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President Joe Biden, accompanied by first lady Jill Biden, speaks during a Nowruz celebration in the East Room of the White House, Monday, March 20, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden pays tribute to Iranian women at Nowruz celebration
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden used a White House event to mark Persian New Year on Monday to pay tribute to Iranian women and girls who took to the streets of Iran to protest following the … more
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the 2nd Russia-Africa International Parliamentary Conference in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (Vladimir Astapkovich, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Putin warns Russia could drop grain deal after 60 days
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed on Monday that Moscow has agreed to extend a deal allowing the exports of Ukrainian grain to global markets only for 60 days and could drop … more
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FILE - Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson pauses as he speaks to the media at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, on May 9, 2022. Northern Ireland’s main British unionist party said Monday it will vote against a deal struck by Britain and the European Union to resolve a thorny trade dispute that vexed U.K.-EU relations and triggered a political crisis in Belfast. Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson said the deal “does not deal with some of the fundamental problems at the heart of our current difficulties” and the party’s eight lawmakers would not support it when the House of Commons votes on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)
N. Ireland unionists say no to Sunak's Brexit deal, for now
LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland’s main British unionist party said Monday it will vote against a deal struck by Britain and the European Union to resolve a thorny trade dispute that vexed U.K.-EU … more
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Policemen stand guard as Indian Sikhs protesting against the pulling down of Indian flag from the Indian High Commission building in London gather outside the British High Commission in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 20, 2023. Footage posted on social media showed a man detach the Indian flag from a balcony of the building while a crowd of people below waving bright yellow “Khalistan” banners appeared to encourage him. London’s Metropolitan Police force said a man was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder outside the diplomatic mission on Sunday afternoon. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Man arrested after windows smashed at Indian mission in UK
LONDON (AP) — Windows at India’s High Commission in London were smashed and two security guards were slightly injured during a demonstration by Sikh protesters, police said Monday. London’s … more
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Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members protest on the street in Tsakane township, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, March 20, 2023. South Africa police have deployed in major cities Monday ahead of planned anti-government protests by the leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party. The party has called for a nation-wide shutdown and mass demonstrations to press President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
South Africans demonstrate and call for president to resign
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police on Monday monitored protests by the country’s leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party, which is demanding the resignation of President Cyril … more
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Police surround protesters in Paris, Sunday, March 19, 2023. A spattering of protests were planned to continue in France over the weekend against President Macron's controversial pension reform, as garbage continued to reek in the streets of Paris and beyond owing to continuing action by refuse collectors. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
French gov't fights to survive with 2 no-confidence motions
PARIS (AP) — France’s government is fighting for its survival Monday against no-confidence motions filed by lawmakers who are furious that President Emmanuel Macron used special constitutional … more

FILE - A view of the Petit Vignemale glacier, left, and the Oulettes, right, on the Vignemale massif's north face in the Pyrenean mountain range, as seen from the Gaube valley in southern France, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2020. Spanish environmental groups on Monday, March 20, 2023, called on the European Union to open an inquiry into the approval of 26.4 million euros ($28.1 million) of “green” economic recovery funds to join two ski resorts in the rapidly warming Pyrenees mountain range. (AP Photo/Aritz Parra, File)
Activists demand EU halts 'green' funds for Spain ski resort
MADRID (AP) — Spanish environmental groups on Monday called on the European Union to open an inquiry into the approval of 26.4 million euros ($28.1 million) of “green” economic recovery funds … more
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A protester jumps in the air as he throws a rock towards police next to a burning barricade in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, March 20, 2023. Hundreds of opposition supporters have taken to the streets of the Kenyan capital over the result of the last election and the rising cost of living, in protests organized by the opposition demanding that the president resigns from office. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Arrests as Kenya opposition leads anti-government protests
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least three Kenyan legislators and several protesters have been arrested in protests in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, organized by the opposition demanding the resignation of … more
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FILE - Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles meets with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on Feb. 3, 2023, Washington. Richard said his country has made no promises to the United States that Australia would support its ally in any future conflict over Taiwan in exchange for American nuclear-powered submarines. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
Australia won't promise to side with US in Taiwan conflict
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian defense minister says his country has made no promises to the United States that Australia would support its ally in any future conflict over Taiwan in … more
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A medical volunteer of FRIDA Ukraine looks for medicine for a patient while providing specialist medical care for civilians in Khrestysche village, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 19, 2023. The Ukrainian-Israeli medical aid organization FRIDA Ukraine, staffed by volunteer doctors, has been providing specialist medical care through mobile clinics in villages and towns near the front lines and in recently retaken areas. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Ukraine: Volunteer specialist doctors run clinics near front
KHRESTYSHCHE, Ukraine (AP) — In a cramped municipal building in this former front-line village, its front window boarded up with plywood, a team of volunteer specialist doctors have set up a mobile … more
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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pose for the media before their delegation level meeting in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Japan PM Kishida to announce new Indo-Pacific plan in India
NEW DELHI (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived Monday in India, where he is expected to announce a new plan for a free and open Indo-Pacific and deepen Tokyo’s bilateral … more
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FILE - Chief of the Australian Defence Force Gen. Angus Campbell delivers the findings from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry, in Canberra, on Nov. 19, 2020. Police on Monday, March 20, 2022, arrested the first Australian veteran for an alleged murder in Afghanistan three years after a war crime investigation found that 19 Australian special forces soldiers could face charges for illegal conduct during the conflict.(Mick Tsikas/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Former Australian soldier to be charged with Afghan's murder
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Police on Monday charged the first Australian veteran for an alleged murder in Afghanistan three years after a war crime investigation found that 19 Australian special … more
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FILE - In this image made from video, Dennis Miralis, lawyer for former U.S. military pilot Daniel Duggan, speaks to the media outside the court in Sydney, on Jan. 10, 2023. A former United States military pilot accused of training Chinese aviators could have been lured from China to Australia as part of a U.S. plan to extradite him to his homeland, his lawyer said Monday, March 20, 2023, (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP, File)
Lawyer: Former US pilot could have been lured to Australia
SYDNEY (AP) — A former United States military pilot accused of training Chinese aviators could have been lured from China to Australia as part of a U.S. plan to extradite him to his homeland, his … more

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin enter a hall for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. The Chinese government said Xi would visit Moscow from March 20, to March 22, 2023, but gave no indication when he departed. The Russian government said Xi was due to arrive at midday and meet later with Putin.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)
China's Xi meeting Putin in boost for isolated Russia leader
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes in … more
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U.S. Army soldiers work on a M777 howitzer during a joint military drill between South Korea and the United States at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, South Korea, Sunday, March 19, 2023. North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, ramping up testing activities in response to U.S.-South Korean military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
North Korea: Latest missile simulated nuclear counterattack
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday described its latest ballistic missile launch as a simulated nuclear attack on South Korea as leader Kim Jong Un called for his nuclear forces to … more
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FILE - Pope Francis talks with Papal Household Archbishop Georg Gaenswein during his weekly general audience, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, on Jan. 15, 2020. The longtime secretary to Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged Sunday that his tell-all memoir, published soon after Benedict’s Dec. 31 death, had been criticized for casting Pope Francis in a deeply unfavorable light, but insisted that some of the polemics were more about prejudice than anything else. In some of his first public comments since Benedict’s death, Archbishop Georg Gaenswin said he remained loyal to Francis and that he was still waiting for the pontiff to give him a new job. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
Pope Benedict XVI's aide acknowledges criticism over memoir
ROME (AP) — The longtime secretary to Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged Sunday that his tell-all memoir, published in the days after Benedict’s death, had been criticized for casting Pope Francis in … more
Protesters hold a banner with Emmanuel Macron's face during a protest in Paris, Saturday, March 18, 2023. A smattering of protests against President Macron’s plan to raise France's retirement age from 62 to 64 took place Saturday in Paris and beyond, as uncollected garbage reeked in the streets of the French capital amid a strike by sanitation workers. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
Vandals attack French politician's office over pensions row
PARIS (AP) — Protesters have vandalized the Nice office of the president of the Republicans party in an apparent threat to get his right-wing party to vote to block President Emmanuel Macron’s … more
FILE - People walk through floodwaters after heavy rainfall in Hadeja, Nigeria, Sept 19, 2022. Publication of a major new United Nations report on climate change is being held up by a battle between rich and developing countries over emissions targets and financial aid to vulnerable nations. (AP Photo, File)
Fight over science holds up key UN climate report
Publication of a major new United Nations report on climate change is being held up by a battle between powerful rich and developing countries over emissions targets and financial aid to vulnerable … more
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People pick wild mushrooms in a forest on the outskirts of Harare, Friday, Feb, 24, 2023. Zimbabwe’s rainy season brings a bonanza of wild mushrooms, which many rural families feast upon and sell to boost their incomes. Rich in protein, antioxidants and fiber, wild mushrooms are a revered delicacy and income earner in Zimbabwe, where food and formal jobs are scarce for many. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
In Zimbabwe's rainy season, women forage for wild mushrooms
Zimbabwe’s rainy season brings a bonanza of wild mushrooms, which many rural families feast upon and sell to boost their incomes. Rich in protein, antioxidants and fiber, wild mushrooms are a … more
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This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo)
Israel, Palestinians meet in Egypt to ease tensions
CAIRO (AP) — Israeli and Palestinian officials were meeting Sunday in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh in a bid to ease tensions between the sides and rein in a spiral of violence ahead … more
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhayev visit the Children's Art and Aesthetic center, part of Chersonesos Taurica historical and archeological park in Sevastopol, Crimea, Saturday, March 18, 2023. Putin has traveled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula's annexation from Ukraine. (Sputnik, Kremlin Press Service Pool Photo via AP)
Russian president Putin visits occupied city of Mariupol
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the port city of Mariupol, Russian state news agencies reported on Sunday morning, in what would mark his first trip to Ukrainian … more
A woman holds a placard depicting French President Emmanuel Macron sitting on garbage cans that reads, "king of trash" during a protest in Paris, Friday, March 17, 2023. Protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to force a bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without a vote disrupted traffic, garbage collection and university campuses in Paris as opponents of the change maintained their resolve to get the government to back down. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
Macron's leadership at risk amid tensions over pension plan
A parody photo appearing on protest signs and online in France shows President Emmanuel Macron sitting on piles of garbage. The image references the trash going uncollected with sanitation workers on … more
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FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party at its headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea, Feb. 26, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
N Korea launches missile into sea amid US-S Korea drills
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched a suspected missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, as the North ramps up testing activities in response to U.S.-South Korean military … more
Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman listens as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference following the launch of new legislation on migrant channel crossings at Downing Street, London, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The U.K. government says it's ready for legal challenges to a tough new law intended to stop tens of thousands of migrants a year reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)
UK minister in Rwanda to reinforce migrant deportation plan
LONDON (AP) — Britain's Home Secretary arrived in Rwanda on Saturday for a visit aimed at reinforcing the U.K. government's commitment to a controversial plan to deport some asylum-seekers to the … more
FILE - A view of the of Astana, former name Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan with at the Presidential Palace in the center, on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. The snap election notably comes on the third anniversary of the resignation as president of Nursultan Nazarbayev, who had led Kazakhstan since independence following the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 and had established immense influence. His successor Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was widely expected to continue Nazarbayev's authoritarian course and even renamed the capital as Nur-Sultan in his honor, but Tokayev restored the capital's previous name of Astana, and the parliament repealed a law granting Nazarbayev and his family immunity from prosecution. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Kazakhs to vote in newly energized parliament elections
MOSCOW (AP) — Voters in Kazakhstan will cast ballots Sunday after a short but active campaign for seats in the lower house of parliament that is being reconfigured in the wake of deadly unrest that … more
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