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Flames burn a forest during wildfires near the village of Sykorrahi, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Advancing flames are devouring forests and homes in Greece as wildfires that have killed 20 people are raging. (AP Photo/Achilleas Chiras)

Firefighters in Greece discover another body, bringing this week's death toll from wildfires to 21

Authorities battling a major wildfire in northeastern Greece that has been described as the European Union’s largest recorded single fire have recovered another body, the fire department says. That … more

By ELENA BECATOROS | 8/25/23

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019 file photo, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia. In August 2020, the opposition leader fell ill on a flight from Siberia to Moscow. The plane landed in the city of Omsk, where Navalny was hospitalized in a coma. Two days later, he was airlifted to Berlin, where he recovered. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed

Over the years, Kremlin political critics, turncoat spies and journalists have been killed in a variety of ways. Their deaths range from the exotic — from drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a … more

By DASHA LITVINOVA | 8/25/23

FILE - Far-Right party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni speaks to the media at her party's electoral headquarters in Rome, early Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. When Giorgia Meloni was running to become Italy’s first far-right head of government since the demise of the country's fascist dictatorship, she steeped her campaign in ideological touchpoints like national sovereignty and “traditional families.” (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Italian leader tones down divisive rhetoric but carries on with pursuit of far-right agenda

When Giorgia Meloni was running to become Italy’s first far-right head of government of the post-war era, she steeped her winning campaign in the sharply ideological rhetoric of national … more

By FRANCES D'EMILIO | 8/25/23

The entrance to the former U.S. Embassy, which has been turned into an anti-American museum, is seen n Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. Seventy years after a CIA-orchestrated coup toppled Iran’s Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, its legacy remains contentious and complicated for the Islamic Republic as tensions stay high with the United States. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A CIA-backed 1953 coup in Iran haunts the country with people still trying to make sense of it

Seventy years after a CIA-orchestrated coup toppled Iran’s prime minister, its legacy remains both contentious and complicated for the Islamic Republic as tensions stay high with the United States. … more

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL | 8/25/23

FILE - Cardinal George Pell answers' a journalists question during an interview with the Associated Press inside his residence near the Vatican in Rome, Nov. 30, 2020. The Catholic Church in Australia has lost a court bid, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, to prevent a choirboy's father from suing over an allegation that Cardinal George Pell sexually abused their teenage son. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Civil case over Cardinal Pell abuse allegations allowed to proceed against church in Australia

An Australian court has allowed a civil case to proceed against a Catholic archdiocese involving child sex abuse allegations against late Cardinal George Pell. The Victoria state appeals court on … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 8/25/23

A man floats on a paddle board off Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at sunrise Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. Brazil is facing a heat wave during the southern hemisphere's winter. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

See you on Copacabana? Unusually balmy weather hits Brazil in a rare winter heat wave

Summer is still four months away in the Southern Hemisphere but Brazil is contending with a balmy winter, with record high temperatures and dry weather across much of the country. The rare heat wave … more

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE | 8/24/23

FILE - Guyana's President Mohamed Irfaan Ali arrives for the South American Summit at Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Irfaan Ali has on Thursday, Aug 24, 2023, lashed out at the descendants of European slave traders and said those who profited from the cruel, trans-Atlantic slave trade should offer to pay reparations to today’s generations. (AP Photo/Gustavo Moreno, File)

President of Guyana demands slavery reparations ahead of apology from plantation owner descendants

Guyana president Irfaan Ali has lashed out at the descendants of European slave traders and says those who profited from the cruel, trans-Atlantic slave trade should offer to pay reparations to … more

By BERT WILKINSON | 8/24/23

India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole on Wednesday — a historic voyage to uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water, and a technological triumph for the world’s most populous nation. (Aug. 23)

India's lunar rover goes down a ramp to the moon's surface and takes a walk

Indian space officials say that a lunar rover has descended down a ramp from the lander of India’s spacecraft that has made its much celebrated touch-down near the moon’s south pole. The … more

By ASHOK SHARMA | 8/24/23

FILE - Migrants sit under a sign marking the Panama-Colombia border during their trek across the Darien Gap, May 9, 2023. Overwhelmed by the resurgence of migrants crossing the Darien jungle on the border with Colombia, the government of Panama announced on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, that it will take concrete measures. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File)

Panama eyes new measures as flow of migrants through Darien Gap hits 300,000 so far this year

The government of Panama says it will launch a new campaign to stem the flow of migrants through the dangerous, jungle-clad Darien Gap, after crossings hit 300,000 so far this year. In comparison, … more

8/24/23

Frank the Meerkat is weighed during London Zoo's Annual Weigh In, in London, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. The Annual Weigh In is a chance for keepers at the conservation zoo to make sure the information they've recorded is up-to-date and accurate, with each measurement then added to the Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS), a database shared with zoos all over the world that helps zookeepers to compare important information on thousands of threatened species. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

London Zoo's animals, from tarantulas to tigers, get their annual weigh-in

Staff at London Zoo got the measure of giant gorillas, plump penguins and skinny stick insects at the zoo’s annual animal weigh-in. Zookeepers on Thursday tempted squirrel monkeys onto scales, … more

8/24/23

FILE - A Tigrayan refugee rape victim who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray sits for a portrait in eastern Sudan near the Sudan-Ethiopia border, March 20, 2021. A new study of medical records released Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023 shows that at least 128 women and girls were sexually assaulted in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region even after a peace agreement ended a two-year conflict there. Most were sexually assaulted by multiple people, and almost all believe their attackers belonged to military groups. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Scores of women and girls were sexually assaulted after peace deal in Ethiopia's Tigray, study shows

A new study of medical records shows that at least 128 women and girls were sexually assaulted in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region even after a peace agreement ended a two-year conflict there. … more

By CARA ANNA | 8/24/23

FILE - Britain's King Charles III and Camilla, the Queen Consort arrive in a carriage for Ladies Day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting, at Ascot Racecourse in Ascot, England, Thursday, June 22, 2023. King Charles III and Queen Camilla will visit France in September, Buckingham Palace said Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, after their planned state visit in March was postponed amid widespread demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron's retirement age reforms. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

King Charles and Camilla to make up postponed state visit to France in September

King Charles III and Queen Camilla will visit France in September, after their planned state visit in March was postponed amid widespread demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s … more

8/24/23

FILE - A shopper looks at Acai fruits on sale at the Ver o Peso market in Belem, Brazil, Aug. 7, 2023. Among leaders and advocates of the Amazon rainforest region, there's hope for bioeconomy, a term that refers to people making a living from the forest without cutting it down. Examples include Acai fruits, Pirarucu fish and rubber tapping. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Support grows for sustainable development, a 'bioeconomy,' in the Amazon

The Brazilian Amazon has long been home to small and mid-sized sustainable businesses that use forest nuts, fruits and other products, and it's an incubator for new ones. Now there is a push to scale … more

By DAVID BILLER | 8/24/23

A woman cries at her son's grave who died fighting in the war, as Ukrainians mark Independence Day in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Ukraine marks Independence Day and vows to keep fighting Russia as it remembers the fallen

Ukraine is marking its second Independence Day since Russia’s full-scale invasion. Officials are vowing to keep up their fight to drive out the Kremlin’s forces, and local people have been … more

8/24/23

A digger removes debris from the site of a collapsed building in Abuja, Nigeria. Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. A two-storey building collapsed in Nigeria's capital on Wednesday night, killing two people with many feared trapped amid frantic rescue efforts, emergency officials and residents told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)

Building collapse in Nigeria's capital leaves two people dead while many are feared trapped

Rescue crews are searching for survivors after a building collapse in Nigeria's capital left two people dead while many others are feared trapped. At least 37 people have been pulled alive from the … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 8/24/23

Medical consultant members of the British Medical Association (BMA) stand on the picket line outside University College London hospital amid their dispute with the government over pay, in London, Thursday Aug. 24, 2023. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Hospital services in the UK come to a standstill as thousands of senior doctors strike again

Hospital care across England is coming to a standstill as senior doctors launch another 48-hour strike amid an ongoing dispute over pay. Thousands of hospital doctors are walking out and say they … more

By SYLVIA HUI | 8/24/23

Police officers stand guard outside the Islamabad High Court in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. A court in Pakistan's capital is likely to issue a crucial ruling Thursday on an appeal from the country's imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan against his recent conviction and three-year sentence in a graft case, one of his lawyers said. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

A top court in Pakistan will rule on a conviction appeal from ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan

Officials say a top court in Pakistan’s capital is expected to issue a crucial ruling on an appeal from the country’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan against his recent conviction and … more

By MUNIR AHMED | 8/24/23

ECOWAS commissioner Abdel-Fatau Musah, centre, speaks during a press briefing following the Extraordinary Meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of the Defence Staff, in Accra, Ghana, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Musah announced the ECOWAS forces are ready to act and intervene in Niger should all options fail At left is Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Gwabin Musa, and right is Senegal's General Mbaye Cisse. (AP Photo/Richard Eshun Nanaresh)

Niger junta's 3-year transition plan is a 'provocation,' says West African regional bloc

The West African bloc ECOWAS has rejected the proposal by Niger’s mutinous soldiers for a three-year transition to democratic rule, with a commissioner describing the slow timeline as a … more

By SAM MEDNICK | 8/24/23

FILE - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2023. Gershkovich, who was detained on espionage charges, arrived at a Moscow court Thursday, Aug. 24, for a hearing on a motion by the prosecution to extend his arrest. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich arrives at a hearing on extending his detention

Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained on espionage charges, arrived at a Moscow court Thursday for a hearing on a motion by the prosecution to extend his arrest. A … more

8/24/23

A young boy looks on as a polling station is seen through a window in Harare, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Aug. 23 2023. Polls have opened in Zimbabwe as President President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks a second and final term in a country with a history of violent and disputed votes. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe's election extends to a second day after long ballot delays. Some slept at polling stations

Voting is still underway in Zimbabwe. Hourslong delays in distributing ballot papers forced the president to extend the general election by a day at dozens of polling stations. Some frustrated voters … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA | 8/24/23