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FILE - Steven Seagal speaks at a news conference while attending an opening ceremony for a research and development center in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 22, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday Feb. 27, 2023, bestowed a state decoration on Steven Seagal, the American action-movie actor who also holds Russian citizenship. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

Putin bestows friendship award on actor Steven Seagal

Russian President Vladimir Putin has bestowed a state decoration on Steven Seagal, the American action-movie actor who also holds Russian citizenship. The awarding of the Order of Friendship was … more

2/27/23

FILE - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during the North America Summit, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Jan. 10, 2023. Obrador said on Feb. 23, 2023 that he'll sign a new bill into law that will cut funding to the country’s electoral agency. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Mexican president disparages pro-democracy demonstrators

Mexico’s president lashed out Monday at demonstrators who protested cuts to election funding over the weekend, belittling their concerns about threats to democracy and dashing any hopes that he … more

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ | 2/27/23

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen shake hands during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Yellen visits Ukraine, underscores US economic support

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her first visit to Ukraine underscores Washington's commitment to continuing its economic support for the country. Yellen arrived in the Ukrainian capital … more

By HANNA ARHIROVA | 2/27/23

FILE - Members of Slovenian rock band Laibach perform in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. Slovenia's iconic band Laibach will hold a concert in Ukraine's capital next month, saying Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, this will make them the first foreign group to perform a full show in Kyiv since the beginning of the Russian invasion last February. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

Slovenia band Laibach concert in Ukraine canceled amid rift

A planned concert by Slovenia's popular bank Laibach in Ukraine next month has been cancelled after the group angered Ukrainians by remarks interpreted to suggest that Kiyv was a client state … more

By ALI ZERDIN | 2/27/23

A man arranges local newspapers with preliminary presidential election results on a street in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Each of the three frontrunners in Nigeria's hotly contested presidential election claimed they were on the path to victory Monday, as preliminary results trickled in two days after Africa's most populous nation went to the polls. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

3 parties claim early leads in Nigeria's presidential vote

Each of the three frontrunners in Nigeria’s hotly contested presidential election are claiming they are on the path to victory, as preliminary results trickled in two days after Africa’s most … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 2/27/23

FILE - A speed rubber-boat passes along the over all 110 meters high offshore wind mills set up in the North Sea, 14 kilometers west of the small village of Blavand near Esbjerg, Denmark, on in this Oct. 30, 2002 file picture. Germany wants to create a web of power lines connecting the country’s offshore wind parks with those of its North Sea neighbors to smooth out bottlenecks in the European energy market. Governments in northwestern Europe are hoping that wind power at sea will provide a large share of their future clean energy needs. (AP Photo/Heribert Proepper)

Germany seeks to link all wind parks in North Sea

Germany wants to set up a new power line network to connect its own offshore wind parks with those of its North Sea neighbors in order to eliminate bottlenecks in the European energy market. … more

2/27/23

Greta Thunberg, right, joins the campaigners from Nature and Youth and Norwegian Samirs Riksforbund Nuorat who are blocking the entrances to the Ministry of Oil and Energy in Oslo Monday morning, Feb. 27, 2023. The reason for the action is that the wind turbines at Fosen, which the Supreme Court has said are illegal, have not been demolished. (Ole Berg-Rusten/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Norway protests target wind farm on land used by herders

Dozens of activists are blocking the entrance to Norway’s energy ministry in Oslo to protest a wind farm they say hinders the rights of the Sami indigenous people from raising reindeer in Arctic … more

2/27/23

A forensic investigator from Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) takes photos near to the sports complex in the Killyclogher Road area of Omagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 where off-duty PSNI Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell was shot. A senior Northern Ireland police officer is in critical but stable condition in a hospital after being shot by two masked men while he coached children’s soccer. Police said Thursday that a dissident Irish Republican Army splinter group is suspected of shooting the detective at a sports complex in the town of Omagh on Wednesday night. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)

IRA splinter group claims responsibility for police shooting

Police in Northern Ireland say they were reviewing an unverified statement by an Irish Republican Army splinter group claiming responsibility for the shooting of a senior police officer. A statement … more

2/27/23

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., left, speak during a news conference on legislation labeling the Russian Wagner Group as one of the Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

China accuses US of 'bullying' with new 'illegal' sanctions

China has accused the U.S. of “outright bullying and double standards" in leveling what it called “illegal" sanctions on Chinese companies as part of U.S. actions against Russia’s Wagner Group … more

2/27/23

FILE - In this Anifa stands in her home in the eastern Congo town of Goma on Friday, March 5, 2021. Two experts appointed by the World Health Organization to investigate allegations that some of its staffers sexually abused women during an Ebola outbreak in Congo have dismissed the U.N. agency’s own efforts to excuse its handling of such misconduct as “an absurdity.” (AP Photo/Kudra Maliro, File)

'An absurdity': Experts slam WHO's excusal of misconduct

Two experts appointed by the World Health Organization to investigate allegations that some of its staffers sexually abused women during an Ebola outbreak in Congo have dismissed the U.N. agency’s … more

By MARIA CHENG and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO | 2/27/23

Joshimath town is seen along side snow capped mountains, in India's Himalayan mountain state of Uttarakhand, Jan. 21, 2023. For months, residents in Joshimath, a holy town burrowed high up in India's Himalayan mountains, have seen their homes slowly sink. They pleaded for help, but it never arrived. In January however, their town made national headlines. Big, deep cracks had emerged in over 860 homes, making them unlivable. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

‘A time bomb’: India’s sinking holy town faces grim future

For months, residents in Joshimath, a holy town burrowed high up in India’s Himalayan mountains, have seen their homes slowly sink. They pleaded for help, but it never arrived. In January however, … more

By KRUTIKA PATHI and SHONAL GANGULY | 2/27/23

Anti-government demonstrators shout slogans against Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, during a march against recent reforms to the country's electoral law that they say threaten democracy, in Mexico City's main square, The Zocalo, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Tens of thousands protest Mexico electoral reforms

Tens of thousands of people filled Mexico City's vast main plaza to protest electoral law reforms that they say threaten democracy. The marchers were clad mostly in white and pink _ the color of the … more

2/26/23

Afghan refugees hold placards during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. Hundreds of Afghan refugees facing extreme delays in the approval of U.S. visas are protesting in Pakistan’s capital, as an American program to help relocate at-risk Afghans fleeing Taliban rule stalls. The U.S. government’s Priority 1 and Priority 2, known as P1 and P2 refugee programs were meant to fast track visas for at-risk Afghans including those who worked with U.S. organizations. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan refugees in Pakistan protest delay in US resettlement

Hundreds of Afghan refugees facing extreme delays in the approval of U.S. visas are protesting in Pakistan’s capital on, as an American program to help relocate at-risk Afghans fleeing Taliban rule … more

By RAHIM FAIEZ | 2/26/23

A candy vendor walks past a Western Union branch in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. Remittances to Nicaraguans sent home in 2022 surged 50%, a jump that analysts say is directly related to the thousands of Nicaraguans who emigrated to the U.S. in the past two years.(AP Photo/Inti Ocon)

Fleeing Nicaraguans a boon to economy back home

Remittances to Nicaraguans sent home last year surged 50%, a massive jump that analysts say is directly related to the thousands of Nicaraguans who emigrated to the U.S. in the past two years. That … more

By GABRIELA SELSER | 2/26/23

In this image taken from video footage provided by TVB Hong Kong, police officers search a village home where they found body parts related to a missing model in a murder case, in Hong Kong on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. Police in Hong Kong have filed murder charges against the former in-laws of a model, days after her body parts were found in a refrigerator. A police statement says Hong Kong model Abby Choi’s father-in-law and his eldest son are being charged with murder, while her mother-in-law faces one count of perverting the course of justice. (TVB Hong Kong via AP)

Hong Kong model’s in-laws charged after body parts found

Police in Hong Kong have filed murder charges against the former in-laws of a model whose body parts were found in a refrigerator and a skull believed to be hers was discovered in a pot. The grisly … more

By KANIS LEUNG and HUIZHONG WU | 2/26/23

A health worker weighs a child at the Fontaine Hospital Center where the baby got multiple vaccinations during the visit in the Cité Soleil area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. As gangs tighten their grip on Haiti, many medical facilities in the Caribbean nation's most violent areas have closed, leaving Fontaine as one of the last hospitals and social institutions in one of the world's most lawless places. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

In heart of Haiti's gang war, one hospital stands its ground

One hospital is standing its ground in one of the most violent parts of Haiti’s capital. As gangs tighten their grip on the Caribbean nation, many medical facilities have closed. But Fontaine … more

By MEGAN JANETSKY and FERNANDA PESCE | 2/26/23

People discuss Saturday's election as they look at newspapers from a street vendor at an intersection in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. Nigerians voted Saturday to choose a new president, following the second and final term of incumbent Muhammadu Buhari. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Voting continues in Nigeria, a day after polls due to close

More people in Nigeria have cast ballots even though voting in the country's presidential and parliamentary elections had been supposed to end on Saturday. Election observers said votes were cast in … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 2/26/23

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. (Vladimir Astapkovich, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Belarus leader and Putin ally Lukashenko to visit China

China says Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus and a close ally of the Russian leader, will visit Beijing this week. The Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Lukashenko is due to visit … more

2/26/23

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, near the Kremlin Wall during the national celebrations of the "Defender of the Fatherland Day" in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. The Defenders of the Fatherland Day, celebrated in Russia on Feb. 23, honors the nation's military and is a nationwide holiday. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin says Russia cannot ignore NATO nuclear capability

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in an interview that his country has no choice but to take into account NATO’s nuclear capabilities. His remarks seek to justify Russia’s recent … more

2/26/23

Emilia Budskaya, a local resident who decided to stay in the city breaks dead tree branches to heat her basement in the frontline city of Vuhledar, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

On Ukraine front, civilians cling on as troops repel Russia

On the largely static front line between Ukrainian and Russian forces that stretches over hundreds of kilometers (miles), Vuhledar has become one of the deadliest hotspots. Its ruins have joined … more

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV | 2/26/23