Gaza cease-fire talks have ended without a breakthrough with Ramadan days away, Egypt says

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By SAMY MAGDY, TIA GOLDENBERG and WAFAA SHURAFA The Associated Press CAIRO Three days of negotiations with Hamas over a cease-fire in Gaza and the...

France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee abortion as a constitutional right

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By BARBARA SURK and NICOLAS GARRIGA The Associated Press PARIS French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France's constitution,...

Organized crime attacks on local candidates raise fears Mexico may face its bloodiest elections...

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By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ The Associated Press MEXICO CITY As Mexico prepares for the largest elections in its history, organized crime is once again preying on...

Biden approves military air drops of aid into Gaza after chaotic encounter left more...

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By ZEKE MILLER, AAMER MADHANI, and COLLEEN BARRY The Associated Press WASHINGTON President Joe Biden said Friday that the U.S. will begin air-dropping humanitarian assistance...

Israeli troops fire toward Palestinians seeking food. Israel says scene was a deadly stampede

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By WAFAA SHURAFA, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and MELANIE LIDMAN The Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip Israeli troops fired on a crowd of Palestinians racing to pull food...

Here’s what to know about a US couple missing in the Caribbean

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By DÁNICA COTO The Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Authorities in the eastern Caribbean are scouring waters in the region in hopes of finding a...

Mideast cease-fire efforts gain steam as US envoy visits. Mediators report ‘encouraging’ signs

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By JOSEF FEDERMAN, SAMY MAGDY and WAFAA SHURAFA The Associated Press JERUSALEM International efforts to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appeared to gain...

Alexei Navalny, galvanizing opposition leader and Putin’s fiercest foe, died in prison, Russia says

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By JIM HEINTZ, DASHA LITVINOVA and EMMA BURROWS The Associated Press Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President...

Catholic bishops in Mexico say they negotiated for possible peace accord with drug cartel...

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By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ The Associated Press MEXICO CITY Four Roman Catholic bishops met with Mexican drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a possible...

Detecting Russian ‘carrots’ and ‘tea bags’: Ukraine decodes enemy chatter to save lives

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By SAMYA KULLAB The Associated Press SEREBRYANSKY FOREST, Ukraine As the radio crackles with enemy communications that are hard to decipher, one Russian command rings...