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Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins aid ship sailing to Gaza aimed at breaking Israel’s blockade

By GIADA ZAMPANO and SALVATORE CAVALLI Associated Press CATANIA, Italy (AP) — Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and other 11 activists set sail on Sunday afternoon for Gaza on a ship aimed at “breaking Israel’s siege” of the devastated territory, organizers said. The sailing boat Madleen, operated by activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition, departed from the

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After report about Iran’s increasing uranium stockpiles, Iranian FM stresses Iran’s cooperation

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Iranian Foreign Minister spoke by phone with the director of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog agency early Sunday morning after a report from the agency said Iran is further increasing its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels. Writing on Telegram, Abbas Araghchi

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Mexico’s first judicial elections stir controversy and confusion among voters

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is holding its first ever judicial elections on Sunday, stirring controversy and sowing confusion among voters still struggling to understand a process set to transform the country’s court system. Mexico’s ruling party, Morena, overhauled the court system late last year, fueling protests and criticism that

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Paris probes antisemitic vandalism targeting synagogues and a Holocaust memorial

PARIS (AP) — Authorities in Paris have launched an investigation after several Jewish sites across the capital were defaced with green paint. The vandalism, discovered early Saturday morning, targeted the Shoah Memorial, two synagogues and a Jewish restaurant in the city’s historic Marais district, as well as a third synagogue in the 20th arrondissement (district).

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Death toll reaches 151 in north-central Nigerian town submerged in floods, with thousands displaced

By TAIWO ADEBAYO and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 151 on Saturday, the local emergency service said, amid efforts to find more victims. Torrents of predawn rainfall early Thursday unleashed the devastating

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Afro Mexican actors fighting racism celebrate their heritage through their plays

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press TICUMÁN, México (AP) — There was something about her body, but Mexican actress Eréndira Castorela couldn’t quite put her finger on it. Some casting directors told her she was “too tall” to play a Mexican woman. Others insinuated her features weren’t sufficiently “Indigenous.” “It wasn’t until later that I

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Poland holds a pivotal presidential runoff influenced by Trump, the far right and the war in Ukraine

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is set to hold a presidential runoff election on Sunday between two candidates offering starkly different visions for the country’s future. The winner will succeed President Andrzej Duda, a conservative who is finishing his second and final term. The outcome will determine whether Poland embraces

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The country that made smoking sexy is breaking up with cigarettes

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Brigitte Bardot lounged barefoot on a Saint-Tropez beach, drawing languorous puffs from her cigarette. Another actor, Jean-Paul Belmondo, swaggered down the Champs-Élysées with smoke curling from his defiant lips, capturing a generation’s restless rebellion. In France, cigarettes were never just cigarettes — they were cinematic statements, flirtations

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Trump and Putin want to talk business once the Ukraine war ends. Here’s why it won’t be easy

By DAVID McHUGH, DARIA LITVINOVA and KATIE MARIE DAVIES Associated Press Hundreds of foreign companies left Russia after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, including major U.S. firms like Coca-Cola, Nike, Starbucks, ExxonMobil and Ford Motor Co. But after more than three years of war, President Donald Trump has held out the prospect of restoring U.S.-Russia

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