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By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is engrossed in debate over the legacy of apartheid’s last president, F.W. de Klerk, who died last week at 85. Some people want to remember de Klerk as the liberator of Nelson Mandela. But others say he was responsible for racist murders. The controversy comes

By MANU FERNÁNDEZ and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press GUADALAJARA, Spain (AP) — For decades, family members of the tens of thousands victims of Francisco Franco’s brutal regime in Spain have had little help from central authorities to recover their loved ones from the country’s hundreds of mass graves. Some aid should finally be on its

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s once rapidly growing economy is taking another hit tied to its yearlong war, with global clothing manufacturer PVH Corp. saying it’s closing its facility there because of the “speed and volatility of the escalating situation.” The company’s statement to The Associated Press comes two weeks

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his government will withdraw the controversial agriculture laws that prompted yearlong protests from tens of thousands of farmers and posed a significant political challenge to his administration. Modi made the announcement during a live televised speech. He urged the protesters

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — A towering wooden screen once blackened with soot from worshippers’ candles is being restored to its gilded glory in the Church of the Nativity, built at the site where many believe Jesus was born. But few visitors are expected to see the work during

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have ordered an investigation into a police raid that killed four people and later exhumed two bodies and returned them to families who say Indian troops shot them in cold blood. Police earlier said the two civilians died in crossfire when government forces on Monday attacked suspected

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian southern state will hold elections Saturday in a test for Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s Malay party as it faces off against allies in the government for the first time amid a widening rift. The outcome of the Malacca state poll will not

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Polls show that a strong majority of Democrats and a majority of the American public support elements of President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion social and environmental spending bill. Democratic lawmakers have repeatedly predicted that the legislation the House passed Friday will be “transformational” for the country.