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FILE - A brigade from the Electric Power Authority repairs distribution lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in the Cantera community of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 19, 2017. A federal judge overseeing a drawn-out debt-restructuring process for the power company ordered all parties to mediation on Wednesday, July 10, in the latest attempt to break an impasse that has sparked widespread anger and frustration. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

Federal control board sues Puerto Rico's governor over net metering law

A federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances has filed a lawsuit challenging amendments to the island’s net metering law, triggering a backlash. The lawsuit filed Friday against Gov. … more

By DÁNICA COTO | 7/26/24

FILE - Exterior view of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30, 2024. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office says the U.K. will not interfere with the International Criminal Court’s request for an arrest warrant against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The announcement is reversal of plans announced by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who was ousted earlier this month when Starmer’s Labour Party swept Conservatives from office in a landslide. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

UK drops plans to challenge ICC arrest warrant request against Benjamin Netanyahu

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office says the U.K. will not interfere with the International Criminal Court’s request for an arrest warrant against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin … more

By DANICA KIRKA and BRIAN MELLEY | 7/26/24

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

How might Netanyahu's visit to the US affect cease-fire efforts?

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial trip to the United States comes as ceasefire talks to broker an end to the raging war in Gaza and bring about a hostage-for-prisoners … more

By JULIA FRANKEL | 7/26/24

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado rides atop a truck during a closing election campaign rally of presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 25, 2024. The presidential election is set for July 28. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuela opposition leader provides hope for many, even though she isn't on the presidential ballot

Maria Corina Machado has walked highways, sought shelter in supporters’ homes and seen her closest collaborators detained and persecuted as she crisscrossed Venezuela ahead of the upcoming … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and FABIOLA SANCHEZ | 7/26/24

A camp where 95 Libyan nationals were arrested on suspicion of running an illegal military camp are seen lining up after their arrest on Friday July 26, 2024 in White River, South Africa. Police say that 95 Libyan nationals were arrested on suspicion of receiving training at a secret military camp in the north of the country.(AP Photo/Bulelwa Maphanga)

95 Libyan nationals arrested in South Africa at suspected secret military training camp

South African police say they have arrested 95 Libyan nationals on suspicion of receiving training at a secret military camp in the north of the country. Police raided the camp at a farm in White … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 7/26/24

Porcelain items in a 19th century sailing ship wreckage that a team of Polish divers discovered on July 11, 2024, on the Baltic seabed about 37 kilometers (20 nautical miles) south of the Swedish isle of Öland. The ship was loaded "to the brim" with luxury goods including porcelain items and about 100 bottles of Champagne and mineral water and rests about 58 meters (190 feet) deep in conditions that the Baltictech divers say have preserved it "wonderfully." (Tomasz Stachura/Baltictech via AP)

Sunken treasure: Is the champagne nestled in a 19th-century shipwreck still fit for a toast?

A team of Polish divers has discovered the wreckage of an old sailing ship loaded “to the brim” with luxury goods including porcelain items and about 100 bottles of Champagne and mineral water … more

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA | 7/26/24

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, huge waves lash the shore ahead of landfall by Typhoon Gaemi in Sansha Township of Xiapu County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Thursday July 25, 2024. After hitting Philippines and Taiwan, the storm's effects were expected to continue into Friday as it moved in a northwestern direction toward mainland China. In Fujian province on China's east coast, ferry routes were suspended on Wednesday and all train service will be halted on Thursday, China's official Xinhua News Agency said. (Jiang Kehong/Xinhua via AP)

Typhoon Gaemi wreaked the most havoc in the country it didn't hit directly — the Philippines

What was Typhoon Gaemi has weakened to a severe tropical storm and headed towards inland China on Friday after making landfall the previous evening on the east coast. The storm felled trees, flooded … more

7/26/24

In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Coast Guard personnel collect oil that are part of the slick from fuel that powered the tank to prevent it from spreading near east of Lamao Point, Limay, Bataan, Philippines Friday, July 26, 2024. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Philippines plans to siphon off oil cargo from sunken tanker to avert 'environmental catastrophe'

The Philippine coast guard says there has been no indication that a big cargo of industrial fuel oil stored in a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak out. Plans are … more

By JIM GOMEZ | 7/26/24

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, speaks with reporters while meeting with Mongolian Foreign Minister Battsetseg Batmunkh at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, July 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Blinken to celebrate Biden legacy, reassure allies in Asia after president drops out of 2024 race

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make the case for the Biden administration’s expanded commitment to Asia and the Indo-Pacific as he visits Laos, Vietnam, Japan, the Philippines, … more

By MATTHEW LEE | 7/26/24

ADDS NAME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER- In this handout photo released by Gofa Zone Government Communication Affairs Department, a woman cries as hundreds of people gather at the site of a mudslide in the Kencho Shacha Gozdi district, Gofa Zone, southern Ethiopia, Monday, July 22, 2024. At least 146 people were killed in mudslides in a remote part of Ethiopia that has been hit with heavy rainfall, according to local authorities. (Isayas Churga/Gofa Zone Government Communication Affairs Department via AP)

Search for people missing after Ethiopia mudslides continues as death toll rises to 257

Search teams were still digging at the site of deadly mudslides in southern Ethiopia on Friday, as the death toll rose to 257, according to the U.N. humanitarian office. Heavy rain triggered deadly … more

By AMANUEL GEBREMEDHIN BIRHANE | 7/26/24

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, 6th from left, poses for group photos with ASEAN ministers and delegates during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Southeast Asian diplomats meet with China as friction mounts over Beijing's sweeping maritime claims

Top diplomats from Southeast Asia have met with China’s Foreign Minister for talks that come as friction continues to escalate in the region as Beijing grows more assertive in pressing sweeping … more

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI | 7/26/24

Ukrainian Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Agreement with Russia is 'deal with the devil,' adviser to Ukrainian president says

Signing an agreement with Russia to stop the war with Ukraine would amount to signing a deal with the devil. That's the position of a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Mykhailo … more

By ANDREW MELDRUM and SAMYA KULLAB | 7/26/24

FILE - A pink tape is marked on the ground on Feb. 21, 2011, at the site of a former medical school in Tokyo as Japan has started to excavate the site of the former school linked to Unit 731, a germ and biological warfare outfit during the war. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

A mysterious pile of bones could hide evidence of Japanese war crimes, activists say

Bones dug up from a wartime Army Medical School site in Tokyo decades ago and linked to victims of human experiments by Unit 731, Japan’s germ and biological warfare outfit, remain in a repository … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 7/26/24

People line up to visit the national funeral house to pay respects to Vietnam's General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang)

Vietnam Communist Party chief's funeral draws thousands of mourners, including world leaders

Thousands of mourners gathered in Hanoi for the second day of the funeral of the man who dominated Vietnamese politics for over a decade, Communist Party general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. The party … more

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL | 7/26/24

A supporter displays a poster of President Nicolas Maduro during his closing election campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 25, 2024. Maduro is seeking re-election for a third term in the July 28 vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Venezuelan voters face crucial choice: Reelect Maduro or give opposition a chance after 25 years

Venezuelans have a crucial decision ahead of them. On Sunday, they decide whether to give President Nicolas Maduro a third six-year term in office or to allow the opposition a chance to deliver on … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO | 7/26/24

President Nicolas Maduro waves a Venezuelan flag during his closing election campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 25, 2024. Maduro is seeking re-election for a third term in the July 28 vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Venezuela's presidential candidates conclude their campaigns ahead of Sunday's election

Venezuela’s presidential candidates have closed their campaigns ahead of Sunday's vote with demonstrations attended by thousands of people. The events Thursday in Caracas encapsulated the … more

7/25/24

FILE - A man walks down an unpaved stretch of highway BR-319 in the Brazilian Amazon between the cities of Manaus and Porto Velho on Aug. 10, 2018. A Brazilian federal court on July 24, 2024, halted progress on the project paving this dirt highway that connects the major city of Manaus with populous regions, citing the likelihood it will contribute to climate change. (AP Photo/Fabiano Maisonnave, File)

Citing climate change, a federal court in Brazil halts rainforest highway paving

In an unusual action, a Brazilian federal court has halted a project to pave a dirt highway that connects the major city of Manaus to populous regions, citing the likelihood it will contribute to … more

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE | 7/25/24

Guatemalan soldiers stand guard in Ampliación Nueva Reforma, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, where Mexicans from the town of Amatenango, Mexico fled due to cartel violence in their country across the border, Thursday, July 25, 2024. Some refugees are staying at the school and others at locals' homes. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy)

Mexicans seeking refuge in Guatemala describe drug cartel shootouts that drove them to flee

Catholic Church leaders in southern Mexico have made a desperate plea for the Mexican government to protect communities from drug cartels that extract protection payments and use locals as human … more

By SONIA PÉREZ D. | 7/25/24

FILE - A man walks downstairs outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg, South Africa, on May 15, 2017. President Cyril Ramaphosa named Mandisa Maya, the current deputy chief justice, as the country's new senior judge. Her term is due to start on Sept. 1. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

South Africa appoints a woman as chief justice for the first time

South Africa has appointed its first female chief justice. President Cyril Ramaphosa named Mandisa Maya, the current deputy chief justice, as the country’s most senior judge on Thursday. Her term … more

By GERALD IMRAY | 7/25/24

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves during the opening event of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty meeting, on the sidelines of the G20 Ministerial Meetings in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Finance ministers of the Group of 20 in Brazil discuss tax on super-rich

Finance ministers from leading rich and developing nations have gathered in Rio de Janeiro for a two-day meeting to discuss a global tax on the super-rich, a top priority for Brazil, which holds the … more

By ELÉONORE HUGHES and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA | 7/25/24