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Elon Musk launches Starlink satellite internet service in Indonesia, world’s largest archipelago

By FIRDIA LISNAWATI and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Elon Musk traveled to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Sunday to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world’s largest archipelago nation. Wearing a green Batik shirt, Musk was greeted with a garland of flower petals at a community health clinic in

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Congolese army says it has foiled a coup. Self-exiled opposition leader threatens president

By CHRISTINA MALKIA and CHINEDU ASADU Assocaited Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s army says it “foiled a coup” early Sunday morning and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, following a shootout between armed men in military uniform and guards of a close ally of Congo’s president that left three people dead in the capital,

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Dominicans vote in general elections with eyes on crisis in neighboring Haiti

By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Voters in the Dominican Republic are casting ballots in general elections likely to reinforce the government’s crackdown on its shared border with crisis-stricken Haiti. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled the violence-stricken nation. President Luis Abinader has built a Trump-like wall along

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French security forces work to regain control of airport highway in violence-scorched New Caledonia

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press French security forces are working to retake control of the highway to the international airport in violence-scorched New Caledonia, shuttered because of deadly unrest wracking the French Pacific archipelago where indigenous people have long sought independence from France. A reopening of the Nouméa-La Tontouta airport could allow stranded tourists to

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Slovak prime minister’s condition remains serious but prognosis positive after assassination bid

By LEFTERIS PITARAKIS Associated Press BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, remained in serious condition on Sunday but has been given a positive prognosis four days after he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that has sent shockwaves across the deeply polarized European Union nation, the defense minister

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Biden appeals to Black voters and says he’s working toward an ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza during Morehouse commencement

By Michael Williams and Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden touted his administration’s efforts to place Black Americans into the highest echelons of political power during a Sunday commencement address at Morehouse College, while also acknowledging the anguish simmering among young people across the US over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The

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Congolese army says shootout in the capital is failed coup, perpetrators arrested

By CHRISTINA MALKIA and CHINEDU ASADU Assocaited Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s army says it has “foiled a coup” early Sunday morning and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, following a shootout between armed men in military uniform and a top politician’s guards that left three people dead in the capital, Kinshasa The attempted

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After a gunman tried to shoot him, this pastor wants to make his church safer. But ‘we don’t have the money,’ he says

By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — In the years Pastor Glenn Germany has been leading the small congregation at Jesus’ Dwelling Place, keeping the Pennsylvania church’s doors open has been a struggle. Germany, a full-time bus driver and full-time pastor, knows how important this church is to its community. In addition to religious services, the

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Shootout in Congo’s capital leaves 3 dead as men in military uniform clash with politician’s guards

By CHRISTINA MALKIA and CHINEDU ASADU KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A shootout in Congo’s capital between armed men in military uniform and a top politician’s guards has left three people dead, according to the politician’s spokesman and local media. This came amid a crisis gripping President Felix Tshisekedi’s ruling party over an election for the

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Gunfire rings out in Congo’s capital as men in military uniform clash with politician’s guards

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — There was gunfire in Congo’s capital early Sunday morning as armed men in military uniform clashed with a top politician’s guards in a neighborhood near the presidential palace. The Kinshasa residence of Vital Kamerhe, a federal legislator and former vice prime minister of economy, was besieged by the armed men, who

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