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Spotless uniforms, stalled cranes: Inside Venezuela’s faltering quake rescue effort
Spotless uniforms, stalled cranes: Inside Venezuela’s faltering quake rescue effort
In Mideast and around the world, everyone's talking 'ceasefire.' But what does it really mean?
In Mideast and around the world, everyone's talking 'ceasefire.' But what does it really mean?
Defying Pope Leo XIV, traditionalists go ahead with bishop consecrations in Switzerland
Defying Pope Leo XIV, traditionalists go ahead with bishop consecrations in Switzerland
Zelenskyy says Ukraine has hit a Russian oil refinery for the second time in a week

5 hours ago

Zelenskyy says Ukraine has hit a Russian oil refinery for the second time in a week

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces struck Russia's major Ufa oil refinery for the second time in a week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday.

As the Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a US strike that killed over 100 Iranian children

13 hours ago

As the Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a US strike that killed over 100 Iranian children

JERUSALEM (AP) — It was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Most of the victims were children.

Fire in Belgian apartment block leaves at least 6 people dead, many injured

6 hours ago

Fire in Belgian apartment block leaves at least 6 people dead, many injured

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — At least six people were killed and many others injured on Wednesday in a fire at an apartment block on the outskirts of the Belgian city of Antwerp, police said.

Hospitals in Europe are gearing up for the next heat wave armed with lessons from this one

10 hours ago

Hospitals in Europe are gearing up for the next heat wave armed with lessons from this one

ORSAY, France (AP) — Ice. Urgently and in large quantities.

Turkey tightens security and showcases strength and commitment ahead of NATO summit

10 hours ago

Turkey tightens security and showcases strength and commitment ahead of NATO summit

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is rolling out sweeping security measures for the upcoming NATO summit, deploying tens of thousands of police and placing air defenses on high alert, while banning public gatherings and imposing controversial restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly.

Explosion in Monaco reportedly wounds Ukrainian tycoon with ties to Russia

1 day ago

Explosion in Monaco reportedly wounds Ukrainian tycoon with ties to Russia

MONACO (AP) — An explosion at an apartment building entrance in Monaco reportedly wounded a Ukrainian tycoon with ties to Russia and two other people, the chief prosecutor in the exclusive Mediterranean country said Tuesday.

Xi touts Chinese wisdom and solutions as a model for developing nations

9 hours ago

Xi touts Chinese wisdom and solutions as a model for developing nations

BEIJING (AP) — China's leader held up his country's rapid industrialization as a new pathway for developing nations in a speech Wednesday that projected a growing confidence both at home and on the world stage.

Roof of tutoring center collapses in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 14 children, police say

1 day ago

Roof of tutoring center collapses in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 14 children, police say

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A roof collapse at a tutoring center under construction in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday killed at least 14 schoolchildren, police and rescue officials said.

Anti-immigration protesters march in South Africa, as some immigrants leave the country

1 day ago

Anti-immigration protesters march in South Africa, as some immigrants leave the country

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators gathered in parts of South Africa to rally against illegal immigration on Tuesday in the biggest migration-related protests since the wave of anti-migrant violence in 2008. Authorities said the marches were largely peaceful despite isolated incidents of looting and attempted looting.

Italy displays paintings from an ancient Etruscan tomb, its latest cultural acquisition

1 day ago

Italy displays paintings from an ancient Etruscan tomb, its latest cultural acquisition

ROME (AP) — Italy on Tuesday put on display one of the best known examples of Etruscan painting, panels from a tomb that it acquired for 15 million euros ($17 million) in the Culture Ministry’s buying spree of big-ticket pieces of the country's cultural heritage.

Aid groups warn Venezuela’s healthcare system is near its limit after earthquakes

1 day ago

Aid groups warn Venezuela’s healthcare system is near its limit after earthquakes

LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Aid groups warned Tuesday that Venezuela's fragile healthcare system is being pushed to its limits nearly a week after two powerful earthquakes, with damaged and understaffed hospitals getting overwhelmed by the injured and infectious diseases flaring in the disaster zone.

Donations from South Florida arrive in Venezuela as search for earthquake survivors continues

18 hours ago

Donations from South Florida arrive in Venezuela as search for earthquake survivors continues

As the death toll from back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela continued to climb Tuesday, relief supplies collected in South Florida were already arriving in the country as rescue crews searched for survivors beneath collapsed buildings.

This grieving father and ex-general could test the grip of Israel's longest serving prime minister

23 hours ago

This grieving father and ex-general could test the grip of Israel's longest serving prime minister

JERUSALEM (AP) — A leading Israeli general who quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war Cabinet after accusing him of lacking a strategy in Gaza has emerged as one of the premier’s most serious challengers in elections scheduled for the fall.

Cuban official says talks with the US are at a standstill, announces UN debate on US oil embargo

21 hours ago

Cuban official says talks with the US are at a standstill, announces UN debate on US oil embargo

HAVANA (AP) — Talks between Cuba and the U.S. are at a standstill, despite the island recently approving a series of free-market reforms, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez announced Tuesday.

Inter Miami, Marlins, Dolphins join relief efforts to help Venezuela earthquake victims

21 hours ago

Inter Miami, Marlins, Dolphins join relief efforts to help Venezuela earthquake victims

South Florida professional sports teams are stepping up to help communities in Venezuela after two back-to-back earthquakes recently left nearly 1,500 people dead and thousands more impacted.

Donations pour in at South Florida mission center to help Venezuela earthquake victims

22 hours ago

Donations pour in at South Florida mission center to help Venezuela earthquake victims

People from across the United States are coming together in South Florida to send help to Venezuela, with donations pouring into the Global Empowerment Mission.

Rights lawyers sue Ghana over third-country deportation deal with the US

1 day ago

Rights lawyers sue Ghana over third-country deportation deal with the US

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — An international coalition of human rights lawyers and advocates sued Ghana on Tuesday, accusing the government of forcing deportees from the U.S. back to the home countries they had fled in violation of their rights.

Pope issues plea to breakaway traditionalist group to back off bishop consecrations

1 day ago

Pope issues plea to breakaway traditionalist group to back off bishop consecrations

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday issued a plea to a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics to call off its plan to consecrate new bishops without his consent, describing the move as a schismatic act and a “sin of extreme gravity.”

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Helping Venezuela: GEM volunteers process aid on 7th day after earthquakes

15 minutes ago

Helping Venezuela: GEM volunteers process aid on 7th day after earthquakes

Groups protest ICE facility in Miramar

37 minutes ago

Groups protest ICE facility in Miramar

The Latest: Federal filing shows Trump took in about $1.2 billion from crypto businesses last year

4 hours ago

The Latest: Federal filing shows Trump took in about $1.2 billion from crypto businesses last year

Predators get a jump on free agency by acquiring Mavrik Bourque in a trade with the Stars

1 hour ago

Predators get a jump on free agency by acquiring Mavrik Bourque in a trade with the Stars

UK boosts military spending by $20 billion but critics say it's not enough

1 day ago

UK boosts military spending by $20 billion but critics say it's not enough

LONDON (AP) — Self-flying fighter jets, uncrewed submarines and drones will be at the center of Britain’s future military under a defense plan announced Tuesday that includes a 15 billion pound ($20 billion) spending boost.

US envoys arrive in Qatar for meetings on Iran, with tensions high over Hormuz

1 day ago

US envoys arrive in Qatar for meetings on Iran, with tensions high over Hormuz

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two U.S. envoys arrived in Qatar on Tuesday for talks with mediators about the implementation of an initial deal to end the war in Iran, an official said.

Congo bans gatherings in areas far from Ebola outbreak. Some say it limits dissent

1 day ago

Congo bans gatherings in areas far from Ebola outbreak. Some say it limits dissent

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Opposition and civil society groups are protesting Congo’s new ban on public demonstrations and mass gatherings in the capital and other areas far from the country’s deadly Ebola outbreak, alleging that the decision aims to limit freedom of speech.

Gojek co-founder sentenced to 10 years in Indonesia over school laptops corruption case

1 day ago

Gojek co-founder sentenced to 10 years in Indonesia over school laptops corruption case

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's anti-graft court on Tuesday sentenced one of the co-founders of ride-hailing and payments giant Gojek to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty in a high-profile corruption case stemming from his time as education minister.

He survived 2 natural disasters in Venezuela's La Guaira. Now he vows never to return

1 day ago

He survived 2 natural disasters in Venezuela's La Guaira. Now he vows never to return

Venezuelan merchant Grian Serrano has survived two of the country's worst natural disasters: the devastating 1999 mudslides that ravaged the coastal state of La Guaira and, 26 years later, two powerful earthquakes that struck the same region.

How some in Palestinian diaspora find connection, identity and resilience in traditional embroidery

1 day ago

How some in Palestinian diaspora find connection, identity and resilience in traditional embroidery

Decades later, Samar Kabouli still fondly recalls gathering with women in her family and sipping cardamom-spiced coffee as they embroidered fabric with colorful threads in traditional Palestinian patterns.

A Chinese dissident recounts his perilous dinghy escape to South Korea and how he got to Canada

2 days ago

A Chinese dissident recounts his perilous dinghy escape to South Korea and how he got to Canada

HONG KONG (AP) — A roughly 40-hour sea journey on a dinghy with a dying phone. Detention in South Korea. That’s just part of what Chinese dissident Dong Guangping endured to escape his native country. He arrived late last week in Canada, a destination he had eyed for more than a decade.

Warming climate, pollution and unplanned growth push Kashmir’s lakes toward disappearance

1 day ago

Warming climate, pollution and unplanned growth push Kashmir’s lakes toward disappearance

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Every morning, long, narrow wooden boats called shikaras move elegantly across expansive Dal Lake in a postcard-perfect scene framed by the Himalayan mountains.

Helping Venezuela: Doral-based Global Empowerment Mission runs distribution center in Valencia

51 minutes ago

Helping Venezuela: Doral-based Global Empowerment Mission runs distribution center in Valencia

After they stopped accepting donations on Monday afternoon in Doral, dozens of Global Empowerment Mission volunteers clapped because more help was on the way to the devastated coastal towns of Venezuela.

Venezuelans search more earthquake ruins as attention turns to humanitarian crisis

2 days ago

Venezuelans search more earthquake ruins as attention turns to humanitarian crisis

LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — With the window for finding survivors shrinking fast, Venezuelans combed Monday through more ruins of buildings toppled by last week’s powerful back-to-back earthquakes, and attention turned to the country's humanitarian crisis that could persist for years.

After an earthquake, how long can trapped victims survive?

2 days ago

After an earthquake, how long can trapped victims survive?

NEW YORK (AP) — For those trapped in rubble after an earthquake, survival depends on many factors, including weather and access to water and air.

Helping Venezuela: Food for the Poor welcomes investments in reconstruction

1 day ago

Helping Venezuela: Food for the Poor welcomes investments in reconstruction

Iran says this. The U.S. says that. A look at the trickiest issues in the unresolved conflict

1 day ago

Iran says this. The U.S. says that. A look at the trickiest issues in the unresolved conflict

The United States and Iran have less than 60 days to negotiate a permanent end to the war, but they still seem to be at odds over the interim deal they reached this month.

Zelenskyy condemns 'horrific attacks' as Russian strikes kill 12 and wound 40 in Ukraine

2 days ago

Zelenskyy condemns 'horrific attacks' as Russian strikes kill 12 and wound 40 in Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles and drones killed at least 12 civilians and injured 40 others in Ukraine on Monday in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as “horrific attacks.”

Helping Venezuela: NFL star joins Global Empowerment Mission’s team; his message to South Floridians, ‘Do what you can’

1 day ago

Helping Venezuela: NFL star joins Global Empowerment Mission’s team; his message to South Floridians, ‘Do what you can’

Andy Burnham says he’d hand more power to local governments if he becomes UK leader

2 days ago

Andy Burnham says he’d hand more power to local governments if he becomes UK leader

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Andy Burnham, likely the next U.K. prime minister, pledged Monday to give away a chunk of his power by handing greater autonomy to local leaders in a “circuit-breaker” for the sclerotic British state.

Gender-bending is now part of menswear. Paris runways show how mainstream it has become

2 days ago

Gender-bending is now part of menswear. Paris runways show how mainstream it has become

PARIS (AP) — This was men’s fashion season. The women were everywhere.

Europe's record heat has overwhelmed Paris mortuaries and left families in distress

2 days ago

Europe's record heat has overwhelmed Paris mortuaries and left families in distress

PARIS (AP) — Every few minutes, the mortuary owner's phone rings. Since a record-smashing heat wave started taking lives and storage space for bodies in Paris and beyond, the funeral directors and mourning families calling him mostly have the same question: Do you have room for one more?

A long-awaited Australia-Vanuatu pact blocks China from building a military base

2 days ago

A long-awaited Australia-Vanuatu pact blocks China from building a military base

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia and Vanuatu signed a long-awaited bilateral security and economic treaty Monday that prevents China creating a military base on the South Pacific island nation.

Israel moves to formally recognize Armenian WWI deaths as a genocide

3 days ago

Israel moves to formally recognize Armenian WWI deaths as a genocide

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Cabinet unanimously approved a proposal on Sunday to designate violence against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as a genocide.

Grief and optimism clash in scramble to locate survivors 4 days after Venezuela earthquakes

2 days ago

Grief and optimism clash in scramble to locate survivors 4 days after Venezuela earthquakes

LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.

Pakistan says ground operation and strikes along Afghan border killed 29 militants

2 days ago

Pakistan says ground operation and strikes along Afghan border killed 29 militants

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani security forces Sunday carried out a ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, followed by “calibrated strikes” against militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, officials said.

A rights group warns Vietnam is ramping up arrests under broad laws to crush dissent

2 days ago

A rights group warns Vietnam is ramping up arrests under broad laws to crush dissent

BANGKOK (AP) — Vietnam is increasingly using broadly written laws to arrest activists, dissidents and others that authorities consider a threat to the Communist Party's rule, according to a new analysis released Monday by a human rights group.

France records around 1,000 additional deaths as extreme heat breaks European records

3 days ago

France records around 1,000 additional deaths as extreme heat breaks European records

BERLIN (AP) — France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country's public health agency said Sunday, as the head of the World Health Organization warned that Europe is now the fastest-warming continent and needs to do more to protect its citizens.

Ukrainian drones set another Russian oil refinery ablaze as Putin admits fuel shortages

3 days ago

Ukrainian drones set another Russian oil refinery ablaze as Putin admits fuel shortages

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine kept up its heavy drone assault on Russia, setting fire to a major oil refinery in the south, as President Vladimir Putin acknowledged for the first time on Sunday that the country was facing a “certain deficit” of fuel and vowed to strengthen protection of oil facilities and boost fuel output.

From the rubble in Venezuela, an unexpected story of survival cuts through days of tragedy

2 days ago

From the rubble in Venezuela, an unexpected story of survival cuts through days of tragedy

LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — A mix of rescue teams and civilians on Sunday peered at a mountain of rubble almost indistinguishable from the other ruins lining swathes of the northern Venezuelan coast following two devastating earthquakes.

Rescuers pull survivors from rubble as Venezuela quake deaths top 1,450

2 days ago

Rescuers pull survivors from rubble as Venezuela quake deaths top 1,450

Officials have raised the death toll from Venezuela’s twin earthquakes to more than 1,450 people, National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez confirmed, as frustrations mounted over traffic choking the only highway connecting Caracas to the hard-hit state of La Guaira.

Iraqi officials, including lawmakers, arrested on corruption charges in overnight raid

3 days ago

Iraqi officials, including lawmakers, arrested on corruption charges in overnight raid

BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of Iraqi political officials have been arrested on corruption charges, Iraq’s state-run Iraqi News Agency reported Sunday.

Israeli strikes and shelling in Gaza kill at least 4 Palestinians, health workers say

2 days ago

Israeli strikes and shelling in Gaza kill at least 4 Palestinians, health workers say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed at least four Palestinians, including a 13-year-old girl, local health officials said.

NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission

3 days ago

NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission.

Pakistan's military says 3 soldiers were killed in militant attack in Karachi and vows retaliation

3 days ago

Pakistan's military says 3 soldiers were killed in militant attack in Karachi and vows retaliation

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military said Sunday that three members of its paramilitary Rangers force were killed and four others wounded in fighting after militants launched an attack the previous night on a regional headquarters in the southern port city of Karachi.

US airstrikes again hit Iran as Tehran strikes Bahrain and Kuwait, further imperiling interim deal

US airstrikes again hit Iran as Tehran strikes Bahrain and Kuwait, further imperiling interim deal

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military launched a second round of airstrikes Saturday targeting Iran at President Donald Trump’s direction as Tehran hit both Bahrain and Kuwait, underscoring rising tensions that threaten the interim deal between the two nations to stop the war.

Frustration grows in Venezuela as earthquake death toll reaches 1,430

Frustration grows in Venezuela as earthquake death toll reaches 1,430

LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Tensions flared Saturday as desperation grew in Venezuela's state of La Guaira as rescuers and civilians searched for earthquake survivors and the death toll rose sharply to 1,430.

Chinese dissident who fled to South Korea by dinghy arrives in Canada

Chinese dissident who fled to South Korea by dinghy arrives in Canada

HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese political dissident who fled to South Korea last month in a dinghy has arrived in Canada, his friend said on social media on Saturday.

Helping Venezuela: Physicians in Miami-Dade collect donations of medical supplies near Doral

3 days ago

Helping Venezuela: Physicians in Miami-Dade collect donations of medical supplies near Doral

Physicians with the Venezuelan American Medical Association asked the public on Saturday to drop off donations of medical supplies at a warehouse in northwestern Miami-Dade County.

Lebanon's deal with Israel requires Hezbollah to disarm. That might be difficult

Lebanon's deal with Israel requires Hezbollah to disarm. That might be difficult

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah’s leader on Saturday criticized a framework agreement that Israel and Lebanon signed a day earlier to end months of conflict between the Iran-backed militant group and Israel, raising concerns about its effectiveness.