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In this photo provided by Petro Andryuschenko, the adviser of the head of Mariupol city's administration, burning trolleybus is seen on the damp of hydroelectric power station after Russian attacks in Dnipro, Ukraine, Friday, March 22, 2024. Over 60 drones and almost 90 missiles of various types were fired that night, Ukrainian officials said. (Telegram Channel of Petro Andryuschenko, the adviser of the head of Mariupol city's administration via AP)

Russia attacks Ukrainian electrical power facilities, including major hydroelectric plant

Russia has attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, causing widespread outages and killing at least three people.

FILE- U.S. United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, center, addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the war in Gaza, on March 11, 2024, at U.N. headquarters. The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on a United States-sponsored resolution declaring that "an immediate and sustained cease-fire" in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is "imperative" to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2 million hungry Palestinians. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

The UN will vote on a US resolution declaring that an immediate cease-fire in Gaza is imperative

FILE - A mural is seen in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Wednesday March 1, 2023. Three survivors of an attack in Zaongo, central Burkina Faso, told AP that dozens of people were killed in their village on Nov. 5 when security forces attacked. One of the survivors, a 32-year-old farmer, said he photographed the horrific scenes of bodies as proof of the carnage before fleeing. (AP Photo, File)

Burkina Faso’s security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village’s massacre

A water truck worker fills a container outside the homes of residents who use it for drinking, cooking and cleaning, in the Pamplona Alta area in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Drought, heat and mismanagement make getting fresh water an increasingly tough task

People walk past a large poster of the movie Swatantra Veer Savarkar displayed outside a cinema hall in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Mar. 21, 2024. The movie, set to be released on Friday, is one of several upcoming Bollywood releases based on polarizing issues, which either promote Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government’s political agenda, or lambast his critics. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

As India’s election nears, some Bollywood films promote Modi politics by embracing Hindu nationalism

ELECTION WATCH 2024

Presidential candidate Anta Babacar Ngom greets supporters during her electoral campaign caravan in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, March 11, 2024. Senegal’s only female presidential candidate may stand no chance of winning but activists say her presence alone is helping to advance a decades long campaign to achieve equality in the West African nation. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

Senegal votes Sunday in a presidential election that has fired up political tensions

Senegal votes Sunday in a tightly contested presidential election that has fired up political tensions and tested one of West Africa’s most stable democracies.

FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores flash victory signs as they arrive to the National Assembly for the annual presidential address, in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 15, 2024. As the July 28 presidential election nears, Venezuelan government keeps arresting opponents allegedly tied to criminal plots. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

As election nears, Venezuelan government keeps arresting opponents allegedly tied to criminal plots

As Venezuela’s government would have it, President Nicolas Maduro and members of his inner circle have been the target of several conspiracies since last year that could have left them injured or worse.

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FILE - Algeria's President Abdelmajid Tebboune gives a press conference, in Algiers, Algeria, Sunday, 24, 2019. Algeria's presidential campaign is officially starting a week ago with five candidates vying to replace the longtime leader pushed out in April in an ongoing protest movement. Algeria has scheduled this year’s presidential elections for September 7, providing more than five months for first-term President Abdelmajid Tebboune to campaign for a second term to lead the oil-rich north African nation, his office said in a statement on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum, File)

Algeria sets election for September. The military-backed president is expected to seek a 2nd term

Mexico’s spring equinox celebrated at ancient pyramids

Dozens of Mexicans dressed in white climbed the towering Pyramid of the Sun on Thursday to celebrate the Spring Equinox. (Mar 21). (AP/ Fernanda Pesce).

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Palestinian’s queue for hours for much needed cash

Ukrainians are digging trenches as part of defense in Kharkiv

Europe

From left, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, French President Emmanuel Macron and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk during a round table meeting at an EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, March 21, 2024. European Union leaders are gathering to consider new ways to help boost arms and ammunition production for Ukraine. Leaders will also discuss in Thursday's summit the war in Gaza amid deep concern about Israeli plans to launch a ground offensive in the city of Rafah. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

EU leaders mull ways to get more arms to outgunned Ukraine amid a new sense of urgency

Asia

Members of Aam Admi Party, or Common Man's Party, shout slogans during a protest against the arrest of their party leader Arvind Kejriwal, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 22, 2024. Supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India's most consequential politicians of the last decade in India held protests Friday against his arrest, which opposition parties say is part of a crackdown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government before national elections. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

A Modi rival is arrested. Now, supporters of the opposition leader are protesting in India’s capital

Latin America

Sergio Gómez and Carla Cavallini pose for a picture outside their store, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Gómez and his wife are among a large group of Argentines who say their economic situation is worse now than a year ago as a consequence of a series of austerity and deregulation measures ordered by President Javier Milei in his first 100 days in office. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Milei’s first 100 days: Argentines struggle to make ends meet as support for president remains high

Middle East

Israeli soldiers move on the top of a tank near the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Blinken says an Israeli assault on Gaza’s Rafah would be a mistake and isn’t needed to defeat Hamas

Africa

FILE - Kenyans line up to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Thousands of doctors have stayed away from hospitals since last Thursday, March 12, 2024 over poor pay and working conditions, despite a court order calling for talks between the doctors and the Health Ministry. Health Minister Susan Nakhumicha told local television station KTN that she had instructed two top referral hospitals to recruit doctors to replace those taking part in the national strike. An Associated Press journalist confirmed on Thursday morning that emergency services at the Kenyatta national referral hospital in the capital, Nairobi, had resumed. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

Kenyan doctors stop providing emergency services at public hospitals as strike enters second week

U.S. News

Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, is shown on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Three Idaho corrections officers were shot as a suspect staged a brazen attack to break Skylar Meade, a prison inmate out of the Boise hospital overnight. Two of the officers were shot by the suspect early Wednesday. The third was shot and wounded by a police officer when police mistook the correctional officer for the suspect. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP)

Police track down escaped Idaho prison gang member and accomplice, say pair may have killed 2 on run

Former executive given death sentence in poisoning of founder of high-flying Chinese gaming company

A former executive at Yoozoo Games has been sentenced to death in the poisoning of the founder of the high-profile Chinese gaming company.

A Security member stands guard at one of the entrance of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after another Wall Street record day

Stocks are mixed in Asia after Wall Street tapped fresh records, led by big gains in chipmakers. Japan’s Nikkei 225 topped 41,000 for the first time early Friday but then fell back.

This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)

Islamic State group claims responsibility for bombing at Afghan bank and says it targeted Taliban

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing that targeted people trying to collect their salaries at a bank in southern Afghanistan.

A Pakistani court sentences a woman to life in prison for burning pages from Islam’s holy book

A Pakistani court in the eastern city of Lahore has sentenced a Muslim woman to life in prison after finding her guilty of burning pages of Islam’s holy book.

Worshippers dressed in white gather before the Pyramid of the Sun as part of the Spring Equinox celebrations, in Teotihuacan, Mexico, March 21, 2024. Each year the Pyramid of the Sun and the adjacent Pyramid of the Moon draw thousands of pilgrims to the pre-Hispanic ceremonial and trading centre, northeast of Mexico City. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

March 15-21, 2024

Thousands of spring equinox worshippers gathered around Mexico’s giant Pyramid of the Sun.

Villagers from Barsana and Nandgaon smeared with colors play Lathmar Holi at Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Kabir Jhangiani)

AP Week in Pictures: Asia

March 15-21, 2024

Rohingya refugees stand on their capsized boat before being rescued in the waters off western Indonesia.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses a media conference at an EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, March 21, 2024. European Union leaders were urged Thursday to show the same respect for international law in Gaza as they aim to uphold in Ukraine, as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians face dire food shortages and possible famine. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

EU Commission proposes to impose tariffs on imports of grain from Russia

The European Union’s executive arm is proposing to member countries to impose tariffs on grain imports from Russia and Belarus.

Israeli soldiers move on the top of a tank near the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

US calls for vote Friday on UN resolution declaring that immediate Gaza cease-fire is `imperative’

The United States is calling for a vote Friday on a newly revised and tougher U.N. resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war is “imperative” to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2 million hungry Palestinians.

Senior Hezbollah security official makes rare visit to UAE to discuss detained Lebanese

A senior official with Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has made a rare visit to the United Arab Emirates to discuss the case of a dozen Lebanese citizens detained in the oil-rich nation over alleged links to the Lebanese group.

FILE - Georgia Sen. Michelle Au, D-Johns Creek, speaks in the Senate Chambers of the state Capitol, Nov. 19, 2021, in Atlanta. A bill that would ban any “agent” of China from buying farmland or land near military installations in Georgia passed the state House on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Au, a Democrat who is Chinese American, said she has been accused during her time in the General Assembly of being an “agent of the Chinese Community Party, a spy, a plant, un-American and a foreign asset.” (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Land purchases by Chinese ‘agents’ would be limited under Georgia bill; Democrats say it’s racist

ATLANTA (AP) — A bill that would ban any “agent” of China from buying farmland or land near military installations in Georgia passed the state House on Thursday over the objections of Democrats who said it would lead to discrimination against Asian Americans and not promote national security.

A newspaper with the front page of French President Emanuel Macron is seen at a supermarket in London, Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

France’s president pounds a punching bag on camera, and Europe notices

French President Emmanuel Macron is raising eyebrows after photos of him hammering a punching bag were posted to his official photographer’s social media.

FILE - A spectator places a bet before the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2022, in Louisville, Ky. The firing of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani's interpreter and close friend after allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese baseball player is shining renewed attention on compulsive gambling. The National Council on Problem Gambling describes it as gambling that is damaging to a person or their family, often disrupting their daily life and career. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

What is gambling addiction and how widespread is it in the US?

The firing of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter and close friend after allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese baseball player is shining renewed attention on compulsive gambling.

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, right, talks with interpreter Will Ireton during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea Thursday, March 21, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Betting scandal with Ohtani’s interpreter is far from the first in professional sports

Sports and gambling are once again in the spotlight in the wake of the Los Angeles Dodgers firing Ippei Mizuhara, the interpreter and close friend of newly acquired star player Shohei Ohtani.

FILE - Shoppers buy food in a supermarket in London, on Aug. 17, 2022. Food prices and overall inflation will rise as temperatures climb with climate change, a new study by an environmental scientist and the European Central Bank found. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. A new study links climate shocks to inflation

A study by an environmental scientist and the European Central Bank finds that food prices and overall inflation will rise as temperatures climb with climate change.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas takes part in a joint news conference with the Guatemalan president, at the National Palace in Guatemala City, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Mayorkas said at the conference that a Texas law giving state authorities the power to arrest and deport migrants who have entered the country illegally is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy)

US Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas says Texas immigration law is unconstitutional

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says that a Texas law giving state authorities the power to arrest and deport migrants who have entered the country illegally is unconstitutional.

FILE - Canada's Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller speaks to the media during the federal cabinet retreat in Montreal, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. Miller said Thursday, March 21, the country will set targets to reduce the number of new temporary residents in the country.(Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada to set targets to decrease the number of new temporary residents for the first time

Canadian officials say they will set targets to decrease the number of new temporary residents in the country.

Italy’s Meloni seeks symbolic compensation from suspects over deepfake porn images, report says

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has been asked to testify in court July 2 in the trial of two men who are accused of making deepfake pornographic images using her face and posting them online.

Investigators find at least 5 burned bodies near northern Mexican city of Monterrey

Investigators in the northern Mexico border state of Nuevo Leon say they have found at least five burned bodies in a vehicle on a road near the industrial hub of Monterrey.

Farmers gather Tuesday, March 12, 2024 outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. For several months, farmers throughout Europe have been mobilizing to address local, national, and European concerns (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

France’s Senate rejects bill to ratify EU-Canada trade deal because of farmers’ concerns

France’s Senate has voted overwhelmingly to reject legislation to ratify a 2017 trade deal between the European Union and Canada that has been criticized by farmers as fostering unfair competition from abroad.

Spanish journalist leaves Russia after authorities refuse to renew his visa

The Spanish daily El Mundo said Thursday that its correspondent in Russia left the country after authorities refused to renew his journalist visa.

FILE - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 14, 2023. A lawyer for The Wall Street Journal said Thursday, March 21, 2024, that Russia must face consequences for its detention of Gershkovich, one of the newspaper's reporters. Gershkovich was arrested on March 29, 2023, on espionage charges, which he and the newspaper deny. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, File)

Russia must face consequences for imprisonment of Wall Street Journal reporter, lawyer says

A lawyer for The Wall Street Journal says Russia must face consequences for its detention of Evan Gershkovich, one of the newspaper’s reporters.

FILE - Prince Charles and Princess Diana escort their children William, left, and Harry, right, onto the Royal stand as VJ-Day commemorations got underway at Buckingham Palace in London, Saturday Aug. 19, 1995. Prince Harry alleged Thursday, March 21, 2024, that the publisher of The Sun tabloid unlawfully intercepted phone calls of his late mother, Princess Diana, and father, now King Charles III, as he sought to expand his privacy invasion lawsuit against News Group Newspapers. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Arzt, File)

Prince Harry says tabloids intercepted phone calls of mother, the late Princess Diana, and father

Prince Harry alleges that the publisher of The Sun tabloid unlawfully intercepted phone calls of his late mother, Princess Diana, and father, now King Charles III.

FILE - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, center left, and his mother-in-law Alla Abrosimova visit his grave at the Borisovskoye Cemetery, in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, March 2, 2024. A Russian court has rejected a lawsuit filed by the mother of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition stalwart who died in prison in February, that claimed he received inadequate medical care, a close Navalny colleague said Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

Russian court rejects suit by Navalny’s mother claiming poor medical treatment by prison

A Russian court has rejected a lawsuit filed by the mother of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition stalwart who died in prison in February, that claimed he received inadequate medical care, a close Navalny colleague said.

Aam Aadmi Party, or Common Man's Party, leader Arvind Kejriwal listens to a speaker during a public meeting in New Delhi, India, Dec. 27, 2013. The anti-corruption crusader was arrested on Thursday, March 21, 2024, by a federal agency that accused his party and ministers of accepting 1 billion rupees ($12 million) as bribes from liquor contractors nearly two years ago, a top leader of his party said. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

New Delhi’s top elected official arrested in liquor bribery case

India’s anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal has been arrested by a federal agency that accused his party and ministers of accepting 1 billion rupees in bribes from liquor contractors.

FILE - Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive to attend the Christmas day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham in Norfolk, England, Dec. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

As a frenzy of speculation grips the royal family, a look at recent events that have fueled rumors

2024 hasn’t been a good year for Britain’s royals so far. First came the “royal health shock” headlines when palace officials announced that King Charles III and Kate, the Princess of Wales, both had health troubles.

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Godzilla, left, and Kong in a scene from "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

In ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,’ the Titans are the stars

“Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” in theaters everywhere on March 29, is a sequel to “Godzilla vs. Kong,” the 2021 showdown between the 393-foot Godzilla and 337-foot Kong.

FILE - This Feb. 15, 2007 file photo shows then Bishop of Bruges Roger Vangheluwe, in Bruges, Belgium. Pope Francis has defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment. (AP Photo/Peter Maenhoudt, file)

Belgian bishop defrocked 14 years after admitting to abusing nephew

Pope Francis has defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks with the media as he arrives for a EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, March 21, 2024. European Union leaders are gathering to consider new ways to help boost arms and ammunition production for Ukraine. Leaders will also discuss in Thursday's summit the war in Gaza amid deep concern about Israeli plans to launch a ground offensive in the city of Rafah. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

UN chief urges the EU to avoid ‘double standards’ over Gaza and Ukraine

European Union leaders are being urged to show the same respect for international law in Gaza as they aim to uphold in Ukraine.

FILE - A firefighter sprays water at a fire on the mount of Penteli, in northern Athens, Greece on July 19, 2022. Greek authorities presented a new action plan on Thursday, March 21, 2024 for tackling wildfires which often ravage the country during its hot, dry summers.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Greek authorities overhaul wildfire response plans ahead of summer fire season

Greek authorities have presented new plans for tackling wildfires which often ravage the country during its hot, dry summers, including changes in the deployment of firefighting aircraft and increased staffing in specialized units.

FILE - French Minister of Education, Sports, and Olympic Games Amelie Oudea-Castera attends the first session of questions to the new government at the National Assembly in Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. Nearly 400 French coaches, teachers and other sports officials were suspected of sexual abuse or covering it up in 2023, the country's Minister of Sports, Olympics and Paralympics Games Amelie Oudea-Castera said on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Over 300 French sports coaches, teachers and officials accused of sexual abuse or cover-ups in 2023

France’s sports minister says that more than 300 French coaches, teachers and sports officials have been accused of sexual abuse or of covering up such wrongdoing in 2023.