New Hampshire man had no car and no furniture, but died with a big secret, leaving his town millions (apnews.com)
China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch says (apnews.com)
31 'very sick' babies have been evacuated from Gaza's largest hospital, where trauma patients remain (apnews.com)
Dog who survived 72 days in mountains after owner's death is regaining weight and back on hiking trails (apnews.com)
Heavily armed Haitian gang surrounds hospital in capital and traps people inside (apnews.com)
Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony (apnews.com)
John Oliver's campaign for puking mullet bird delays New Zealand vote for favorite feathered friend (apnews.com)
Oliver discovered a loophole in the rules, which allowed anybody with a valid email address to cast a vote. “After all, this is what democracy is all about,” Oliver said on his show. “America interfering in foreign elections.”...
The Philippines and China report a new maritime confrontation near a contested South China Sea shoal (apnews.com)
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta brings colorful displays to the New Mexico sky (apnews.com)
NATO freezes a Cold War-era security pact after Russia pulls out, raising questions on arms control (apnews.com)
South Africa recalls ambassador and diplomatic mission to Israel and accuses it of genocide in Gaza (apnews.com)
Drivers in Argentina wait in long lines to fill up the tanks as presidential election looms (apnews.com)
Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world (apnews.com)
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. But the former president will break routine Sunday, putting off his practice of quietly watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains....
Spain's report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands (apnews.com)
'Shaft' star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at 81 (apnews.com)
R.I.P. He was a baaad mother–...
Mexico deploys 300 National Guard troopers to area where 13 police officers were killed in an ambush (apnews.com)
Many frustrated Argentines pinning hopes on firebrand populist Javier Milei in presidential race (apnews.com)
Spain’s leader mulls granting amnesty to thousands of Catalan separatists in order to stay in power (apnews.com)
France has banned pro-Palestinian protests and vowed to protect Jews from resurgent antisemitism (apnews.com)
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Israel orders unprecedented evacuation of 1 million in Gaza as possible ground offensive looms (apnews.com)
US says North Korea delivered 1,000 containers of equipment and munitions to Russia for Ukraine war (apnews.com)
Sri Lanka says it has reached an agreement with China's EXIM Bank on debt, clearing IMF funding snag (apnews.com)
Netanyahu says Israel will ‘crush and destroy’ Hamas; every Hamas member is a ‘dead man’ (apnews.com)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would “crush and destroy” Hamas in response to its attack....
Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts (apnews.com)
El Salvador sends 4,000 security forces into 3 communities to pursue gang members (apnews.com)
