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Zambia landslides bury miners digging tunnels illegally, …

Mine workers are seen during a rescue mission in Chingola, around 400 kilometres (248 miles) north of the capital Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. Seven miners were confirmed dead and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging illegally at a copper mine in Zambia, police and local authorities said Saturday. (AP Photo)

Ex-president barred from leaving Ukraine amid alleged …

FILE - Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks to reporters in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday Jan. 16, 2021. Former President Petro Poroshenko has been denied permission to leave Ukraine due to a planned meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Ukraine’s security service said Saturday. Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Piotr Molecki, File)

Israeli offensive shifts to crowded southern Gaza, driving …

A Palestinian child wounded in Israeli bombardment is treated at the hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/ Hatem Moussa)

Romanian guru suspected of running international sex sect …

This photo shows the red notice of Romania's Gregorian Bipolar on Interpol website, Tuesday, Nov.28, 2023. French authorities arrested the leader of a multinational tantric yoga organization Tuesday on suspicion of indoctrinating female followers for sexual exploitation. The Romanian guru identified as Gregorian B., whom French media identified as Gregorian Bivolaru at the heart of the Atman Yoga Federation was detained during a massive morning police operation across the Paris region, according to a French judicial official, who wasn't authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing investigation. (Interpol via AP)

Italian officials secure 12th Century leaning tower in …

The Garisenda medieval tower is pictured in Bologna, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Bologna's Garisenda tower has been locked down for fear it could collapse. Authorities have provided a security cordon in case of collapse.The Garisenda tower along with the Asinelli(97meters)tower is one of the beauties and attractions for tourists visiting Bologna, and a landmark for citizens. (Michele Nucci, Lapresse Via AP)

With ‘shuttle diplomacy,’ step by step, Kissinger chased …

FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, and Egypt's President Anwar Sadat in Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 16, 1974. Henry Kissinger's legacy in the Mideast is the pursuit of what's possible, not necessarily peace, in one of the world's most intractable conflicts. The former U.S. secretary of state, who died this week at age 100, did just that after Egypt and Syria pulled of a surprise invasion of Israel 50 years ago. (AP Photo/Ahmed el Tayeb)

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Somalia president hails lifting of arms embargo as …

FILE - Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud welcomed Saturday, Dec. 2, the U.N. Security Council vote to lift an arms embargo imposed on the Horn of Africa nation more than 30 years ago.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

Bolivia’s Indigenous women climbers fear for their …

Cholita climbers Suibel Gonzales, left, and her mother Lidia Huayllas descend the Huayna Potosi mountain, near El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. In 2015, Huayllas conquered the peak with the group of Cholitas climbers, Aymara women who started out as cooks and who for eight years have dedicated themselves to climbing mountains with their typical clothing of colorful skirts and blankets, as guides for tourists who want to cross off having climbed a glacier from their list of achievements. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Takeaways from Friday’s events at UN climate conference …

Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives to speak during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

UN ends political mission in Sudan, where world hasn’t …

FILE - The United Nations headquarters building is seen from inside the General Assembly hall, on Sept. 21, 2021. The United Nations Security Council voted Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, to end its political mission of a few hundred people dedicated to ending the civil war in Sudan. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Canadian mining company starts arbitration in case …

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The AP Interview: Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says the war …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacts during his interview with The Associated Press in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)