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Saudi Arabia's King Salman enters hospital for routine examinations, state media say

Saudi Arabia’s 88-year-old King Salman has entered the hospital Wednesday for what state media described as “routine examinations.”
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Loose horses, 1 soaked in blood, wreak havoc in central London

Westminster Police and the Army were called in to locate and contain them.
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German retirees will get an inflation-busting pension increase this year

Germany’s Cabinet has approved a 4.57% rise in retirees’ pensionsfrom this summer, an increase that is well above the current inflation rate
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FILE - Elderly women sit on a bench beside their walker in the sun at a park in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, approved a 4.57% rise in retirees' pensions from this summer, an increase that is well above the current rate of inflation. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
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A Russian priest who held Navalny's memorial service is suspended by Moscow church

A priest who oversaw a memorial service for late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been suspended for three years by the head of the country’s Orthodox Church
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Ex-leader of Northern Ireland's biggest unionist party faces sex offense charges dating to 1985

The former leader of Northern Ireland’s biggest unionist party has made his first court appearance on sexual abuse charges dating back nearly four decades
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Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson arrives at Newry Magistrates' Court, where he is charged with several historical sexual offences, in Newry, Northern Ireland, Wednesday April 24, 2024. Sir Jeffrey resigned as DUP leader and was suspended from the party following the charges. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)
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Smoke seen as ANA flight carrying about 200 people lands safely in northern Japan, public TV says

Japan's public broadcaster says smoke was seen coming from an All Nippon Airways plane as it landed safely at Shin Chitose airport in northern Japan
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Tunisia recovers the bodies of 19 migrants who attempted to cross the Mediterranean to Europe

The bodies of 19 people have been off the coast of Tunisia, one of the primary points of departure for those seeking to traverse the Mediterranean Sea to Europe
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Smoke seen coming from an ANA flight carrying about 200 people as it lands safely in Japan, public broadcaster NHK says

Smoke seen coming from an ANA flight carrying about 200 people as it lands safely in Japan, public broadcaster NHK says
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TikTok may be banned in the US. Here's what happened when India did it

The hugely popular Chinese app TikTok may be forced out of the U.S., where a measure to outlaw the video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature
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FILE- Activists of Jammu and Kashmir Dogra Front shout slogans against Chinese President Xi Jinping next to a banner showing the logos of TikTok and other Chinese apps banned in India during a protest in Jammu, India, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)
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Nepal's president asks visiting Qatari emir to help free student held hostage by Hamas

Officials say Nepal’s president asked the emir of Qatar, who is on a two-day visit to the South Asian country, to help release a Nepali student held hostage by Palestinian militant group Hamas
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Volkswagen revamps its approach in China in bid to overtake upstart EV makers

Foreign automakers have been caught flat-footed in China by an electric vehicle boom that has shaken up the market over the last three years
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Workers prepare for the upcoming auto show to be held in Beijing, China, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Foreign automakers have been caught flat-footed in China by an electric vehicle boom that has shaken up the market over the last three years. That has left manufacturers like Volkswagen scrambling to develop new models for a very different market than at home. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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Military horses run loose in central London, injuring 4 people and causing havoc

Several military horses bolted during routine exercises and ran loose through central London, injuring four people and damaging vehicles during the morning rush hour
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A white horse on the loose bolt through the streets of London near Aldwych, on Wednesday April 24, 2024. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)
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Ukrainian officials thank the US for its latest military aid to help stop Russia's onslaught

Ukrainian officials are expressing thanks for a fresh batch of U.S. military aid that threw Kyiv’s armed forces a lifeline in their war with Russia, even though the vital new supplies aren’t expected to have an immediate impact on the battlefield
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In this photo provided by Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, war crime prosecutors inspect fragments of bomb after Russia's attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office/ via AP)
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Blinken begins key China visit as tensions rise over new US foreign aid bill

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a critical trip to China armed with a strengthened diplomatic hand following Senate approval of a foreign aid package that will provide billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as ...
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he boards a plane, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
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German far-right lawmaker whose assistant was arrested for spying for China keeps up election bid

A prominent German far-right lawmaker says he will dismiss an assistant who was arrested on suspicion of spying for China, but will remain the Alternative for Germany party’s top candidate in the upcoming European Parliament elections
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Maximilian Krah, AfD lead candidate for the European elections, leaves after a press statement after talks with the AfD parliamentary group leadership, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Berlin. One of Krah's employees is suspected of spying for China. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)
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Top Russian military official appears in court on bribery charges

A top Russian military official arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe has been sent to pre-trial detention after appearing before a court in central Moscow
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This handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan 11, 2024, shows Timur Ivanov, deputy defense minister, in Moscow. Ivanov, a top Russian military official was arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe, authorities said Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Ivanov, one of Russia's 12 deputy defense ministers, was sanctioned by both the United States and the European Union in 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)
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China blasts US military aid to Taiwan, says island entering a 'dangerous situation'

China blasted the latest package of U_S_ military assistance to Taiwan, saying such funding was pushing the self-governing island republic into a “dangerous situation.”
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In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, from left Mark Alford, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, U.S. Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee, Lisa McClain, secretary-general of the Republican Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives meets with Taiwan President-elect and Vice President Lai Ching-te in Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. McClain and Kildee jointly led a cross-party group of lawmakers to visit Taiwan from April 23 to 25 . Members also include Mark Alford, a member of the House Armed Services Committee. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)
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China to send three astronauts to Tiangong space station, part of its ambitious program

China’s space agency is making final preparations to send a new crew to its space station on Thursday as part of its ambitious program that aims to put people on the moon by 2030
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Chinese astronauts for the upcoming Shenzhou-18 mission Ye Guangfu, center, Li Guangsu, left, and Li Cong attend a meeting with the press at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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The Latest | Germany will resume working with UN relief agency for Palestinians after a review

Germany says that it plans to follow several other countries in resuming cooperation with the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians in Gaza after the publication of an independent review of its neutrality
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Mother of Palestinian Shadi Jalaita, 44, cries upon the arrival of her son's body at the family house for the last look during his funeral in the West Bank city of Jericho Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man early Tuesday in the West Bank city of Jericho, an eyewitness and Palestinian officials said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said he suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the chest. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Complex stories of migration are among the finalists for the Women's Prize for Fiction

Novels that tell complex and surprising stories of migration are among six finalists for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction
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FILE - Irish writer Anne Enright holds a copy of her book after she won the Man Booker fiction prize for "The Gathering," an uncompromising portrait of a troubled family that its author called the literary equivalent of a Hollywood weepie, in London on Oct. 16 2007. Novels that give voice to the often unheard stories of migrants around the world are among the nominees for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction. The 16-book long list announced Tuesday, April 24, 2024, for the 30,000 pound ($38,000) award includes works by writers from Ghana, Barbados, Britain, the United States, Ireland, South Korea and Australia. One of the most published authors is Ireland’s Anne Enright, nominated for her seventh novel, “The Wren, The Wren.” (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to inaugurate Sri Lankan hydropower and irrigation project

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has arrived in Sri Lanka to inaugurate a hydropower and irrigation project that was long delayed due to international sanctions on his government and other issues
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, left is received by Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena as he arrives at the Mattala International airport in Mattala, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Sri Lanka President's Office via AP)
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Indonesia declares Prabowo Subianto president-elect after court rejects rivals' appeal

Indonesia’s electoral commission has formally declared Prabowo Subianto president-elect in a ceremony on after the country’s highest court rejected challenges to his landslide victory lodged by two losing presidential candidates
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Indonesian Defense Minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto, left, and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of Indonesian President JokoWidodo, gesture towards media members during their formal declaration as president and vice president-elect at the General Election Commission building in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Indonesia’s electoral commission formally declared Subianto as the elected president in a ceremony on Wednesday after the country’s highest court rejected appeals lodged by two losing presidential candidates who are challenging his landslide victory. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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North Korea sends a delegation to Iran in effort to break its diplomatic isolation

A high-level North Korean economic delegation was on its way to Iran for what would be the two countries’ first known talks since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
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FILE - Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 2, 2019. A high-level North Korean economic delegation is traveling to Iran for what would be the two countries’ first talks since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the heavily sanctioned nations align in face of their separate confrontations with the United States. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Ukraine gets a big boost of US aid. It still faces a long slog to repel Russia

A new package of $61 billion in U.S. aid may prevent Ukraine from losing its war against Russia
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Ribbons with the colors of the European Union and Ukraine are attached to a tree next to memorial wall of Ukrainian soldiers killed during the war in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Australian police execute search warrants over church stabbings

Australian police say they have arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids around Sydney to protect the community from a potential attack
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FILE - Flores sit on a fence outside the Christ the Good Shepherd church in suburban Wakely in western Sydney, Australia, on April 16, 2024. Detectives and secret service agents investigating the stabbing of a bishop in the Sydney church last week executed search warrants in the city on Wednesday, April 24, as part of a major operation, officials said. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
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Japan's moon lander wasn't built to survive a weekslong lunar night. It's still going after 3

Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan’s space agency said after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the moon
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This image provided by SLIM official X account @SLIM_JAXA shows a part of the moon surface taken by Japan’s first moon lander called SLIM on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Wednesday, April 24, after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the moon. (SLIM official X account @SLIM_JAXA via AP)
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Angry farmers in a once-lush Mexican state target avocado orchards that suck up too much water

As Mexico’s drought drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action against thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City
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A municipal police officer drinks water from a stream lined with an unlicensed hose as he accompanies locals who are dismantling illegal water taps during a drought in the mountains of Villa Madero, Mexico, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. On Wednesday, dozens of residents, farmworkers and small-scale farmers from Villa Madero hiked up into the hills to tear out irrigation equipment using mountain springs to water avocado orchards carved out of the pine-covered hills. (AP Photo/Armando Solis)
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Election posters of Stevo Pendarovski, incumbent President and a presidential candidate backed by the ruling social democrats (SDSM), left and Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, a presidential candidate supported by the center-right main opposition VMRO-DPMNE coalition, center top, are pictured in a busy street in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Monday April 22, 2024. Voters go to the polls in North Macedonia on Wednesday April 24 for the first round of presidential elections, the seventh such election since the Balkan country gained independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991, where seven candidates are vying for the largely ceremonial position. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
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Trashed: The Secret Life of Plastic Exports

An ABC News investigation involving hidden tracking devices follows three plastic bags dropped off at Walmart recycling bins in the U.S. all the way to controversial plastic facilities in Southeast Asia.
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VIDEO: Trashed: The Secret Life of Plastic Exports
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World seeing near breakdown of international law amid wars in Gaza and Ukraine, Amnesty says

Amnesty International says the world is seeing a near breakdown of international law amid flagrant rule-breaking in Gaza and Ukraine, multiplying armed conflicts, the rise of authoritarianism and huge rights violations in Sudan, Ethiopia and Myanmar
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EMBARGOED UNTIL 00.01 UTC APRIL 24,2024 Agnes Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, speaks at a press conference in London, ahead of the launch of 'The State of the World's Human Rights', its annual report on the global human rights situation, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. The report will be published on Wednesday April 24, covering 155 countries and including regional and global analyses, it provides the most comprehensive overview of human rights trends and developments in the world today. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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NASA leaders discuss global challenges, solutions with Mexico president, lawmakers and students

In a frequently tense relationship often defined by a shared border, the United States sent two officials with a different perspective to Mexico this week for a bit of space diplomacy
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson attends a press conference at the U.S. ambassador's residence, in Mexico City, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pamela Melroy, both former astronauts, spent two hours chatting with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Tuesday. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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Dominica joins other Caribbean islands in striking down laws prohibiting gay sex

A top court in the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica has struck down colonial-era laws criminalizing gay sex
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Colombia rolls out new incentives to cut electricity consumption as dry weather persists

Colombia’s government is rolling out new incentives to reduce electricity consumption in the South American nation, which has been hit by a drought that has diminished the capacity of local hydroelectric plants and brought officials close to imposing p...
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FILE - Boats sit docked around the exposed banks of the El Penol-Guatape hydroelectric dam, due to low water levels, in Guatape, Colombia, April 3, 2024. Colombia’s government on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, rolled out new incentives to reduce electricity consumption in the South American nation, which has been hit by a severe drought that has diminished the capacity of local hydroelectric plants and brought officials close to imposing power cuts. (AP Photo/Fredy Amariles, file)
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Auditors say it's hard to tell how Turkey is using EU refugee funds. Some officials aren't helpful

European Union auditors are struggling to work out whether some of the billions the bloc has sent Turkey to help it cope with Syrian refugees is having an impact
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FILE - Migrants wait in line for a distribution of blankets close to the Turkish-Greek border near Pazarkule, Edirne region, Turkey, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. European Union auditors said on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, they are unable to establish whether some of the billions of euros the bloc has given to Turkey to help it cope with Syrian refugees is actually having any impact. EU leaders and Turkey in 2016, committed to provide at least 6 billion euros ($6.4 billion) to Turkey to help it cope with migrants crossing in from Syria. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)
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With public universities under threat, massive protests against austerity shake Argentina

A worsening budget crisis at Argentina's public universities is sending thousands of protestors into the streets as libertarian President Javier Milei pushes ahead with radical austerity measures
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Students march to Congress to demand more funding for public universities and against austerity measures proposed by President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Canadian police charge 2 former UN employees with conspiracy to sell military equipment in Libya

Canadian police say that two former United Nations employees in Montreal have been charged with participating in a conspiracy to sell Chinese-made drones and other military equipment in Libya
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A top Russian military official reportedly linked to Ukraine's Mariupol arrested for bribe-taking

Russian authorities say they have detained a top military official on suspicion of accepting a bribe
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This handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan 11, 2024, shows Timur Ivanov, deputy defense minister, in Moscow. Ivanov, a top Russian military official was arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe, authorities said Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Ivanov, one of Russia's 12 deputy defense ministers, was sanctioned by both the United States and the European Union in 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)
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Haiti's government scrambles to impose tight security measures as council inauguration imminent

A transitional council charged with selecting a new prime minister and Cabinet for Haiti is demanding that its members be sworn in at the National Palace, raising concerns about their safety
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Police stop at a car to inspect in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Britain's home secretary touts UK-Rwanda migrant deportation deal during visit to Italy

Britain’s home secretary is touting Britain’s migrant deportation deal with Rwanda as a “new and creative” deterrent to an old and growing problem
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Britain's Home Secretary, James Cleverly attends "Migration, a global challenge", a talk at Rome's International Affairs Institute (IAI), Tuesday, Apr. 23, 2024. Cleverly is visiting Italy as part of the U.K. government's efforts to crack down on migrants arriving by small boats. After meeting with Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi tomorrow, Cleverly will also visit Lampedusa, the southernmost island of Italy which receives the majority of migrants arriving in the country. The visit comes as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stepped up his calls for the U.K. Parliament to approve his plan to deport some asylum-seekers to Rwanda. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
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The head of Mexico's detective service says his country is the 'champion' of fentanyl production

The head of Mexico's detective service has acknowledged the country is “the champion” of fentanyl production, which appears to run counter to past statements by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives his regularly scheduled morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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Armenia and Azerbaijan move closer to normalizing ties as the first border marker goes up

Armenia and Azerbaijan have come a step closer toward normalizing relations after a bitter conflict over territory
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Martian skies over Athens? Greece's capital turns an orange hue with dust clouds from North Africa

Skies over southern Greece have turned an orange hue as dust clouds blown across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa engulfed the Acropolis and other Athens landmarks
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A man wearing a mask walks at the Lycabettus hill as the city of Athens is seen at the background, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. The Acropolis and other Athens landmarks took on Martian hues Tuesday as stifling dust clouds blown across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa engulfed the Greek capital. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Over 4,000 IVF embryos destroyed in shelling at Gaza fertility center, director says

Al Basma was the lead center for combatting infertility in Gaza.
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Damages at the Al-Basma clinic are shown following Israeli shelling.
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2 Malaysia Navy helicopters collide midair killing all 10 crew members

There are no known survivors from the crash.
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There are no known survivors from the crash.
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UK approves controversial bill to send some asylum-seekers to Rwanda

Deportation flights are expected to begin in July.
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, April 22, 2024.
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Britain's Kensington Palace releases image of Prince Louis to mark his 6th birthday

Britain's Kensington Palace has released a photograph of Prince Louis to celebrate his 6th birthday, the first image by the Princess of Wales it has distributed since news organizations, including The Associated Press, withdrew a photo edited by Kate o...
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Undated handout photo issued on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, by Kensington Palace of Prince Louis, taken by his mother Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales, earlier this week in Windsor, to mark his 6th birthday. Kensington Palace released the photograph of Prince Louis to celebrate his 6th birthday, the first image by the Princess of Wales it has distributed since news organizations, including The Associated Press, withdrew a photo edited by Kate over concerns about digital manipulation. (The Prince and Princess of Wales, Kensington Palace via AP)
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A legal challenge over the UK's role in arms sales to Israel will go ahead

A judge says a legal challenge over the British government’s role in allowing weapons to be sent to Israel can be heard at the High Court later this year
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Spain approves plan to compensate victims of Catholic Church sex abuse. Church will be asked to pay

Spain has approved a plan aimed at making reparation and economic compensation for victims of sex abuse committed by people connected to the Catholic Church
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FILE - A woman prays at the San Ramon Nonato church after an Easter Holy Week procession was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, April 9, 2020. Spain has approved a plan aimed at making reparation and economic compensation for victims of sex abuses committed by people connected to the Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
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NATO newcomer Finland is now a 'front-line state' for the alliance, Finnish president says

Finnish President Alexander Stubb says that joining the NATO alliance a year ago has transformed his country into a “front-line state,” given that it has doubled the military bloc’s border with Russia
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President of Finland Alexander Stubb, left, is welcomed by Swedish King Carl Gustaf, center and Queen Silvia, right, on the occasion of Stubb's two-day visit to Sweden, at the Royal Stables, in Stockholm, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (Claudio Bresciani/TT News Agency via AP)
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Dutch intelligence sees the wars in Gaza and Ukraine as triggers for terrorist threats

The Dutch national intelligence agency says threats targeting the Netherlands are increasingly connected to worldwide turmoil, including the wars in Gaza and Ukraine
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Erik Akerboom, director-general of the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service, AIVD, speaks during a press conference in Zoetermeer, Netherlands, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)