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'Our county ignored Africa,' Jimmy Carter said. He didn't

Jimmy Carter was the first U_S_ president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa, declaring “the day of the so-called ugly American is over.”
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FILE - A girl holds a portrait of U.S. President Jimmy Carter in a market in Lagos, Nigeria, March 31, 1978, the day of his arrival for a state visit, the first to Africa by an American president. (AP Photo/Dieter Endlicher, File)
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South Korean protesters brave cold to demand impeached president's ouster

Hundreds of South Koreans, bundled up against freezing temperatures and snow, rallied overnight into Sunday near the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, calling for his ouster and arrest, as authorities prepared to renew their efforts to de...
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Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attend a Sunday service as they gather to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
January 04

Austrian chancellor says he will resign after talks on forming a new government fail

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer says he will resign in the coming days after talks on forming a new government failed a second time
January 04
FILE - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer attends a press conference in Vienna on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader, File)
January 04

Pope says bullying at school prepares students for war, not peace

"Imagining peace" lays foundation for "more just and fraternal world," he says.
January 04
Pope Francis arrives for an audience with Catholic associations of teachers and students' parents in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
January 04

Prince William expresses sadness at death of his former nanny's stepson in New Orleans attack

Prince William has expressed his shock and sadness at the news of the death of his former nanny’s stepson in the New Year’s truck attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people
January 04
This family handout issued by the Metropolitan Police on Saturday Jan. 4, 2025 shows Edward Pettifer, 31, who was killed in the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year's. (Metropolitan Police via AP)
January 04

New Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill more than 20, hospital workers say

Hospital staff in Gaza say the latest Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 21 people including at least two children
January 04
An Israeli soldier jumps off an armoured vehicle at a staging area near the Gaza border in southern Israel, Thursday Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov))
January 04

Malaysia turns away 2 boats with nearly 300 Rohingya refugees after dozens landed on island

Malaysian authorities say they have turned away two boats carrying nearly 300 Muslim Rohingya refugees who had entered the country illegally
January 04
January 04

Crimea officials declare emergency as oil spill reaches Sevastopol

Fuel oil spilled out of two storm-hit tankers three weeks ago in Kerch Strait.
January 04
In this photo taken from video released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, rescuers work to clean up tons of fuel oil that spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers more than two weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, in Russia's southern Krasnodar region. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)
January 04

German leader is more worried about Musk's backing of a far-right party than his insults

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he's staying “cool” against critical personal comments made by Elon Musk but finds it worrying that Musk makes the effort to get involved in Germany's general election by endorsing the far-right Alternative for German...
January 04
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sits in front of the backdrop of the Reichstag illuminated by spotlights during a photo session after the recording of his New Year's address in the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 29, 2024. (Soeren Stache/dpa via AP)
January 04

Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person at 116 has died

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died
January 04
This photo provided by Ashiya City shows Tomiko Itooka, being celebrated for her 116th birthday at the nursing home she lives in Ashiya, western Japan, on May 23, 2024. (Ashiya City via AP)
January 04

Fire at a food market in northern China kills at least 8 and injures 15

Chinese state media says a fire at a food market in northern China killed at least eight people and injured 15 others
January 04
January 04

The fragile Israel-Hezbollah truce is holding so far, despite violations

A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has held up for over a month, even as its terms seem unlikely to be met by the agreed-upon deadline
January 04
FILE - Georges Elia decorates a Christmas tree inside St. George Melkite Catholic Church, which was destroyed by Israeli airstrike, in the town of Dardghaya in southern Lebanon, on Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
January 03

Myanmar to release prisoners to mark Independence Day

Myanmar’s military government will release more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty to mark the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain
January 03
January 03

Taiwan says China is redoubling efforts to undermine democracy with disinformation

Taiwan's government says China is redoubling efforts to undermine confidence in the self-governing island's democracy with the spread of disinformation, especially online
January 03
January 03

Iran warns Italy that bilateral ties at risk if it bows to 'hostile' US demands over drone suspect

The fate of an Italian journalist detained in Tehran and an Iranian engineer imprisoned in Italy on a U.S. warrant have grown even more intertwined
January 03
This image released Friday Dec. 27, 2024 by Chora Media shows Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist who was detained on Dec. 19 as she was reporting in Iran, Italy's foreign ministry said. ( Chora Media via Ap )
January 03

Algerian social media influencer detained in France accused of calling for attacks

The French interior minister has announced the arrest of a social media influencer from Algeria who is accused of calling for attacks in France
January 03
FILE - French riot police patrol under the Eiffel Tower in Paris, June 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)
January 03

Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Israeli custody: IDF

Dr. Zaher Sahloul says his colleague, Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya, “deserves a Nobel Peace prize, not to be detained in an Israeli prison.”
January 03
VIDEO: Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Israeli custody: IDF
January 03

Young boy survives 5 days in 'lion-infested' game park in Zimbabwe: Officials

A child who had been missing for five days was found alive in a vast game park inhabited by big cats and other wild animals in northern Zimbabwe, officials said.
January 03
Young boy survives 5 days in 'lion-infested' game park in Zimbabwe: Officials
January 03

Montenegro to tackle gun control after mass killing left 12 dead

A top-level meeting in Montenegro is looking for ways to curb illegal weapons after a gunman fatally shot 12 people in a second such tragedy in less than three years in the small Balkan country
January 03
People light candles for the victims of the yesterday's shooting rampage in Cetinje, in Podogrica, Montenegro, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)
January 03

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January 03
Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
January 03

Young boy survives 5 days in 'lion-infested' game park in Zimbabwe

He ate wild fruits and drank water from a hole he dug on the dry river bank.
January 03
January 03

Musk is 'misjudged and certainly misinformed' over UK grooming attacks, says minister

A senior British minister has pushed back on Elon Musk’s criticism of the government's handling of a historic child grooming scandal
January 03
FILE - Elon Musk speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
January 03

It's Christmas for the elephants as unsold trees are fed to the animals at Berlin Zoo

For the elephants and others at the Berlin Zoo, it’s finally time to unwrap their Christmas presents
January 03
An elephant grazes on Christmas tree during the feeding of animals with unused Christmas trees at the Zoo, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
January 03

Trump's strength, unpredictability can help end war with Russia, Ukraine pres. says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is “strong and unpredictable” and those qualities can be a decisive factor in his policy approach to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
January 03
FILE - Former President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
January 03

South Korean investigators drop effort to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol

Police vehicles and crowds of the impeached president's backers were seen outside his home in the South Korean capital.
January 03
Police vehicles and crowds of the impeached president's backers were seen outside his home in the South Korean capital. Photos showed protesters lying down in front of police in an attempt to block authorities from the residence.
January 03

Talks on forming a new 3-party government in Austria collapse as the smallest prospective partner walks out

Talks on forming a new 3-party government in Austria collapse as the smallest prospective partner walks out
January 03
January 03

At least 30 people killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza as stalled ceasefire talks set to resume

Hospital staff say at least 30 people, including children, were killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes overnight and Friday morning, as air sirens sounded across Israel and stalled ceasefire talks were set to resume
January 03
Colleagues and friends mourn over the body of freelance journalist Omar al-Derawi and other victims of overnight Israeli army strikes at multiple locations in central Gaza Strip, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. According to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, 30 people, including 10 women and 7 children, were killed in several attacks overnight in central Gaza. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
January 03

South Korean fire fighters tackle blaze in commercial building in Seongnam

Hundreds of people were rescued or evacuated after a fire broke out at a large commercial building in the South Korean city of Seongnam on Friday, fire officials said
January 03
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a commercial building in Seongnam, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (Hong Ki-won/Yonhap via AP)
January 03

South Korean investigators abandon effort to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol

Police vehicles were seen outside of Yoon's residence in Seoul.
January 03
Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally to oppose a court having issued a warrant to detain Yoon, as police offices stand guard near the presidential residence in Seoul, Jan. 3, 2025.
January 03

Come home, Ghana told African diaspora. Now some Black Americans take its citizenship

Ghana recently granted citizenship to 524 people from the Black diaspora, and most were Black Americans
January 03
Deijha Gordon, 33, poses for a photograph in her food truck in Accra, Ghana, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Deijha, who relocated from New York, has obtained Ghanaian citizenship. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
January 03
A man works next to damaged building near the site where a missile launched from Yemen landed Jaffa district, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
January 03

Carter's quest for Mideast peace didn't end with Camp David

As president, Jimmy Carter brokered the peace agreement that removed Israel’s most powerful enemy from the battlefield
January 03
FILE - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter looks at his watch upon arriving at Queen Alia International airport in Amman ,Jordan, on April 20, 2008. Earlier on his Middle East tour, Carter met with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal despite strong opposition from Israel and the White House. (AP Photo/Jamal Nasrallah, Pool, File)
January 02

A missing surfer in Australia is believed dead in a shark attack, police say

Authorities say a surfer missing in Australia is believed dead in a shark attack and they are searching the waters where the man disappeared
January 02
January 02

Venezuela's government offers $100K reward for whereabouts of opposition's presidential candidate

Venezuela’s government has announced a $100,000 reward for information on the whereabouts of Edmundo González, the opposition candidate who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s election
January 02
Venezuela's Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia thanks parliament members after delivering his speech as he and compatriot Maria Corina Machado are awarded the EU's top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize, Tuesday, Dec.17, 2024 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Dec.17, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien)
January 02

What is the Quadrantids meteor shower?

Stargazers could see about 120 meteors from the Northern Hemisphere beginning late Thursday night through early Friday morning.
January 02
Stargazers could see about 120 meteors from the Northern Hemisphere beginning late Thursday night through early Friday morning.
January 02

A small caravan of migrants sets out from southern Mexico but is unlikely to reach the US

A new caravan of migrants has begun walking north toward the U.S. border from southern Mexico
January 02
A migrant sleeps on a park bench in Huehuetan, Chiapas state, Mexico, Thursday Jan. 2, 2025, as his caravan makes a rest stop on its way by foot to the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)
January 02

Rosita Missoni, Italian fashion house matriarch, dies at age 93

Rosita Missoni, the matriarch of the iconic Italian fashion house that made zigzag-patterned knitwear high fashion, has died
January 02
FILE - Rosita and Ottavio Missoni take the catwalk after presenting their fashion collection, unveiled, in Milan, Italy, March 17, 1982. (AP Photo, File)
January 02

New Israeli airstrikes in Gaza humanitarian zone and elsewhere kill at least 26

Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 26 people across Gaza as they struck Hamas security officers and an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone
January 02
Palestinians inspect the site of an earlier Israeli army strike in the Muwasi area, in Khan Younis, central Gaza Strip, Thursday Jan. 2, 2025. According to Palestinian medical officials, the airstrike killed at least 10 people, including three children and two senior police officers, in an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
January 02

'Dinosaur highway' tracks dating back 166 million years are discovered in England

Researchers in England have unearthed nearly 200 dinosaur tracks that date back 166 million years
January 02
In this undated photo provided by the University of Birmingham on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, a view of five extensive trackways that formed part of a “dinosaur highway,” at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire, England. (University of Birmingham via AP)
January 02

Italy summons Iran's ambassador to demand release of Italian journalist

Italy has summoned Iran’s ambassador to demand the immediate release of an Italian journalist detained in Tehran
January 02
This image released Friday Dec. 27, 2024 by Chora Media shows Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist who was detained on Dec. 19 as she was reporting in Iran, Italy's foreign ministry said. ( Chora Media via Ap )
January 02

Puerto Rico swears in new governor days after major blackout hit island

Jenniffer González Colón has been sworn in as Puerto Rico’s new governor as the island prepared for a normally ebullient ceremony overshadowed by widespread anger over a blackout that hit the U.S. territory days ago
January 02
People listen to new Governor Jenniffer Gonzalez Colon speak after she was sworn-in as governor outside the Capitol in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
January 02

UK rapper Stormzy banned from driving for using phone behind wheel of Rolls-Royce

British rapper Stormzy has been banned from driving for nine months after admitting that he drove his Rolls-Royce through London while using his phone
January 02
FILE - Stormzy performs at the Reading Music Festival, England, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Scott Garfitt, File)
January 02

UNICEF urges nations to prioritize migrant children’s safety after being orphaned

The U.N. children’s fund is urging governments to prioritize the safety of migrant children after the latest Mediterranean shipwreck left about 20 people missing and added to a gruesome annual tally
January 02
January 02

Montenegro mourns after gunman kills at least 12 people before shooting himself

Shock and dismay prevails in Montenegro after a gunman fatally shot 12 people including two children in a western town before killing himself
January 02
Police officers stand guard at the home of a gunman after a shooting incident, in Cetinje, 36 kilometers (22 miles) west of Podogrica, Montenegro, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)
January 02

Bangladesh court again rejects bail for Hindu leader who led rallies

A court in southeastern Bangladesh has rejected a plea for bail by a jailed Hindu leader who led large rallies in the Muslim-majority country demanding better security for minority groups
January 02
Police officials block a street leading to the court during the hearing of the bail plea by Krishna Das Prabhu, a jailed Hindu leader, in Chattogram, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo)
January 01

Impeached South Korean president issues defiant message

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has issued a defiant statement to his rightwing supporters gathered outside his residence in the capital of Seoul
January 01
Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol lie down on the ground as Yoon faces potential arrest after a court on Tuesday approved a warrant for his arrest, near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
January 01

El Salvador closes 2024 with a record low number of homicides

El Salvador closed 2024 with a record low 114 homicides, continuing notable security gains under a second full year of a state of emergency that has given the government extraordinary powers and curtailed some fundamental rights
January 01
FILE - El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks after receiving Costa Rica's highest honor from President Rodrigo Chaves at the presidential palace in San Jose, Costa Rica, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Diaz, File)