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CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. and an aid group say flash floods triggered by seasonal torrential rains in Sudan’s western Darfur region have killed at least seven people, including children. The rains, which started late Friday, inundated at least 100 houses in the Kass locality in South Darfur province. The General Coordination for Refugees and

By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Pressure is mounting on a French government minister to quit over comments stigmatizing homosexuality and LGBTQ people, in the latest challenge to President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership. Caroline Cayeux’ remarks have hurt and angered many – including her colleagues — and prompted broader discussion around persistent discriminatory attitudes

By HANNA ARHIROVA and CARA ANNA Associated Press VINNYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles hit industrial facilities at a strategic city in southern Ukraine Sunday as a funeral was held for a 4-year-old girl killed in an earlier deadly strike elsewhere in the country. Liza, who had Down syndrome, was en route to see a

By ANGELA CHARLTON and JADE LE DELEY PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron decried his Nazi-collaborator predecessors and rising antisemitism, vigorously vowing to stamp out Holocaust denial as he paid homage Sunday to thousands of French children sent to death camps 80 years ago for one reason alone: because they were Jewish. Family by

BEIJING (AP) — Flash floods in southwest and northwest China have left at least a dozen dead and put thousands of others in harm’s way. State media report in the southwestern province of Sichuan, at least six people have died and another 12 are missing after torrential rain triggered flash floods. Some 1,300 people had

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A history-making team of Zimbabwean high school students that became world and European moot court competition champions has been widely praised in a country where the education system is beset by poor funding, lack of materials and teachers’ strikes. The 11-member Zimbabwean team of nine girls

By CARA ANNA Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — On the morning of Day 142 of the war in Ukraine, the mayor of a community slipping closer to the front line stands in sneakers and blazer near the newest soldier’s grave. Aside from the gravedigger, Ruslan Trebushkin is the last to toss dirt on the

By JOLENE LATIMER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bryan Cranston was hoping to get a hit in the All-Star Celebrity Softball game at Dodger Stadium. Instead, the “Breaking Bad” actor got hit. Cranston was struck in the right shoulder by a line drive off the bat of Grammy Award winner Anthony Ramos as they

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in Washington, D.C., say an off-duty police officer has shot and killed a man armed with a semiautomatic handgun in the area of a Southwest Washington entertainment district. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert J. Contee III says the fatal encounter took place shortly after 9 p.m. in area of The Wharf. The

Por GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press SANTIAGOsantiago (AP) — Con los Andes cubiertos de nieve en el fondo, docenas de huasos con ponchos de lana y sus familias en carretas de madera tiradas por caballos hacen fila el sábado para recibir la bendición en la enorme explanada frente al Santuario Nacional de Maipú.

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — With the snow-covered Andes shining in the background, several dozen cowboys in woolen ponchos and families on wooden horse carts lined up Saturday to receive a priest’s blessing in the huge esplanade in front of the National Sanctuary of Maipú. “I come every year to fulfill

WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — Bobby East, a three-time U.S. Auto Club national champion driver, has died after being stabbed this week at a Southern California gas station. He was 37. The Westminster Police Department issued a statement Saturday identifying Robert John East of San Dimas as the person stabbed in the chest at a 76

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Lleyton Hewitt paused for a moment and the word easily came to mind when he was asked how he wanted to be remembered. “Competitor,” the 41-year-old Hewitt said in an interview with the Associated Press earlier in the day before his induction into the International Tennis

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Authorities say an Antonov plane has crashed near the city of Kavala in northern Greece. The plane was headed from Serbia to Jordan, but authorities have not been able to confirm whether it was passenger or cargo, or how many people were on the plane. The pilot managed to alert authorities

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida woman was found dead after falling in a pond and being grabbed by two alligators. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office says the elderly woman was seen falling into the pond along a golf course in Englewood, Florida and struggling to stay afloat. Authorities say that while she

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bobby East, a three-time USAC national champion driver, has died. He was 37. The United States Auto Club announced Friday that East died Wednesday. It didn’t provide details of the death. East, whose father was a noted short-track car builder, won SAC Silver Crown championships in 2004, 2012 and 2013. He