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2 Americans among missing passengers from sunken superyacht

Some of the 15 others rescued are either recovering or have now left hospital.
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Rescue personnel operate on boats on the sea near the scene where a luxury yacht sank, off the coast of Porticello, near the Sicilian city of Palermo, Italy, August 20, 2024.
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A massive fire rages for a third day at a Russian oil depot targeted in a Ukrainian drone attack

Russian authorities are struggling to put out a massive fire in the southern Rostov region for a third day after an oil depot was hit by Ukrainian drones as Ukrainian forces push into Russia’s Kursk region
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Japan's governing party to choose its head who will also be the new prime minister on Sept. 27

Japan’s ruling party says it will hold a vote on Sept. 27 to choose its new leader after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s surprise announcement that he will be stepping down
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FILE - Japan's Prime Minister and President of the Liberal Democratic Party Fumio Kishida delivers a speech during the Liberal Democratic Party's convention in Tokyo, March 17, 2024. (Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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India, Malaysia to expand ties, defense cooperation as Kuala Lumpur tries to move closer to Beijing

The leaders of India and Malaysia say they will seek to expand economic ties and strengthen cooperation on defense and security
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, with his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim walks for their delegation level meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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China is backing off coal power plant approvals after a 2022-23 surge that alarmed climate experts

Approvals for new coal-fired power plants have dropped sharply in China after a flurry of permits in the previous two years raised concern about the government’s commitment to limiting climate change
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A machine is operated on the storage of coal at a coal-fired power plant in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on July 4, 2024. (Chinatopix Via AP)
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A German court rejects a former Nazi concentration camp secretary's appeal against her conviction as accessory to murder

A German court rejects a former Nazi concentration camp secretary's appeal against her conviction as accessory to murder
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Taiwan conducts live-fire missile drills as China ramps up military threats

Taiwan’s military has conducted live-fire drills, launching several surface-to-air missiles in response to growing military pressure from China
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Taiwan's self-made Sky Bow III (Tien-Kung III, TK-3), a long range surface-to-air missile, are prepared for launch from a platform during a drill in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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Israel recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza as Blinken tries to advance cease-fire deal

The Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that started the war in Gaza
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This undated photo shows Haim Peri, who was held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza. On Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, the Hostages Families Forum announced the death of Haim Peri while in Hamas captivity. (The Hostages Families Forum via AP)
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The Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of six hostages in an overnight operation in Gaza

The Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of six hostages in an overnight operation in Gaza
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Search resumes for 6 from sunken superyacht off Sicily

Rescue teams and divers are returning to the site of a storm-sunken superyacht off Sicily to search for six people, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch, who are believed to be still trapped in the hull
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A life raft is docked at the harbor of Porticello, southern Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. Rescue teams and divers returned to the site of a storm-sunken superyacht Tuesday to search for six people, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch, who are believed to be still trapped in the hull 50 meters (164-feet) underwater. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli)
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India's top court creates workplace safety task force after doctor was raped, killed

India’s top court has set up of a task force of doctors who will make recommendations on safety of health care workers at their workplaces
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Indians protesting against the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata, hold placards in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Israel-Hamas war latest: Blinken says 'complex issues,' 'hard decisions' remain over cease-fire plan

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge differences holding up a cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza
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FILE - A Palestinian flag is seen with the background of a section of the wall in the Philadelphi corridor between Egypt and Gaza, on the background, near the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, Sunday, July 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)
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India's Supreme Court has set up a task force on workplace safety at hospitals after doctor was raped and killed

India's Supreme Court has set up a task force on workplace safety at hospitals after doctor was raped and killed
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August 20

Indonesia and Australia finalize new bilateral defense treaty

Indonesia and Australia have finalized a new bilateral defense treaty that will enhance the neighboring nations’ ability to operate their militaries in each other’s territory
August 20
Indonesia's President-elect Prabowo Subianto, right, is greeted by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)
August 20

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake rattles Pakistan and Kashmir

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook parts of Pakistan and the Himalayan region of Kashmir early Tuesday, panicking residents
August 20
This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo)
August 20

Why is Israel demanding control over 2 Gaza corridors in the cease-fire talks?

Israel wants lasting control over two strategic corridors in Gaza, which Hamas has long rejected
August 20
FILE - A Palestinian flag is seen with the background of a section of the wall in the Philadelphi corridor between Egypt and Gaza, on the background, near the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, Sunday, July 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)
August 20

In Uganda's chaotic capital, boda-boda motorcycle taxis are a source of life and death

For tens of thousands of men in Uganda’s capital, driving a motorcycle taxi is a way to make a living
August 20
Zubairi Idi Nyakuni, a driver of motorcycle taxi, known locally as boda-boda, speaks during an interview on a street of Kampala, Uganda, on July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda )
August 20

A German court upholds the conviction of a former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp, age 99

A German court has rejected an appeal by a 99-year-old woman who was convicted of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II
August 20
FILE - Irmgard Furchner, accused of being part of the apparatus that helped the Nazis' Stutthof concentration camp function, appears in court for the verdict in her trial in Itzehoe, Germany, Dec. 20, 2022. (Christian Charisius/Pool Photo via AP, File)
August 19

Police shootout during a drug raid kills Paraguayan lawmaker, exposing the country's challenges

A pre-dawn police raid targeting the family home of a Paraguayan lawmaker in a notorious drug smuggling haven turned into a chaotic shootout that left the lawmaker dead and the nation on edge
August 19
Police bring the remains of lawmaker Eulalio "Lalo" Gomez to the morgue in Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. According to Attorney General Emiliano Rolón Fernández, Gomez was killed at his home in the city of Pedro Juan Caballero during an anti-drug police operation. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
August 19

Philippines to host a US visa processing center for up to 300 Afghans resettling in America

The Philippines has agreed to temporarily host a U.S. immigrant visa processing center for a limited number of Afghan nationals aspiring to resettle in America
August 19
FILE - President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on May 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
August 19

Putin meets Azerbaijani president in Baku to strengthen ties as regional tensions persist

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has held talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart as part of a two-day trip to secure Moscow’s under-pressure trade routes and shore up ties in the South Caucasus
August 19
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, lays wreath at the tomb of Azerbaijani national leader Heydar Aliyev at the Alley of Honor in Baku, Azerbaijan, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
August 19

Haitian police tear-gas peaceful protesters as they demand help in stopping gangs

Police in Haiti’s capital tear-gassed hundreds of peaceful protesters in the capital, Port-au-Prince, as they called on law enforcement to help them stop the gangs that have violently seized control of their neighborhoods
August 19
A street vendor selling cold drinks passes a protest demanding that police and the Prime Minister take immediate action against gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
August 19

1 killed, 6 missing as superyacht sinks off Sicilian coast, Italian officials say

Two Americans are among the missing, officials said.
August 19
Emergency and rescue services work near the scene where a sailboat sank in the early hours of Monday, off the coast of Porticello, near the Sicilian city of Palermo, Italy, Aug. 19, 2024.
August 19

Belarus sends more troops and aircraft to its border with Ukraine

Belarus has deployed aircraft and air defense troops to its border with Ukraine, a day after President Alexander Lukashenko announced he would station almost a third of the country’s military along the frontier
August 19
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Congo says it will receive its first mpox vaccines next week

Congo's health minister says the country will receive the first vaccine doses to address its mpox outbreak next week from the United States
August 19
A girl suffering from mpox waits for treatment at a clinic in Munigi, eastern Congo, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. Congo will receive the first vaccine doses to address its mpox outbreak next week from the United States, the country's health minister said Monday, days after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in Africa a global emergency. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
August 19

WHO records 1,940 attacks on health care in Ukraine since war with Russia began

So far this year, 34 health care workers and patients have died in attacks.
August 19
Rubble and debris remain in a hospital destroyed by Russian shelling, Aug. 11, 2024, in Myrnohrad, Ukraine.
August 19

Blinken says Israel has accepted U.S.-backed bridging proposal for a cease-fire, calls on Hamas to do the same

Blinken says Israel has accepted U.S.-backed bridging proposal for a cease-fire, calls on Hamas to do the same
August 19
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Kenya will reintroduce some tax proposals that sparked deadly protests

Kenya’s new finance minister says some of the proposed taxes that led to weeks of deadly protests earlier this year will be reintroduced through a tax amendment bill as the country struggles to find revenue to pay off debts
August 19
FILE - Protesters run as police use water cannon during a protest in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Police have dispersed small groups of protesters calling for the president’s resignation in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, as a new Cabinet is sworn in. Protests in Kenya started on June 18 with initial calls for legislators to vote against a controversial finance bill that was proposing increased taxes amidst the high cost of living. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi, File)
August 19

Blinken meets with Netanyahu amid new push for cease-fire deal

The secretary of state met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the latest attempt for a cease-fire. Meanwhile, Hamas says any suggestion of progress is an "illusion."
August 19
VIDEO: Blinken meets with Netanyahu amid new push for cease-fire deal
August 19

A shootout on Pakistan's frontier with Afghanistan kills 5 militants and 3 Pakistani soldiers

Pakistan's military says security forces have killed five militants in a remote northwestern area on Monday when they tried to sneak in from neighboring Afghanistan
August 19
August 19

Mexico federal court employees strike over judicial changes requiring that judges stand for election

Employees at Mexico’s federal courts have gone on strike over judicial changes that would make all judges stand for election
August 19
Unionized federal court workers gather outside a federal court as they strike over reforms that would make all judges stand for election in Mexico City, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
August 19

Malawi receives an insurance payout of $11.2 million for El Nino-linked drought disaster

The Malawian government has received an insurance payout of $11.2 million for an El Nino-linked drought that led to a disaster declaration in the southern African nation
August 19
FILE - People queue for food at a World Food Programme distribution center in Neno district southern Malawi, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Kenneth Jali, file)
August 19

1 dead, 6 missing after superyacht sinks off Sicilian coast

Officials said the U.K.-flagged vessel sank off Porticello, near the coastal Italian city of Palermo.
August 19
Officials said the U.K.-flagged vessel sank off Porticello, near the coastal Italian city of Palermo.
August 19

Former Russian prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza adjusting to his newfound freedom

Kara-Murza was sentenced in Russian court to 25 years in prison for allegedly spreading false information about Russia's military, but was freed in a prisoner swap made by the Biden administration.
August 19
VIDEO: Former Russian prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza adjusting to his found freedom
August 19

Pakistan suffers internet slowdown as government denies setting up a national firewall

People in Pakistan have reported much slower internet over the past several days with some experts estimating its speed falling to less than half its usual capacity at times
August 19
A Pakistani waits to open a page on a desktop as internet runs slow past several days, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
August 19

1 migrant killed and 8 wounded in a shooting in Mexico south of the Arizona border

Officials in Mexico say that one migrant was killed and eight were wounded when unidentified assailants in northern Mexico opened fire on the vehicle they were traveling in
August 19
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India's Modi will visit Ukraine after Zelenskyy's criticism for meeting Putin

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine this week and meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
August 19
August 19

British tech giant Mike Lynch missing from a yacht sinking off Sicily, Italy’s civil protection says his wife survived

British tech giant Mike Lynch missing from a yacht sinking off Sicily, Italy’s civil protection says his wife survived
August 19
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August 19
Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
August 19

Germany hopes interest from Russian assets will ease the strain of financing aid to Ukraine

German officials have rejected suggestions that national budget constraints could hurt weapons deliveries to Ukraine
August 19
FILE - From left, Federal Minister of Finance, Christian Lindner, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Robert Habeck and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz take part in Bundestag session, in Berlin, Dec. 13, 2023. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP, File)
August 19

Tropical Storm Gilma is staying away from land as it strengthens in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Tropical Storm Gilma has strengthened in the eastern Pacific Ocean and is forecast to remain away from land this week
August 19
This image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Gilma, at center, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via AP)
August 19

Palestinian militants claim Tel Aviv bombing that wounded 1

Hamas and another Palestinian militant group have claimed responsibility for what appeared to be a failed bombing attack in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv that killed the attacker and wounded a bystander
August 19
A child looks at at a hole in a wall at the scene of a bomb explosion in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
August 19

Libya’s powerful central bank governor is fired as country's deep divisions persist

One of Libya’s dueling authorities unilaterally fired the powerful central bank governor in an abrupt move that is likely to inflame tensions in the divided North African country
August 19
FILE - A view of a locator map for Libya with its capital, Tripoli. Libyan officials say clashes between two heavily armed militia groups in the country’s capital terrorized residents and killed about a dozen people, the latest bout of violence in the largely lawless North African nation. (AP Photo, File)
August 19

An archaeology student finds 7 stunning Viking silver arm rings, Danish museum says

An archaeology student unearthed seven “spectacular” Viking-era curled silver arm rings earlier this year north of Denmark’s second-largest city, a Danish museum said, adding the finding has ties to Russia, Ukraine and the British Isles
August 19
August 19

Heavy rains hit Pakistan as deaths from flash floods jump to 209 since July

Officials say flash floods triggered by the latest monsoon rains have swept through streets in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north
August 19
A family take refuge on high place after flooding their house and area caused by heavy monsoon rains near Sohbat Pur, an area of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo)
August 19

Ukraine reportedly destroys 3rd key bridge, threatening to cut off Russian troops

Russian military bloggers reported that pontoon bridges were now being used.
August 19
In this footage released by the Ukrainian armed forces on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, smoke billows in what is said to show the destruction of a key bridge in Russia's Kursk region.
August 19

Civilians flee Pokrovsk as Russia's army bears down on the key eastern Ukraine city

Civilians with small children in their arms and lugging heavy suitcases are fleeing Ukraine’s eastern city of Pokrovsk, where the Russian army is bearing down fast despite a lightning Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region
August 19
August 19

Local authorities issue mandatory evacuation for families with children in Ukraine’s Pokrovsk as Russian troops approach

Local authorities issue mandatory evacuation for families with children in Ukraine’s Pokrovsk as Russian troops approach
August 19
August 19

Leaders of China and Vietnam pledge to strengthen political and economic ties

The leaders of China and Vietnam have pledged to further their economic ties and gave a nod to their shared communist ideology during the first visit by Vietnam’s new president to Beijing
August 19
Honour guard members parade during a welcome ceremony for Vietnam's President To Lam at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (Andres Martinez Casares/Pool Photo via AP)
August 19

Britain takes emergency action to prevent prisons in northern England from becoming overcrowded

Britain has taken emergency action to prevent prisons from becoming overcrowded as hundreds of people are sentenced for their roles in the civil unrest that gripped the country earlier this month
August 19