By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Forty-seven years ago, before her hair turned white and she had no need of a wheelchair to march around Argentina's most iconic square, Nora Cortiñas made a promise to her son who disappeared: She would search for ...
BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament on Thursday welcomed its first deaf lawmaker, who took her place in a moment that the house's speaker described as historic.
Heike Heubach, 44, narrowly missed out on a seat in parliament's lower house, or Bundestag, in Germany's 2021 election. But she ...
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan doctors stopped providing emergency services at public hospitals on Thursday, as they escalated a national strike that entered its second week.
Thousands of doctors have stayed away from hospitals since last Thursday over ...
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — For two weeks, Tsholofelo Moloi has been among thousands of South Africans lining up for water as the country's largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions of ...
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A runner-up in Indonesia's presidential election filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court on Thursday, alleging widespread irregularities and fraud at the polls.
Former Jakarta Gov. Anies Baswedan, who received nearly 41 ...
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has systematically put the interests of the aviation sector above those of people who live near Schiphol Airport, one of Europe's busiest aviation hubs, a Dutch court ruled Wednesday, saying that the ...
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong resigned after a little over a year in the position, the Communist Party said Wednesday, making him the latest senior official to leave office after likely being implicated in an intense ...
By BABACAR DIONE and JESSICA DONATI Associated Press
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's only female presidential candidate may have little to no chance of winning in Sunday's election, but activists say her presence is helping to advance a decadeslong campaign to achieve gender equality in ...
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers agreed Wednesday to renew Ukraine's import rates, which have been in place since shortly after Russia invaded, while adding protective measures for agricultural products such as grain and honey to address the ...
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — The school year in Afghanistan started Wednesday but without girls whom the Taliban barred from attending classes beyond the sixth grade, making it the only country with restrictions on female education.
The U.N. children's agency says more than 1 ...