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By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Lawyers for Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro filed an appeal to reduce his prison sentence for attempting a coup after his 2022 electoral defeat. Judges in September convicted Bolsonaro of trying to overthrow democracy and sentenced him to 27 years and three months in jail.

By RAJESH ROY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Cyclone Montha started making landfall along India’s eastern coast, the weather office said late Tuesday, with the storm due to bring torrential rains and strong winds. Montha, swirling over the Bay of Bengal, intensified into a severe cyclonic storm that threatens flooding of low-lying areas in

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch election campaign was on the home stretch Tuesday, a day before the country goes to the polls in a knife-edge vote with anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders seeking a second straight victory for his far-right Party for Freedom. The campaign has largely focused on

BANGKOK (AP) — The number of people fleeing from Myanmar to Thailand after Myanmar’s military shut down a major online scam center has slowed to a trickle, a Thai regional army commander said Tuesday, after more than 1,500 had left in the past week. The KK Park site, identified by Thai officials and independent experts

By The Associated Press Russian lawmakers Tuesday endorsed a bill mandating year-round military conscription, rather than just in the spring and fall, as authorities seek to fill the ranks as fighting in Ukraine grinds through a fourth year. The legislation, which was approved by the lower house, the State Duma, in a third and final

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Mike Waltz is approaching his new role as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a mandate from President Donald Trump to cut funding for what were once longtime American priorities the same way he set about representing Florida in Congress. “I approach nearly every decision

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Heavy rains have caused major flooding in central Vietnam, with rivers swelling and submerging homes, farmland and tourist destinations including the historic cities of Hue and Hoi An. Rainfall in the central city of Hue reached 1,085 millimeters (42 inches) in 24 hours by late Monday,

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and SIBI ARASU Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities on Tuesday carried out a cloud-seeding experiment over smog-choked New Delhi in an attempt to induce rainfall and clear the city’s toxic air, which has sparked anger among residents. A plane sprayed chemicals into clouds over some areas of the Indian