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India and Germany look to bolster ties as Modi and Scholz hold talks in New Delhi

Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have held wide-ranging discussions to bolster strategic ties between the two countries. They met in New Delhi where the two countries signed various agreements on enhancing cooperation in the defense sector, information technology, clean energy, skill development and artificial

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7 charged with cyberbullying after Paris Olympics artistic director’s opening ceremony backlash

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French authorities say they have charged seven individuals in connection with a cyberbullying campaign targeting Thomas Jolly, the artistic director behind the Paris Olympics’ opening and closing ceremonies. Jolly became the target of an online hate campaign filled with homophobic and antisemitic abuse following his acclaimed but controversial queer-inclusive opening

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Takeaways from AP investigation into misconduct allegations against prosecutor who charged Netanyahu

Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — As the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor weighed war crimes charges this year against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he was engulfed in a behind-the-scenes personal crisis. Karim Khan faced an accusation he tried to coerce a female aide into a sexual relationship, an allegation he has denied

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International court prosecutor who charged Netanyahu faces sexual misconduct accusation

Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — As the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor sought war crimes charges this year against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over actions in Gaza, he was engulfed in a very different personal crisis playing out behind the scenes. Karim Khan faced accusations that he tried for more than a

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Hungary’s Orbán claims Poland’s center-right government was installed by the EU

Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has suggested that Poland’s government and its prime minister, Donald Tusk, were installed by the European Union as part of a plot to remove the country’s previous right-wing populist leadership. Orbán provided no evidence to substantiate his claims about Poland’s government, which defeated a

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Record-setting teen climber says Sherpas should be leading climbs

Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Sherpa teenager who’s won mountaineering celebrity as the youngest person ever to summit the world’s 14 highest peaks called for Sherpas to be recognized as athletes and expedition leaders as well as porters and guides. “It’s always been that Sherpas were supporting climbers and we’re never seen as

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In Texas, Harris embraces Beyoncé and warns swing-state voters that ‘Trump abortion bans’ are coming for them

By Gregory Krieg, Priscilla Alvarez and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris, after being endorsed and embraced onstage in Houston by music superstar Beyoncé, warned voters across the country Friday night that Texas-style abortion bans would end up in their states if Donald Trump returns to the White House. Harris has leaned

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Biden tries again at student loan cancellation, this time for those with financial hardships

AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving ahead with a new path to student loan cancellation for Americans who face steep medical bills, child care costs and other types of financial hardship that prevent them from repaying their loans. Announced Friday, the proposed rule is President Joe Biden’s third attempt at

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Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate sentenced to another 6 months in prison

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A group campaigning for Iran’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says Iranian authorities have issued an additional six-month prison sentence against her. The Free Narges Coalition said in a statement on Thursday that Mohammadi was sentenced on Oct. 19 to an additional six months in prison on the

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Anti-whaling activist detained in Greenland requests French citizenship after asylum bid dismissed

PARIS (AP) — Environmental activist Paul Watson, who is detained in Greenland and facing possible extradition to Japan, has formally requested French citizenship after France’s Foreign Minister said his bid for political asylum could not be processed because he is not on French soil. Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd and a prominent anti-whaling advocate,

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NASA astronaut remains at hospital after returning from an extended stay in space

AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA astronaut was taken to the hospital for an undisclosed medical issue after returning from a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton, the space agency said Friday. A SpaceX capsule carrying three Americans and one Russian parachuted before dawn

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