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'Oppenheimer' finally premieres in Japan to mixed reactions and high emotions

“Oppenheimer” has finally opened in the nation where two cities were obliterated by the nuclear weapons invented by the American scientist at the center of the film
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A person walks by a poster to promote the movie "Oppenheimer" Friday, March 29, 2024, in Tokyo. “Oppenheimer” finally premiered Friday in the nation where two cities were obliterated 79 years ago by the nuclear weapons invented by the American scientist who was the subject of the Oscar-winning film. Japanese filmgoers' reactions understandably were mixed and highly emotional. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

March 22–28, 2024 People mourn in Moscow after the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall concert. Brazilian soccer player Vinicius Junior breaks down in tears during a news conference. A volcano erupts near the town of Grindavik on Iceland. Christians take part in numerous events in advance of the Easter celebrations. This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Europe and Africa. The selection was curated by AP photographer Thibault Camus in Paris. ___ Follow AP visual journalism: AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews X: http://twitter.com/AP_Images
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A couple react as they stand at a makeshift memorial in front of the Crocus City Hall on the western outskirts of Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Russia is still reeling from the attack Friday in which gunmen killed 139 people in the Crocus City Hall, a concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow. Health officials said about 90 people remain hospitalized, with 22 of them, including two children, in grave condition. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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A Christian nun in Lebanon prays for the Shiite Muslim fighters of Hezbollah. A furor ensues

A video showing a Lebanese nun asking young students to pray for the “men of the resistance,” a reference to Hezbollah fighters, has sparked controversy in Lebanon
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FILE - Hezbollah fighters attend the funeral of their commander Wissam al-Tawil, in the village of Khirbet Selm, south Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 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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Migrant workers who helped build modern China have scant or no pensions, and can't retire

China’s first generation of migrant workers played an integral role in the country's transformation from an impoverished nation to an economic powerhouse
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Duan Shuangzhu, 68, a waste collector who moved to Beijing in late 1990s from a small village in central China's Shanxi, stands near a rubbish cart while working in Beijing on March 1, 2024. China’s first generation of migrant workers played an integral role in the country's transformation from an impoverished nation to an economic powerhouse. Now, they're finding it hard to find work, both because they're older and the economy is slowing. (AP Photo)
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A growing number of Americans end up in Russian jails. The prospects for their release are unclear

U.S. citizens jailed in Russia include a Wall Street Journal reporter, a vacationing corporate security executive and a dual national visiting her family in Tatarstan
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FILE - Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine accused of espionage, listens to the verdict in a courtroom in Moscow, Russia, June 15, 2020. Arrests of Americans in Russia have become increasingly common as relations between Moscow and Washington sink to Cold War lows. Some have been exchanged for Russians held in the U.S., while for others, the prospects of being released in a swap are less clear. (Sofia Sandurskaya, Moscow News Agency photo via AP, File)
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The Moscow concert massacre was a major security blunder. What's behind that failure?

The Moscow concert hall attack a week ago that left more than 140 people dead was a major blunder for Russia’s law enforcement agencies
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FILE - A suspect in the deadly attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue, is escorted by police in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 24, 2024. The March 22 attack on the concert venue killed over 140 people and marked a major failure of Russian security agencies. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

March 22-28, 2024 Wildfires in Mexico burned a cemetery in the High Mountains of Veracruz state, while heavy rain in Brazil flooded homes in Duque de Caxias. Violent gangs in Haiti set fire to cars amid attacks that started in late February, killing many and leaving thousands homeless. Roman Catholics across the region began observing Holy Week. This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean. The selection was curated by Senior Photo Editor for Latin America and Caribbean Leslie Mazoch in Mexico City. ____ Follow AP visual journalism: AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews X: http://twitter.com/AP_Images
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A bride and groom prepare to be joined in matrimony in a mass wedding ceremony in Mexico City, Friday, March 22, 2024. Mexico City's civil registry invited people to partake in a group wedding. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Filipino villager to be nailed to a cross for the 35th time on Good Friday to pray for world peace

A Filipino villager says he has signed up to be nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he says he will devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea
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A hooded Filipino penitent carries pointed bamboo sticks as part of Holy Week rituals to atone for sins or fulfill vows for an answered prayer in metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Maundy Thursday, March 28, 2024. The bizarre lenten ritual is frowned upon by the church in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
March 28

Syria says Israeli airstrikes near northern city of Aleppo inflicts casualties

The Syrian army says Israeli airstrikes near the northern city of Aleppo have killed and wounded several people and caused material damage
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This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo)
March 28

France's Macron embraces Brazil's Lula — and the memes poking fun at their 'wedding'

If social media is to be believed, French President Emmanuel Macron’s just-ended trip to Brazil left him swooning
March 28
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron arrive on Combu Island, near Belem, Para state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres).
March 28

Argentina's Milei trades barbs with Mexican and Colombian leaders, ratcheting up tensions

Simmering spats between Latin American populist leaders have intensified in the past days, with Argentina’s President Javier Milei needling his leftist counterparts in Mexico and Colombia
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Argentina's President Javier Milei talks during the International Economic Forum of the Americas, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
March 28

Bus plunges off a bridge in South Africa, killing 45 people. An 8-year-old is only survivor

Authorities say a bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in South Africa, killing at least 45 people
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March 28

A bus carrying people to an Easter festival in South Africa plunges off a bridge, killing 45, authorities say

A bus carrying people to an Easter festival in South Africa plunges off a bridge, killing 45, authorities say
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Mob in Mexico brutally beats suspected kidnapper to death hours before Holy Week procession

A mob in the Mexican tourist city of Taxco has brutally beat a woman to death because she was suspected of kidnapping and killing a young girl, rampaging just hours before the city's Holy Week procession
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A woman chants the Spanish word for "justice" during a demonstration protesting the kidnapping and killing of an 8-year-old girl, in the main square of Taxco, Mexico, Thursday, March 28, 2024. Hours earlier a mob beat a woman to death because she was suspected of kidnapping and killing the young girl. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
March 28

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
March 28
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)
March 28

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
March 28
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)
March 28

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.
March 28

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
March 28

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.
March 28

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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March 28

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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This is a locator map for Lebanon with its capital, Beirut. (AP Photo)
March 28

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
March 28
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)
March 28

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)
March 28

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.
March 28

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)
March 28

'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)
March 28

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
March 28
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)
March 28

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
March 28
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)
March 28

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
March 28
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)
March 28

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)
March 28

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)
March 28

4 people die on Spain's coastlines after falling into sea during high winds

Emergency services in Spain say four people have died in three separate incidents on Spain’s Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines after falling into the sea
March 28
Big waves crash against a light house in Nazare, Portugal, Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Strong winds caused the high waves in one of the world's most popular surf spots. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
March 28

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
March 28
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)
March 28

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."
March 28
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)
March 28

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.
March 28

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)
March 28

International headlines from ABC News

Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
March 28
Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
March 28

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
March 28
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)
March 28

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)
March 28

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)
March 28

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)
March 28

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
March 28
Britain's Queen Camilla hands out the Maundy Money during the Royal Maundy Service, in Worcester, England, Thursday, March 28, 2024. 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)
March 28

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)
March 28

Congo displacement reaches 'devastating level' as violence escalates, aid groups warn

There has been a resurgence of violence as warring groups fight for territory.
March 28
A refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) washes dishes at the Nkamira Transit Center in Rubavu on March 26, 2024.
March 28

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
March 28
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)