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Marinette da Silva, mother of slain councilwoman Marielle Franco, stands next to a giant cutout depicting Franco, during a tribute marking five years of her assassination, at the Rio Art Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Five years after Rio councilwoman slain, questions and hope

Supporters gathered Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro to mark five years since the assassination of Black, bisexual councilwoman Marielle Franco amid hope that investigations into her death will accelerate … more

By ELÉONORE HUGHES | 3/14/23

FILE - Hilaria Rodriguez, reviews her plants in a traditional Mayan medicine center, in the community of Na balam, in the Mexican state of Chiapas, Oct. 19, 2000. For nearly 50 years, Rodriguez has practiced the ancient art of herbal medicine both to honor the tradition her ancestors began centuries ago, and to meet basic medical necessities of her village. Health authorities in Mexico said Tuesday, March 14, 2023, they will use more traditional medicine and more Cuban doctors in the country’s under-equipped public hospital system. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Mexico to use traditional medicine, more Cuban doctors

Health authorities in Mexico say they will use more traditional medicine and more Cuban doctors in the country's woefully underequipped public hospital system. The head of Mexico's largest public … more

3/14/23

Cumbria Police undated handout photo of Eleanor Williams. A 22-year-old woman has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years after falsely claiming to have been the victim of an Asian grooming gang. Eleanor Williams, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 after making a series of false rape allegations. In a Facebook post in May 2020, which was shared more than 100,000 times, she described being beaten, abused and trafficked by Asian men. (Cumbria Police via AP)

Fake sex abuse claims get British woman 8.5 year prison term

A 22-year-old woman who falsely claimed she was groomed by an Asian gang, drugged, raped and forced to work as a prostitute has been jailed for more than eight years in a case that fueled racial … more

By BRIAN MELLEY | 3/14/23

Flowers and candles are placed in front of the entrance to a Jehovah's Witness community center in Hamburg, Germany, Monday, March 13, 2023. Authorities say one victim’s life is still in danger after last week’s shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness hall in Hamburg in which a former member of the congregation killed six people and then himself. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)

1 victim's life still in danger after Hamburg shooting

Authorities say one victim’s life is still in danger after last week’s shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness hall in Hamburg in which a former member of the congregation killed six people and then … more

3/14/23

FILE - Military surgeon Jiang Yanyong is seen in a hotel room in Beijing on Feb. 9, 2004. Jiang Yanyong, a Chinese military doctor who revealed the full extent of the 2003 SARS outbreak and was later placed under house arrest for his political outspokenness, has died, a long-time acquaintance and a Hong Kong newspaper said Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo, File)

Chinese SARS whistleblower Jiang Yanyong dies at 91

Reports say Jiang Yanyong, a Chinese military doctor who revealed the full extent of the 2003 SARS outbreak and was later placed under house arrest for his political outspokenness, has died. … more

3/14/23

A signs reads "mine" in Moshchun, outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 5, 2023. There are sandbags around the statues and anti-tank obstacles by the side of the streets, trenches in the nearby forests and land mine warnings in the woods. Signs painted onto walls point to the nearest shelter, while air raid sirens occasionally wail across the city, which still sometimes comes under missile attack. But against this backdrop of war, residents of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv are living their lives as normally as they can as Russia's invasion of their country enters its second year. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Ukraine: Objects of war become new normal in Kyiv scenery

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — There are sandbags around the statues and anti-tank obstacles by the side of the streets, trenches in the nearby forests and land mine warnings in the woods. Signs painted on … more

3/14/23

In this image provided by CTV News, first responders work the scene where two men died after a pickup truck plowed into pedestrians who were walking beside a road in Amqui, Quebec, Monday, March 13, 2023. (CTV News via AP)

2 dead, 9 injured after truck hits pedestrians in Quebec

Authorities in Canada say two men have died after a pickup truck plowed into pedestrians who were walking beside a road in Quebec. A provincial police spokeswoman said nine other people were injured, … more

By ROB GILLIES | 3/13/23

FILE - A TV screen shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on March 13, 2023. North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters Tuesday, March 14, the South Korean military said, in the country's second weapons launch this week. The launch came a day after the U.S. and South Korean militaries began their largest joint field exercises in years on Monday. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Seoul: North Korea launches 2 ballistic missiles toward sea

South Korea says North Korea has test-launched two ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launches were made Tuesday morning from the … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG | 3/13/23

FILE - The President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Cardinal Juan Jose Omella, centre, speaks during a press conference in Madrid, Spain, on Feb. 22, 2022. Spain’s ombudsman said Monday March 13, 2023 that an independent commission set up a year ago to investigate historic sex abuse by the Catholic church has collected testimonies from 445 victims, as the nation belatedly tackles an issue many other European countries acted on long ago. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Spain's ombudsman registers 445 church sex abuse complaints

Spain’s ombudsman says an independent commission set up a year ago to investigate historic sex abuse by the Catholic church has collected testimonies from 445 victims, as the nation tackles an … more

3/13/23

Iwao Hakamada answers to reporters' questions after a walk in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan Monday, March 13, 2023. Tokyo’s high court on Monday ordered a retrial for Hakamada, 87-year-old former boxer who has been on death row for nearly six decades after his murder conviction that his lawyers said was based on forced confession and fabricated evidence. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan court orders retrial for 87-year death row ex-boxer

Tokyo’s high court has ordered a retrial for an 87-year-old former boxer who has been on death row for more than five decades. The court says he deserves a retrial because of a possibility that his … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 3/13/23

Junior doctors hold placards as they stand at a picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital in Westminster in London, Monday, March 13, 2023. Thousands of junior hospital doctors are due to walk out for three days starting Monday. It follows strikes in recent months by nurses and ambulance staff. The NHS said it would prioritize emergency care during the strike but thousands of appointments will be canceled. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

UK: Tens of thousands of doctors kick off 3-day strike

Tens of thousands of junior doctors are on strike across England to demand better pay, kicking off three days of widespread disruption at the U.K.‘s state-funded hospitals and health clinics. … more

By SYLVIA HUI | 3/13/23

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak disembarks his plane in San Diego, Sunday, March 12, 2023, as he arrives in the States for meetings with U.S. President Joe Biden and Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in AUKUS, a trilateral security pact among the three countries. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP)

UK boosts defense spending in response to Russia and China

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to increase U.K. military funding by 5 billion pounds ($6 billion) over the next two years in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 3/13/23

FILE - A woman leads her goats as Suralaya coal power plant looms in the background in Cilegon, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. The head of the United Nations called Monday, March 13 for scientists to serve up “cold, hard facts” to push governments into taking policies that curb climate change before a key global warming threshold is passed. His comments came as experts and officials from around the world gathered for a week-long meeting in the Alpine town of Interlaken to finalize the last of seven reports issued by the global body’s panel of top scientists since the Paris climate accord was forged in 2015. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, file)

UN chief: 'Cold, hard facts' should guide climate policy

The head of the United Nations has called for scientists to serve up “cold, hard facts” to push governments into making policies that curb climate change before a key global warming threshold is … more

3/13/23

FILE - Pope Francis waves to faithful as he is driven through the crowd during his visit to the island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, on July 8, 2013, where he denounced the "globalization of indifference" that greets migrants who risk their lives trying to reach Europe. Pope Francis' first 10 years as pope have been marked by several historic events, as well as several unplanned moments or comments that nevertheless helped define the contours and priorities of history's first Latin American pope. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

10 iconic moments in Pope Francis' first 10 years as pontiff

Pope Francis is marking the 10th anniversary of his election as pope on Monday. During that decade, several historic occasions, as well as several unplanned events, helped define the contours and … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 3/13/23

Pope Francis waves to faithful at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Nicaragua proposes suspending Vatican ties after comments

Nicaragua ’s government says it has proposed suspending relations with the Vatican days after Pope Francis compared President Daniel Ortega’s administration to a communist or Nazi dictatorship … more

By GABRIELA SELSER and FRANCES D’EMILIO | 3/12/23

Red Cross volunteers carry the body of a civilian, who was killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo North Kivu province village of Mukondi, Thursday March 9, 2023. At least 36 were killed when the Allied Democratic Forces, a group with links to the Islamic State group, attacked the village and burned residents' huts. (AP Photo/Socrate Mumbere)

At least 19 people killed in Congo by suspected extremists

Authorities say rebels in eastern Congo killed at least 19 people and set fire to a health center and houses. The former governor of North Kivu province said in a Sunday interview with state media … more

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE | 3/12/23

FILE - Water buffalo herders in the marshes of Chibayish feed their animals after back to back drought severely reduced available food stocks in Dhi Qar province, Iraq, on Nov. 19, 2022. Iraq's prime minister Sunday March 12, 2023 promised sweeping measures to tackle climate change — which has affected millions across the country. Droughts and increased water salinity have destroyed crops, animals and farms and dried up entire bodies of water. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil, File)

Iraqi PM promises action to tackle crippling climate change

Iraq’s prime minister has promised sweeping measures to tackle climate change, which has affected millions across the country. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani said Sunday in a speech to open … more

3/12/23

Syrian state media: Israel fires missiles at western city

Syria's state news agency says Israeli missiles have targeted a western city wounding three soldiers. SANA said Sunday the missiles were fired at Masyaf in Hama province at dawn. Other local media … more

3/12/23

Police check a fishing boat with some 500 migrants in the southern Italian port of Crotone, early Saturday, March 11, 2023. The Italian coast guard was responding to three smugglers boats carrying more than 1,300 migrants “in danger” off Italy’s southern coast, officials said Friday. Three small coast guard boats were rescuing a boat with 500 migrants about 700 miles off the Calabria region, which forms the toe of the Italian boot. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro)

Italy's coast guard, navy, bring hundreds of migrants ashore

Italian coast guard and navy vessels are ferrying hundreds of migrants to shore after rescues in the Mediterranean. The coast guard said overcrowding on vessels operated by people smugglers and … more

By FRANCES D'EMILIO | 3/11/23

Yemen sides begin UN-brokered talks on prisoner exchange

The U.N. says Yemen’s warring sides have begun talks aimed at implementing a U.N.-brokered deal on a prisoner exchange. The discussions between Yemen’s internationally recognized government and … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 3/11/23