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PARIS (AP) — France announced Wednesday it is imposing a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia for at least 12 days, boosting police powers in an attempt to quell deadly unrest that has left four people dead.French government spokeswoman Prisca Thevenot announced the decision after a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday…

1:29 p.m. ET, May 15, 2024 Russia is stepping up disinformation campaign against Zelensky, US intelligence shows…

Last month, a video began circulating on social media purporting to tell the story of an internet troll farm in Kyiv targeting the American election.Speaking in English with a Slavic accent, “Olesya” offers a first-person account of how she and her colleagues initially worked in support of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. Then, she says,…

A curator at New York's renowned American Museum of Natural History was detained at Turkey's Istanbul Airport on the suspicion of smuggling valuable poisonous spiders and scorpions out of the country.Lorenzo Prendini was arrested by the Turkish police Sunday, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported, before being released earlier this week.…

1 Min AgoPetrobras shares slide after announcing CEO changeThe U.S.-traded shares of Brazil's Petrobras sank 8% in premarket trading after the company announced a CEO change under political pressure. See Chart...Shares of Petrobras fell sharply Wednesday. The energy giant disclosed on Tuesday that CEO Jean Paul Prates had sent a request to…

CNN  —  Sage the Miniature Poodle has won best in show at the 2024 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. The all-black ball of fluff claimed the non-sporting group earlier in the event, and…

Attachments I. Situation Overview From July 2023 to April 2024, El Niño conditions were observed in the tropical Pacific Ocean. By May 2024, El Niño across the tropical Pacific Ocean continues to weaken but impacts such as hotter and drier conditions still persist. A transition to ENSOneutral conditions is…

The doctor who led Toronto through the COVID-19 pandemic as the city’s top public health official is stepping down. Dr. Eileen de Villa announced her resignation in a video message posted to social media on Tuesday. Sporting one of her signature scarves, de Villa said that it has been her “distinct honour and privilege”…

Japanese officials say they are working on ways of attracting more investment and IT workers from abroad to sustain the country's economic growth. The government has come up with plans to encourage foreign businesses to set up factories and other operations in Japan. It has already set a goal of…

Germany’s military rearmament, in addition to a representing a major financial outlay, also involves solving a pressing problem: the shortage of soldiers in the army. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has been discussing possible models to revive compulsory military service for some time and now more and more political figures, both from the…