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Danish-Canadian deal ends 49-year-old feud over Arctic isle

A decades-old dispute between Denmark and Canada over a tiny, barren and uninhabited rock in the Arctic has come to an end. A border will be drawn across the 1.3 square-kilometer (half-square-mile) … more

6/14/22

FILE - This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. WHO's top monkeypox expert Dr. Rosamund Lewis said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic, but acknowledged there are still many unknowns about the disease, including how exactly it’s spreading and whether the suspension of mass smallpox immunization decades ago may somehow be speeding its transmission. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File)

WHO convenes experts to decide if monkeypox is an emergency

The World Health Organization will convene its emergency committee to determine if the monkeypox outbreak that has mysteriously spread beyond Africa warrants being declared a global health emergency. … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 6/14/22

This photo released Sunday June 12, 2022 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows a bulldozer work at a damaged runway of the Damascus International Airport, which was hit by an Israeli airstrike on Friday, in Damascus, Syria. Syria's Transportation Ministry said the Israeli airstrike caused "significant" damage to infrastructure and rendered the main runway unserviceable until further notice. (SANA via AP)

Israel strike crippling Syria's main airport hikes tensions

Israel has escalated its years-long campaign of airstrikes in Syria with strikes five days ago that shut down Syria's main airport. The strikes signal that Israel is ready to step up efforts to stop … more

By BASSEM MROUE | 6/14/22

A protester stands between a burning barricade of tires blocking a highway on the second day of nationwide demonstrations against the government of Guillermo Lasso called mainly by Indigenous organizations, in Cotopaxi, Ecuador, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. The protesters are asking for an increase in the health and education budgets, among other demands. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador: Indigenous leader is arrested over violent protests

Authorities in Ecuador have arrested the leader of a national Indigenous group, alleging that he was responsible for violence during anti-government protests. Leónidas Iza, president of the … more

6/14/22

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Regina Coeli noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope says traditionalist Catholics "gag" church reforms

Pope Francis has complained that traditionalist Catholics are “gagging” the church’s modernizing reforms and insisted that there was no turning back. Francis told a gathering of Jesuit editors … more

6/14/22

File - The so-called 'Judensau' or 'Jew pig' sculpture is pictured on the facade of the Stadtkirche, Town Church, in Wittenberg, Germany, Jan. 14, 2020. The sculpture is located about 4 meters, 13 feet, above the ground. A German federal court will decide on a Jewish man's bid to force the removal of the 700-year-old antisemitic statue from the church, where Martin Luther once preached. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)

German federal court rejects bid to remove antisemitic relic

A German federal court has rejected a Jewish man’s bid to have a 700-year-old antisemitic statue removed from a church where Martin Luther once preached. The Federal Court of Justice on Tuesday … more

6/14/22

FILE - A masked policeman carries packs of cocaine, at the organized crime prosecutor' office in Bucharest, Romania, on July 1, 2016. Records amounts of cocaine are being seized in Europe while manufacturing of the banned stimulant drug is now taking place inside the the European Union, officials in charge of fighting and monitoring drugs use in the bloc warned on Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

‘Everywhere. Everything. Everyone’: Drugs are back in the EU

The European Union's drug agency says trafficking and drug use across the bloc are returning to pre-pandemic levels. As COVID-19 restrictions including increased border controls have been relaxed on … more

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN | 6/14/22

Cambodian-American lawyer Theary Seng, foreground, dressed in the Lady Liberty, talks to the media outside the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. The Cambodian American lawyer and dozens of members of a now-dissolved opposition party were convicted of treason Tuesday in a trial that was the latest move to tame all opposition to the long-running rule of Prime Minister Hun Sen. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian court convicts lawyer, dozens of others of treason

A Cambodian court has convicted a Cambodian American lawyer and dozens of members of a now-dissolved opposition party on charges of treason. Lawyer Theary Seng and most of the others were charged … more

By SOPHENG CHEANG | 6/14/22

Protesters stand outside the High Court where the ruling on Rwanda deportation flights is taking place, in London Monday, June 13, 2022. Opponents of the British government’s plan to deport migrants to Rwanda prepared for an appeals court hearing Monday amid the political backlash following reports that Prince Charles had privately described the policy as “appalling.” (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

UK's deportation plan attacks 'basic dignity,' lawyers say

The British government’s plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda undermines the “basic dignity” of people who are escaping war and oppression, a lawyer argued Monday during an appeals court … more

By DANICA KIRKA | 6/13/22

FILE - In this photo taken through a tinted car window, a technician takes a nasal swab for a new coronavirus detection test at a drive-thru testing facility in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April 2, 2020. Saudi Arabia on Monday, June 13, 2022, lifted a mask mandate for indoor spaces even as COVID-19 infection numbers steadily climb past 1,000 new cases a day. Meanwhile, in neighboring United Arab Emirates, the government is stressing the importance of wearing masks indoors amid a 100% jump in cases in less than a week (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

As Saudi Arabia eases mask mandate, UAE stresses mask rules

Saudi Arabia has lifted a mask mandate for indoors spaces even as COVID-19 infection numbers steadily climb past 1,000 new cases a day after reaching double-digit lows just two months ago. Masks will … more

6/13/22

After the press conference to present the results of the study on abuse in the Diocese of Muenster, Felix Genn, Bishop of M'nster speaks to the press in Muenster, Germany, Monday, June 13, 2022. In the Westphalian Wilhelms University, the research team presents the study results from the abuse from 1945 - 2020 in the diocese of Muenster. (Guido Kirchner/dpa/ via AP)

Report finds 196 clerics abused minors in German diocese

A report has found that at least 196 clerics in the German Catholic diocese of Muenster sexually abused minors between 1945 and 2020, adding to findings from other dioceses that have shaken the … more

6/13/22

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with President Joe Biden at the Summit of the Americas, in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian PM Trudeau tests positive for COVID a second time

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time — just days after he met in person with U.S. President Joe Biden. The announcement came in a tweet … more

By ROB GILLIES | 6/13/22

Michelle Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Rights, delivers her statement during the opening day of the 50th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, June 13, 2022. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP)

Bachelet will not stand for 2nd term as human rights chief

The U.N. human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet says she will not seek a new four-year term after the current one that has been overshadowed by criticism of her response to China’s treatment of … more

6/13/22

UK reports 104 more cases of monkeypox, mostly in men

British health officials have detected another 104 cases of monkeypox in England in what has become the biggest outbreak beyond Africa of the normally rare disease. The U.K.’s Health Security … more

6/13/22

FILE - In this file photo taken from a video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, a rocket launches from missile system as part of a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile test launched from the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia. A Swedish arms watchdog says the world’s stockpiles of nuclear weapons are expected to increase in coming years after declining since the end of the Cold War. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

'Worrying trend': Post-Cold War drop in nukes could be over

A Swedish arms watchdog says the world’s stockpiles of nuclear weapons are expected to increase in coming years after declining since the end of the Cold War. The Stockholm International Peace … more

6/13/22

FILE - A man holds a portrait of Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba who has taken the reins of Burkina Faso, in Ouagadougou, Jan. 25, 2022. Attacks by Islamic extremists are on the rise five months after mutinous soldiers overthrew Burkina Faso's democratically elected president in January. And analysts say that could undermine support for Damiba's regime. Writing on portrait reads in French "The strong man of Burkina". (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia, File)

Jihadi attacks mount in Burkina Faso despite junta's efforts

Attacks by Islamic extremists are on the rise five months after mutinous soldiers overthrew Burkina Faso's democratically elected president. And analysts say that could undermine support for coup … more

By SAM MEDNICK | 6/13/22

FILE - A fashion magazine showing Chinese-Canadian singer Kris Wu, center, on display for sale on a bookshelves at a convenience store in Beijing on July 20, 2021. Wu has faced rape and other criminal charges at a closed trial in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Chinese Canadian pop star Kris Wu faces rape charge in court

Chinese Canadian pop star Kris Wu has faced rape and other criminal charges at a closed trial as China was in uproar over a video showing a group of men physically assaulting four women in another … more

By HUIZHONG WU | 6/13/22

A Federal Police officer loads a truck with items found during a search for Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and freelance British journalist Dom Phillips in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Divers from Brazil's firefighters corps found a backpack and laptop Sunday in the remote Amazon area where Pereira and Phillips went missing a week ago, firefighters said. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Belongings of missing men found tied underwater in Amazon

Brazil’s search for an Indigenous expert and a journalist who disappeared in a restive area of the Amazon a week ago has advanced with the discovery of a backpack, laptop and other personal … more

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE | 6/13/22

Federal police officers arrive at the pier with items found during a search for Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and freelance British journalist Dom Phillips in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Divers from Brazil's firefighters corps found a backpack and laptop Sunday in the remote Amazon area where Pereira and Phillips went missing a week ago, firefighters said. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Brazil police: Items owned by missing men found in Amazon

Brazilian police say search teams have found a backpack, laptop and other personal items that belonged to Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and freelance British journalist Dom Phillips, who went … more

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE | 6/12/22

FILE - Populist Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, speaks during a mews conference in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. On Sunday, June 12, 2022, 73 lawmakers from the powerful cleric’s bloc submitted their resignation based on his request, to protest a persisting political deadlock eight months after general elections were held. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil, File)

Lawmakers from Iraq's biggest bloc resign amid impasse

Dozens of lawmakers who make up the biggest bloc in Iraq's parliament have resigned amid a prolonged political impasse. The 73 lawmakers from powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s bloc submitted … more

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | 6/12/22