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GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office has warned of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine and new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the army and an ethnic armed group fighting it. Spokesperson Liz Throssell of the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The looming athlete pay system that will upend the traditional college sports model and still-to-be-determined details about how millions of dollars will be distributed are certain to bring questions about gender equity. Of special interest will be whether schools must comply with Title IX, the federal law that prohibits

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials say a nighttime Russian attack has destroyed train tracks and rolling stock in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region. Ukrainian authorities are organizing the evacuation of children from the area being pummeled by the Kremlin’s forces in a powerful new offensive. Authorities say they have evacuated more

LONDON (AP) — A judge says an office manager of the Hong Kong trade office in London and another man will go on trial in February for allegedly helping Hong Kong authorities gather intelligence in the U.K. Chung Biu Yuen and Chi Leung Peter Wai appeared at London’s Central Criminal Court for a preliminary hearing

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Sherpa guide Kami Rita is back from Mount Everest after his record 30th successful ascent of the world’s highest peak, vowing to return to the mountain again next year. The 54-year-old guide had scaled Everest twice this month, breaking his own record for the most successful

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two prominent Texas Republicans are looking to settle political scores within their own party in the primary runoff elections on Tuesday, when voters will decide nearly three dozen unresolved races from the state’s March 5 primary. For entirely different reasons, Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister says that he will seek to opt his country out of any NATO operations aimed at supporting Ukraine. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told state radio on Friday that Hungary opposes a plan NATO is weighing to provide more predictable military support to Ukraine.

By JERRY HARMER Associated Press LOPBURI, Thailand (AP) — A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, has launched an offensive against the simian raiders, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. Several high-profile cases of monkey-human conflict recently convinced authorities in Lopburi in central Thailand that they had to reduce

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has announced the formation of a new partnership to help provide internet access to 80% of Africa by 2030, up from 40% now. Friday’s announcement comes as follow-through on Harris’ visit to the continent last year and a state visit this week to

LONDON (AP) — A British neonatal nurse who was convicted of murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of six others has lost her bid to appeal. Lucy Letby had asked for permission to challenge the verdict after she was convicted and sentenced to life in prison last year. A three-judge panel of Britain’s Court

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s lawmakers left Parliament on Friday for the last time before an election is held in six weeks. Parliament was prorogued, or formally suspended, in a ceremony featuring hat-doffing, lords in ermine-trimmed robes and commands in Norman French. Before that there was a flurry of last-minute legislation.

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III won’t be out and about much over the next six weeks — and it’s not because of his ongoing cancer treatments. Shortly after U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called an early parliamentary election for July 4, Buckingham Palace said that all members of the

GENEVA (AP) — U.N. member countries have concluded a new treaty to ensure that genetic resources used in inventions, like new medicines derived from exotic plants in the Andes mountains, are properly traced. It marks the first time the 193 member states of the U.N.’s World Intellectual Property Organization have agreed that patent applicants must

BANGKOK (AP) — Singapore Airlines said Friday it will halt meal services and get all cabin crew to buckle up when planes fly through turbulence as part of tighter cabin measures after one person died and dozens were injured on a flight from London this week. The airline said it has adopted a “more cautious

By ALEX TURNBULL and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French prosecutor for riot-hit New Caledonia says a police officer has shot and killed a man after being set upon by a group of about 15 people. The shooting death on Friday is the seventh in unrest shaking the French Pacific archipelago where

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea appears to be preparing to launch its second military spy satellite into space. The military said Friday that it detected signs that North Korea is engaging in activities believed to be preparations to launch a spy satellite at its

By CARLOS HERRERA PÉREZ Associated Press PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) — Officials in Spain say excess weight on a first-floor terrace may have contributed to the collapse of a building housing a bar and restaurant club on the island of Mallorca that killed four people. Spain’s National Police say the collapse Thursday killed two German

SYDNEY (AP) — A Sydney judge has ruled that former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan can be extradited to the United States on allegations he illegally trained Chinese aviators, leaving the attorney-general as Duggan’s last hope of remaining in Australia. The Boston-born 55-year-old on Friday will remain in custody awaiting extradition. His lawyers say

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The U.S. is seeking to build support for squeezing more money for Ukraine out of frozen Russian assets as finance ministers from the Group of Seven rich democracies open a two-day meeting  Another key topic pushed by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will be building

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine defense secretary says it will continue to build security alliances and stage joint combat drills in disputed waters to defend its territorial interests. Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro dismissed China’s criticisms of such moves as paranoia. He bluntly criticized Beijing’s increasingly aggressive actions in the

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s military says the helicopter carrying late President Ebrahim Raisi caught fire soon after it crashed into a mountain and there was no sign it was attacked. The statement from the general staff of the armed forces in charge of investigating the crash was read on state television late Thursday. The

By SAM MEDNICK, LEE KEATH and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Egypt said Friday it has agreed to send United Nations humanitarian aid trucks through Israel’s main crossing into Gaza, but it was unclear if they will be able to enter the territory as fighting raged in the southern city of

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but stopped short of ordering a cease-fire for the enclave. Although Israel is unlikely to comply with the order, it will ratchet up

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Friday in a bounce back from Wall Street’s worst day since April. The S&P 500 gained 36.88 points, or 0.7%, to 5,304.72 and won back all its losses from the prior two days. It eked out a tiny gain for the week,

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council has approved a resolution that strongly condemns attacks on humanitarian workers and U.N. personnel. The vote was 14-0 with Russia abstaining. It also demands that all combatants protect them in accordance with international law. The Swiss-sponsored resolution expresses grave concern

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge has ruled that the social media platform X is subject to a state’s anti-discrimination law even though it does not have an office in Australia. The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal judge said in a decision made public Friday that her court has

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan says it will pay $2.58 million in compensation to the families of five Chinese engineers who were killed in March when a suicide bomber targeted the vehicle carrying them in the northwest. The Chinese were attacked as they were heading to Dasu Dam, Pakistan’s biggest, where they worked. The finance ministry

By SEBABATSO MOSAMO, FARAI MUTSAKA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press LILANDA, Zambia (AP) — Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. They leave another deadly threat behind them: some of the continent’s worst outbreaks of cholera.

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Several tornadoes were reported in Iowa and Illinois as storms downed power lines and trees on Friday, just days after a deadly twister devastated one small town. The large storm system began overnight in Nebraska before traveling across central Iowa and into

THANE, India (AP) — Rescuers combed through piles of debris and wreckage Friday searching for bodies after an explosion and fire at a chemical factory in western India killed at least nine people and injured 64 others, officials said. The explosion in the factory’s boiler on Thursday led to a fire that affected nearby factories