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By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police arrested former President Jair Bolsonaro preemptively on Saturday, days before he was set to begin his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, officials said. A close aide said the embattled former leader was taken to the police force headquarters in the

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — European leaders were set to meet in South Africa on Saturday to hash out alternatives to a U.S. plan to halt Russia’s war in Ukraine seen as favoring Moscow, nearly four years after it invaded its neighbor. The 28-point blueprint to end the Kremlin’s aggression sparked alarm in Kyiv and European

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Saturday, updating an earlier tally of 215 schoolchildren. The tally was changed “after a verification exercise and a

By SETH BORENSTEIN, MELINA WALLING and ANTON L. DELGADO The Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Delegates of the U.N. climate talks on Saturday worked to find common ground on a host of proposals, including a push by many nations to explicitly cite the cause of global warming: the burning of oil, gas and coal

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Russians look back at 2025, they might remember it as the year when the government took even tighter control of the internet. Credit cards that won’t buy a ticket on public transport. ATMs that don’t connect to a network. Messaging apps that are down. Cellphones

By GERALD IMRAY, MICHELLE GUMEDE and MOGOMOTSI MAGOMOE Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — World leaders from the Group of 20 rich and developing economies broke with tradition and adopted a declaration at the start of their summit in South Africa on Saturday despite opposition from the United States, which is boycotting the two-day talks in

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday warned all pilots to “exercise caution” when flying in the airspace over Venezuela “due to the worsening security situation and heightened military activity ” around the country. The message said the unspecified threats “could pose a potential risk

By ISOBEL KOSHIW Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An American proposal to end the war in Ukraine puts the country in a delicate diplomatic position — caught between placating its most important ally, the United States, and not capitulating to Russia, its much larger neighbor that launched a full-scale invasion nearly four years ago.