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ELENA BECATOROS ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek firefighters have rescued a group of 25 migrants trapped in a forest in northeastern Greece as flames from a massive wildfire burning for two weeks approached. The fire department says the group became trapped in the forest between two villages in the Evros region, near the border with

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s splintered opposition parties have decided to contest the 2024 national elections in their bid to unseat Prime Minister Narendra Modi and prevent his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party from achieving a third straight win. The 26 opposition parties on Friday decided to work out seat-sharing arrangements in different states in “a collaborative spirit”

By BROOKE SCHULTZ and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — For nearly 30 years, Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania have approved millions of taxpayer dollars for an anti-abortion program. Now the state’s new governor plans to end the contract as the organization that distributes those funds and other groups like it gain

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Gabon’s opposition leader is accusing the family of the recently ousted president of engineering his removal from power as a way of retaining their control in the oil-rich Central African nation. Albert Ondo Ossa says in an interview with The Associated Press that the junta who

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The slaying of an endangered brown bear near an Italian national park left her two young cubs motherless and sparked outrage in Italy on Friday. Italy’s environment minister and animal rights advocates voiced anger and dismay over the killing of the bear in the mountainous Abruzzo region.

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The coach of Spain’s men’s national soccer team has asked for forgiveness for applauding the claim by Luis Rubiales that he was the victim of a smear campaign from “false feminists” following an uproar after he kissed a player on the lips at the Women’s World

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A crowded field of candidates will be on the ballot in Rhode Island with an eye on replacing former Democratic U.S. Rep. David Cicilline. The candidates for the Democratic nomination Tuesday include former White House aide Gabriel Amo, state Sen. Sandra Cano, Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos and

By STEPHEN SMITH and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press PINOLA, Miss. (AP) — A species of tiny fish that once flourished in a river running hundreds of miles from central Mississippi into southeastern Louisiana is being reintroduced to the Pearl River after disappearing 50 years ago. Wildlife experts say a number of factors likely contributed to

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee says a partnership between the Russian and Chinese leaders worries him, calling it the biggest threat to Europe and the Pacific since World War II. Rep. Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican, spoke during a trip to Sweden with a U.S. congressional delegation. The

By ZANE IRWIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo’s communications ministry says at least 43 people have died in a clash between armed forces and members of a religious sect protesting Western organizations operating in the country. The violence broke out early Wednesday in the eastern city of Goma where followers of the Wazalendo

By GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Search teams finished checking a derelict Johannesburg apartment building a day after one of South Africa’s deadliest fires broke out there as pathologists faced the grisly task Friday of identifying charred bodies and body parts that were transported in large trucks to mortuaries across

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three candidates will compete in a special primary election in Utah for the Republican nomination to replace U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart, the six-term GOP lawmaker who’ll step down Sept. 15. Vying for the nomination Tuesday are former state representative Becky Edwards, businessman and former state party chairman

By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government will, for the first time, dictate staffing levels at nursing homes, the Biden administration said Friday, responding to systemic problems bared by mass COVID-19 deaths. While such regulation has been sought for decades by allies of older adults and those with disabilities,

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House will seek another $4 billion to address natural disasters as part of its supplemental funding request, bringing the total to $16 billion. The request is a sign wildfires, flooding and hurricanes intensifying during a period of climate change are imposing higher costs on U.S.

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A top glacier watcher has warned that a warm early summer and a heat wave last week could have caused severe glacier melt across Switzerland, threatening to make 2023 the second-worst year for ice loss after a record thaw last year. Matthias Huss of the GLAMOS glacier

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan media reports say Algerian forces killed two men and detained a third after they strayed across Morocco’s maritime border with Algeria on water scooters. The French government says one of the victims was French, as was the detained man. The border has long been closed because of tensions between the

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s king has reduced former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s eight-year prison term to a single year following the divisive politician’s return from 15 years of self-imposed exile. Thai media, citing Justice Ministry sources, said Thaksin can apply for parole after serving one-third of his sentence, or four

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say that the Israeli military has raided a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, besieging an apartment and sparking a gunfight with local militants that killed an apparently uninvolved Palestinian teacher. It is the latest in a series of Israeli army raids in