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UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrives in Haiti as Kenya-led force prepares to face gangs

By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help to quell a surge in gang violence. A couple hundred police officers from Kenya landed in the capital of Port-au-Prince,

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Spain eliminates sales tax on olive oil to help consumers cope with skyrocketing prices

MADRID (AP) — Spain will temporarily eliminate the sales tax on olive oil to help consumers cope with skyrocketing prices, the government said Tuesday. Spain is the world’s leading producer and exporter of olive oil, but its cost for domestic consumers has risen dramatically due to global inflationary pressures and a prolonged drought that decimated

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Who is Julian Assange, the polarizing founder of the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks?

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — He emerged on the information security scene in the 1990s as a “famous teenage hacker” following what he called an “ itinerant minstrel childhood” beginning in Townsville, Australia. But the story of Julian Assange, eccentric founder of secret-spilling website WikiLeaks, never became

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More than 500 people have been charged with federal crimes under the gun safety law Biden signed

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 500 people — some linked to transnational cartels and organized crime rings — have been charged with gun trafficking and other crimes under the landmark gun safety legislation President Joe Biden signed two years ago Tuesday. A White House report obtained by The Associated Press

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Canada’s Liberals suffer major upset in Toronto special election, raising doubts about Trudeau

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party has suffered a major upset in a special election for a Toronto district it has held for three decades. That’s raising doubts about Trudeau’s leadership ahead of next year’s general election. Canada’s largest city is a traditional Liberal stronghold. The

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South Sudan says its 6M antelope make up world’s largest land mammal migration, but poaching on rise

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press BADINGILO and BOMA NATIONAL PARKS, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s most comprehensive aerial wildlife survey found about 6 million antelope — a figure that would make it the world’s largest land mammal migration. The government and the nonprofit African Parks teamed up to carry out the survey in spring

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Albanian appeals court upholds prison term for Greek minority mayor, raising tensions with Athens

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Albanian appeals court has upheld a sentence of two years in prison for an elected mayor from the country’s Greek minority. The move on Tuesday is expected to further exacerbate tension with neighboring Greece. Dhionisios Alfred Beleris was imprisoned in March after he was convicted

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Russia keeps up the front-line pressure before Ukraine receives a boost from Western military aid

By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian soldiers say relentless Russian attacks on their positions defending the strategically important eastern city of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies. Analysts say the Kremlin’s army is seeking to press its advantages in troop number and weaponry before

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Macron warns voters against the far right and hard left ahead of crucial parliamentary elections

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is warning voters against choosing the far right or the hard left. He asserts that their divisive policies increase the risk of political “conflict and civil war.” His comments come ahead of Sunday’s first round of crucial parliamentary elections. Macron spoke in an interview with French podcast “Generation

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A botulism outbreak in Russia leaves 1 dead, scores more hospitalized after eating readymade salads

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Russian authorities say one person has died and scores more remain hospitalized in an outbreak of botulism spanning several regions. Foodborne botulism is a rare illness caused by a toxin produced by a type of bacteria called Clostridium botulinum. Eating contaminated foods can cause paralysis, breathing difficulties and sometimes death.

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