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Burned trees from the 2016 wildfire stand sentinel over a neighbourhood in Fort McMurray, Alta., on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Jeff McIntosh /The Canadian Press via AP)
Canadians are hopeful shifting winds may push wildfire away from the oil sands hub of Fort McMurray
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Favorable winds are expected to push an “out of control” wildfire away from Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, officials said Wednesday, a day after … more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sang and played the guitar at a night club in Kyiv on Tuesday. The performance came amid Blinken's unannounced visit to the Ukrainian capital, where he sought to rally the spirits of Ukrainians facing a new Russian offensive, assuring them that they are not alone and that billions of dollars in American military aid on its way to the country would make a “real difference” on the battlefield.
Blinken's Kyiv song choice raises eyebrows as Ukraine fights fierce Russian attacks
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, an amateur musician, may have thought he had the perfect upbeat song to perform with a Kyiv bar band. Fresh from a day of delivering optimistic prognoses about … more
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Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, right, talks to Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Prime Minister Robert Fico returned to power in Slovakia last year. Having previously served twice as prime minister, from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2012 to 2018, the 59-year-old's third term made him the longest-serving head of government in Slovakia’s history. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)
Reactions as Slovak prime minister Robert Fico is shot and wounded
The shooting Wednesday of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico in the town of Handlova following a political event sent shockwaves across Europe three weeks before EU parliament elections are … more
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FILE -President Joe Biden, right, greets China's President President Xi Jinping, left, at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, USA, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. The National Security Council says high-level U.S. government envoys raised concerns about “the misuse of AI” by China and others in closed-door talks with Chinese officials in Geneva. NSC spokesperson Adrienne Watson said the countries exchanged perspectives on AI safety and risk management in “candid and constructive” discussions a day earlier. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)
US cites 'misuse' of AI by China and others in closed-door bilateral talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — High-level U.S. government envoys raised concerns over “the misuse of AI” by China and others in closed-door talks with Chinese officials in Geneva, the White House said … more
FILE - Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks during a press conference with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. Prime Minister Robert Fico returned to power in Slovakia last year. Having previously served twice as prime minister, from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2012 to 2018, the 59-year-old's third term made him the longest-serving head of government in Slovakia’s history. . (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)
Who is Robert Fico, the populist Slovak prime minister wounded in a shooting?
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is in life-threatening condition after being wounded in a shooting after a political event Wednesday afternoon, an episode of violence … more
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This picture provided by Interpol shows Mohamed Amra, a convict that escaped from prison on Tuesday. May 14, 2024. A massive manhunt is underway in France on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, for an armed gang that ambushed a prison convoy, killing two prison officers, seriously injuring three others and springing the inmate they were escorting. (Interpol via AP)
'The Fly’ has become notorious in France after a brazen escape. What's his criminal history?
PARIS (AP) — A prisoner nicknamed “The Fly” has become notorious in France overnight after a daring and bloody escape from a prison convoy in Normandy that left two guards dead. Mohamed … more
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Director George Miller poses for a portrait to promote "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" in Los Angeles, Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
'Mad Max' has lived in George Miller's head for 45 years. He's not done dreaming yet
CANNES, France (AP) — Only recently has George Miller realized just how influential his medical education was to the world of “Mad Max.” Miller was briefly a doctor before finding … more
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FILE -Tourist look at a road blocked with barrels and sand bags, with a banner showing the island in division at the top, across the UN buffer zone that divides the Greek, south, and Turkish Cypriots, north, controlled areas, in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Chances of restarting formal talks to mend Cyprus’ decades-long ethnic division appeared dimmer as the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots told a U.N. envoy that he saw no common ground with Greek Cypriots for a return to negotiations. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
Chances of Cyprus peace talks restart look dimmer as Turkish Cypriot leader sees no common ground
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Chances of restarting formal talks to mend Cyprus’ decades-long ethnic division appeared dimmer Wednesday as the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots told a U.N. envoy … more
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This is a locator map for Saudi Arabia with its capital, Riyadh. (AP Photo)
Independent UN experts say radical Saudi Arabia scholar held for years should be tried or released
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A radical Sunni scholar whose criticisms of Saudi Arabia's government and the West drew praise from the l ate al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden should be … more
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Prison workers gather during a protest outside the Corbas prison, outside Lyon, France, Wednesday, May 15, 2024 . A massive manhunt was underway in France on Wednesday for an armed gang that ambushed a prison convoy, killing two prison officers, seriously injuring three others and springing the inmate they were escorting. (AP Photo/Laurent Cirpiani)
Massive manhunt in France for prison-break gang that gunned down officers
A massive manhunt is underway in France for an armed gang that killed two prison officers and seriously injured three others to spring an inmate they were escorting. French Interior Minister Gerald … more
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This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
Yemen's Houthi rebels acknowledge attacking a US destroyer that shot down missile in the Red Sea
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed targeting a U.S. Navy destroyer and a commercial ship in the Red Sea. However, the attack on the warship apparently happened nearly two days earlier and saw the … more
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FILE - Smoke rises after a fire broke out at the Liseberg amusement park's new water world Oceana in Goteborg, Sweden, Monday Feb. 12, 2024. A welding operation caused a huge fire in February at a water park that was under construction at one of Sweden’s biggest amusement centers, causing the death of one person. Police said Wednesday, May 15, 2024, that when carrying out some welding on the water slide “a fire started which then spread to the rest of the building,” causing "great destruction.” (Björn Larsson Rosvall/TT News Agency via AP, File)
Report: Welding at water slide caused huge fire in Sweden that killed one person
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A welding operation sparked a huge fire in February at a water park that was under construction at one of Sweden’s biggest amusement centers, causing the death of one … more
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