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Police officers stand guard as they cordon off the area next to the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. Spain's Interior Ministry says police are investigating reports of a blast at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid. The ministry says police were told an employee at the embassy was slightly injured handling a letter in what it described as "a deflagration." (AP Photo/Paul White)

1 injured by small blast at Ukrainian embassy in Madrid

Spain’s Interior Ministry says police are investigating reports of a small blast at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid. The ministry says police were told an employee at the embassy was slightly … more

By CIARÁN GILES | 11/30/22

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. Authorities in Germany say police have searched homes and questioned suspects as part of an annual nationwide crackdown against online hate speech. Top security official, Nancy Faeser, said in a statement that crimes committed on social media, messaging apps and Internet forums provide 'fertile ground for extremist violence.' (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

German police raid, question online hate speech suspects

Authorities in Germany say police have searched homes and questioned suspects as part of an annual nationwide crackdown against online hate speech. Police carried out 91 operations in 14 German … more

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A wooden memorial cross stands at the spot where two police officers were killed in the line of duty at the end of January 2022 near the town Kusel, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022 . A court convicted a 39-year-old man of murder on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, in the killing of two police officers who had stopped him and an accomplice on suspicion of poaching. A regional court in Kaiserslautern sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment. (Harald Tittelp/dpa via AP)

Life sentence for poacher who killed German police officers

A court in western Germany convicted a 39-year-old man of murder Wednesday in the shooting deaths of two police officers who had stopped him and an accomplice on suspicion of poaching. Fatal attacks … more

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In this photo released by Spain's Maritime Safety and Rescue Society on Tuesday Nov. 29, 2022, three men are photographed on an oil tanker anchored in the port of the Canary Islands, Spain. Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service says it has rescued three stowaways traveling on a ship’s rudder in the Canary Islands after the vessel sailed there from Nigeria. The men were found on the Alithini II oil tanker at the Las Palmas port. (Salvamento Maritimo via AP)

NGO asks Spain to halt possible return of Nigerian stowaways

A human rights organization is asking the Spanish government to halt the potential return to Nigeria of three men found traveling on an oil tanker’s rudder after an 11-day ocean voyage from Lagos, … more

By RENATA BRITO | 11/30/22

Taliban: 10 killed in bombing of Afghan religious school

A Taliban official says that at least 10 students were killed when a bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan. Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor says several others were … more

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In this handout photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, a view of a Tu-95 strategic bomber of the Russian air force taxiing before takeoff for a joint air patrol with Chinese bombers at an airbase in an unspecified location in Russia. Russian and Chinese strategic bombers on Wednesday flew a joint patrol over the western Pacific in a show of increasingly close defense ties between the two countries. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russian, Chinese bombers fly joint patrols over Pacific

Russian and Chinese strategic bombers have flown a joint patrol over the western Pacific in a show of increasingly close defense ties between the two countries. The Russian Defense Ministry said … more

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FILE - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 15, 2021.Germany's parliament is expected to approve on Wednesday a resolution labeling as genocide Ukraine's "Holodomor" of the 1930s, a famine believed to have killed more than 3 million Ukrainians under the repressive rule of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. The resolution is being brought to the lower house, or Bundestag, by the three parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's governing coalition and the main opposition bloc. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

German parliament set to label 1930s Ukraine famine genocide

Germany’s parliament is expected to approve a resolution labeling as genocide Ukraine’s 1930s “Holodomor” — a famine believed to have killed more than 3 million Ukrainians under the … more

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Bakery owner Florence Poirier, LEFT, smells the fresh baguette who comes out of the oven as Mylene Poirier stands next to her at a bakery, in Versailles, west of Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. The humble baguette -- the crunchy ambassador for French baking around the world -- is being added to the U.N.'s list of intangible cultural heritage as a cherished tradition to be preserved by humanity. UNESCO experts gathering Wednesday Nov. 30, 2022 in Morocco decided that the simple French flute deserved U.N. recognition. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Crunch time: UN puts baguette on cultural heritage list

The humble French baguette is being inscribed on the U.N.’s list of intangible heritage as a prized tradition and savoir-faire that should be protected by humanity. UNESCO experts gathering in … more

By THOMAS ADAMSON | 11/30/22

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen applauds during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the European Parliament, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

EU seeks specialized court to investigate Russia war crimes

The European Union wants to set up a U.N.-backed specialized court to investigate possible war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday … more

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN | 11/30/22

Pakistani security officials inspect at damaged truck at the site of suicide bombing on the outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. A suicide bomber blew himself up near a truck carrying police officers on their way to protect polio workers outside Quetta, wounding more than 20 others, mostly policemen, officials said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

3 dead as bomber hits Pakistan police protecting polio teams

Officials say a suicide bomber has killed three people and wounded nearly two dozen others in an attack on a truck carrying police officers tasked with protecting polio workers near Quetta. Ghulam … more

By ABDUL SATTAR and MUNIR AHMED | 11/30/22

FILE - President of Colombia Gustavo Petro arrives for a diner at the Elysee Palace to close the Peace Forum event, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 in Paris. In a letter released Tuesday Nov. 29, Colombia said that it wants the Biden administration to grant temporary legal status to its citizens now living in the United States, noting its own efforts to address regional migration by hosting 2 million Venezuelans who fled their homes. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Colombia asks for legal status for its people already in US

Colombia wants the Biden administration to grant temporary legal status to its citizens now living in the United States, noting its own efforts to address regional migration by hosting 2 million … more

By MANUEL RUEDA and ELLIOT SPAGAT | 11/29/22

FILE - A woman, center, leaves to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office at Ulsan Jungbu police station in Ulsan, South Korea, on Sept. 15, 2022. A South Korean court has approved the extradition of the 42-year-old woman facing murder charges in New Zealand over her possible connection to the bodies of two long-dead children found abandoned in suitcases in August. The Seoul High Court said Friday, Nov. 11, its decision came after the unidentified woman agreed to be sent back to New Zealand. (Bae Byung-soo/Newsis via AP, File)

Bodies-in-suitcases suspect appears in New Zealand court

A woman who was extradited from South Korea this week after the bodies of her two children were found in abandoned suitcases has made her first court appearance in New Zealand. The 42-year-old woman … more

By NICK PERRY | 11/29/22

FILE - In this photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, and Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei, left, attend the meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei, a close ally of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, has died at age 64, the state news agency Belta reported Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. No cause of death was stated. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Belarus' top diplomat buried as his death raises suspicions

Belarus has given a state funeral to its foreign minister who died suddenly at age 64, triggering speculation about possible foul play in his death after he leaned toward Western countries. … more

By YURAS KARMANAU | 11/29/22

FILE - WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted from a courtroom after a hearing in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 4, 2022. A senior Russian diplomat says that Russia and the United States have repeatedly come close to reaching agreement on a prisoner exchange and a deal remains possible before the year's end. The Biden administration long has been trying to negotiate the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American jailed in Russia, corporate security executive Paul Whelan, including through a possible prisoner swap with Moscow. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russian diplomat says prisoner swap with US remains possible

A senior Russian diplomat says that Russia and the United States have repeatedly come close to reaching agreement on a prisoner exchange and a deal remains possible before the year’s end. The Biden … more

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A monkey looks out from its cage at a Ministry of Environment rehabilitation center in Panama City, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Panamanian authorities are trying to raise awareness about the dangers, to humans and wildlife, of keeping wild animals in their homes. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Panama confronts illegal trafficking of animals

In a tropical forest beside the Panama Canal, two endangered, black-handed spider monkeys swing about their wire enclosure balanced by their long tails. They arrived at this government rehabilitation … more

By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ | 11/29/22

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, from left, Chinese astronauts for the upcoming Shenzhou-15 mission Zhang Lu, Fei Junlong and Deng Qingming wave during a meeting of the press at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Final preparations were being made Monday to send the new three-person crew to China's space station as it nears completion amid intensifying competition with the United States. (Liu Lei/Xinhua via AP)

China launches 3 astronauts to complete space station

China has launched a rocket carrying three astronauts to complete construction of space station. The crew of the Shenzhou-15 will overlap for several days with the three-member crew already onboard … more

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FILE - Judge Igor Tuleya, critical of the right-wing government's overhaul of the judiciary, speaks to supporters outside the Supreme Court in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday April 21, 2021. Poland’s Supreme Court has reinstated a judge who was suspended for two years. The judge had become a symbol of the struggle for independent courts under a populist government. The Supreme Court also said that Judge Igor Tuleya was not guilty of a crime which prosecutors had accused him of. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Prominent Polish judge reinstated amid standoff with EU

Poland’s Supreme Court has reinstated a judge who was suspended for two years. The judge had become a symbol of the struggle for independent courts under Poland's populist government. The Supreme … more

By VANESSA GERA | 11/29/22

Pope Francis walks past a Vatican Swiss Guard as he arrives to meet with members of the Italian Schools for Peace Network in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Russia protests pope comments as Vatican seeks to mediate

Russia is complaining about Pope Francis’ latest condemnation of atrocities in Ukraine. The Kremlin’s ambassador to the Holy See says he lodged a formal protest with the Vatican to express … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA | 11/29/22

Palestinian mourners carry the body of Mufid Khalil during his funeral in the West Bank village of Beit Ummar, near Hebron, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Khalil was killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Tuesday. The Israeli military said soldiers shot at Palestinians who hurled rocks and improvised explosive devices and shot at the troops. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

4 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in occupied West Bank

Israeli police have shot and killed a Palestinian man who rammed his car into an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank, badly injuring her. He was the fourth Palestinian killed in a series of … more

By ILAN BEN ZION | 11/29/22

Russian opposition activist and former municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin stands in a cage in a courtroom prior to a hearing in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Yashin, one of the few prominent opposition figures to have remained in the country amid an intensifying crackdown on dissent was arrested in June in a Moscow park and later was charged with spreading false information about the Russian military — a new criminal offense for which he faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian opposition figure Yashin goes on trial

A court in Moscow has opened the trial of a prominent Russian opposition figure who faces charges stemming from his criticism of the Kremlin’s action in Ukraine. Ilya Yashin, one of the few Kremlin … more

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