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Young people unfurl a giant Russian flag during an action to mark the ninth anniversary of the Crimea annexation from Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Ukraine, Russia trade claims after blast rocks Crimean town

Russian and Ukrainian officials on Tuesday gave conflicting accounts of what appeared to be a brazen attack late Monday on Russian cruise missiles being transported by train in Moscow-annexed Crimea. … more

By KARL RITTER | 3/21/23

Oil workers on strike block the access to an oil depot in Foss-sur-Mer, southern France, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. The bill pushed through by President Emmanuel Macron without lawmakers' approval still faces a review by the Constitutional Council before it can be signed into law. Meanwhile, oil shipments in the country were disrupted amid strikes at several refineries in western and southern France. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

France: Protests continue after Macron's pension plan push

Paris police say 234 people were arrested overnight in the capital mostly for setting fire to garbage in the streets. It comes after France’s parliament adopted a divisive bill raising the … more

3/21/23

A girl rides with her mother in a van during evacuation by Ukrainian police, in Avdiivka, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. For months, authorities have been urging civilians in areas near the fighting in eastern Ukraine to evacuate to safer parts of the country. But while many have heeded the call, others -– including families with children -– have steadfastly refused. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

At Ukraine's front, police try to evacuate holdout families

For months, authorities have been urging civilians in areas near the fighting in eastern Ukraine to evacuate to safer parts of the country. But while many have heeded the call, others — including … more

By ELENA BECATOROS | 3/21/23

A pedestrian walks a sign of Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A, PDVSA, and an image of Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 20, 2023. Venezuela's oil czar, Tareck El Aissami announced his resignation on Twitter and pledged to help investigate any allegations involving PDVSA. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela oil czar in surprise resignation amid graft probes

The man responsible for running Venezuela’s oil industry — the one that pays for virtually everything in the troubled country, from subsidized food to ridiculously cheap gas — has quit amid … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO | 3/21/23

Bullfighter Sebastian Vargas performs a pass at the Hacienda Vista Hermosa bullring in Villa Pinzón, Colombia, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. Colombia is one of just eight countries where bullfights are still legal, but legislators are proposing a new law to ban them. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Bullfighting ban faces critical legislative vote in Colombia

The tradition of bullfighting has taken some blows around the world recently with courts and municipal governments in cities like Barcelona, Medellin and Mexico City issuing rulings that have … more

By MANUEL RUEDA | 3/21/23

This image made on March 14, 2023, from the 2022 video provided by the Prachinburi Provincial Public Relations Office, shows a radioactive cylinder, a steel tube, 30 cm (12 inches) long and 13 cm (5 inches) diameter that has gone missing from a steam power plant in Thailand's eastern province of Prachinburi. The video was taken in December 2022. (The Prachinburi Provincial Public Relations Office via AP)

Thai officials trace missing radioactive cylinder to foundry

Officials in Thailand have traced to a recycling foundry a metal cylinder with radioactive contents that had gone missing from a power plant. They say there appears to be no public health hazard. The … more

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA | 3/20/23

FILE - Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson pauses as he speaks to the media at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, on May 9, 2022. Northern Ireland’s main British unionist party said Monday it will vote against a deal struck by Britain and the European Union to resolve a thorny trade dispute that vexed U.K.-EU relations and triggered a political crisis in Belfast. Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson said the deal “does not deal with some of the fundamental problems at the heart of our current difficulties” and the party’s eight lawmakers would not support it when the House of Commons votes on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

N. Ireland unionists say no to Sunak's Brexit deal, for now

Northern Ireland’s main British unionist party says it will vote against a deal struck by Britain and the European Union to resolve a thorny trade dispute that vexed U.K.-EU relations. Democratic … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 3/20/23

Policemen stand guard as Indian Sikhs protesting against the pulling down of Indian flag from the Indian High Commission building in London gather outside the British High Commission in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 20, 2023. Footage posted on social media showed a man detach the Indian flag from a balcony of the building while a crowd of people below waving bright yellow “Khalistan” banners appeared to encourage him. London’s Metropolitan Police force said a man was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder outside the diplomatic mission on Sunday afternoon. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Man arrested after windows smashed at Indian mission in UK

British police say windows at India’s High Commission in London have been smashed and two security guards were slightly injured during a demonstration by Sikh protesters. London’s Metropolitan … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 3/20/23

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members protest on the street in Tsakane township, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, March 20, 2023. South Africa police have deployed in major cities Monday ahead of planned anti-government protests by the leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party. The party has called for a nation-wide shutdown and mass demonstrations to press President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africans demonstrate and call for president to resign

South African police on Monday monitored protests by the country’s leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party, which is demanding the resignation of President Cyril Ramaphosa. The party urged all … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 3/20/23

FILE - A view of the Petit Vignemale glacier, left, and the Oulettes, right, on the Vignemale massif's north face in the Pyrenean mountain range, as seen from the Gaube valley in southern France, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2020. Spanish environmental groups on Monday, March 20, 2023, called on the European Union to open an inquiry into the approval of 26.4 million euros ($28.1 million) of “green” economic recovery funds to join two ski resorts in the rapidly warming Pyrenees mountain range. (AP Photo/Aritz Parra, File)

Activists demand EU halts 'green' funds for Spain ski resort

Spanish environmental groups have called on the European Union to open an inquiry into the approval of 26.4 million euros of “green” recovery funds to join two ski resorts in the rapidly warming … more

By JENNIFER O'MAHONY | 3/20/23

A protester jumps in the air as he throws a rock towards police next to a burning barricade in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, March 20, 2023. Hundreds of opposition supporters have taken to the streets of the Kenyan capital over the result of the last election and the rising cost of living, in protests organized by the opposition demanding that the president resigns from office. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Arrests as Kenya opposition leads anti-government protests

At least three Kenyan legislators and several protesters have been arrested in ongoing protests in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, organized by the opposition demanding the resignation of President … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 3/20/23

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pose for the media before their delegation level meeting in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Japan PM Kishida to announce new Indo-Pacific plan in India

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has invited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the Group of Seven major industrial nations summit in May. He's later expected to announce a new plan for a … more

By SHEIKH SAALIQ | 3/20/23

FILE - Pakistani women wade through floodwaters as they take refuge in Shikarpur district of Sindh Province, of Pakistan, Sept. 2, 2022. A major new United Nations report being released Monday, March 20, 2023, is expected to provide a sobering reminder that time is running out if humanity wants to avoid passing a dangerous global warming threshold. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)

UN science report to provide stark climate warning

A major new United Nations report being released Monday is expected to provide a sobering reminder that time is running out if humanity wants to avoid passing a dangerous global warming threshold. … more

By FRANK JORDANS and SETH BORENSTEIN | 3/20/23

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Siniyah Island in Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, March 16, 2023. Archaeologists said Monday, March 20, 2023, that they have found the oldest pearling town in the Persian Gulf on an island off one of its northern sheikhdoms of the United Arab Emirates, further expanding this young nation's understanding of its pre-Islamic history. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Their world was the oyster: Oldest pearl town found in UAE

Archaeologists say they have found the oldest pearling town in the Persian Gulf on an island off one of the northern sheikhdoms of the United Arab Emirates. The discovery further expands this young … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 3/20/23

FILE - Chief of the Australian Defence Force Gen. Angus Campbell delivers the findings from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry, in Canberra, on Nov. 19, 2020. Police on Monday, March 20, 2022, arrested the first Australian veteran for an alleged murder in Afghanistan three years after a war crime investigation found that 19 Australian special forces soldiers could face charges for illegal conduct during the conflict.(Mick Tsikas/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Former Australian soldier to be charged with Afghan's murder

Police have arrested the first Australian veteran for an alleged murder in Afghanistan three years after a war crime investigation found that 19 Australian special forces soldiers could face charges … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 3/20/23

FILE - Then Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou, left, and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Shangri-la Hotel on Nov. 7, 2015, in Singapore. Former Taiwan President Ma will visit China next week, in what a spokesman called an independent bid to ease tensions between the self-ruled island and the mainland. Ma, who's a member of the opposition Nationalist Party (Kuomingtang), will lead a delegation of academics and students as well as his former presidential staffers from March 27 to April 7, his office said Sunday.(AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou will visit China

Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will visit China next week, in what a spokesman called a bid to ease tensions between the self-ruled island and the mainland.Ma presided over a period of warm … more

By HUIZHONG WU | 3/20/23

FILE - In this image made from video, Dennis Miralis, lawyer for former U.S. military pilot Daniel Duggan, speaks to the media outside the court in Sydney, on Jan. 10, 2023. A former United States military pilot accused of training Chinese aviators could have been lured from China to Australia as part of a U.S. plan to extradite him to his homeland, his lawyer said Monday, March 20, 2023, (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP, File)

Lawyer: Former US pilot could have been lured to Australia

A lawyer says a former United States military pilot could have been lured from China to Australia as part of a U.S. plan to extradite him. Daniel Duggan has been in custody in Australia since … more

3/19/23

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin enter a hall for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. The Chinese government said Xi would visit Moscow from March 20, to March 22, 2023, but gave no indication when he departed. The Russian government said Xi was due to arrive at midday and meet later with Putin.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

China's Xi meeting Putin in boost for isolated Russia leader

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes in … more

By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA and JOE McDONALD | 3/19/23

U.S. Army soldiers work on a M777 howitzer during a joint military drill between South Korea and the United States at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, South Korea, Sunday, March 19, 2023. North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, ramping up testing activities in response to U.S.-South Korean military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea: Latest missile simulated nuclear counterattack

North Korea has described its weekend ballistic missile launch as a simulated nuclear attack on South Korea. The North's leader, Kim Jong Un, called Monday for his nuclear forces to sharpen their war … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 3/19/23

Rescue workers stand next to a car crushed by debris after an earthquake in Cuenca, Ecuador, Saturday, March 18, 2023.. The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 about 50 miles south of Guayaquil. (AP Photo/Xavier Caivinagua)

Fear, grief follow deadly quake on Ecuador's southwest coast

The toll from an earthquake that rocked Ecuador and Peru this weekend stands at 15 dead. And a day after Saturday's tragedy, residents of the hardest-hit coastal regions of southwest Ecuador are … more

By GONZALO SOLANO and REGINA GARCIA CANO | 3/19/23