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By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — The wife of a jailed philanthropist at the center of a diplomatic crisis between Turkey and 10 Western nations says her husband’s imprisonment is inexplicable. Ayse Bugra said in comments published Monday on Halk TV’s website that “there’s no way this situation can be explained either logically

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Lawmakers in Cambodia have approved an amendment to the constitution barring Cambodians with dual citizenship from holding high government office, a move initiated by Prime Minister Hun Sen and directed at prominent opposition politicians. The government says the measure is meant to show officials’ loyalty

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Former Facebook data scientist turned whistleblower Frances Haugen plans to answer questions from lawmakers in the United Kingdom who are working on legislation to rein in the power of social media companies. Haugen is set to appear Monday before a parliamentary committee scrutinizing the British government’s

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Several Chinese provinces and cities say they’ll start giving COVID-19 vaccines to children as young as 3 after already fully vaccinating 76% of the population. The expansion of its vaccination campaign comes as parts of China take new clampdown measures to try to stamp out small

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — In a decision with potential ramifications across European museums, France is displaying 26 looted colonial-era artifacts for one last time before returning them home to Benin. The wooden anthropomorphic statues, royal thrones and sacred altars were pilfered by the French army in the 19th century from Western

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Amnesty International will close its two offices in Hong Kong this year, becoming the latest non-governmental organization to cease its operations amid a crackdown on political dissent in the city. An Amnesty International official said Hong Kong’s national security law has made it effectively impossible for

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s information ministry says military forces have arrested the country’s acting prime minister and senior government officials, disrupted internet access and blocked bridges in the capital Khartoum. The ministry described Monday’s actions as a coup. In response, thousands flooded the streets of Khartoum and its twin city

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A rabble-rousing television pundit and author with repeated convictions for hate speech is rocking the early stages of France’s race to replace President Emmanuel Macron. Eric Zemmour is finding large and fervent audiences for his anti-Islam and anti-immigration invective. He is packing auditoriums with paying crowds and

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s information ministry says the country’s interim Prime Minister Abdulla Hamdok is under house arrest and being forced to issue a message in support of a military coup. The news comes as the United States expressed alarm over recent developments in the country, in a transition to

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has urged Southeast Asian countries to speed up plans to create a regional travel corridor to help revive tourism and speed up a recovery from the economic damage of the pandemic. Citing U.N. and World Trade Organization data, Widodo said Monday that the level of restrictions