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Iran has further increased its total stockpile of uranium, UN nuclear watchdog report says

VIENNA (AP) — Iran has further increased its total stockpile of uranium, according to a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Monday, and it continues to bar the agency’s most seasoned inspectors from monitoring its nuclear program, The International Atomic Energy Agency also said in a second confidential report, distributed to member states, that …

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UK sanctions officials leading Russian penal colony where opposition leader Navalny died

LONDON (AP) — Britain imposed sanctions Wednesday on six top officials at the Arctic penal colony where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died last week, saying they were responsible for the brutal treatment he suffered in the final months of his life. The six officials, targeted under U.K. human rights laws, include Col. Vadim Konstantinovich Kalinin, who oversees the prison …

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Republican opponent of US aid to Ukraine brings his case to an international conference

MUNICH (AP) — A Republican opponent of new U.S. funding for Ukraine argued at an international security conference Sunday that the package stuck in Congress wouldn’t “fundamentally change the reality” on the ground and that Russia has an incentive to negotiate peace. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and others have advocated passage of the $60 billion …

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Official says police in Haiti killed 5 armed environmental protection agents during ongoing protests

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police killed five armed environmental protection agents in Haiti’s capital Wednesday during the third consecutive day of demonstrations that have paralyzed the country amid growing demands that Prime Minister Ariel Henry resign. The deadly shooting between police and agents with Haiti’s Security Brigade for Protected Areas occurred in the Laboule community of Port-au-Prince, Lionel Lazarre, head …

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What does King Charles III actually do as Britain’s head of state?

LONDON (AP) — The news of King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis has refocused attention on the responsibilities of Britain’s monarch and revived a central question about the country’s centuries-old system of government: What does the king actually do? Under Britain’s constitutional monarchy, the king is head of state but must remain politically neutral and leave policy-making to the elected Parliament. …

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Fuertes nevadas suspenden servicio de trenes y cancelan más de 100 vuelos en el área de Tokio

TOKIO (AP) — Fuertes nevadas azotaron el área de Tokio el lunes, interrumpiendo el servicio de trenes y cancelando más de 100 vuelos, al tiempo que las autoridades de transporte advirtieron a los conductores que eviten hacer viajes no esenciales. La Agencia Meteorológica de Japón dijo que se esperaba que las nevadas alcanzaran su punto máximo el lunes por la …

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