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Activists protest against the wind turbines at Fosen, in Oslo, Norway, Friday, March 3, 2023. (Alf Simensen/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Norway's leader meets Indigenous Sami as protests end

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has met with Indigenous Sami reindeer herders after more than a week of protests against wind farms that activists say endanger the herders' way of life. … more

By JAN M. OLSEN | 3/3/23

FILE — Hippos float in the lake at Hacienda Napoles Park, once the private estate of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar who imported three female hippos and one male decades ago in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, Feb. 4, 2021. Colombia intends to undertake the task of trying to transfer to India and Mexico at least 70 hippos that live in the surroundings of the park as a measure to control its population, the manager of Animal Protection and Welfare at the Antioquia Environment Secretariat said Thursday, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Colombia proposes shipping invasive hippos to India, Mexico

Colombia is proposing transferring at least 70 hippopotamuses that live near Pablo Escobar’s former ranch to India and Mexico as part of a plan to control their population. The hippos are … more

By ASTRID SUÁREZ | 3/2/23

Vehicles pass under billboards showing Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi with Arabic which reads, "Our common goal is Egypt: our dream and hope" at a new highway in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Egypt is in an economic crisis is partly caused by the yearlong grinding Russian invasion of Ukraine. But the conflict in Europe has also exposed the frailties of an economy suffering from decades of mismanagement, turmoil from its 2011 Arab Spring popular uprising, years of militant attacks and then, the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt raises price of gasoline in latest hike amid inflation

Egypt has announced it's raising prices of some types of gasoline, the latest hike to beset the cash-strapped Middle East country. Egypt's petroleum ministry said the prices of regular, midgrade and … more

3/2/23

FILE - A nurse prepares vaccines in the Wizink Center, currently used for COVID-19 vaccinations in Madrid, Dec. 1, 2021. Forty-two families in Spain’s Basque Country are pursuing legal action against a nurse whom they allege faked the process of administering vaccines to their children, their lawyer says. The unnamed nurse worked for 18 months at a government clinic in Santurtzi, near the city of Bilbao, according to Asla." (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Nurse faces legal action for 'faking' Spanish kids' vaccines

A Spanish lawyer says 42 families in Spain are pursuing legal action against a nurse whom they allege faked the process of administering routine vaccines to their children. The lawyer said Thursday … more

3/2/23

FILE - Ukrainian soldiers prepare a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer to fire at Russian positions in Kherson region, Ukraine, Jan. 9, 2023. Quantifying the toll of Russia’s war in Ukraine remains an elusive goal a year into the conflict. Estimates of the casualties, refugees and economic fallout from the war produce an complete picture of the deaths and suffering. Precise figures may never emerge for some of the categories international organizations are attempting to track. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

EU to speed up deliveries of howitzer shells for Ukraine

The European Union is setting up a joint procurement plan to speed up the delivery of howitzer artillery rounds that Ukraine says are crucial to countering Russian forces. With Ukraine facing … more

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN | 3/2/23

In this photo provided by the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), Akira Ono, President of Fukushima Daiichi Decontamination and Decommissioning Engineering Company, speaks during an online interview with the Associated Press in Tokyo, on March 1, 2023. The head of Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says details of the damages inside reactors are only beginning to unravel 12 years after the meltdowns, making it difficult to foresee what the place looks like even 30 years from now. (TEPCO via AP)

Fukushima plant head: Too early to predict decommissioning

The head of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant says details of the damage inside its reactors are only beginning to be known 12 years after it was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami, … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 3/2/23

The Russian flag is painted on the stone where the Little Mermaid sits on, after the sculpture was vandalized, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday, March 2, 2023. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark: Statue of Little Mermaid vandalized again

The famed statue of Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Mermaid, one of Copenhagen’s biggest tourist draws, has been vandalized, with the colors of the Russian flag painted on the rock on which she … more

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Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters inspect a damaged house after Russian shelling hit in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)

Russian strike on Ukraine apartment block kills 3, injures 6

Officials say three people were killed and six were injured when a Russian missile hit a five-story apartment building in city in southeastern Ukraine as the war extends into its second year. … more

By SUSIE BLANN | 3/2/23

Rajwinder Singh, center, is escorted by police to a vehicle at Cairns Airport in Cairns, Australia, Thursday, March 2, 2023. Indian national Singh will stand trial for a murder two years after Australia first applied for his extradition from India. (Brian Cassey/AAP Image via AP)

Extradited Indian charged with murder in Australian city

Australian police have charged Indian national Rajwinder Singh in the 2018 killing of Toyah Cordingley as she walked her dog along a Queensland beach. Singh has denied killing Cordingley. He arrived … more

3/2/23

In this photo from the U.S. Army, anti-tank missiles and medium-range ballistic missile components seized by the United Kingdom Royal Navy sit pier side at an undisclosed location in the Middle East on Feb. 26, 2023. The British navy seized anti-tank missiles and fins for ballistic missile assemblies during a raid on a small boat heading from Iran likely to Yemen, authorities said Thursday, March 2, 2023, the latest such seizure in the Gulf of Oman. (Sgt. Brandon Murphy/U.S. Army via AP)

British navy seizes Iran missiles, parts likely Yemen bound

The British navy seized anti-tank missiles and fins for ballistic missile assemblies during a raid on a small boat heading from Iran likely to Yemen. That's according to British and American … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 3/2/23

This image provided by the Max Planck Institute shows a male and female skull buried in western Germany (Oberkassel) about 14,000 years ago, the oldest evidence of migration during a climate change period. Genetically these individuals came from the south. Research published Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in the journal Nature reveals that the hunter-gatherer people who dominated Europe 30,000 years ago sought refuge from the last Ice Age in warmer places, but only those who sheltered in what is now Spain and Portugal appear to have survived. (Juergen Vogel/LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn/Max Planck Institute via AP)

Ice Age Europeans found refuge in Spain, doom in Italy

New research reveals that the hunter-gatherer people who dominated Europe 30,000 years ago sought refuge from the last Ice Age in warmer climes, but only those who sheltered in the southwest of the … more

By FRANK JORDANS | 3/1/23

Relatives cry on the coffin of one of the victims of last Sunday's shipwreck at the local sports hall in Crotone, southern Italy, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. At least 67 people, including 14 minors, died when their overcrowded wooden boat slammed into shoals 100 meters (yards) off the shore of Cutro and broke apart early Sunday in rough seas. Eighty people survived, but many more are feared dead since survivors indicated the boat had carried about 170 people when it set off last week from Izmir, Turkey. (AP photo/Giuseppe Pipita)

Shipwreck off Italy: Stadium filled with coffins of migrants

The coffins of dozens of migrants who died in a shipwreck off Italy's southern coast have been laid out in rows inside a sports complex for public viewing. The wailing of survivors and other family … more

By FRANCES D'EMILIO | 3/1/23

Smoke rises from trains as firefighters and rescuers operate after a collision near Larissa city, Greece, early Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The collision between a freight and passenger train occurred near Tempe, some 380 kilometers (235 miles) north of Athens, and resulted in the derailment of several train cars. (AP Photo/Vaggelis Kousioras)

Burned carriages, mangled steel at site of Greek train crash

TEMPE, Greece (AP) — Sudden braking, sparks, an explosion. Survivors of a deadly train crash in Greece said the impact of the collision sent passengers flying though the windows of train cars. … more

3/1/23

FILE - In this photo released by the Cambodia Ministry of Health, Cambodia health experts spray disinfectant at a village in Prey Veng eastern province Cambodia, Feb. 24, 2023. Health officials in Cambodia say recent cases of bird flu discovered in two villagers, one of them fatal, show no sign of human-to-human transmission. The finding allays fears of a public health crisis. (Cambodia Ministry of Health via AP)

Cambodia says recent bird flu cases not spread by humans

Health officials in Cambodia say recent cases of bird flu discovered in two villagers, one of them fatal, show no sign of human-to-human transmission. The finding allays fears of a public health … more

By SOPHENG CHEANG | 3/1/23

FILE - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addresses lawmakers while defending his next year's budget bill at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Raisi on Wednesday, March 1, ordered authorities to investigate a series of incidents in which noxious fumes have sickened students at girls' schools, which some officials suspect are attacks targeting women's education.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran's president orders probe of poisoning at girls' schools

Iran’s president has ordered authorities to investigate a series of incidents in which noxious fumes have sickened students at girls' schools, which some officials suspect are attacks targeting … more

3/1/23

A government worker collects data from a woman during census, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Pakistan on Wednesday launched its first-ever digital population and housing census to gather demographic data on every individual ahead of the parliamentary elections which are due later this year, officials said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan aims for tighter security in 1st digital census

Officials say Pakistan has launched its first-ever digital population and housing census to gather demographic data ahead of parliamentary elections this year. The national count launched on … more

3/1/23

Iran expels 2 German envoys amid uproar over death sentence

Iran says it has expelled two German diplomats over Berlin’s alleged interference in its internal affairs. The move comes a week after Germany expelled two Iranian diplomats over a death sentence … more

3/1/23

FILE - Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaks during a coronavirus media briefing in Downing Street in London, Thursday, May 27, 2021. Britain’s former health minister Hancock denied wrongdoing on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, after a newspaper published extracts of private messages he sent in the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool, File)

Ex-UK health chief defends record after COVID messages leak

Britain’s former health minister is denying wrongdoing after a newspaper published extracts of private messages he sent in the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. The Daily Telegraph said the … more

3/1/23

FILE - A Boeing 737 is delivered to FlyDubai in Seattle, Washington, Oct. 27, 2010. Budget carrier FlyDubai announced record profits on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, benefitting from a surge in air travel following the lifting of pandemic restrictions. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

FlyDubai announces record profit as Gulf air travel booms

Budget carrier FlyDubai has announced record profits amid a surge in air travel following the lifting of pandemic restrictions. The state-owned carrier, based in the business and tourism hub of Dubai … more

3/1/23

What is considered a world's oldest bridge , some 4,000 years-old is seen by the ancient city-state of Lagash, near Nasiriyah, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)

Ancient restaurant highlights Iraq's archeology renaissance

An international archeological mission has found the remnants of a 5,000-year-old restaurant in the ancient city of Lagash in southern Iraq. The discovery of the ancient dining hall — complete with … more

By ABBY SEWELL | 3/1/23