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A fight to protect the dignity of Michelangelo's David raises questions about freedom of expression

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its...

Turkey's high-stakes mayoral races are expected to be close. Volunteer monitors will be key

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — With local elections across Turkey days away, legal experts are coaching thousands...

Ukraine foreign minister arrives in New Delhi to boost ties with India, a historical ally of Russia

NEW DELHI (AP) — Ukraine's foreign minister arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for a two-day visit to...

Doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was...

Millions in the UK are being urged to get vaccinations during a surge in measles cases

LONDON (AP) — U.K. health officials on Monday urged millions of parents to book their children for misse...

Opposition figure who became Senegal's president-elect won over 54% of the vote, results show

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's little-known opposition figure who was elected president this week i...

Haiti's transitional council issues its first statement, signaling its creation is nearly complete

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible...

Central American and Mexican families mourn the workers lost in the Baltimore bridge collapse

AZACUALPA, Honduras (AP) — The construction workers who went missing in the Baltimore bridge collapse...

Poland dismisses the Eurocorps reaction unit commander who faces a counterintelligence investigation

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has dismissed the Polish commander of the European rapid reaction military...

A Paris exhibit shows how the Olympics mirror society, from Nazi propaganda to fighting inequalities

PARIS (AP) — More than a sporting competition, the Olympics are also a powerful political stage widely...

How events in Moldova's breakaway Transnistria region raised fears of Russian interference

Since Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago, fears have risen in neighboring Moldova that it could...

Nigerian parents finally get a chance to see their children who spent more than 2 weeks in captivity

KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — Parents of more than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren who were rescued after more...

Quran-burning Iraqi man who faces an expulsion order from Sweden plans to seek asylum in Norway

STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden told a newspaper on Wednesda...

Pope appears in better health, praises Israeli and Arab fathers who both lost daughters in conflict

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis appeared in better health on Wednesday, walking into the Vatican...

The death toll in the Moscow concert hall attack rises to 143, while 80 others remain hospitalized

MOSCOW (AP) — The death toll from last week's Moscow concert hall attack rose to 143, Russian authorities...

783 million people face chronic hunger. Yet the world wastes 19% of its food, UN says

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The world wasted an estimated 19% of the food produced globally in 2022, or about...

Russia strikes Ukraine's Kharkiv with aerial bombs for the first time since 2022

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia struck the northeastern city of Kharkiv with aerial bombs Wednesday for...

Taiwan commissions 2 new navy ships as safeguards against rising threat from China

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has commissioned two new navy ships as a safeguard against the rising...

Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 16, militant rockets kill 1 Israeli as cross-border violence soars

HEBBARIYE, Lebanon (AP) — A series of Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed 16 people and a...

Lawmakers in Thailand overwhelmingly approve a bill to legalize same-sex marriage

BANGKOK (AP) — Lawmakers in Thailand's lower house of Parliament overwhelmingly approved a marriage...

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