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A year into Ukraine war, bodies dug up in once occupied town

BORODYANKA, Ukraine (AP) — The freshly exhumed remains of three men lie in black body bags on the edge of the small cemetery in a town not far from Ukraine's capital, waiting to be taken to a morgue. None has yet been identified. Ukrainian authorities are still unearthing people who were ...

Serbia denies it has supplied weapons to Ukraine

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia on Friday denied it has exported arms to Ukraine after Moscow demanded to know if its Balkan ally delivered thousands of rockets for Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion. Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that since the beginning of the war in ...

Mexico hopes to avoid sanctions on vaquita’s near extinction

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is seeking to avoid potential trade sanctions this week for failing to stop the near-extinction of the vaquita, the world's smallest porpoise and most endangered marine mammal. Studies estimate there may be as few as eight vaquitas remaining in the Gulf of ...

Zelenskyy tells US, Europe law chiefs Russia must face court

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Friday with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and top European legal officials, and called for Russia to face international prosecution for war crimes. Zelenskyy announced the meetings in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, hundreds of kilometers ...

Accusations against relatives a blow to Colombian president

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro has asked prosecutors to investigate accusations against his brother and one of his sons that could deal a blow to his presidency and undermine his plans for peace and to fight corruption. Petro, a former guerrilla who was elected as ...

Jailed Malaysia ex-PM Najib acquitted in latest 1MDB trial

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian former Prime Minister Najib Razak was acquitted Friday in the latest trial in response to the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad state fund. Najib, who is serving a 12-year prison term after losing the final appeal in his ...

6 Nigerian states drop suit to void presidential vote result

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Six states in Nigeria on Friday night withdrew a suit asking the Supreme Court to void the result of the just-concluded presidential election, the latest twist in several challenges facing the ruling party's victory in the vote. The states — led by governors in the ...

Ukraine ally Kallas fights for reelection in Estonia vote

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia, which is providing Ukraine with more weapons than any other country relative to its economic might, is holding a general election Sunday that will determine whether it can sustain that high level of support. Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, 45, has emerged in the ...

In Britain, ‘warm hubs’ emerge to beat soaring energy costs

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England (AP) — On a blustery late-winter day in Shakespeare's birthplace, the foyer of the Other Place theater is a cozy refuge. Visitors are having meetings over coffee, checking emails, writing poetry, learning to sew. It looks and feels like an arty café in the ...

King Charles III picks France, Germany for 1st state visits

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III will travel to France and Germany for his first state visits since becoming monarch, Buckingham Palace said Friday, underscoring Britain's efforts to build bridges with its European neighbors following years of strained relations caused by Brexit. Charles and ...

New crew from US, Russia and UAE arrives at space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new crew arrived at the International Space Station on Friday for a six-month mission, after overcoming trouble with one of the capsule's docking hooks. The SpaceX capsule and its four astronauts had to wait 65 feet (20 meters) from the orbiting lab, as flight ...

Can the dogs of Chernobyl teach us new tricks on survival?

More than 35 years after the world's worst nuclear accident, the dogs of Chernobyl roam among decaying, abandoned buildings in and around the closed plant – somehow still able to find food, breed and survive. Scientists hope that studying these dogs can teach humans new tricks about how to ...

China accuses US of attacking companies after export curbs

BEIJING (AP) — China accused Washington on Friday of improperly attacking Chinese companies after genetics analysis giant BGI Group and 17 others were hit with curbs on access to U.S. technology on security or human rights grounds. The Commerce Department said it saw a danger that two BGI ...

Egypt raises price of gasoline in latest hike amid inflation

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt raised the price of some types of gasoline on Thursday, the latest hike to beset the cash-strapped Middle East country amid soaring inflation. The petroleum ministry said in a statement that it was raising the price of regular, midgrade and premium gasoline mixes of ...

Italy PM urges India to play key role in ending Ukraine war

NEW DELHI (AP) — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni urged India on Thursday to play a central role in facilitating negotiations to end Russia's war against Ukraine. India, with the rotating presidency of the Group of 20 industrialized and developing countries, could represent the needs of ...

Kremlin accuses Ukrainian saboteurs of attack inside Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin on Thursday accused Ukrainian saboteurs of crossing into western Russia and firing on villagers. Ukraine denied the claim and warned that Moscow could use the allegations to justify stepping up its own attacks in the ongoing war. The exact circumstances of ...

Israeli campaign raises funds for torched Palestinian town

YOKNEAM, Israel (AP) — An Israeli-led crowdfunding campaign has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Palestinian residents of a West Bank town that was set ablaze by radical Jewish settlers, the organizer of the drive said Thursday. Some 12,000 Israelis donated nearly 1.7 million ...

US Ambassador Cindy McCain to head UN World Food Program

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Cindy McCain was appointed head Thursday of the U.N. World Food Program, the world's largest humanitarian organization which aims to help nearly 150 million people confronting conflicts, disasters and impacts of climate change this year. The appointment ...

New Easter Island statue found in volcanic crater’s dry lake

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Researchers have found a new moai statue in a dry lake on the Chilean island of Rapa Nui, joining the approximately 1,000 other iconic monolithic sculptures on what is internationally known as Easter Island. The statue is relatively small at 1.6 meters (5.2 feet), as ...

G20 talks end in India with no consensus on Ukraine war

NEW DELHI (AP) — Top diplomats from the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations ended their contentious meeting in New Delhi on Thursday with no consensus on the Ukraine war, India's foreign minister said, as discussions of the war and China's widening global influence dominated ...