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Why a Princeton graduate student kidnapped in Iraq still isn’t free 800 days later

By MELANIE LIDMAN and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With the world’s attention fixed on efforts to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, talks are quietly continuing to liberate an Israeli hostage held in Iraq by a different Iranian-backed militant group. Elizabeth Tsurkov, a 38-year-old graduate student at

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South Korean presidential election roiled by coffee beans, Chanel bags and room salon

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s presidential race has devolved into personal attacks and petty disputes, drowning out meaningful policy debate after former conservative leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s ouster over his martial law fiasco. The bitter mudslinging between liberal frontrunner Lee Jae-myung and conservative opponent Kim

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Trump rejects claim he’s ‘chickening out’ on tariffs just because he keeps changing rates

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants the world to know he’s no “chicken” just because he’s repeatedly backed off high tariff threats. The U.S. Republican president’s tendency to levy extremely high import taxes and then retreat has created what’s known as the “TACO” trade, an acronym coined by The

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Funeral of 3 siblings killed in Russian strike underscores mounting toll on Ukrainian families

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KOROSTYSHIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three coffins — one adult-sized, one medium and one child-sized — lay Wednesday inside the Soviet-era Palace of Culture in this northern Ukrainian city, surrounded by dozens of bouquets as a church choir sang farewell prayers. Hundreds of residents stood in grim silence. Some wept quietly.

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Czech Republic accuses China of ‘malicious cyber campaign’ against its foreign ministry

KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic has accused China of being “responsible” for cyberattacks against a a communication network of its Foreign Ministry, officials said on Wednesday. The Foreign Ministry in Prague said the malicious activities started in 2022 and targeted the country’s critical infrastructure, adding it believed the Advanced Persistent

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Germany’s Merz offers to help Ukraine develop its own long-range missiles to hit Russia

By STEFANIE DAZIO and BARRY HATTON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged Wednesday to help Ukraine develop its own long-range missile systems that would be free of any Western-imposed limitations on their use and targets as the Kyiv government fights to repel Russia’s invasion. Some of the advanced weapon systems that

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French court sentences pedophile surgeon to 20 years in jail for abusing hundreds of patients

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press A 74-year-old pedophile and former surgeon was given a maximum 20-year prison sentence on Wednesday by a French court for the rape and sexual assault of hundreds of patients, mostly children, over more than two decades. Joël Le Scouarnec was sentenced after admitting molesting nearly 300 victims

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Australia whistleblower who exposed war crime allegations loses bid to reduce prison sentence

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian army whistleblower David McBride, who leaked allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan to the media, lost a court bid to have his prison sentence reduced on Wednesday. The Australian Capital Territory Court of Appeal rejected the 61-year-old former army lawyer’s appeal against the severity

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