Spain's report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands (apnews.com)
UN Security Council approves sending a Kenya-led force to Haiti to fight violent gangs (apnews.com)
Ice pops cool down monkeys in Brazil at a Rio zoo during a rare winter heat wave (apnews.com)
Parkland school shooting survivor develops Joy, an app built on AI that helps people heal (apnews.com)
The North Korean leader calls for women to have more children to halt a fall in the birthrate (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.”...
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta brings colorful displays to the New Mexico sky (apnews.com)
Putin says hand grenade fragments found in bodies of victims in Wagner chief's plane crash (apnews.com)
6 women are rescued from a refrigerated truck in France after making distress call to a BBC reporter (apnews.com)
Maine's puffin colonies recovering in the face of climate change (apnews.com)
Angst over LGBTQ+ stories led to another canceled show. But in a Wyoming town, a play was salvaged (apnews.com)
New Hampshire man had no car and no furniture, but died with a big secret, leaving his town millions (apnews.com)
Dog who survived 72 days in mountains after owner's death is regaining weight and back on hiking trails (apnews.com)
Indonesia is set to launch Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway, largely funded by China (apnews.com)
After Maui officials named 388 people unaccounted for in fires, many called to say they're OK (apnews.com)
Mexico confirms some Mayan ruin sites are unreachable because of gang violence and land conflicts (apnews.com)
Turkey detains 33 people suspected of spying on behalf of Israel (apnews.com)
US seizes more illegal e-cigarettes, but thousands of new ones are launching (apnews.com)
Thailand sends 3 orangutans rescued from illicit wildlife trade back to Indonesia (apnews.com)
El Niño-worsened flooding has Somalia in a state of emergency. Residents of one town are desperate (apnews.com)
China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch says (apnews.com)
Drivers in Argentina wait in long lines to fill up the tanks as presidential election looms (apnews.com)
Spain’s leader mulls granting amnesty to thousands of Catalan separatists in order to stay in power (apnews.com)
Imagine making shadowy data brokers erase your personal info. Californians may soon live the dream (apnews.com)
More wild Atlantic salmon found in U.S. rivers than any time in the past decade, officials say (apnews.com)
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