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Israel's president pardons a combat medic whose shooting of a Palestinian attacker caused debate
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's president Saturday pardoned the combat medic who shot dead at close range a badly wounded Palestinian attacker who had stabbed a soldier in the occupied West Bank a decade ago.
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Meet Earth’s newest wild cat species, the first named in over a century
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A previously unknown cat species has been identified in plain sight: at a wildlife sanctuary in Bolivia, where the small, spotted feline had been living for years.
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Congo begins Ebola vaccinations for health workers in the epicenter of the outbreak
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo on Saturday began vaccinating healthcare staff against Ebola in Bunia, the epicenter of the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history as they are “particularly exposed and deeply involved in the response,” the provincial governor said.
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Dutch riot police break up far-right protest in The Hague after violence erupts
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch riot police dispersed several hundred far-right protesters in The Hague on Saturday after violence erupted and local authorities banned a planned march in the city against immigration and asylum policies.
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For Palestinian aid groups, Macklemore's $1M pledge brings relief and attention to ongoing suffering
Macklemore's $1 million donation pledge is coming at a critical time for Palestinian relief nonprofits. The Grammy-winning rapper committed to donate his net earnings from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour after he was dropped for making pro-Palestinian comments onstage. With his gift, Macklemore wants to s...
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Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi tells AP Iranians are paying the price for war
Iranians are suffering as economic misery and internal repression leave “no room for people to breathe” after 1 1/2 years of wars and ongoing U.S. sanctions, the country’s most prominent human rights activist has told The Associated Press.
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Russian election observer loses consciousness during arrest by police, opposition party says
Russia’s liberal opposition Yabloko party says that one of its election observers lost consciousness while being arrested by police at a St. Petersburg polling station. The happened incident happened Saturday on the second day of a tightly controlled parliamentary election. The voting to elect me...
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Pakistani forces end 20-hour standoff with militants in the northwest
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces on Saturday ended a standoff with militants holed up inside a police compound in northwestern Pakistan, officials said.
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UNGA lingo: A guide to UN General Assembly meeting acronyms, buzzwords and more
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly is launching into its yearly meeting of world leaders, a week of diplomacy, dealmaking, speechmaking — and lingo.
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US lifts sanctions targeting Eritrea's ruling party and the military
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The United States lifted sanctions against Eritrea’s ruling party and the military that the former Biden administration imposed, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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Sandro Mazzola, Italy and Inter Milan soccer star, dies at age 83
MILAN (AP) — Sandro Mazzola, the former Inter Milan captain who was one of Italy’s most acclaimed players, has died. He was 83.
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New laws trigger a fresh legal fight over Nazi-looted art in Los Angeles and Auschwitz museums
Jewish heirs of Holocaust victims have filed lawsuits in California to reclaim Nazi-looted paintings from museums in Los Angeles and Poland. These are the first cases since new laws in California and Congress strengthened claims to art taken during World War II. One lawsuit targets the Norton Sim...
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Munich’s Oktoberfest roars to life as the mayor taps the first keg
Munich's Oktoberfest has kicked off with the city's mayor tapping the first beer keg, marking the start of the 191st edition of the festival. Thousands of revelers in traditional Bavarian attire flocked to the beer tents on Munich's Theresienwiese fairground. They enjoyed brass music, freshly tap...
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Will AI models achieve the ability to improve autonomously? Leading labs say the scenario is near
Once a distant ambition for technology researchers, the prospect of artificial intelligence models teaching themselves autonomously to be more efficient and capable appears ever closer to reality.
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Denmark's leaders are cautiously optimistic about Trump's announcement of a Greenland deal
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's government was cautiously optimistic on Saturday following Donald Trump's announcement of a deal on Greenland to bolster U.S. military presence there but keep the island under Danish control, after months of threats by the U.S. president to seize the semiauton...
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Saudi Arabia issues first alert in the capital since escalation, and other Mideast developments
Saudi Arabia has issued emergency alerts across the kingdom for a “hostile aerial threat,” including the first alert in its capital since an escalation in fighting with Iran-backed rebels in Yemen. At least one explosion was heard in Riyadh, but no casualties or damage were immediately reported. ...
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Olympic Council of Asia president says politics have already entered into the Asian Games
NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — The president of the Olympic Council of Asia acknowledged Saturday that politics — in the form of a welcoming ceremony involving Taiwan — had already entered into the Asian Games.
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Oil prices are high but could be much worse. Trump has China's Xi to thank for that
WASHINGTON (AP) — It could be much worse.
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Russia holds parliamentary vote in areas it seized from Ukraine in the war
Russia’s parliamentary election for the first time includes residents of regions that Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine after the start of its full-scale invasion more than 4 1/2 years ago, part of Kremlin efforts to cement its gains.
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Italy sees mosquitos spread the West Nile virus farther and longer as Europe warms
ROME (AP) — Italian health authorities see evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the year.
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This circus in South Africa lifts poor young performers into the spotlight
JOHANNEBURG (AP) — Clutching an aerial hoop on a Johannesburg circus stage, a young performer pauses for a split second before launching into the air and gliding, drawing cheers from the crowd below.
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Trump will be at the airport to greet Xi when China's leader arrives for his US state visit
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first state visit by the leader of China in more than a decade takes place next week when President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for high-stakes talks — and a little schmoozing — at the White House with President Donald Trump.
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Bolivia approves $1.9 billion IMF deal, eliminates diesel subsidies
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian lawmakers approved a $1.9 billion loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund on Friday, delivering the conservative government a key victory in its efforts to ease the country's deep economic crisis as unions threatened renewed protests.
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UN appoints US agriculture official Luke Lindberg to head the World Food Program
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations announced the appointment Friday of U.S. agriculture official Luke Lindberg to head the World Food Program, the U.N. food agency that calls itself “the world’s frontline responder to hunger” in conflicts, crises and emergencies around the world.
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Cuba hit with another blackout as millions across the island are left without electricity
Cuba’s power grid has collapsed, leaving millions of people across the island without electricity. The Ministry of Energy and Mines announced the blackout on its official X account without mentioning the cause and added that officials had begun “activating service-restoration protocols.” Power gr...
