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Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party leads in provisional election results
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party won the largest number of seats in the country’s parliamentary election, according to provisional results announced by the Interior Ministry early Thursday.
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Pope Leo heads to Lourdes: What to know about one of Catholicism’s most famous pilgrimage sites
PARIS (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will visit the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes this weekend as part of his four-day apostolic journey to France, which is the first official papal state visit to the country in 18 years.
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Hundreds of trucks jam Turkey-Iran border crossing as US blockade pushes trade overland
GURBULAK BORDER CROSSING, Turkey (AP) — Hundreds of trucks idle along the road into Iran from Turkey’s mountainous eastern border. Bustling even in normal times, the countries' largest crossing is now a make-or-break economic lifeline for Tehran as the U.S. navy blockades its ports.
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Asian shares trade mixed as markets eye oil prices, US bonds, and currency fluctuations
Asian shares are trading mixed, as investors tried to digest the recent swings in oil prices and the U.S. bond market. Benchmarks rose in early Thursday trading in Tokyo, but fell in Sydney, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Trading was closed in South Korea for the Chuseok autumn harvest holiday. Oil pric...
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Gulf nations have found ways to keep oil flowing through the Iran war, but the costs are mounting
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — When Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz at the start of the war, choking off sea passage for some 15 million barrels of oil a day, many feared that prices would skyrocket, cratering the world economy.
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Trump and Xi Jinping head into Washington summit with both leaders thinking time is on their side
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have no shortage of difficult issues to cover when they sit down for talks on Thursday at the White House.
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One Tech Tip: iOS 27 comes with revamped screen time controls and other useful new features
Apple's latest mobile operating system update, iOS 27, rolled out last week, headlined by a more advanced version of its Siri assistant. But it also comes with a slew of other useful but less well known features for iPhone users.
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They said it: Leaders at the UN, in their own words
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US will make up to $7 billion in loans to help Trump ally Milei tap Argentina’s oil and minerals
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The Trump administration said Wednesday it would set aside $7 billion for loans to support energy, mining and infrastructure projects in Argentina, its latest move to secure energy and critical minerals closer to home and back the South American country's libertaria...
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Australia's prime minister criticizes OpenAI over government website security breach
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia was extremely concerned and disappointed at an OpenAI security breach of a government website which the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday.
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine sent 2 North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ukraine has sent two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, following months of consultations between Kyiv and Seoul after the soldiers were captured in Russia’s Kursk region in 2...
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Some climb for faith, others for the views. This Chinese sacred mountain draws them all
China’s Wudang Mountains have long been considered sacred in Taoism, with temples and palaces reflecting centuries of religious and imperial history. Taoist priests and monks continue to care for its religious sites, while pilgrims and tourists come to pray and experience a landscape tied to Taoi...
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Pentagon investigates after China obtains parts from F-35 stealth fighter jet
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is investigating how parts of the nation's most advanced fighter jet ended up in Hong Kong, with a news outlet reporting Wednesday that China has obtained the F-35 equipment.
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Venezuela's acting leader, at UN for first address, promises elections at the 'right moment'
Venezuela’s acting president has delivered her first address to the U.N. General Assembly since coming to power. She's promising elections and says the nation’s people will determine the “right moment.” Delcy Rodriguez says her government has started a “political dialogue with opposition sectors”...
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Trump is giving China's Xi a warm welcome. But criticism is loud on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington is getting a much chillier reception on Capitol Hill than at the White House as lawmakers from both parties use the visit to denounce China's actions on the world stage.
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This year, with shifting political winds, Canada gets more of the spotlight on the UN's stage
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — For years, Canada was a trouper in the drama of international affairs. An adept and experienced contributor, it didn't often draw the spotlight when world leaders gathered at the U.N. each September.
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Families describe grief as Canadian seller linked to suicides worldwide faces sentencing
TORONTO (AP) — Families of people who died after buying lethal products from a Canadian online seller investigated in connection with more than 100 deaths worldwide described lives shattered by grief Wednesday as he faced sentencing for aiding 14 suicides.
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Trump’s push to acquire Greenland almost broke NATO. The winner of it all may be ... Greenland
BERLIN (AP) — In the end, it was all kisses and laughter as President Donald Trump hailed his “fantastic” relationship with Denmark and Greenland after signing a new security deal that America’s European allies hope will close one of the most dangerous chapters in transatlantic relations.
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Newsom talks climate with world leaders in New York, accuses Trump of abdicating that responsibility
NEW YORK (AP) — Saying President Donald Trump has abdicated his responsibilities on climate change, California Gov. Gavin Newsom met with world and business leaders Wednesday to advance climate action and clean energy on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
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Colombia's president sends troops to a Caribbean city after an outburst of violence
SANTA MARTA, Colombia (AP) — Troops patrolled the unusually empty streets of Colombia’s Caribbean resort city of Santa Marta on Wednesday as President Abelardo de la Espriella tried to restore order a day after an outburst of violence blamed on a drug-trafficking gang.
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Tech leaders to UN: For the sake of humanity, please control the AI technology we created
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people. Dario Amodei, chief executive officer of Anthropic, said AI could be of risk to humanity. His com...
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Argentina’s leaderless opposition struggles to unite against Milei's reelection bid
AVELLANEDA, Argentina (AP) — Several nights a week, scores of supporters of Argentina’s divisive former president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, gather outside the French-style apartment building in Buenos Aires where she is under house arrest, beating drums, blaring trumpets and chanting, “Cri...
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Jamaica celebrates that its reparations case against Britain referred to final appeals court
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s government announced Wednesday that its reparations case against Britain has been referred to the United Kingdom’s highest court of appeal for the Caribbean island.
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Son of Israel's ambassador to US critically injured in ramming attack in the occupied West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) — The son of Israel's ambassador to the United States was gravely injured in a ramming attack in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
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Xi heads into Trump visit after making China into a global force since 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for a state visit in 2015, he sought to calm the growing unease among the Americans about his country's rapid ascent.
