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Mob in Mexico brutally beats suspected kidnapper hours before Holy Week procession

A mob in the Mexican tourist city of Taxco brutally beat a woman they suspected of kidnapping and killing a young girl, just hours before the city's Holy Week procession
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Israeli court halts subsidies for ultra-Orthodox, deepening turmoil over mandatory military service

Israel’s Supreme Court has ordered an end to government subsidies for many ultra-Orthodox men who don't serve in the army
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Israeli police use skunk water cannon to disperse ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocking a street during a protest against a potential new draft law which could end their exemptions from military service in Jerusalem, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Greece's conservative government survives a no-confidence motion called over deadly rail disaster

Greece’s center-right government has survived a motion of no-confidence brought by opposition parties over its handling of the country’s deadliest rail disaster a year ago
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Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during a parliament session in Athens, Greece, on Thursday, March 28, 2024. A Greek opposition party Tuesday submitted a motion of no-confidence against the government, saying that it tried to cover up its responsibility over a deadly rail disaster last year that shocked Greece. The three-day debate in parliament is due to end with a vote late Thursday, March 28. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Why the wild birth of a black rhino in Kenya is being dubbed a 'conservation success'

The rhino calf was found in the remote Chyulu Hills in southern Kenya.
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A baby Black Eastern rhino has been born in the dense Chyulu Hills in Southern Kenya, according to researchers.
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IDF's raid of Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital continues

Israeli officials say they've killed 200 Hamas fighters since they began fighting in the area near Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital last week.
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VIDEO: IDF's raid of Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital continues
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Rare eastern black rhino born in the wild 

There are currently only 1,000 eastern black rhinos living in the wild.
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There are currently only 1,000 eastern black rhinos living in the wild.
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Six Russian journalists have been detained by authorities. They include one who covered Navalny

A media freedom organization says that Russian authorities have detained six journalists across the country
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Hezbollah fires heavy rockets at northern Israel after deadliest day of Israeli strikes on Lebanon

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has fired rockets with heavy warheads at towns in northern Israel
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FILE - Spanish U.N. peacekeepers stand on a hill overlooking the Lebanese border villages with Israel in Marjayoun town on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. A war of words that has unfolded in Lebanon show longstanding schisms in the small country over Hezbollah, now amplified by the militant group's role in the Lebanon-Israel border clashes and by fears that an already crisis-hit Lebanon could be dragged into an all-out war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
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Central and Eastern European countries mark 20 years in NATO with focus on war in Ukraine

Several central and Eastern European countries have begun marking the 20th anniversary of the largest expansion of the NATO military alliance when formerly socialist countries became members of the bloc
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In this photo provided by Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense, Lithuania's army soldiers attend the celebration for Lithuania's NATO membership 20th anniversary at the Siauliai airbase, some 230 km (144 miles) east of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, March 28, 2024. (Alfredas Pliadis/Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense via AP)
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Activists sue US National Park Service over plan to remove Puerto Rico's famous stray cats

A nonprofit organization has sued the U.S. National Park Service over a plan to remove Puerto Rico’s famous stray cats from a historic district in the U.S. territory
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FILE - A stray cat sits on a wall in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Nov. 2, 2022. The nonprofit organization Alley Cat Allies said on March 28, 2024, that it sued the U.S. National Park Service over a plan to remove stray cats from the area surrounding this historic seaside fortress in Old San Juan. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo, File)
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Melting polar ice is changing the Earth's rotation, affecting time measurement: Study

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) may lose a second for the first time.
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Earth as seen on July 6, 2015 from a distance of one million miles by a NASA scientific camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft.
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Dengue is sweeping through the Americas early this year

Dengue is surging across the Americas early this year from Puerto Rico to Brazil
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A water distribution worker fills an empty barrel for resident Santos Suyon in Santa Rosa, Chulucanas, Peru, one of many areas where a health emergency was declared due to rising dengue cases, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Once a week, residents in this area fill barrels with water from a distribution truck and use it for all their water needs. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
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'Oppenheimer' director Christopher Nolan and wife Emma Thomas to get British knighthood and damehood

The U.K. government says that the Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan and his producer wife Emma Thomas will receive a knighthood and damehood for their services to film
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Christopher Nolan, winner of the awards for best director and best picture for "Oppenheimer," left, and Emma Thomas, winner of the award for best picture for "Oppenheimer" pose at the Governors Ball after the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Brazil's Bolsonaro requests court permission to accept Netanyahu's invite to Israel

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has requested federal authorities return his passport and authorize travel to Israel so he can accept an event invitation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit in May
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FILE - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press outside his home after Federal Police agents carried out a search and seizure warrant in Brasilia, Brazil, May 3, 2023. When asked about the search of Bolsonaro's home in Brasilia, the Federal Police press office gave a statement saying officers were carrying out searches and arrests related to the introduction of fraudulent data related to the COVID-19 vaccine into the nation's health system. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Does your dog understand when you say 'fetch the ball'? A new study in Hungary says yes

A new study in Hungary shows that dogs, beyond being able to respond to commands like “sit” and “stay,” can learn to associate words with specific objects
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Researcher Marianna Boros, left, attached electrodes to the head of Cuki the dog, during an experiment at the department of Ethology of the Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. A new study in Hungary has found that beyond being able to learn how to perform commands, dogs can learn to associate words with specific objects — a relationship with language called referential understanding that had been unproven until now. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
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Top UN court orders Israel to take measures to allow more humanitarian supplies including food and water into Gaza

Top UN court orders Israel to take measures to allow more humanitarian supplies including food and water into Gaza
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Russia arrests another suspect in concert hall attack that killed 143

Russia’s top investigative body says that another suspect has been detained as an accomplice in the attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 143 people
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A bouquet of flowers inserted into the road fence in front of the burnt Crocus City Hall, center, on the western outskirts of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Russian officials persisted Tuesday in saying Ukraine and the West had a role in last week's deadly Moscow concert hall attack despite vehement denials of involvement by Kyiv and a claim of responsibility by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Latvia's foreign minister will step down after a probe over his office's use of private flights

Latvia’s top diplomat said on Thursday he will step down in the wake of a criminal probe over the use of expensive private flights by his office when he acted as the Baltic country’s prime minister between 2019-2023
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Latvia's Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, March 18, 2024. European Union foreign ministers on monday will discuss Russia's aggression against Ukraine, Belarus, and the situation in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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IDF still operating inside Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza

The Israeli raid on Gaza's largest hospital, Al-Shifa, is now in its tenth day. This comes as UNICEF says more than 200 schools have been directly hit by Israeli strikes since the war began.
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VIDEO: IDF still operating inside Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza
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Ex-Gucci designer Alessandro Michele named the new creative head at Valentino

The former Gucci designer Alessandro Michele has been named the new creative director at Valentino, following the sudden departure last week of Pierpaolo Piccioli after 25 years
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FILE - Alessandro Michele poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Don't Worry Darling' during the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 5, 2022. The flamboyant former designer of Gucci Alessandro Michele has been named the new creative director at storied Roman luxury house Valentino, following the sudden departure last week of Pierpaolo Piccioli after 25 years. Valentino confirmed the move in a statement Thursday March 28, 2024. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
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Four people die in Spain in separate incidents after falling into sea along coast amid high winds

Emergency services in Spain say that four people have died in three separate incidents on Spain’s Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines after falling into the sea
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US Coast Guard searches for US Marine who went swimming in Puerto Rico during high surf advisory

The U.S. Coast Guard says it is searching for a U.S. marine who went swimming in high surf off Puerto Rico’s northeast coast while on vacation
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Algeria's government pushes staples to subsidized markets to stave off Ramadan shortages

Algeria’s government has flooded newly opened markets selling subsidized goods with pantry staples to stave off shortages during Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, when demand typically increases in Muslim-majority countries and prices tend to rise
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A woman walks past a shop at a market near Algiers, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. As Muslim-majority countries reckon with increased demand throughout Islam's holy month of Ramadan, is trying to flood new markets with pantry staples to stave off shortages that can cause prices to rise. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)
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French lawmakers condemn 'bloody and murderous' 1961 massacre of Algerian protesters

French lawmakers have condemned an infamous 1961 police crackdown on Algerian protesters in Paris as a “bloody and murderous repression."
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FILE - Guests throw roses into the Seine river after French President Emmanuel Macron laid a wreath near the Pont de Bezons Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021 in Colombes, near Paris. Emmanuel Macron becomes the first French president to commemorate the brutal repression of an Oct 17, 1961 demonstration during which at least 120 Algerians were killed during a protest to support Algerian independence. French lawmakers on Thursday March 28, 2024 condemned an infamous 1961 police crackdown on Algerian protesters in Paris as a "bloody and murderous repression," marking another step in the country's recognition of the massacre that authorities sought to cover up for decades. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh, Pool, File)
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Congo displacement reaches 'devastating level' as violence escalates

Nearly 800,000 people have been displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last three months, according to the United Nations.
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Nearly 800,000 people have been displaced in the Democratic of Congo in the last three months, according to the United Nations.
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Bahamian politician killed while fleeing from gunmen who demanded cash, police say

A well-known politician in the Bahamas has been killed when two gunmen opened fire on a group of people while trying to rob them
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Norwegians facing a shortage as Easter nears are hoarding eggs from neighboring Sweden

A shortage of eggs in shops during Holy Week has led Norwegians to flock to supermarkets across the border in Sweden and hoard the traditional Easter food
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File - A hen stands next to an egg, Jan. 10, 2023, at a farm in Glenview, Ill. Egg prices are at near-historic highs in many parts of the world as the spring holidays approach, reflecting a market scrambled by disease, high demand and growing costs for farmers.(AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)
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Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
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Japan's leader seeks a meeting with North Korea and an end to deflation, to boost public support

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is reiterating his determination to work toward a summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to realize the return of Japanese people believed abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 80s
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Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida answers a question from a journalist, during a press conference, in Tokyo, Thursday, March 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)
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Palestinian Authority announces a new Cabinet as it faces calls for reform

The Palestinian Authority has announced the formation of a new Cabinet as it faces international pressure to reform
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FILE - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a conference to support Jerusalem at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 12, 2023. The Palestinian Authority has announced the formation of a new Cabinet as it faces international pressure to reform. President Mahmoud Abbas, who has led the PA for nearly two decades and remains in overall control, announced the new government in a presidential decree on Thursday March 28, 2024. None of the incoming ministers are well-known figures. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
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Palestinian Authority, under international pressure to reform, announces new Cabinet

Palestinian Authority, under international pressure to reform, announces new Cabinet
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The British Museum names Nicholas Cullinan its new director as it tries to get over a rocky patch

The British Museum has appointed Nicholas Cullinan as its new director
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FILE - Visitors walk outside the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London, Friday, June 26, 2015. The British Museum is suing a former curator alleged to have stolen almost 2,000 artifacts from its collections and offered them for sale online. Peter Higgs was fired in July 2023 after more than 1,800 items were discovered to be missing. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland, File)
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4 Canadian school boards sue Snapchat, TikTok and Meta for disrupting students' education

Four of the largest school boards in the Canadian province of Ontario have launched lawsuits against TikTok, Meta and SnapChat alleging the social media platforms are disrupting student learning
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FILE - The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., Friday, March 17, 2023. Four of the largest school boards in the Canadian province of Ontario launched lawsuits Thursday, March 28, 2024, against TikTok, Meta and SnapChat alleging the social media platforms are disrupting student learning. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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King Charles stresses importance of kindness as he skips pre-Easter service amid cancer treatment

King Charles III stressed the importance of friendship and acts of caring in a recorded message delivered to a traditional pre-Easter church service, which the monarch skipped as he undergoes cancer treatment
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Britain's Queen Camilla smiles as she arrives for the Royal Maundy Service where she distributes the Maundy money to 75 men and 75 women, mirroring the age of the monarch, in Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, England, Thursday, March 28, 2024 to thank them for their outstanding Christian service and for making a difference to the lives of people in their local communities. Maundy Thursday is the Christian holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter. The monarch commemorates Maundy by offering 'alms' to senior citizens. Each recipient receives two purses, one red and one white. (Justin Tallis, Pool Photo via AP)
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In Mali, Russian Wagner mercenaries are helping the army kill civilians, rights groups say

Rights groups say the Russian mercenary group known as Wagner is helping government forces in central and northern Mali carry out raids and drone strikes that have killed scores of civilians
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FILE - This undated photograph provided by the French military shows three Russian mercenaries, in northern Mali. Wagner is helping government forces in central and northern Mali carry out raids and drone strikes that have killed scores of civilians, including many children, rights groups said in reports published this week that span a period from December to March. (French Army via AP, File)
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Congo displacement reaches 'devastating level' as violence escalates, aid groups warn

There has been a resurgence of violence as warring groups fight for territory.
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A refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) washes dishes at the Nkamira Transit Center in Rubavu on March 26, 2024.
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No joke: UK comedian told to remove hot dog from subway poster over junk food ban

A British comedian has been ordered to remove a picture of a hot dog from a poster in London subway stations for his new standup show
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A view of a poster advertising comedian Ed Gamble's Hot Diggity Dog tour on the Bakerloo line platform at Embankment underground station in London, Wednesday March 27, 2024. Gamble has been ordered to change a subway station poster campaign for his new standup show because the image of a hot dog violated the transit network’s ban on junk food advertising. The poster for the show, “Hot Diggity Dog,” showed a mustard- and ketchup-smeared Gamble beside a half-eaten hot dog on a plate. A bemused Gamble replaced the wiener with a cucumber, and the poster was approved. (Joe Sene/PA via AP)
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India court extends custody of top opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal for 4 more days

An Indian court has extended custody of a top opposition leader for four more days after his arrest last week triggered protests, as the country gears up for a general election starting next month
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Arvind Kejriwal, leader of the Aam Admi Party, or Common Man's Party, left, leaves in a car after a court extended his custody for four more days, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 28, 2024. Kejriwal, New Delhi’s top elected official and one of the country’s most consequential politicians of the past decade, was arrested by the federal Enforcement Directorate on March 21. (AP Photo/Dinesh Joshi)
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Philippine leader warns of countermeasures in response to Chinese aggression at sea

The Philippine president says his government will take action against what he called dangerous attacks by the Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships in the disputed South China Sea, saying, “Filipinos do not yield.”
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In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, Filipino scientists reach sandbars called Sandy Cay at the disputed South China Sea on Thursday March 21, 2024. Chinese coast guard ships, backed by a military helicopter, tried to dangerously block but failed to stop two Philippine government vessels carrying scientists from reaching two barren sandbars called Sandy Cay in the disputed South China Sea, Philippine officials said Friday. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)
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Pope, looking strong, issues marching orders to priests during Holy Thursday Mass

Pope Francis has washed and kissed the feet of 12 women inmates at a Rome prison
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Cardinals attend the Holy Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at The Vatican, Thursday, March 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Poland and Ukraine leaders cite progress on regulating Ukrainian food imports to ease farmer anger

Ukrainian and Polish leaders say they have made progress on regulating Ukraine food imports that have led to farmer protests in Europe
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Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, right, and Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal sign documents after bilateral meetings at the Chancellery of Prime Minister in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, March 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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German mail service stops using domestic flights to transport letters after nearly 63 years

Germany’s main national postal carrier has stopped using domestic flights to transport letters after nearly 63 years
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A WISAG employee secures plastic boxes full of mail covered with fabric sleeves to the passenger seats of an Airbus A320-214 at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, in Schönefeld, Germany, Thursday, March 28, 2024. Germany's main national postal carrier on Thursday put an end to domestic flights to transport letters, stopping the practice after nearly 63 years in a move that will allow it to improve its climate footprint and reflects the declining significance of letter mail. (Soeren Stache/dpa via AP)
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Putin says he won't start a war with NATO but Western bases hosting Ukraine F-16s would be targets

Russian President Vladimir Putin has scoffed at the possibility of his country launching an attack on a NATO member, calling it “sheer nonsense.”
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Rescue workers clear the rubble of destroyed houses after a Russian drone attack of a residential neighbourhood, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Thursday, March 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)
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French lawmakers are weighing a bill banning all types of hair discrimination

Lawmakers in France’s lower house of parliament have approved a bill that would ban discrimination over the texture, length, color or style of someone’s hair
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Hair are on the floor in a hairdressing salon, in Paris, Wednesday, March 27, 2024. French lawmakers are debating a bill Thursday that would ban discrimination over the texture, length, color or style of someone's hair. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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China lifts heavy tariffs on Australian wine as ties improve

China says it will lift tariffs placed on Australian wine over three years ago, in a sign of improving ties between the two countries
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FILE - Visitors wearing face masks walk past a display of Australian wines and other agricultural products at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China, Nov. 5, 2020. China on Thursday, March 28, 2024, said it would lift tariffs placed on Australian wine over three years ago, in a sign of improving ties between Australia and China.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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China lifts heavy tariffs on Australian wine after three years, as ties improve

China lifts heavy tariffs on Australian wine after three years, as ties improve
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Top Chinese official says green, high tech development key as nation seeks to spur economy

A top Communist Party official says China is committed to introducing reforms that will upgrade the technological level of its largely manufacturing-based economy
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Pan Gongsheng, Governor of People's Bank of China, speaks at a sub forum ahead of the annual Boao Forum held in Boao in southern China's Hainan province on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. China's central bank governor calls for accleration of reforms on quta allocation at IMF to increase the voice of Asia (AP Photo/Olivia Zhang)
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The Latest | Israel must open more land crossings for Gaza aid, UN court says

In a legally binding order, the top United Nations court says Israel must open more land crossings into Gaza for food, water, fuel and other supplies
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Palestinians search for bodies at a house hit by an Israeli strike in Rafah, Gaza Strip on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
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U.S. congressional delegation pledges continued defense support for Taiwan

A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation has pledged continued support for Taiwan, days after Congress approved $300 million in military aid for the self-governed island that’s claimed by China
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In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, right, poses for photos with Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Mich., in Taipei, Taiwan on Thursday, March 28, 2024. Bergman leads a bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation that pledged continued support for Taiwan on Thursday, days after Congress approved $300 million in military aid for the self-governed island that's claimed by China. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)
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It's a bittersweet Easter for chocolate lovers and African cocoa farmers but big brands see profits

Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year
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Niaz Mardan wraps a luxury handmade Belgian chocolate rabbit at Sandrine a chocolate shop in south west London, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Niaz Mardan, is suffering due to high cocoa prices, she's making no profits and fears she will have to close the shop that's been around for 25 years (she's the third owner and took over in 2019). (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)