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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The largest nuclear energy plant in Europe faces “a relatively dangerous situation” after a dam burst in Ukraine and Kyiv launches a counteroffensive to retake floor occupied by Russia, the top of the United Nations nuclear watchdog mentioned Tuesday. ...

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s high diplomat resigned his put up Monday to enter the first race for the nation’s 2024 presidential election, and Mexico City’s mayor stated she would resign Friday to do the identical. ...

TOKYO (AP) — The highly effective decrease home of Japan’s parliament on Tuesday handed a invoice to advertise understanding of LGBTQ+ points amid protests by activists that last-minute revisions by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s conservative get together favored opponents of sexual equality as a substitute of guaranteeing equal rights. ...

Ukrainian forces are probing Russian defences alongside the frontline as they put together to commit their new NATO-standard tanks to the fray.The extremely anticipated counteroffensive is beneath approach and in a "tidying up" section, in accordance with a navy skilled, as Ukraine seeks to organize the battlefield for an enormous push when the time arises. Ukraine says its troops recaptured seven villages alongside 60 miles of frontline within the southeast within the final week.But its forces face a frightening process as they try and liberate massive elements of their territory, given Russia's numerical superiority in males, ammunition and air energy, and the numerous months it has needed to construct deep defensive fortifications.Russia looking for to 'take management' of...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated Tuesday his nation is able to open a consulate in Shusha, a metropolis that Azerbaijan took from Armenian forces in a conflict in 2020. ...

A helicopter "mishap" in northeastern Syria left 22 American service personnel injured over the weekend, the US navy has mentioned.A spokesman mentioned no enemy hearth was concerned and the reason for the accident is being investigated. He added the service members are receiving therapy and 10 have been moved to "higher care facilities" exterior the area.There are at the very least 900 US forces personnel in Syria on common, together with an undisclosed variety of contractors.US particular operations forces additionally transfer in and in another country however are often in small groups and are usually not included within the official depend. US forces have been in Syria since 2015 to advise and help the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces within the combat in opposition t...

LONDON (AP) — Three folks have been discovered lifeless within the English metropolis of Nottingham, and three others have been hit and injured by a van in linked early-morning incidents on Tuesday, police mentioned. ...

Funerals are as a rule a tragic and sombre affair the place grieving folks say goodbye to a much-loved pal or relative who has died.However, a wake in Ecuador took an surprising flip when a lady who had been declared useless began knocking on her coffin to disclose she was nonetheless very a lot alive. The weird incident within the central metropolis of Babahoyo has prompted a authorities investigation into the hospital the place Bella Montoya was handled.Mrs Montoya, a 76-year-old former nurse, was lifted out of her coffin and rushed again to hospital after the unfinished funeral on Friday.Her relieved however shocked son Gilberto Barbera stated: "It gave us all a fright." He added: "There were about 20 of us there.... After about five hours of the wake, the coffin started t...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A regional governor says no less than three folks have been killed and 25 wounded after missiles hit civilian buildings in an in a single day assault within the central metropolis of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. ...

A bus driver was driving too quick when the automobile crashed in Australia, killing 10 marriage ceremony friends and injuring 25 others, police have alleged.Brett Button was arrested after obligatory hospital assessments and had been in police custody however was launched on bail when he appeared at Cessnock Local Court on Tuesday. He appeared in court docket charged with 10 counts of harmful driving in relation to every loss of life and one depend of negligent driving.The 58-year-old was driving 35 passengers on a 20-minute journey from a marriage reception on the Wandin Estate Winery to the city of Singleton, each within the Hunter Valley wine area of New South Wales state, when the 2009 Volvo bus rolled on its aspect and hit a guard rail.The crash occurred simply after 11...