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Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader heads to reelection as competitors concede early

By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA & MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader is headed to a second term following Sunday’s general elections, declaring victory after his top competitors conceded early in the night as he held a strong leader in early vote tallies. The outcome reinforced both

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Biden tells Morehouse graduates that scenes in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war break his heart, too

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, MATT BROWN and BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday offered his most direct recognition of U.S. students’ anguish over the Israel-Hamas war, telling graduates of historically Black Morehouse College that he heard their voices of protest and that scenes from the conflict in Gaza break his

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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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Taiwan’s new president inherits a strong foreign policy position but political gridlock at home

By SIMINA MISTREANU and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — In a campaign ad for Taiwan’s President-elect Lai Ching-te, incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen was shown driving with Lai in the passenger seat, exchanging reflections on their years governing together. Tsai later turned over the driving to Lai, who was joined by running mate

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Tunisians stage anti-migrant protest as the number of stranded in transit to Europe grows

By SAM METZ Associated Press JEBENIANA, Tunisia (AP) — Hundreds of Tunisians marched through the streets of Jebeniana on Saturday to protest the presence of sub-Saharan migrants who have found themselves stranded as the country ramps up border patrol efforts. Anti-migrant anger is mounting in impoverished towns like Jebeniana along the Tunisian coastline that have

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Residents forced out of Canada’s oil sands hub by wildfire cleared to return, officials say

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — Authorities say residents ordered out of Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta due to a nearby wildfire are clear to return home. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo on Saturday lifted the evacuation order for the Abasand, Beacon Hill, Prairie Creek and Grayling Terrace neighborhoods on the city’s

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Giuliani becomes final defendant served indictment among 18 accused in Arizona fake electors case

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press Arizona’s attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes posted

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As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim Rohingyas flee again

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine claimed Saturday to have seized a town near the border with Bangladesh, marking the latest in a series of victories for foes of the country’s military government. Members of the state’s

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