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Italy launches probe after bus with foreign tourists …

Emergency services work at the scene of a passenger bus accident near the city of Venice, Italy, that fell from an elevated road, late Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Italian authorities say multiple people have been killed and others injured in the bus crash. The crash happened Tuesday when the bus fell from an elevated street in the Mestre borough on the mainland opposite the old city of Venice. (Slow Press/LiveMedia/LaPresse via AP)

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Pope Francis opens a big Vatican meeting on the church’s …

Pope Francis is greeted by women participants into the opening session of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops as he arrives in the Paul VI Hall at The Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Pope Francis is convening a global gathering of bishops and laypeople to discuss the future of the Catholic Church, including some hot-button issues that have previously been considered off the table for discussion. Key agenda items include women's role in the church, welcoming LGBTQ+ Catholics, and how bishops exercise authority. For the first time, women and laypeople can vote on specific proposals alongside bishops. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Rishi Sunak is promising to change Britain. He starts …

The shoes of party supporter Joseph Afrane are seen as he waits for the opening of the Conservative Party annual conference at Manchester Central convention complex in Manchester, England, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Tropical Storm Philippe soaks northeast Caribbean on a …

This satellite image provided by NOAA on Monday, Oct. 2 2023 shows Tropical Storm Philippe, center right. Philippe is threatening to unleash heavy rains and flash flooding in the Leeward Islands on Monday before eventually recurving out into the central Atlantic where it could gain hurricane status around midweek, forecasters say. (NOAA via AP)

Philippine boats breach a Chinese coast guard blockade …

Point of no return: Pope challenges leaders at UN talks …

Copies of Pope Francis' latest encyclical letter on environment "Laudate Deum" are seen in a bookshop in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Pope Francis shamed and challenged world leaders on Wednesday to commit to binding targets to slow climate change before it's too late, warning that God's increasingly warming creation is fast reaching a "point of no return." (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Sirens blare across Russia as it holds nationwide emergency …

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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Japan hopes to resolve China’s seafood ban over Fukushima’s …

Japanese Agriculture Minister Ichiro Miyashita, front right, and Malaysian celebrity Amber Chia, front left, attend an event at Japanese store, Don Don Donki in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023 to promote the safety and deliciousness of Japanese scallops to shoppers. Japan hopes to resolve the issue of China's ban on its seafood within the scope of the World Trade Organization ambit and will hold food fairs overseas to bolster seafood exports amid safety concerns over the release of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Miyashita said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eileen Ng)

Former Russian state TV journalist gets 8 1/2-year …

FILE - Marina Ovsyannikova, a former Russian state TV journalist who quit after making an on-air protest of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, reads a paper sitting in a court room during a hearing in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 11, 2022. A court in Moscow on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, handed a former state TV journalist a 8 1/2-year prison term in absentia for protesting Russia's war in Ukraine, the latest in a months-long crackdown against dissent that has intensified since Moscow's invasion 20 months ago. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

First Nations premier to lead a Canadian province …

FILE - Wab Kinew attends the second annual Orange Shirt Day Survivors Walk and Pow Wow on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sept. 30, 2022. The Canadian province of Manitoba has elected the first First Nations premier of a province in Canada. Manitobans elected an NDP government led by Wab Kinew, was raised as a young boy on the Onigaming First Nation in northwestern Ontario, later moving with his family to Winnipeg. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

Global Red Cross urges ouster of Belarus chapter …

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speak during their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the resort city of Sochi, Russia, Friday, June 9, 2023. The international Red Cross is calling for the ouster of the head of the Belarus Red Cross who stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from Russian-controlled areas to Belarus. The board of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, it has given the Belarus chapter until Nov. 30 to dismiss Dzmitry Shautsou. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russia says it has foiled a major Ukraine drone attack …

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, poses for photo with the Ukrainian soldiers in front of a Leopard 2 tank on the front line in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Western countries want a UN team created to monitor …

FILE - Smoke rises over Khartoum, Sudan, on June 8, 2023, as fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces continues. Four Western countries have floated a proposal on Wednesday Oct. 4, 2023 for the U.N.'s top human rights body to appoint a team of experts to monitor and report on abuses and rights violations in war-wracked Sudan. (AP Photo, File)

Suspect in Bangkok mall shooting that killed 2 used …

Visitors head to the Siam Paragon Mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. A teenage boy with a handgun opened fire inside the major shopping mall Tuesday afternoon, killing a few people before being apprehended, authorities said. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)