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People gather on their electric scooters to spend the late afternoon showing off stunts and racing in Havana, Cuba, Friday, July 15, 2022. Cuba has been flooded in recent years with “motorinas”, as these electric scooters are called on the island, a fad for many, but also a solution to the transportation problems and fuel shortages that overwhelm the Caribbean nation. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Electric motorcycles flood Havana amid diesel shortages

The young people come and go on their electric motorcycles at this highway outside Cuba’s capital where they perform stunts and talk about their two-wheelers, which would be largely silent if it … more

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ | 7/19/22

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, left, shakes hands with Mondli Gungubele, Minister in the Presidency of South Africa, right, alongside Britain's Prince Harry, center, inside the U.N. General Assembly at its annual celebration of Nelson Mandela International Day, Monday, July 18, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Prince Harry challenges divided world to reclaim democracies

Britain’s Prince Harry is challenging people everywhere to adopt Nelson Mandela’s spirit of hope in an uncertain and divided world to reclaim democracies and leave a better future for children. … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 7/18/22

FILE - This image released by the FBI shows the wanted poster for Rafael Caro-Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985. Caro-Quintero has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison and returning to drug trafficking, an official with Mexico's navy confirmed Friday, July 15, 2022. (FBI via AP, File)

Extradition of Mexican drug lord to US not likely to be fast

A Mexican judge's ruling means the extradition of drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero, captured in the mountains of northwest Mexico, will not happen quickly. In the ruling published Monday, the … more

By MARÍA VERZA | 7/18/22

Passengers take photos at a wildfire while traveling on a train in Zamora, Spain, Monday, July 18, 2022. When Francisco Seoane's train unexpectedly stopped in Spanish countryside that was being engulfed by a wildfire, he and other passengers got a fright when they looked out at flames encroaching on both sides of the track. The Spaniard told The Associated Press it was scary to see how quickly the fire spread. Video of the unscheduled — and unnerving — stop shows about a dozen passengers in Seoane's railcar appearing alarmed as they look out of the windows Monday. (AP Photo/Francisco Seoane Perez)

Help! Spaniards spooked when their train stops in wildfire

When Francisco Seoane’s train unexpectedly stopped in Spanish countryside, he and other passengers got a fright when they looked out at wildfires encroaching on both sides of the track. The … more

7/18/22

Customs Director-General Datuk Zazuli Johan, right, holds an elephant tusk during a news conference at Selangor Customs Office at North Port in Port Klang, Malaysia, Monday, July 18, 2022. Malaysian authorities said Monday they have seized a container of African elephant tusks, pangolin scales and other animal skulls and bones estimated to be worth 80 million ringgit ($18 million). (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Malaysia seizes African tusks, pangolin scales worth $18M

Malaysian authorities say they have seized a container of African elephant tusks, pangolin scales and other animal skulls and bones estimated to be worth around $18 million. The Customs Department … more

7/18/22

Demonstrators gather for an anti-government protest, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, July 18, 2022. Anti-government demonstrators in Hungary blocked one of the capital's main thoroughfares during morning rush-hour traffic Monday, the latest in a series of protests against recent changes to the country's tax code that have carried on for nearly a week. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi)

Hungary: Anti-government protest blocks bridge over tax law

Anti-government demonstrators in Hungary have blocked one of the capital’s main thoroughfares during morning rush-hour traffic, the latest in a series of protests against recent changes to the … more

By JUSTIN SPIKE | 7/18/22

People sit on the sun-parched grass in Greenwich Park with the Maritime museum and Canary Wharf financial district in the background in London, Sunday July 17, 2022. Britain's weather agency has issued its first-ever "red warning" of extreme heat for Monday and Tuesday, when temperatures in southern England may reach 40 C (104 F) for the first time. (AP Photo/Tony Hicks)

Extreme heat warning goes into effect in UK

Britain’s first-ever extreme heat warning is in effect for large parts of England as authorities prepare for record high temperatures that are already disrupting travel, health care and schools. … more

7/18/22

This photo provided by the fire brigade of the Gironde region (SDIS 33) shows a wildfire near Landiras, southwestern France, Sunday July 17, 2022. Firefighters battled wildfires raging out of control in France and Spain on Sunday as Europe wilted under an unusually extreme heat wave that authorities in Madrid blamed for hundreds of deaths. (SDIS 33 via AP)

France fights spreading wildfires as heat wave fries Europe

France is scrambling more water-bombing planes and hundreds more firefighters to combat spreading wildfires being fed by hot swirling winds from a searing heat wave broiling much of Europe. With … more

7/18/22

FILE - Deputy General Secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) Jesse Duarte,left, listens as Secretary General of the African National Congress, (ANC) Ace Magashule, makes a statement at a briefing at the ANC headquarters in downtown Johannesburg, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to Duarte, who died Sunday, July 17, 2022 after a long battle with cancer. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Leading official of South Africa's ruling ANC party dies

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to the long-serving deputy secretary-general of his ruling African National Congress party Jessie Duarte, who died Sunday after a long battle … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 7/17/22

Dry, cracked land is visible in The Boca reservoir that supplies water to the northern city of Monterrey is almost dry as the northern part of Mexico is affected by an intense drought, in Santiago, Mexico, Saturday, July 9, 2022. Local authorities began restricting water supplies in March, as a combination of an intense drought, poor planning and high use has left the three dams that help supply the city dried up, with thousands of homes not receiving any water for weeks. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Drought in northern Mexico threatening livelihoods

Restaurant owner Leticia Rodríguez celebrated the construction late last year of a new lakeside boulevard in this northern Mexico town that she hoped would draw more people to her business. But now … more

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ | 7/17/22

FILE- Minister for regional relations Caroline Cayeux poses before the Bastille Day parade Thursday, July 14, 2022 in Paris. Pressure is mounting on a French government minister to quit over comments stigmatizing homosexuality and LGBTQ people, in the latest challenge to President Emmanuel Macron's leadership. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

'Those people': French minister's LGBTQ remarks spark anger

Pressure is mounting on a French government minister to quit over comments stigmatizing homosexuality and LGBTQ people. The issue is the latest challenge to President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership. … more

By ANGELA CHARLTON | 7/17/22

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, July 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope seeks prayers for his 'penitential' Canadian pilgrimage

Pope Francis has asked for prayers to accompany him on what he is calling his “penitential” pilgrimage to Canada, to apologize to Indigenous groups for abuses inflicted by Catholic institutions. … more

By FRANCES D'EMILIO | 7/17/22

This photo provided by the fire brigade of the Gironde region (SDIS 33) shows a Canadair plane fighting wildfire near La Teste-de-Buch, southwestern France, Saturday, July 16, 2022. Strong winds and hot, dry weather are frustrating French firefighters' efforts to contain a huge wildfire that raced across pine forests in the Bordeaux region Saturday for a fifth straight day, one of several scorching Europe in recent days. (SDIS 33 via AP)

Fires scorch France, Spain; temperature-related deaths soar

Firefighters are struggling to contain wildfires in France and Spain as Europe wilts under an unusually extreme heat wave that authorities link to a rise in excess mortality. Two blazes that have … more

By ANGELA CHARLTON and JOSEPH WILSON | 7/17/22

A memorial is pictured near a train car symbolizing the Drancy camp, at the Shoah memorial Tuesday, July 12, 2022 in Drancy, outside Paris. The Paris mayor and head of the French Holocaust Memorial will mark the 80th anniversary of the round-up of the Vel d'Hiv, the biggest Nazi roundup of Jews in France, visiting the site used as an internment camp during World War II for tens of thousands of people who were then sent on to Auschwitz and other death camps. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Holocaust survivors mark 80 years since mass Paris roundup

France is holding ceremonies Sunday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of a mass roundup of Jews in Paris under the Nazi occupation. French police rounded up 13,000 people on two terrifying days in … more

By ANGELA CHARLTON and JADE LE DELEY | 7/17/22

Zimbabwean high school World and European moot court competition champions arrive back at the Robert Mugabe International airport in Harare, Thursday, July, 7, 2022. A history-making team of Zimbabwean high school students that became world and European moot court competition champions has been widely praised in a country where the education system is beset by poor funding, lack of materials and teachers’ strikes. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe students scoop international awards for moot court

A history-making team of Zimbabwean high school students that became world and European moot court competition champions has been widely praised in a country where the education system is beset by … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA | 7/17/22

FILE Pokrovsk mayor Ruslan Trebushkin, throws dirt on the coffin of 40-year-old Volodymyr Miroshnychenko who was killed on the frontlines of Marinka, after his funeral procession, in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 15, 2022. Ukrainians living in the path of Russia's invasion in the besieged eastern Donetsk region are bracing themselves for the possibility that they will have to evacuate. The mayor of Pokrovsk is mentally preparing for a military-ordered evacuation in which he would be among the last to leave. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

'I worry about this place': A day in Ukraine's Donetsk

Ukrainians living in the path of Russia's invasion in the eastern Donetsk region are also fighting personal battles as the front line moves closer. The mayor of Pokrovsk is mentally preparing for a … more

By CARA ANNA | 7/17/22

Flames are seen at the site of a plane crash, a few miles away from the city of Kavala, in northern Greece, Saturday, July 16, 2022. An Antonov cargo plane operated by a Ukraine-based air carrier crashed Saturday near the city of Kavala in northern Greece, authorities said. Greek Civil Aviation authorities say the flight was heading from Serbia to Jordan, but have not been able to confirm how many people were on board or what the plane's cargo was. (Ilias Kotsireas/InTime News via AP)

Cargo plane operated by Ukraine carrier crashes in Greece

An Antonov cargo plane operated by a Ukraine-based airline has crashed near the city of Kavala in northern Greece. Civil Aviation authorities say the flight was heading from Serbia to Jordan, but … more

By COSTAS KANTOURIS | 7/16/22

Passengers queue for ferries at the Port of Dover, during the hot weather, in Kent, England, Saturday July 16, 2022. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

UK to holds emergency response meeting ahead of record heat

The British government is set to hold an emergency response meeting Saturday to plan for record high temperatures after authorities issued their first ever “red” warning for extreme heat early … more

7/16/22

FILE - Paola e Claudio Regeni, the parents of tortured and killed student Giulio Regeni, with their lawyer Alessandra Ballerini, left, walk outside the courthouse in Rome, on April 29, 2021. The Court of Cassation ruled in Rome on Friday evening there were no grounds to appeal a lower court decision that held the trial couldn't go forward because the defendants hadn't received official notification of the charges. Twenty-eight-year-old Giulio Regeni was doing doctoral research on Egyptian labor unions in Cairo in 2016 when he was abducted, tortured and slain. Family lawyer Alessandra Ballerini called Friday's decision a “wound for justice for all Italians.” (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Italy's top court: murder trial of Egyptians can't proceed

Italy's top criminal court has rebuffed prosecutors' efforts to revive the trial of high-level Egyptian security officials in the torture and slaying of an Italian student. The Court of Cassation … more

By FRANCES D'EMILIO | 7/16/22

FILE - A field of sunflowers is within sight of the Mehrum coal-fired power station, wind turbines and high-voltage lines in Mehrum, Germany, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany’s decision to reactivate coal and oil-fired power plants to relieve energy shortages because of the war in Ukraine is only temporary and his government remains committed to doing “everything” to combat the climate crisis. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP, File)

Scholz: Germany's increased coal, oil use will be temporary

Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany’s decision to reactivate coal and oil-fired power plants to relieve energy shortages because of the war in Ukraine is only temporary and his government remains … more

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