Macron courts Marseille voters; Climate activists in Paris
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is holding a major campaign rally in Marseille to try to draw in voters who supported a leftist candidate in the first round of …
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South Africa braces for more flooding as rains restart in east
KWANDENGEZI, SOUTH AFRICA — Rains that have killed around 400 people and left thousands homeless in South Africa this week began pounding the east coast again on Saturday, threatening more …
Read MorePrayer, worship lift unaccompanied migrant teens in shelters
EL PASO, TEXAS — On all but three Sunday afternoons since last Easter, Bob Guerra — a Catholic deacon — has carefully packed his favorite crucifix, a Spanish-language Bible, hundreds …
Read More5,000 under evacuation orders as New Mexico wildfire rages
Douglas Siddens’ mother was among those who made it outxjmtzyw with just the clothes on her back when a deadly, wind-fueled wildfire ripped through a mountain community in southern New …
Read MoreSteve Bannon asks judge to dismiss his contempt-of-Congress case ahead of July trial
Steve Bannon, the onetime adviser to former U.S. president Donald Trump who has been charged with contempt of Congress, asked a federal judge Friday to dismiss his criminal case. Among …
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‘I feel so lost’: The elderly in Ukraine, left behind, mourn
MYKULYCHI, UKRAINE — This is not where Nadiya Trubchaninova thought she would find herself at 70 years of age, hitchhiking daily from her village to the shattered town of Bucha …
Read MoreYemen’s rebels criticize new, U.S.-led task force in Red Sea
CAIRO — Yemen’s Houthis criticized a new U.S.-led task force that will patrol the Red Sea following a series of attacks by the Iran-backed rebels in a waterway that’s essential …
Read MoreNorth Korea’s Kim attends parade honoring grandfather
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a massive civilian parade in the capital, Pyongyang, celebrating a milestone birth anniversary of his state-founding grandfather in which …
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Ukraine war far from over as Russia renews strikes in Kyiv
KYIV, UKRAINE — Russian forces resumed scattered attacks on Kyiv, western Ukraine and beyond Saturday in an explosive reminder to Ukrainians and their Western supporters that the whole country remains …
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Live updates: Kyiv mayor warns more strikes likely
KYIV, Ukraine — Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that one person died and several more were wounded in the Saturday morning airstrikes on the Darnytski district of the capital, as …
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