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France's far right leader Le Pen says country is in a 'quagmire' 9 days before Olympics start

France’s far right leader Marine Le Pen says the country is “in a quagmire” after chaotic legislative elections produced a fragmented parliament
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FILE - Police vans park outside the National Assembly during the second round of the legislative elections in Paris, Sunday, July 7, 2024. France’s far right leader Marine Le Pen says the country is “in a quagmire” after the chaotic legislative elections have produced a fragmented parliament and a deeply divided society as Paris prepares to host the Olympic Games at the end of the month. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)
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6 dead and cities left without electricity as storm sweeps through Belarus

The emergencies ministry in Belarus says six people died in a heavy weekend storm that swept through much of the country
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Germany to impose tougher penalties on people who break through airport perimeters

Germany’s Cabinet has approved legislation that would impose tougher penalties on people who break through airport perimeters
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FILE - Climate activists lie on a access road for runways at the Munich airport, Germany, on May 18, 2024. Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday July 17, 2024 approved legislation that would impose tougher penalties on people who break through airport perimeters, a response to incidents such as disruptive protests by climate activists. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP, File)
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Pakistan summons Afghan diplomat to protest a suicide attack that killed 8 soldiers in the northwest

Pakistan summoned a senior Afghan diplomat to strongly protest a deadly militant attack that left eight soldiers dead in the northwest bordering Afghanistan, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday
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Local residents gather at a barricaded road leading to a military facility site, in Bannu, a city in northwestern Pakistan, Monday, July 15, 2024. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle and at least one of his accomplices exploded his vest near the outer wall of a military facility in northwestern Pakistani city Bannu early Monday, wounding several civilians and damaging nearby homes, a local police official said. (AP Photo/Muhammad Hasib)
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Turkish legislators hold tense debate on bill to control stray dogs. Critics fear a mass culling

A Turkish parliamentary commission has begun debating a contentious bill to manage the country's substantial stray dog population
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A rescued stray dog peers from inside an open air cell at "Mor Pati Dernegi" or Purple Paw association animal shelter in Luleburgaz, Turkey, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. A Turkish parliamentary commission on Wednesday began a tense debate on a bill designed to manage the country's large stray dog population which animal rights advocates fear could result in the widespread killing of the animals. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
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The Latest | Israeli delegation arrives in Cairo for Gaza cease-fire talks

An Israeli delegation has arrived in Egypt to continue cease-fire talks as Israel and Hamas consider the latest proposal
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses lawmakers in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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Korea's KHNP selected to build at least 2 new nuclear reactors in Czech Republic

The Czech government says South Korea’s KHNP has won a lucrative public tender to build at least two nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic as the country tries to become more energy independent and wean itself off fossil fuels
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FILE - A man fishes with the towering Dukovany nuclear power plant in the background, in Dukovany, Czech Republic, Sept. 27, 2011. South Korea's KHNP won a lucrative public tender to build at least two nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic as the country tries to become more energy independent and wean itself off fossil fuels, the government said on Wednesday July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
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Russia and Ukraine swap 95 prisoners of war each in their latest exchange

Ukraine and Russia have exchanged 95 prisoners of war each, three weeks after their last swap and as part of what have been occasional agreements to send captured troops home
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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, Ukrainian prisoners of war hold Marine's flags as they pose for a photo after a prisoners exchange at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
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Greece shuts Acropolis during hottest part of day as southern Europe swelters

Greece’s Culture Ministry has ordered the closure of the Acropolis — the country’s biggest cultural attraction — for several hours in the middle of the day, while authorities warn of extreme heat as southern Europe swelters in sizzling temperatures
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A woman poses for a photo with smoke from a fire at the background, during a hot, windy day at Acropolis hill, in Athens, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Much of Greece was also sweltering in a heat wave due to last until the end of the week, with temperatures in some areas forecast to reach 42 degrees Celsius (over 107 degrees Fahrenheit).(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Head of Hong Kong journalist group says she lost WSJ job after refusing to drop role

The new chair of Hong Kong’s leading media professional group says she lost her job at The Wall Street Journal after she refused her supervisor’s request to withdraw from the election for the leadership post
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Selina Cheng, a former reporter at the Wall Street Journal, and newly elected chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association speaks to media in Hong Kong on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Cheng said she lost her job at The Wall Street Journal after she refused her supervisor’s request to withdraw from the election for the leadership post. (AP Photo/Kanis Leung)
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Cyprus plans to build a major naval base to play a larger geopolitical role, says defense minister

Cyprus’ defense minister says plans are in motion to build a major naval base on the east Mediterranean island nation’s southern coast capable of hosting large ships from European Union countries and other nations to carry out a variety of missions inc...
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Rights groups urge Uzbek president to veto law on deporting or barring 'undesirable' foreigners

More than 25 human rights groups are calling on the president of Uzbekistan to veto a proposed law that would allow foreigners to be deported or blocked from entry if they are deemed undesirable for a wide array of reasons including insulting the country
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King Charles introduces UK's Labour government agenda

In a grand ceremony to mark the start of a new Parliament, King Charles delivered a speech, addressing the House of Commons with the laws the new government plans to set.
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In a grand ceremony to mark the start of a new Parliament, King Charles delivered a speech, addressing the House of Commons with the laws the new government plans to set.
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King Charles introduces UK's Labour government agenda, focusing on economic growth

King Charles delivered a speech, addressing the House of Commons.
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Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla travel by carriage to attend the State Opening of Parliament, outside Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, July 17, 2024.
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Iran rejects accusations it was involved in plots to assassinate Trump

Iran has rejected accusations regarding plots to assassinate former U.S. President Donald Trump, while citing legal action for the 2020 assassination of a revered general by U.S. drone
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This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)
July 17

In king’s speech, UK’s Labour government says it will turn the page on cost-of-living crisis and boost economy

In king’s speech, UK’s Labour government says it will turn the page on cost-of-living crisis and boost economy
July 17
July 17

Interpol arrests 300 people in a global crackdown on West African crime groups

Interpol has announced the outcome of a global operation targeting West African organized crime groups across five continents in 21 countries
July 17
FILE - The entrance hall of Interpol's headquarters in Lyon, central France on Sept. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)
July 17

A German court convicts a businessman of delivering components with military use to Russia

A German court has convicted a businessman of delivering electronic components to Russian firms associated with the production of military equipment, and sentenced him to six years and nine months in prison
July 17
July 17

Shiite Muslims in Lebanon and Iraq commemorate Ashoura, marking the death of Imam Hussein

Shiite Muslims in Lebanon and Iraq are commemorating Ashoura, marking the 7th-century death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, while paying tribute to Palestinians as the Israel-Hamas war has entered its 10th month and tensions heighten between H...
July 17
Iraqi Shiites mark the month of Muharram in Karbala, Iraq, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Muharram commemorates the death of Prophet Muhammed's grandson, Hussein Ibn Ali, who was killed during the Battle of Karbala on the tenth day of Muharram, known as the Day of Ashoura. ( (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
July 17

King Charles III arrives at Parliament to preside over State Opening and set out Labour government's plans

King Charles III arrives at Parliament to preside over State Opening and set out Labour government's plans
July 17
July 17

Swedish police await forensic results to identify bodies found in burnt car

Swedish police say the two bodies found in a burnt Danish-registered car in the city of Malmo during the weekend haven’t been identified yet and they are currently unable to confirm whether the victims are two British citizens reported missing
July 17
July 17

North Korean landmines could float into South Korea, South warns

North Korean land mines could be swept into South Korea by swelling rivers, South Korea’s military warned Wednesday, as the North places tens of thousands of the deadly explosives along its heavily fortified border
July 17
In this undated photo provided on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, by the South Korea Defense Ministry, North Korean soldiers work at an undisclosed location near the border area, as seen from a South Korean guard area. North Korean land mines could be swept into South Korea by flooding, South Korea's military warned Wednesday after the North has recently placed tens of thousands of additional deadly explosives along the rivals' heavily fortified border. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)
July 17

Former South African president Zuma faces expulsion from the ANC after joining a rival party

Former South African President Jacob Zuma is expected to face a disciplinary hearing with the African National Congress party after he campaigned against the organization he once led as head of a new political party in recent national elections
July 17
A wall paper with portraits of the former ruling party presidents displayed outside Luthuli House in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Former South African President Jacob Zuma was expected to face a disciplinary hearing with the African National Congress party on Wednesday, after campaigning against the organization he once led as head of a new political party in national elections in May. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
July 17

Autopsies on 6 Bangkok hotel guests who died mysteriously confirm traces of cyanide

Autopsies on the 6 Bangkok hotel guests who died mysteriously confirm they had traces of cyanide in their blood
July 17
July 17

Paris mayor dips into the Seine River to showcase its improved cleanliness before it hosts Olympic events

Paris mayor dips into the Seine River to showcase its improved cleanliness before it hosts Olympic events
July 17
July 17

EC didn't provide enough information about COVID-19 vaccine deals: EU court

The EU general court says the European Commission did not allow the public enough access to information about COVID-19 vaccine purchase agreements it secured with pharmaceutical companies during the pandemic
July 17
July 17

The European Commission did not give the public enough information about COVID-19 vaccine deals, EU court says

The European Commission did not give the public enough information about COVID-19 vaccine deals, EU court says
July 17
July 17

Islamic State attacks on track to double in Iraq and Syria compared to last year

The U.S. Central Command says that the Islamic State group is trying “to reconstitute” as the number of attacks in Syria and Iraq is on track to double this year, compared to the year before
July 17
This is a locator map for Iraq with its capital, Baghdad. (AP Photo)
July 17

Bank of England faces dilemma after potential Taylor Swift upside impact on UK inflation

Inflation in the U.K. held steady at the Bank of England’s target rate of 2% in June
July 17
FILE - A woman walks in front of the Bank of England, at the financial district in London, on March 23, 2023. Inflation in the U.K. held steady at the Bank of England's target rate of 2% in the year to June, official figures showed Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in a development that could be enough for policymakers to cut borrowing costs next month. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
July 17

Universities in Bangladesh shut their doors and authorities raid opposition HQ after deadly protests

Several major universities in Bangladesh have shut their doors or promised to, after at least six people died in violent campus protests over the allocation of government jobs and police raided the headquarters of the main opposition party
July 17
CORRECTS LOCATION - Students clash over quota system at New market area of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Police have fired tear gas and charged with batons overnight during violent clashes between a pro-government student body and student protesters, leaving dozens injured at a leading public university outside Bangladesh's capital over quota system in government jobs, police and students said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
July 17

Authorities in Bangladesh urge universities to close after at least six die in violent protests over government jobs

Authorities in Bangladesh urge universities to close after at least six die in violent protests over government jobs
July 17
July 17

Paris mayor swims in Seine to show how clean the water is ahead of 2024 Olympics

It "represents the demonstration of the efforts made by the city and the state."
July 17
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swims in the Seine River, in Paris on July 17, 2024.
July 17

China's Communist Party charts technology- and security-focused development for reviving the economy

In a year of major elections setting the course of many countries for years to come, China’s ruling Communist Party is holding top-level meetings in Beijing to draft policies for reviving its slowing economy
July 17
A man walks past the Central Business District in Beijing, Monday, July 15, 2024. In a year of major elections setting the course of many countries for years to come, China's ruling Communist Party is holding top-level meetings in Beijing to chart technology- and security-focused development for reviving the economy The closed-door meetings come at a time of growing pressure to fix chronic problems dragging on growth, including a weak job market, massive local government debts and a prolonged slump in the property market. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
July 17

Papua New Guinea's sidelined minister to fight domestic violence charge in Sydney court next year

Papua New Guinea’s sidelined Petroleum Minister, Jimmy Maladina, will appear in a Sydney court in March to fight a charge of assaulting a woman during a domestic dispute
July 17
Papua New Guinea's former Petroleum Minister Jimmy Maladina leaves Downing Centre Court in Sydney, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Maladina appeared in the court to have a hearing date set over an alleged incident of assaulting a woman during a domestic dispute in an apartment in the expensive Sydney beachside suburb of Bondi on July 6. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
July 17

Cyanide found in the blood of Vietnamese and Americans found dead in a Bangkok hotel

Initial autopsy results showed traces of cyanide in the blood of six people who were found dead in a room at a central Bangkok luxury hotel
July 17
An ambulance sits outside the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel to Chulalongkorn hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Police say the bodies of six people were found in the luxury hotel in downtown Bangkok. (AP Photo/Chatkla Samnaingjam)
July 17

Thai police official says traces of cyanide have been found in coffee shared by victims found dead in Bangkok hotel room

Thai police official says traces of cyanide have been found in coffee shared by victims found dead in Bangkok hotel room
July 17
July 17

Ukraine faces twin challenges of fighting Russia and shifting political sands in US

After almost 30 months of war with Russia, Ukraine’s difficulties on the battlefield are mounting even as its vital support from the United States is increasingly at the mercy of changing political winds
July 17
A Ukrainian officer with the 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Mariupol Brigade fires rockets from a pickup truck at Russian positions on the front line near Bakhmut in Ukraine's Donetsk region on March 5, 2024. Ukraine faces twin challenges of fighting Russia and the shifting political sands in the US. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
July 17

UK's new Labour government sets out plans to 'take the brakes off' the economy

Britain’s new Labour Party government says it will calm the country’s febrile politics and ease its cost-of-living crisis
July 17
Sarah Clarke, the Black Rod, walks through the Royal Gallery on the day of the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Hannah McKay/POOL via AP)
July 17

Trumpets, tiaras and tradition on display as King Charles III presides over opening of Parliament

King Charles III has arrived at Britain's Parliament to preside over the State Opening
July 17
The King's Bodyguard the Yeomen of the Guard take part in a ceremonial search in the House of Lords Chamber, ahead of the State Opening of Parliament, in the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Henry Nicholls/POOL via AP)
July 17

Global rights group finds Hamas-led militants committed war crimes on Oct. 7

A global human rights group says Hamas-led armed groups committed numerous war crimes during the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel that precipitated the war in Gaza
July 17
FILE - Palestinians transport a person to Gaza after kidnapping them from a kibbutz in Israel near the Gaza border, on Oct. 7, 2023. Human Rights Watch released a report Wednesday, July 17, 2024, saying Hamas-led armed groups committed numerous war crimes during the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel that precipitated the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo, File)
July 17

With Haitian migration growing, a Mexico City family of doctors is helping out

At a clinic in the working class neighborhood, Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl on the outskirts of Mexico City, Doctor Hernández Pacheco attends to Haitian migrants
July 17
Dr. Sarahí Hernández Pacheco and Haitian Bellantta Lubin embrace at the Bassuary medical clinic in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, east of Mexico City, Thursday, June 20, 2024. Hernández Pacheco has turned her family-run clinic into a safe haven for Haitian migrants whether they are planning to stay in Mexico or continue the journey north toward the U.S. (AP Photo/Mariana Martínez Barba)
July 17

As Gaza’s doctors struggle to save lives, many lose their own in Israeli airstrikes

Israel’s 9-month-old war with Hamas in Gaza has decimated the territory’s medical system
July 17
FILE - Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ismael abu dayyah, File)
July 16

Guatemalan family seeks return of relative's body more than a decade after he disappeared in Mexico

Nearly a decade after Guatemalan authorities were told that Mexico had sent the wrong body to a Guatemalan family searching for their missing teenage relative, that unidentified body is still buried in Guatemala and the family’s relative is waiting in ...
July 16
FILE - An officer walks past a hole that police say was used as a mass grave, near San Fernando, Tamaulipas state, Mexico, April 27, 2011. The body of 17-year-old Guatemalan Yovanny was found among nearly 200 others in clandestine gravesites, discovered in April and May 2011 near San Fernando. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini, File)
July 16

A Gaza father mourns his baby boy, killed in bed by an Israeli airstrike

A father in Gaza is mourning a baby boy killed in bed by an Israeli airstrike
July 16
Palestinian Mahmoud Mikdad morns as holding the body of his 21-month-old child Yaman, killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital morgue in Deir al-Balah, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
July 16

Relatives of those killed when MH17 was shot down mark 10 years since tragedy that claimed 298 lives

Relatives of passengers killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine have gathered with officials at Australia’s Parliament House to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that claimed 298 lives
July 16
Relatives of passengers killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine place a wreath as they gather with officials at Australia's Parliament House in Canberra Wednesday, July 17, 2024, to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that claimed 298 lives. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)
July 16

Venice mayor under investigation in wide-ranging corruption scandal. He denies wrongdoing

The mayor of Venice is under investigation in a corruption scandal that has landed his top public works official in jail for an alleged system of kickbacks in return for granting favors to developers
July 16
FILE - Luigi Brugnaro, mayor of Venice, talks during a press conference in Rome,, April 4, 2024. Brugnaro is under investigation in a corruption scandal that has landed his top public works official in jail for an alleged system of kickbacks in return for granting favors to developers, Italian media reported Tuesday, July 16. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)
July 16

Brazilian researchers discover dinosaur fossil after heavy rains in Rio Grande do Sul

A team of Brazilian scientists has discovered the fossilized skeleton of what they believe is one of the world’s oldest dinosaurs
July 16
July 16

Philippine officials say suspect in the killings of 2 Australians and a Filipina has surrendered

Philippine officials say the suspect in last week's killings of two Australians and their Filipina companion at a Philippine hotel in a popular resort city south of Manila has surrendered
July 16
Tagaytay Mayor Abraham N. Tolentino, center, talks during a press conference as a suspect, center back, in the killing of two Australian nationals and their Filipino companion stands at the back following his surrender in Tagaytay city, Cavite province, Philippines, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. A hotel worker found the bodies of three victims, whose hands and feet were tied, on July 10 in a room at a hotel in the popular resort of Tagaytay city, south of Manila. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
July 16

Philippine officials say the suspect in the killings of two Australians and their Filipino companion has surrendered

Philippine officials say the suspect in the killings of two Australians and their Filipino companion has surrendered
July 16
The Korean war started in 1950 and although the fighting stopped with the 1953 armistice, recent tensions on the Korean Peninsula are once again drawing attention to this part of the world. <br><br> A North Korean soldier looks through the window of the building that sits on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Panmunjom, South Korea, that separates the two Koreas, July 21, 2010.
The Korean war started in 1950 and although the fighting stopped with the 1953 armistice, recent tensions on the Korean Peninsula are once again drawing attention to this part of the world. <br><br> A North Korean soldier looks through the window of the building that sits on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Panmunjom, South Korea, that separates the two Koreas, July 21, 2010.
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