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An espionage scandal rocks Austria, laying bare alleged Russian spying operations across Europe

Austria faces its biggest espionage scandal in decades as the arrest of a former intelligence officer brings to light evidence of extensive Russian infiltration, lax official oversight and behavior … more

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN | 4/8/24

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, left, reacts with his party's candidate Kwak Sang-eon during a campaign rally for the upcoming parliamentary election on April 10, in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 8, 2024. As South Koreans head to the polls to elect a new 300-member parliament on this week, many are choosing their livelihoods and other domestic concerns as the most important election issues. It's in a stark contrast from past elections that were overshadowed by security and foreign policy issues like North Korean nuclear threats and U.S. security commitment for South Korea.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Here's what South Koreans are concerned about as they vote for parliament this week

As South Koreans head to the polls to elect a new 300-member parliament on this week, many are choosing their livelihoods and other domestic concerns as the most important election issues. It's in a … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG | 4/8/24

In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service on Monday, April 8, 2024, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center, walks from the plane upon his arrival in Beijing, China. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is visiting Beijing to display the strength of ties with close diplomatic ally China amid Moscow's grinding war against Ukraine. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Beijing to emphasize ties with strongest political ally

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is visiting Beijing to display the strength of ties with close diplomatic ally China amid Moscow's grinding war against Ukraine. The two continent-sized … more

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FILE - This photo combination shows U.S. President Joe Biden, left, taken in Washington on April 3, 2024, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, taken in Tokyo on March 28, 2024. Prime Minister Kishida is making an official visit to the United States this week. He will hold a summit with President Biden that's meant to achieve a major upgrading of their defense alliance.(AP Photo/File)

What's expected at Japanese PM Kishida's US visit? A major upgrade in defense ties

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making an official visit to the United States this week. He will hold a summit with President Joe Biden that’s meant to achieve a major upgrading of their … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 4/8/24

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a press conference in Beijing, China, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

US will push China to change policy that threatens American jobs, Treasury Secretary Yellen says

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the Biden administration will push China to change an industrial policy that poses a threat to U.S. jobs. Yellen said this on Monday after four days of talks with … more

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEN MORITSUGU | 4/8/24

Campaigners distribute flyers for the upcoming local elections in Kazun Polski, near Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, April 4, 2024, three days ahead of a vote that Poland is holding on Sunday. The nationwide vote for city mayors, provincial governors, local council members and other local officials are expected to be a test of support for the ruling pro-European Union coalition of Prime Minister Donald Tusk that won parliamentary elections in October. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Exit poll: conservative opposition ahead of prime minister Tusk's party in Poland's local elections

An exit poll released after Poland’s local and regional elections show Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s pro-EU party slightly trailing the conservative opposition party that governed Poland for eight … more

By VANESSA GERA | 4/7/24

A supporter of former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas protests as a military vehicle transports him from the detention center he was held following his arrest at the Mexican Embassy in Quito Ecuador, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Glas, who held the vice presidency of Ecuador between 2013 and 2018, was convicted of corruption and had been taking refuge in the embassy since December. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Before Ecuadorian police broke into Mexican Embassy, governments were feuding over election, asylum

A spat between Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador spiraled into a full-blown diplomatic crisis when Ecuadorian police raided Mexico’s embassy … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO | 4/7/24

FILE - The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir after the dam collapse, in Energodar, Russian-occupied Ukraine, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Officials at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant said that the site was attacked Sunday April 7, 2024, by Ukrainian military drones, including a strike on the dome of the plant’s sixth power unit. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

Drones attack Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, according to plant officials

Officials at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant say the site has been attacked by Ukrainian military drones, including a strike on the dome of the plant’s sixth power unit. … more

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Evacuation efforts are ongoing in a city near Russia's border with Kazakhstan, where floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam. The dam broke in the city of Orsk in the Orenburg region, less than 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) north of the border on Friday night, according to Orsk Mayor Vasily Kozupitsa.

Russia declares flood-hit Orenburg region a federal emergency with other regions under threat

State media say Russia’s government has declared the situation in flood-hit areas in the Orenburg region a federal emergency. Preparations for possible flooding are also underway in three other … more

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Police stand guard at the entrance of the penitentiary where former Vice President Jorge Glas is being held, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Ecuadorian police broke through the external doors of the Mexican Embassy in Quito, Friday evening, to arrest Glas, who had been residing there since December. (AP Photo/Cesar Munoz)

International leaders condemn Ecuador after police break into the Mexican Embassy in Quito

International leaders have condemned Ecuador after police in the country's capital broke into the Mexican Embassy on Friday to arrest a former vice president who had been granted political asylum. … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and GABRIELA MOLINA | 4/7/24

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Top UN court will hold hearings in a case accusing Germany of facilitating Israel's Gaza conflict

The United Nations’ top court is hearing a case on Monday that seeks an end of German military and other aid to Israel. Nicaragua claims that Berlin is “facilitating” acts of genocide and … more

By MIKE CORDER | 4/7/24

FILE - A Filipino port worker looks as the Japanese Ship Akebono (DD-108), a Murasame-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, prepares to dock for a goodwill visit at Manila's south harbor, Philippines on Sept. 27, 2018. The United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will hold their first joint naval exercises, including anti-submarine warfare training, in a show of force Sunday, April 7, 2024 in the South China Sea where Beijing’s aggressive actions to assert its territorial claims have caused alarm. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

China says it patrolled the South China Sea in an apparent response to US naval drills with allies

China’s military says it has conducted air and sea patrols and that all activities that “disrupt the South China Sea” are under control. The brief announcement on Sunday is an apparent response … more

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Coco nibbles on a blade of grass in a National Palace courtyard, in Mexico City, Thursday, March 4, 2024. Nineteen feral cats have free rein of Mexico's National Palace, long roaming the gardens and historic colonial halls of the most iconic buildings in the country. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

19 cats roam Mexico's presidential palace. A new declaration gives them food and care fur-ever

Feral cats have long wandered the gardens and elegant halls of Mexicos' presidential palace. But this week the 19 palace felines made history when the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel … more

By MEGAN JANETSKY | 4/7/24

This is a handout photo issued by Guinness World records on Saturday, April 6, 2024 of John Alfred Tinniswood. The world’s oldest man says the secret to a long life is luck, regular exercise - and fish and chips every Friday. Englishman John Alfred Tinniswood, 111, has been confirmed as the new holder of the title by Guinness World Records. It follows the death of the Venezuelan record-holder, Juan Vicente Perez, this month at the age of 114. (Guinness World Records via AP)

The world's oldest man says the secret to his longevity is luck, plus regular fish and chips

The world’s oldest man says the secret to his long life is luck, moderation — and fish and chips every Friday. At 111 years old, Englishman John Alfred Tinniswood has been confirmed as the new … more

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Genocide survivor Jeanette Nyirabashyitsi, 45, left a Tutsi, greets Frederick Kazigwemo, a Hutu who was jailed for nine years for genocide-related crimes in the reconciliation village of Mbyo, in Nyamata, Rwanda Friday, April 5, 2024. Thirty years after the genocide, the country has fourteen "reconciliation villages" where convicted perpetrators who have been released from prison after publicly apologizing for their crimes live side by side with genocide survivors. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

In a Rwandan reconciliation village, collaborative efforts among women give hope for unity

In a community of genocide perpetrators and survivors outside the Rwandan capital of Kigali, more than half of 382 residents are women. Their collaboration on projects such as basket weaving has … more

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA | 4/6/24

FILE - British Airways planes sit parked at Heathrow Airport in London, on Sept. 9, 2019. A Virgin Atlantic jet collided with another plane while it was being towed at Heathrow Airport on Saturday April 6, 2024, aviation authorities said. There were no reports of injuries. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

A Virgin Atlantic plane clipped a BA jet at Heathrow but no injuries were reported

A Virgin Atlantic jet collided with another plane while it was being towed at Heathrow Airport on Saturday, but there were no reports of injuries. Virgin said its Boeing 787-9 had completed a flight … more

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg flashes a V-sign after being detained and driven off in a bus after joining protestors who blocked a road during a climate protest by Extinction Rebellion and other activists near the Dutch parliament in The Hague, Netherlands, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch police have detained activist Greta Thunberg at a climate demonstration in The Hague

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is among dozens of people who have been detained by police in The Hague as they removed protesters who were partially blocking a road in the Dutch city. Thunberg was … more

By PETER DEJONG | 4/6/24

In this grab taken from a video released by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Saturday, April 6, 2024, emergency workers evacuate a local resident after a part of a dam burst causing flooding, in Orsk, Russia. Floods hit a city in the Ural Mountains areas after a river dam burst there, prompting evacuations of hundreds of people, local authorities said. The dam breach in Orsk, a city less than 20 kilometers north of Russia’s border with Kazakhstan, occurred on Friday night, according to Orsk mayor Vasily Kozupitsa. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)

Thousands are evacuated after floods break a dam in the Russian city of Orsk

Floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan, forcing some 2,000 people to evacuate, local authorities said. The dam broke in … more

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In this grab taken from video released by the Roscosmos Space Corporation, NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara sits in a chair shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-24 space capsule near Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 6, 2024. The Soyuz capsule carrying NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus touched down on Saturday. (Roscosmos Space Corporation via AP)

A Soyuz capsule carrying 3 crew from the International Space Station lands safely in Kazakhstan

A Russian space capsule with two women and one man has safely landed in a steppe in Kazakhstan after their missions aboard the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-24 carrying Russia’s Oleg … more

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Rescue workers extinguish the fire at the site of a Russian drone attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, early Saturday April 6, 2024. At least 6 people were killed in Kharkiv in the overnight attacks on Saturday and at least 10 people were injured with blast wounds and shrapnel, said regional governor Oleh Syniehubov. High-rise buildings, a gas station, a shop and a car were damaged. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv kill 6 and wound 11

Russian forces overnight attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles, killing at least six people and wounding 11 more in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, local officials reported. The … more

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