that parliamentary approval is required before the deployment of police to the Kenya-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti to combat gang violence that was approved by the U.N. … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 10/4/23

This satellite image provided by NOAA on Monday, Oct. 2 2023 shows Tropical Storm Philippe, center right. Philippe is threatening to unleash heavy rains and flash flooding in the Leeward Islands on Monday before eventually recurving out into the central Atlantic where it could gain hurricane status around midweek, forecasters say. (NOAA via AP)

Tropical Storm Philippe soaks northeast Caribbean on a path toward Bermuda, New England and Canada

Tropical Storm Philippe is drenching the U.S. and British Virgin Islands as it spins away from the northeast Caribbean on a path that would take it toward Bermuda and later New England and Atlantic … more

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FILE - Wab Kinew attends the second annual Orange Shirt Day Survivors Walk and Pow Wow on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sept. 30, 2022. The Canadian province of Manitoba has elected the first First Nations premier of a province in Canada. Manitobans elected an NDP government led by Wab Kinew, was raised as a young boy on the Onigaming First Nation in northwestern Ontario, later moving with his family to Winnipeg. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

First Nations premier to lead a Canadian province after historic election win in Manitoba

The Canadian province of Manitoba has elected the first First Nations premier of a province in Canada. Manitobans elected an NDP government led by Wab Kinew. Kinew is a former rapper, broadcaster and … more

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FILE - A view the Red Square with the Historical Museum, right, and the Kremlin Towers in background in Moscow, Russia, on April 29, 2023. Sirens wailed across Russia and TV stations interrupted regular programming to broadcast warnings Wednesday as part of sweeping drills intended to test the readiness of the country's emergency responders amid the fighting in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Sirens blare across Russia as it holds nationwide emergency drills

Sirens have wailed across Russia and television stations interrupted regular programming to broadcast warning signals as part of sweeping drills intended to test the readiness of the emergency … more

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This undated photo issued by Cheshire Constabulary, shows nurse Lucy Letby. Letby, a former neonatal nurse who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of seven babies in her care and trying to kill six others at a U.K. hospital will face a retrial on a charge of attempting to murder a newborn baby girl, prosecutors said Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (Cheshire Constabulary via AP)

UK police open a corporate manslaughter investigation into a hospital where a nurse killed 7 babies

British police have opened an investigation into corporate manslaughter at a northern England hospital after a neonatal nurse was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others … more

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FILE - South Sudanese who fled from Sudan sit outside a nutrition clinic at a transit center in Renk, South Sudan, on May 16, 2023. Four Western countries have floated a proposal on Wednesday Oct. 4, 2023 for the U.N.'s top human rights body to appoint a team of experts to monitor and report on abuses and rights violations in war-wracked Sudan. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

Western countries want a UN team created to monitor rights violations and abuses in Sudan

Four Western countries have floated a proposal for the United Nations' top human rights body to appoint a team of experts to monitor and report on abuses and rights violations in war-wracked Sudan. … more

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Copies of Pope Francis' latest encyclical letter on environment "Laudate Deum" are prepared for sale in a bookshop in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Pope Francis shamed and challenged world leaders on Wednesday to commit to binding targets to slow climate change before it's too late, warning that God's increasingly warming creation is fast reaching a "point of no return." (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Point of no return: Pope challenges leaders at UN talks to slow global warming before it's too late

Pope Francis is shaming and challenging world leaders to take concrete action to slow climate change before it’s too late. In an update to his landmark 2015 encycyclical, he's warning that God’s … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD and SETH BORENSTEIN | 10/4/23

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speak during their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the resort city of Sochi, Russia, Friday, June 9, 2023. The international Red Cross is calling for the ouster of the head of the Belarus Red Cross who stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from Russian-controlled areas to Belarus. The board of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, it has given the Belarus chapter until Nov. 30 to dismiss Dzmitry Shautsou. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Global Red Cross urges ouster of Belarus chapter chief over the deportation of Ukrainian children

The international Red Cross is calling for the ouster of the head of the Belarus Red Cross, who stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 10/4/23

FILE - The 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature medal presented to Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Tanzanian-born novelist and emeritus professor who lives in the UK, is displayed before a ceremony to present to him at the Swedish Ambassador's Residence in London, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. The start of October is when the Nobel committees get together in Stockholm and Oslo to announce the winners of the yearly awards. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Swedish media report that the winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry may have been announced early

Swedish media say the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences may have announced the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry prematurely. Public broadcaster SVT said the academy sent a press … more

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A security person stands guard outside the office of Delhi Police's Special Cell in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Indian police raided the offices of a news website that’s under investigation for allegedly receiving funds from China, as well as the homes of several of its journalists, the latest in a series of investigations into the finances of independent media in India. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indian police arrest editor, administrator of independent news site after conducting raids

Police in New Delhi have arrested the editor of a news website and one of its administrators after raiding the homes of journalists working for the site, which has been critical of Prime Minister … more

By SHEIKH SAALIQ | 10/4/23

A helicopter drops water over a fire ground near Coolagalite, Australia, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Homes were destroyed by a forest fire and a man was injured by a falling tree in the Bega Valley region of southeast Australia, prompting a government leader to warn that a "horror" wildfire season was approaching. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Wildfire destroys 3 homes in southeastern Australia and a man is injured by a falling tree

Three homes were destroyed by a forest fire and a man was injured by a falling tree in the Bega Valley region of southeastern Australia, prompting a government leader to warn that a “horror” … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 10/4/23