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An Israeli airstrike on a journalist compound kills 3 TV staffers, Lebanon’s state news says

An Israeli airstrike on a compound housing journalists in southeast Lebanon has killed three media staffers, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said Friday.

Gangs in Haiti open fire and hit a UN helicopter midair as violence surges

‘US doesn’t see me as an American’: Thousands of adoptees live in limbo without citizenship

Georgia prepares for a divisive election which could determine its future in Europe

King Charles tells summit the past can’t be changed as leaders ask Britain to reckon with slavery

ELECTION WATCH 2024

Japan’s ruling party may struggle in Sunday’s vote, but its decades of dominance won’t end

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling party, dogged by corruption scandals and plunging support for his weeks-old government, faces its toughest challenge in decades in Sunday’s parliamentary election.

Vote-weary Bulgarians face a seventh general election in just over 3 years

Bulgarians will cast ballots on Sunday in the seventh general elections in just over three years as their country faces growing political instability that might further enhance the popularity of pro-Russian and far-right groups.

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Lithuania votes in the 2nd round of its parliamentary election, with change uncertain

Putin hosts a summit to show the West it can’t keep Russia off the global stage

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with multiple world leaders this week, including those from China, India, Turkey and Iran, as part of the Kremlin’s efforts to counterbalance the Western-led world order.

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Turkey strikes Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria after attack at state-run defence company

AP photographer describes how he captured dramatic Israeli bomb strike on Beirut building

Israel-Hamas war

Israel accuses 6 Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza of being Palestinian militants

Fallout from 2023 Hamas attack lingers as Jews worldwide observe a holiday meant for joy

Blinken urges Israel to seek enduring deal, as officials say a limited cease-fire has been discussed

Russia-Ukraine war

Officials say North Korea has sent troops to Russia. What would that mean for the war with Ukraine?

G7 allies are moving ahead with a $50 billion loan for Ukraine backed by frozen Russian funds

US confirms North Korea has sent 3,000 troops to Russia for training and possible Ukraine combat

GLOBAL BUSINESS NEWS

Quarter Pounders are off the menu at 20% of McDonald’s in US as E. coli cases are investigated

McDonald’s is working to reassure U.S. customers that its restaurants are safe even as federal investigators try to pinpoint the cause of a deadly E. coli outbreak linked to its Quarter Pounder hamburgers.

LinkedIn hit with 310 million euro fine for data privacy violations from Irish watchdog

Intel scores fresh win against EU after top court backs annulment of billion-euro antitrust fine

US home sales slowed in September to weakest pace in nearly 14 years

Walmart agrees to pay $7.5 million to settle California lawsuit over disposal of hazardous waste

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

A Russian rescued after 67 days adrift in the chilly Sea of Okhotsk describes his ordeal

Italy expands its ban on surrogacy to overseas as critics say it targets same-sex couples

How a broke Argentine province is countering Milei’s deep austerity cuts

The youngest woman to climb all of the world’s 14 tallest peaks calls for novices to be regulated

How did a killing at a Sikh temple lead to Canada and India expelling each other’s diplomats?

Private forums show Canadian doctors struggle with euthanizing vulnerable patients

New Zealand ship didn’t sink because its captain was a woman, the ‘appalled’ defense minister says

Mexico sends 660 soldiers, National Guard to protect lime growers suffering extortion by cartels

Europe

Georgia prepares for a divisive election which could determine its future in Europe

Asia

Thousands were adopted to the US but not made citizens. Decades later, they risk being deported

Latin America

A car bomb explodes outside a police station in western Mexico, wounding 3 officers

Middle East

Massive displacement from Israel-Hezbollah war transforms Beirut’s famed commercial street

Africa

Hama Amadou, Niger’s former prime minister and emblematic opposition figure, dies at 74

U.S. News

President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy

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2 Indian soldiers and 2 civilian porters are killed in an alleged rebel ambush in Kashmir

Authorities say two Indian army soldiers and their two civilian porters have been killed in a rebel ambush in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Militants attack a security post in northwest Pakistan, killing 10 officers

Authorities say a group of militants attacked a security post in northwest Pakistan and killed 10 officers in an intense shootout.

AP Week in Pictures: Global

Oct. 18-24, 2024

Pictures of Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla were projected on the sails of the Sydney Opera House soon after their arrival in Australia; migrants walked along the Huixtla highway in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, hoping to reach the country’s northern border and ultimately the United States;

Asian stocks are mostly higher, while Japan’s Nikkei falls ahead of weekend election

Asian stocks are mostly higher aside from in Japan, where investors are awaiting the outcome of an election on Sunday. U.S. futures fell and oil prices rose.

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Oct. 18-24, 2024

Millions of Cubans were left without electricity for days after the nation’s energy grid went down when one of the island’s major power plants failed.

Australia’s leader rejects Beijing’s claims that his country is rife with ‘racism and hate crimes’

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected accusations from Beijing that his country is “plagued by systemic racism and hate crimes” after an Australian diplomat led a group of Western nations in renewing concerns about human rights violations in China.

Australia and UK make pact to partner on 2050 net-zero climate goal

Australia and the United Kingdom have deepened ties by agreeing to collaborate on climate change and energy initiatives, aiming to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, while also reaffirming their mutual commitment to develop nuclear submarines for both nations under the AUKUS treaty.

Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch in the World Series, but that’s not slowing Ohtanimania

The race was on to reach Shohei Ohtani first. The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar waited calmly as a horde of media rushed toward him on the eve of his first World Series.

Ship owner in Baltimore bridge collapse agrees to pay $102 million for cleanup

The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse have agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department.

Teenager stabs police officers in a police station in Bosnia, killing 1 and wounding another

Bosnian police say a minor broke into a police station in northwest Bosnia on Thursday and killed one officer with a knife and injured another.

Nevada lithium mine wins final approval despite potential harm to endangered wildflower

For the first time under President Joe Biden, a federal permit for a new lithium mine in the U.S. has been approved.

Canada will reduce immigration targets as Trudeau acknowledges his policy failed

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will significantly reduce the number of new immigrants in the country after acknowledging his government failed to get the balance right coming out of the pandemic.

International Criminal Court reports Mongolia to its oversight body for failing to arrest Putin

A panel of judges at the International Criminal Court has reported Mongolia to the court’s oversight organization for failing to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin when he visited the Asian nation last month.

Google’s partnership with AI startup Anthropic faces a UK competition investigation

Britain’s competition watchdog is opening a formal investigation into Google’s partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic.

Britain’s leaders likely to face slavery reparations questions at a summit of former colonies

A confrontation for Britain over its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade appears increasingly likely to feature at a summit of nations its empire once colonized, after Caribbean leaders said they would thrust the matter of financial reparations into the spotlight at the event in Samoa.

Ukrainian father-son pair sentenced to 20 years in Belarus prison for terrorism

A father and son from Ukraine have been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment each in Belarus after being convicted of preparing terrorist acts.

A lawmaker from the far-right Freedom Party is elected as speaker of Austria’s parliament

A lawmaker from the far-right Freedom Party has been elected as the new speaker of Austria’s parliament, weeks after the party won a national election for the first time.

EU Commission chief urges North Macedonia’s political parties to cooperate on accession push

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has told North Macedonia it needs to make progress on constitutional changes if it’s to advance its bid to join the European Union.

World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns

The world is on a path to get 1.8 degrees Celsius (3.2 Fahrenheit) warmer than it is now, a United Nations report said Thursday.

IMF chief warns that world risks falling into slow-growth rut and urges China to enact reforms

The world economy, buffeted by conflict and growing geopolitical rivalries, is in danger of getting stuck in a slow-growth, high-debt rut, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday.

In Colombia, Amazon River’s extreme drought falls hard on Indigenous communities

The severe drought of the Amazon River has caused Indigenous communities who live beside it to struggle for food, water and simply getting from one place to another.

Train carrying 55 people derails on Norway’s north coast, killing at least 1 person and injuring 4

Police say at least one person was killed and four people injured when a train running along Norway’s northern coast derailed Thursday with 55 people on board.

Jailed former Malaysian leader apologizes for fund embezzlement scandal, reiterates his innocence

Imprisoned former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak issued a rare apology over the looting of a state investment fund worth billions of dollars “under my watch” while reiterating his innocence.

British killer nurse Lucy Letby loses appeal bid for attempted baby murder conviction

An appeals court in London has rejected British killer nurse Lucy Letby’s bid to challenge her conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl in her care.

French culture minister proposes entrance fee for Notre Dame to help fund preservation work

France’s culture minister has proposed introducing an entrance fee to visit Notre Dame cathedral in Paris when it reopens in December, aiming to generate funds for the preservation of the country’s religious heritage.

Venice extends its day-tripper tax through next year to combat overtourism

Venice will extend its day-tripper tax through next year, increasing the number of days and doubling the fee to 10 euros for last-minute visitors.

Wife of Pakistan’s imprisoned former premier Imran Khan freed on bail

The wife of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was released from a high-security prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Thursday, a day after a court granted her bail in a graft case.

Sri Lanka says 3 locals were arrested over a possible attack on Israel tourists

Sri Lanka police have arrested three persons in connection with a possible attack on Israel travellers in the Indian ocean island, a government minister said on Thursday, a day after the authorities stepped up the security across the country, with the United States warning of an attack targeting a p

Israeli strike on Gaza shelter kills 17 as Blinken says cease-fire talks will resume

Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a school where displaced people were sheltering in the central Gaza Strip has killed at least 17 people.

Russia amplified hurricane disinformation to drive Americans apart, researchers find

New research shows Russia has worked to amplify false and misleading claims about the U.S. government’s response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton as part of the Kremlin’s efforts to manipulate Americans before the Nov. 5 election.