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Yoon rejects South Korean opposition's calls for special investigation of his wife and top officials

South Korea’s president has dismissed calls for independent investigations into allegations involving his wife and top officials
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a press conference marking his second year in office at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Song Kyung-seok/Pool Photo via AP)
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Fiji's ex-leader, Frank Bainimarama, sentenced to prison for interfering in police investigation

Former Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to a year in prison for interfering in a criminal investigation while leading the government of his South Pacific island nation
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FILE - The then Prime Minister of Fiji Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 23, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. Former Prime Minister Bainimarama was sentenced on Thursday, May 9, 2024, to a year in prison for interfering in a criminal investigation while he headed the government of his South Pacific island nation. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
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Gunmen kill 7 barbers in Pakistan's volatile Baluchistan province

Gunmen have killed seven barbers in a home in a volatile province in southwestern Pakistan
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Yemen's Houthi rebels claim 2 attacks in Gulf of Aden, another unreported in Indian Ocean

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed two missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden on two Panama-flagged container ships that caused no damage
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This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
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Europe Day marks 1 month till EU elections. Rise of hard right, wilting of Green Deal are possible

The European Union marks its annual Europe Day on Thursday
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FILE - A man wears a suit in the EU colors as he walks outside the European Parliament during Europe Day celebrations in Brussels on May 4, 2024. The European Union marks Europe Day on Thursday, May 9, but instead of the traditionally muted celebrations, all eyes are on the EU elections in one month time which portend a steep rise of the extreme right and a possible move away from its global trendsetting climate policies. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
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China's exports and imports return to growth in April as demand improves

China reported Thursday that its exports and imports returned to growth in April, suggesting that demand is improving despite an uneven economic recovery
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FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, containers are unloaded from a cargo ship at Qingdao Port, east China's Shandong Province on Feb. 11, 2024. China's exports and imports returned to growth in April, suggesting that demand is improving despite an uneven economic recovery, according to customs data released Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Li Ziheng/Xinhua via AP, File)
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Crash between truck and passenger van in China's Ningxia region kills 9 people

A crash between a truck and a passenger van on a highway in northwestern China’s Ningxia region has killed nine people
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Militants have committed crimes against humanity in Sudan, watchdog warns

Militants are being accused of an ethnic cleansing amid a civil war, HRW said.
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A damaged army tank is seen on the street, almost one year into the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Omdurman, Sudan, April 7, 2024.
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Civilian casualties rise in Myanmar's civil war as resistance forces tighten noose around military

Six months into an offensive against Myanmar’s military government, opposition forces have made massive gains, but civilian casualties are rising sharply as regime troops increasingly turn toward scorched-earth tactics in the Southeast Asian country’s ...
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In this photo released by the Free Burma Rangers, people flee Myanmar military in Pasaung, Karenni state, Myanmar on March 1, 2024. (Free Burma Rangers via AP)
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Russia's celebration of victory in World War II is a key pillar of Putin’s rule

Russia is wrapping itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, a celebration of its defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II that President Vladimir Putin has turned into a pillar of his nearly quarter-century in power and a justification of his move ...
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Vladimir Putin walks to take his oath as Russian president during an inauguration ceremony in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Putin began his fifth term at a glittering Kremlin inauguration Tuesday, embarking on another six years as leader of Russia after destroying his political opponents, launching a devastating war in Ukraine and concentrating all power in his hands. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)
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Vatican and Rome enter final dash to 2025 Jubilee with papal bull and around-the-clock construction

The Vatican is crossing a key milestone in the runup to its 2025 Jubilee with the promulgation of the official decree establishing the Holy Year
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People gather at the Fori Imperiali avenue, with the Colosseum in the background, during an event celebrating the ban on private vehicles, in Rome, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. The Vatican crosses a key milestone Thursday, May 9, 2024, in the run-up to its 2025 Jubilee with the promulgation of the official decree establishing the Holy Year: a once-every-quarter-century event that is expected to bring some 32 million pilgrims to Rome and has already brought months of headaches to Romans. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
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Australia and Tuvalu strike new security deal that eases the tiny nation's sovereignty concerns

Australia has struck a new security deal with Tuvalu after critics complained that a previous pact created an Australian veto power over any other agreement the tiny South Pacific island nation pursued with a third country, such as China
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FILE - In this photo provided by the Tuvalu government, the newly elected Prime Minister Feleti Teo, right, is sworn into office during a ceremony in Funafuti, Tuvalu, on Feb. 28, 2024. Australia struck a new security deal with Tuvalu on Thursday, May 9, 2024, after critics complained that a previous pact created an Australian veto power over any other agreement the tiny South Pacific island nation pursued with a third country, such as China. (Tuvalu Government via AP, File)
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By The Numbers: How young voters feel about Israel, Gaza

A surprising look at the numbers behind the issues that college students say are important to them, according to a poll.
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VIDEO: By The Numbers: How young voters feel about Israel, Gaza
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China criticizes US for ship's passage through Taiwan Strait, weeks before new leader takes office

China's military is criticizing the U.S. as hyping its warship's passage through the Taiwan Strait
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In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) conducts routine underway operations while transiting through the Taiwan Strait Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd class Ismael Martinez/U.S. Navy via AP)
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Transitional council in Haiti embraces new changes following turmoil as gang violence grips country

A transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for Haiti is changing the way it operates in a move that is surprising many as gang violence consumes the country
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The body of a man shot dead lies in a pool of blood in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Doctor volunteering in Gaza says situation is ‘heartbreaking’

ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Dr. Ammar Ghanem who is in Gaza volunteering at a hospital caring for ICU patients, and explains the dire situation for those who need urgent medical care.
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VIDEO: Doctor volunteering in Gaza says situation is ‘heartbreaking’
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Sperm whales communicate through a 'complex phonetic alphabet,' study finds

Researchers analyzed the codas of approximately 60 sperm whales.
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Sperm Whales in the Caribbean Sea, Dominica, in an undated photo.
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Destruction in Gaza: A side-by-side look at the damage

Thousands of colleges, mosques, churches, homes and businesses have been destroyed, and thousands of Palestinians are estimated to be missing beneath the debris.
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Thousands of colleges, mosques, churches, homes and businesses have been destroyed, and thousands of Palestinians are estimated to be missing beneath the debris.
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Palestinians flee chaos and panic in Rafah after Israel's seizure of border crossing

Gaza’s overcrowded southernmost city, Rafah, has been thrown into panic and chaos by Israel’s seizure of the nearby border crossing with Egypt and as the possibility of a full-scale invasion looms
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Palestinian medics treat a girl that was wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramez Habboub)
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Armenia's prime minister talks with Putin in Moscow while allies' ties are under strain

Armenia’s prime minister has talked with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow as tensions are spiraling between the estranged allies
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From left: Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Bakytzhan Sagintayev, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev pose for a photo during a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed the economic alliance's performance, saying that it helped boost the members' economic potential. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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Police break up another protest by pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Amsterdam

In sometimes violent confrontations, police have broken up a protest by pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Amsterdam Wednesday in a second straight day of unrest over the war in Gaza
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Students gather for a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Earlier on Tuesday, Dutch police broke up a pro-Palestinian demonstration camp at the University of Amsterdam. Police spokeswoman Sara Tillart said about 140 protesters were arrested, two of whom remain in custody on suspicion of committing public violence. (AP Photo/Aleksandar Furtula)
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Cruise ship employee charged after allegedly stabbing 3 people with medical scissors

Ntando Sogoni was arrested in Juneau, Alaska, on Tuesday, prosecutors said.
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The Norwegian Joy cruise ship sails past the Robbins Reef Lighthouse on its way to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City, May 21, 2023.
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China's Xi arrives in Hungary for talks on expanding Chinese investments

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Hungary, the final stop on his five-day European tour
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Tourists walk next to Chinese national flag placed on the Elisabeth Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
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Russia targets Ukrainian energy infrastructure in 6 regions

Russia had previously targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure on March 22, March 29, April 11 and April 27.
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Russia had previously targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure on March 22, March 29, April 11 and April 27.
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Nicaragua cancels a controversial Chinese interoceanic canal concession after nearly a decade

After nearly a decade, Nicaragua’s congress has finally canceled a controversial canal concession granted to a Chinese businessman that critics said endangered the environment and threatened to displace rural communities
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Algeria's leader demands justice over French colonial-era wrongdoing

France celebrated the anniversary of victory over the Nazis, while Algeria commemorated a crackdown by French colonial forces on Algerian independence activists
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FILE - An empty view of the landmark martyrs monument which is seen empty after orders of home confinement to prevent the spread of coronavirus, in Algiers, Algeria, on March 24, 2020. While France celebrated the anniversary of victory over the Nazis on Wednesday May 8, 2024, Algeria commemorated a more somber anniversary: that of a crackdown by French colonial forces on Algerian independence activists, on that same day 79 years ago. (AP Photo/Toufik Doudou, File)
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With inflation soaring, Argentina will start printing 10,000 peso notes

Prices in Argentina have surged so dramatically in recent months that the government has multiplied the size of its biggest bank note by five — to 10,000 pesos, worth about $10
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File - A worker counts money at a grocery store in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 21, 2023. Prices have surged so dramatically that the government has multiplied the size of its biggest banknote in circulation to 10,000 peso note, five times the value of the previous biggest bill, according to the central bank on May 8, 2024, and the new bill is expected circulate in June. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
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UN warns total famine is just 6 weeks away in Gaza

UNICEF spokesperson Tess Ingram reports on latest humanitarian efforts in Gaza as Israel begins military operations in Rafah.
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VIDEO:  UN warns total famine is just 6 weeks away in Gaza
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Olympic swimmer Florent Manaudou becomes first French torch carrier as relay begins in Marseille before heading to Paris

Olympic swimmer Florent Manaudou becomes first French torch carrier as relay begins in Marseille before heading to Paris
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Kenya's public hospital doctors sign agreement to end national strike after almost 2 months

Kenya's public hospital doctors union has called off a national strike that had left patients in limbo for almost two months
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FILE - Doctors and other medical staff take part in a protest, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Kenya's public hospital doctors union on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, signed a return to work agreement with the government, ending a national strike that began in mid-March and had left patients in limbo. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
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Southern Brazil is still reeling from massive flooding as it faces risk from new storms

Authorities in southern Brazil are rushing to rescue survivors of massive flooding that has killed at least 100 people, but some residents are refusing to leave belongings behind while others are returning to evacuated homes despite the risk of new storms
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A boat navigates through a flooded street after heavy rain in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Macedo)
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64 people charged in sexual abuse investigations in Canada, Ontario police say

Canadian police say more than 60 people have been arrested and hundreds of charges filed in a series of investigations into child sexual abuse in Ontario
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Kosovo prime minister deplores new condition ahead of Council of Europe's membership vote next week

Kosovo’s prime minister has deplored the fact that some Western powers reportedly have set another condition ahead of Kosovo’s joining the Council of Europe
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Olympic torch enters Marseille’s old port aboard a ship, marking a milestone on the path to the Summer Games in Paris

Olympic torch enters Marseille’s old port aboard a ship, marking a milestone on the path to the Summer Games in Paris
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Scores of Syrians return home after years at camp housing people linked to the Islamic State group

Scores of Syrian women and children linked to the Islamic State group have left a sprawling camp in northeast Syria and headed home to the eastern province of Deir el-Zour following mediation by tribal leaders
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A boy carries his belongings as he passes in front of family members of suspected Islamic State group fighters who are waiting to be transferred by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from al-Hol camp, in Hasakeh province, Syria, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Scores of Syrian women and children linked to the Islamic State group left a sprawling camp in northeast Syria Wednesday and headed home to the eastern province of Deir el-Zour following mediation by tribal leaders. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
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Bank of England expected to wait for more evidence that inflation is under control before rate cut

The Bank of England is expected to maintain interest rates at a 16-year high of 5.25% Thursday, but a cut wouldn’t be a huge surprise as inflation falls from multi-decade highs
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FILE - The Bank of England in London, is shown on Dec. 15, 2022. The bank is expected to maintain interest rates at a 16-year high of 5.25%, but a cut wouldn't be a huge surprise as inflation falls from multi-decade highs. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
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UN food agency fears an escalation on the Lebanese-Israeli border can cripple aid efforts in Lebanon

The United Nations food agency's deputy executive director says if the monthslong conflict playing out on the Lebanese-Israeli border continues to escalate, the agency won’t be ready for the spike in nutritional needs across crisis-hit Lebanon
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Carl Skau, deputy executive director of the U.N. World Food Program (WFP), second right, listens as he tours a WFP warehouse stocking food rations in the northern Beirut suburb of Dekwaneh, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. If the monthslong conflict playing out on the Lebanese-Israeli border continues to escalate, the United Nations food agency won't be ready for the spike in nutritional needs across crisis-hit Lebanon, Skau said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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Bomb in northeastern Afghanistan kills 3 officers who were part of convoy handling poppy eradication

A Taliban official says A sticky bomb exploded in northeastern Afghanistan, killing at least three police officers
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Prada focuses generational transition on artisans, expanding production and workforce in Italy

The Prada Group is expanding its production footprint in Italy, including dozens of new jobs at its knitwear factory in Umbria, leaning into “Made in Italy” as integral to the brand’s ethos
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Italian artisans create knitwear for the Prada and Miu Miu brands at a recently expanded factory in the Perugia province of Italy Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The Prada Group is expanding its production footprint in Italy, including dozens of new jobs at brand's knitwear factory near Umbria, leaning into Made in Italy as integral to the brand's ethos as it develops new artisanal talent to ease the luxury group through a generational shift in its workforce, alongside the management and creative transitions already under way. (AP Photo/Colleen Barry)
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Families of the victims of attacks on displaced people in Congo mourn their dead

Families of the victims of last week's bombings at two camps of displaced people in eastern Congo, which killed at least sixteen people, have mourned their loved ones at a ceremony in the city of Goma
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People gather in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Monday, May 6, 2024, to mourn the victims of the Mugunga Camp attack three days earlier. The signs read: 'Yes to peace, No to war' and 'Attacking civilians is a war crime.' (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
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Pakistani security forces kill 6 militants in twin raids in volatile northwest near Afghanistan

Pakistan's military says its security forces have killed six militants in twin raids in the volatile northwest region bordering Afghanistan
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Mexico hit by hours of rolling blackouts after high temps, low power generation

Mexico has been hit by hours of rolling blackouts late Tuesday due to high temperatures and temporary drops in electrical power generation
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EU reaches a tentative deal on Ukraine aid coming from profits of frozen Russian assets

European Union nations have reached a tentative breakthrough deal to provide Ukraine with billions in additional funds for arms and ammunitions coming from the profits raised from frozen Russian central bank assets held in the bloc
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A woman walks in front of a crater caused by a Russian missile attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)
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Kosovo backs Ukraine even though Kyiv has not recognized its independence, foreign minister says

Kosovo’s foreign minister says her country is convinced that Russia must lose the war in Ukraine for conflict not to spread further in Europe
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Kosovo's foreign minister and deputy prime minister Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz attends the inauguration of her country's first diplomatic mission to Poland in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday May 8, 2024. Kosovo's foreign minister said Wednesday that her country is convinced that Russia must lose the war in Ukraine in order for conflict not to spread further in Europe, stressing that her young nation's support for Ukraine is unconditional even though Kyiv has not recognized Kosovo's independence. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Lithuania defends banning Russian and Belarusian observers from monitoring its presidential election

Lithuania has defended the decision not to allow Russian and Belarusian observers to monitor its upcoming presidential election, accusing both countries of spearheading campaigns that “pose a threat to our national security.”
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Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda speaks during a joint media conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during the Lithuanian-German military exercise 'Grand Quadriga' at a training range in Pabrade, north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania on Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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Croatia ruling conservatives will form government with a far-right group after inconclusive election

Croatia’s ruling conservatives have agreed to form a coalition with an extreme party, which would push the country further to the right ahead of next month’s European parliamentary election
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Prime Minister incumbent Andrej Plenkovic, center, speaks after claiming victory in a parliamentary election in Zagreb, Croatia, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Croatia's governing conservatives convincingly won a highly contested parliamentary election Wednesday, but will still need support from far-right groups to stay in power, according to the official vote count. The election followed a campaign that centered on a bitter rivalry between the country's president and prime minister. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
May 08

A Cambodian court sentences a union leader to 18 months in prison for comments on Facebook

A Cambodian labor union leader has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in connection with comments he made in a live broadcast on Facebook two years ago that criticized the arrest of a casino worker
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Israel and Hamas face international pressure to reach a cease-fire agreement

Emergency workers said at least 30 people are dead in Rafah as the Israeli military continues to bomb the southern Gaza town.
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Britain to expel Russian attaché in response to 'reckless and dangerous activities' by Moscow

Britain says it is expelling Russia’s defense attaché after accusing him of being a spy
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In this photo released by Russian Embassy in London/Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Colonel Maxim Elovik, Russia's military attaché to the United Kingdom and Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Andrey Kelin, right, attend a laying wreaths ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe, at the Soviet war memorial in London, Britain, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Britain says it is expelling the attaché after accusing him of being a spy. The move announced Wednesday was one of several measures taken by the U.K. against Moscow over what it said were malicious activities. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)
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Moscow court rejects appeal to move to house arrest a deputy defense minister facing bribery charges

A Moscow court rejected an appeal filed by a Russian deputy defense minister’s lawyers who sought to have him moved from prison to house arrest as he faces bribery charges
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In this photo released by the Moscow's City Court, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov sits behind bars in a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service during a session in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. A Moscow court on Wednesday rejected an appeal of the bribery arrest of Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov, whose lawyers sought to have him released from jail into house arrest. Ivanov, who was in charge of military construction projects, was arrested on April 23 and charged with accepting bribes on a large scale. (Moscow City Court via AP)