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Nemo, representing Switzerland, with the song "The Code," wins the final of the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmö Arena, in Malmö, Sweden, Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Jessica Gow/TT News Agency via AP)
Eurovision banned the EU flag from the song contest. The EU is demanding to know why
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive said Monday it will demand explanations from Eurovision song contest organizers why its flag was banned from the concert hall during the final. … more
FILE - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, May 1, 2024. The sharp interest rate hikes of the past two years will likely take longer than previously expected to bring down inflation, several Federal Reserve officials have said in recent comments, suggesting there may be few, if any, rate cuts this year. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Are US interest rates high enough to beat inflation? The Fed will take its time to find out
WASHINGTON (AP) — The sharp interest rate hikes of the past two years will likely take longer than previously expected to bring down inflation, several Federal Reserve officials have said in recent … more
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The annual re-plastering of Mali’s Great Mosque of Djenne was held on Sunday, an important step in maintaining the integrity of the world’s largest mud-brick building which has been on UNESCO’s World Heritage in Danger list since 2016.
In Mali, thousands replaster the Great Mosque of Djenne, under threat from conflict
DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Thousands of Malians carrying buckets and jugs of mud joined the annual replastering of the world's largest mud-brick building this weekend, a key ritual that maintains the … more
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FILE - European Commissioner for Europe fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager speaks during a media conference regarding the Digital Markets Act at EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, March 25, 2024. The European Commission, the EU's executive branch, said on Monday, May 13, 2024, Booking.com meets the threshold to be classed as a “core platform service” under the 27-nation bloc's Digital Markets Act. The sweeping set of rules is designed to prevent Big Tech platforms from dominating online markets. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
US company Booking Holdings added to European Union's list of for strict digital scrutiny
LONDON (AP) — Booking Holdings, the U.S. company that owns Booking.com and a number of other travel websites, has been added to the European Union's list of companies now under heightened digital … more
FILE - Museums employees walk down an aisle of the Vatican Museums as they prepare to open the museum, at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Forty-nine employees of the Vatican Museums have filed a class-action complaint with the Vatican administration demanding better seniority, leave and overtime benefits in an unusual, public challenge to Pope Francis’ governance. The complaint, dated April 23, 2024, was made public the weekend of May 10, 2024, in Italian newspapers. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
Vatican Museums staff challenge the pope with a legal bid for better terms and treatment
ROME (AP) — Forty-nine employees of the Vatican Museums have filed a class-action complaint with the Vatican administration demanding better seniority, leave and overtime benefits in an unusual, … more
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An Israeli soldier knees next to the national flag during the celebrations of the Israel's annual Memorial Day for the fallen soldiers at the site where revelers were killed and kidnapped on Oct. 7 cross-border attack by Hamas militants at the Nova music festival near the kibbutz Reim, southern Israel, Monday, May 13, 2024. Israel marks the annual Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of nationalistic attacks. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
The Latest | Israel marks memorial day, as hundreds of thousands flee Rafah assault
Israel’s leaders commemorated Memorial Day on Monday, a usually somber holiday that this year was almost entirely absorbed by the ongoing war in Gaza. At 11:00 A.M., sirens announced two … more
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Rescue workers search the site of a building collapse in George, South Africa, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Rescue teams are searching for dozens of construction workers missing after a multi-story apartment complex collapsed in the coastal city have brought out more survivors as the operation entered a second night of desperate work to find anyone alive in the mangled wreckage. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Rescue effort for dozens missing in South Africa building collapse are boosted by 1 more survivor
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams in South Africa forged ahead Monday with efforts to find any survivors still trapped under rubble a week after an apartment building that was under … more
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Ukrainian military medics of the 47th Brigade shift an injured comrade to a stretcher at the field hospital in Avdiivka direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says his army is locked in 'fierce' border battles amid a Russian assault
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his troops are locked in intense battles with the advancing Russian army in two border areas. He said “fierce battles” are taking place near the … more
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Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant attends a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, June 15, 2021. An Australian judge Monday, May 13, 2024, lifted a ban on the social media platform X showing Australians a video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church. X is also taking a separate court action against eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, a former Twitter employee, that challenges the validity of her notice requiring the platform to remove video of the April 15 attack in an Assyrian Orthodox church. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)
Australian judge lifts court ban on X showing video of Sydney church stabbing
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge Monday lifted a ban on the social media platform X showing Australians a video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church. The temporary ban … more
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Demonstrators waving Georgian national flags gather in front of the Parliament building during an opposition protest against "the Russian law" in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, early Monday, May 13, 2024. Daily protests are continuing against a proposed bill that critics say would stifle media freedom and obstruct the country's bid to join the European Union. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)
Thousands protest in Georgia over the weekend against 'Russia-style' law on foreign influence
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia's parliament green-lit a final vote on a proposed law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union on … more
Women stand in a queue to cast their votes during the fourth phase of general election, on the outskirts of Samastipur, in the Indian state of Bihar, Monday, May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
India's mammoth election is more than halfway done as millions begin voting in fourth round
SAMASTIPUR, India (AP) — Millions of Indians across 96 constituencies began casting their ballots on Monday as the country's gigantic, six-week-long election edges past its halfway mark. Prime … more
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Erdina Laca, a 45-year-old asylum seeker, shows her special payment card in front of a grocery store, in Eichsfeld, Germany, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Across Germany, cities and counties are introducing new payment cards for asylum-seekers. The new rule, which was passed by parliament last month, calls for the migrants to receive their benefits on a card that can be used for payments in local shops and services. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Germany limits cash benefit payments for asylum-seekers. Critics say it's designed to curb migration
New payment cards are being introduced for asylum-seekers in Germany. The new rule was passed by parliament last month. It calls for the migrants to receive some of their benefits on a card that can … more
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