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World's oldest president, Paul Biya, wins Cameroon election at 92
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The world's oldest president, Cameroon 's 92-year-old Paul Biya, has won election again, the country's top court said Monday, after days of protesters' clashes with security forces left at least four people dead as opposition supporters demanded credible results. Biya has led the central African nation since 1982, ruling longer than most citizens have been alive. Over 70 percent of the population of almost 30 million is below 35. The Oct. 12 election has displayed growin
Oct. 28, 2025 -
Ivanka Trump joins FIFA education charity project part-funded by World Cup ticket sales
ZURICH (AP) -- FIFA added another personal link to US President Donald Trump on Monday by appointing his daughter Ivanka to the board of a $100 million education project part-funded by 2026 World Cup ticket sales. Ivanka Trump, tennis great Serena Williams, singers Shakira and The Weeknd, actor Hugh Jackman and soccer star Kaka are on the advisory board of the charity fund created by FIFA and the Global Citizen anti-poverty nonprofit. "The board will provide strategic guidance to maximize the fu
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King Charles III dedicates Britain's first national memorial to LGBTQ+ troops
LONDON (AP) -- King Charles III on Monday dedicated Britain's first national memorial to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender troops, 25 years after the UK ended a ban on homosexuality in the armed forces. The king, who is the ceremonial head of the armed forces, laid flowers at the monument in the National Memorial Arboretum in central England at a service attended by scores of serving troops and veterans. The sculpture takes the form of a crumpled bronze letter bearing words from personnel w
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For Japan's new leader, the key to connecting with Trump could be Ford F-150 truck
TOKYO -- President Donald Trump opened his visit to Japan on Monday with greetings from the emperor a day before he meets new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi , who is banking on building a friendly personal relationship with the US leader to ease trade tensions . One key to this strategy might lie in an idea floated by Japan’s government to buy a fleet of Ford F-150 trucks, a meaningful gesture that may also be impractical given the narrow streets in Tokyo and other Japanese cities. It's an early
Oct. 27, 2025 -
Canadian PM 'ready' to resume US talks, set to meet Xi
KUALA LUMPUR -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday he was ready to talk with US President Donald Trump after Washington hiked tariffs on Canadian goods by an additional 10 percent. "We stand ready to sit down with the United States, myself with the president, my colleagues with their colleagues, when the US is ready to sit down," Carney told reporters, after Trump said he had terminated all trade talks with Canada over what he called a "fake" advertisement campaign. Carney was speak
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Suspects arrested over theft of crown jewels from Paris' Louvre museum
PARIS (AP) — Two suspects were arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum, justice and police officials said Sunday, a week after the heist that stunned the world and sparked a massive manhunt. The Paris prosecutor said that investigators made arrests Saturday evening, adding that one of the men taken into custody was preparing to leave the country from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. French media BFM TV and Le Parisien newspaper earlier reported that two su
Oct. 27, 2025 -
Milei wins big in crucial Argentina midterms
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Argentina's budget-slashing leader Javier Milei pulled off a stunning win in Sunday's midterm elections, boosting the flagging reform agenda of the US-backed right-winger. Milei's La Libertad Avanza party rebounded from a series of setbacks to win 40.84 percent of the votes cast for members of Congress, official results based on over 90 percent of votes counted showed. The center-left Peronist movement, which had been riding high after winning last month's Buenos
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Netanyahu says Israel will decide which foreign troops acceptable to secure Gaza ceasefire
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel would determine which foreign forces it would allow as part of a planned international force in Gaza to help secure a fragile ceasefire under US President Donald Trump's plan. It remains unclear whether Arab and other states will be ready to commit troops, in part given the refusal of Palestinian Hamas militants to disarm as called for by the plan, while Israel has voiced concerns about the makeup of the force. While
Oct. 27, 2025 -
India and China resume direct flights as ties improve
Passengers of the first direct flight between India and China in five years touched down on Monday, after Asia's giants lifted a long-term air travel suspension as they cautiously rebuild relations. IndiGo flight 6E1703 from Kolkata touched down in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou shortly before 4 a.m., officially resuming nonstop air links that had been suspended since 2020 due to the pandemic and subsequent geopolitical tensions. The neighbors and world's two most populous nations remain
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Russia tests Burevestnik cruise missile
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia tested a new nuclear-capable and powered cruise missile fit to confound existing defenses, inching closer to deploying it to its military, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks released on Sunday. The announcement, which followed years of tests of the Burevestnik missile, comes as part of nuclear messaging from the Kremlin, which has resisted Western pressure for a ceasefire in Ukraine and strongly warned the US and other NATO allies against sanctioning strikes deep insid
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Protest as judge quizzes Istanbul mayor in spy probe
ISTANBUL (AFP) -- Istanbul's jailed mayor appeared before a judge Sunday in a new investigation into alleged espionage as around a thousand supporters gathered outside the court to protest, an Agence France-Presse correspondent said. The probe is the latest targeting Ekrem Imamoglu, the city's popular opposition mayor arrested in March as part of a corruption probe and kept behind bars ever since. Government critics say Imamoglu's arrest was a political move. He is the main opposition CHP's cand
Oct. 27, 2025 -
Romanians flock to a new cathedral that is one of world’s largest Orthodox churches
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Thousands of pilgrims turned out Sunday in Romania's capital for the consecration of religious paintings inside the world's largest Christian Orthodox church that was being opened after 15 years of construction. Worshippers and officials arrived in droves at the People's Salvation Cathedral, known as the National Cathedral, which at its highest point stands more than 125 meters and has an inner capacity for 5,000 worshippers in the deeply Orthodox country. The cathedra
Oct. 27, 2025 -
Hegseth to visit Asia to call for allies to increase defense spending, contribute to 'collective defense': Pentagon
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will embark on a trip to the Indo-Pacific, including a stop in South Korea, this week to underline the importance of allies increasing their defense spending and contributing to "collective defense," the Pentagon said Sunday. Hegseth plans to visit Hawaii, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam and South Korea to strengthen defense relationships and reaffirm America's commitment to "peace through strength and a balance of power in the region," it said, as Washington seeks to
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US sanctions Colombia's president, accuses him of allowing expansion of drug trade
The US on Friday imposed sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, as President Donald Trump sharply escalated a feud with Washington's longtime Latin American ally over accusations that Petro has refused to stop the flow of cocaine into the US. Tensions between Washington and many countries in the region have been mounting for weeks. The US military has ratcheted up activity in the southern Caribbean, striking vessels in international waters that it has alleged without evidence are carryi
Oct. 26, 2025 -
Thailand's Queen Mother Sirikit has died at age 93
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Thailand's Queen Mother Sirikit, who supervised royal projects to help the rural poor, preserve traditional craft-making and protect the environment, died on Friday. She was 93. The Royal Household Bureau said she died in a hospital in Bangkok, adding that she began suffering from a blood infection on Oct. 17 and despite her medical team's efforts, her condition did not improve. She suffered a stroke in 2012 and was afterwards largely absent from public life due to decl
Oct. 26, 2025