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Tourists wearing hats visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, Greece.
23 Aug, 2026 0

The sun hat is everywhere in Athens as crowds grow larger at ancient sites

ATHENS (AP): Outside the Acropolis, a sea of hats bobs up and down the hill to the ancient site: straw boaters, Panama hats, baseball caps and bucket hats in the relentless heat. Hat racks are hard…
In this aerial photo relased by Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, smoke billows as a wildfire razes through a peatland forest in Bulungan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia. (BNPB via AP)
23 Aug, 2026 0

Indonesian police arrest 72 people suspected of starting forest fires

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police on Sunday arrested 72 people suspected of starting some of the recent forest and peatland fires as huge blazes in central and western parts of the country…
Rescue workers search through a heap of refuse after it collapsed at Conakry’s largest landfill, Guinea, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Fodo Toure)
23 Aug, 2026 0

Landslide at landfill in the capital of Guinea kills 30 people, officials say

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — A mountainous heap of refuse collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea’s capital of Conakry early on Sunday, killing 30 people, according to the central government. …
Britain’s Prince Harry arrives at London’s High Court on January 21, 2026.
22 Aug, 2026 0

Prince Harry and others to pay initial US$13m over failed invasion of privacy case

LONDON (AP): Prince Harry and six others, including Elton John, have been ordered to pay an initial £ 9.5 million (US$13 million) to the publisher of Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper following their…
Children watch a movie on a mobile device at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday.
22 Aug, 2026 0

First group of deportees arrives after US ends TPS programme

CAP-HAITIEN (AP): The US deported more than 160 people to Haiti on Thursday for the first time since the Trump administration won a legal battle to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for some…
Street vendors push their cart of vegetables past a mural of Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba.
22 Aug, 2026 0

Cuba says US sanctions block efforts to open economy

UNITED NATIONS (AP): The United States has demanded that Cuba open up to private investment, and Cuba has passed sweeping reforms to encourage just that. So Cuba’s UN ambassador says he wants to know…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives with Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger, not shown, to the Treaty Room at the State Department, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)
22 Aug, 2026 0

Federal judge vacates Trump policy that suspended processing of immigration visas from 75 countries, including Jamaica

A federal judge in New York has vacated a Trump administration policy that suspended the processing of visas from 75 countries, including Jamaica, Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose…
AP Robots compete in the 100-metre race during the opening ceremony of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, yesterday.
22 Aug, 2026 0

Chinese humanoid robots smash human records in 100m sprint and high jump at Beijing robot games

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese humanoid robots broke records set by humans, including beating Usain Bolt’s 100-metre sprint world record, on the opening day of the Olympics-like World Humanoid Robot Games in…
Health workers tend to an Ebola patient at the Rwampara Treatment Center in Ituri, Congo.
21 Aug, 2026 0

Congo's Ebola outbreak on track to surpass deadliest on record

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – The Ebola outbreak that is spreading at unprecedented speed in Congo has not peaked yet and could be three times the current known size, according to data from authorities and…