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AfD candidate for mayor of Nordhausen, arrives at the polling station to cast his ballot, in Nordhausen, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. The German city of Nordhausen is best known as the location of the former Nazi concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora. A mayoral election on Sunday could again put the focus on the municipality of 42,000 people if a far-right candidate wins the vote. (Silvio Dietzel/dpa via AP)

A mayoral race in a small city highlights the rise of Germany’s far-right AfD party

Popularity growing for populist party Alternative for Germany

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, greets people before the start of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Back in full force, UN General Assembly shows importance of face to face work

U.N. summit this week was first full return to in-person diplomacy since COVID-19 pandemic began

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters, where he was felicitated a day after the women’s reservation bill was passed by the Indian Parliament in New Delhi, Friday, Sep. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/STR)

India was riding a geopolitical high. But it enters the UN with a mess on its hands

Claim that Indian government may have been involved in killing of Canadian hanging overhead

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy listens to an impromptu rendition of the Ukrainian national anthem at an event including members of the Ukrainian-Canadian community, in Toronto, on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was traveling home from North America, where he addressed the U.N. General Assembly and paid his first wartime visit to Canada.(Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Russian airstrikes kill 2, wound 3 in Ukraine as war enters 20th month

Strikes hit city of Beryslav and village of Lvove

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy listens to an impromptu rendition of the Ukrainian national anthem at an event including members of the Ukrainian-Canadian community, in Toronto, on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was traveling home from North America, where he addressed the U.N. General Assembly and paid his first wartime visit to Canada.(Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)
A small passenger plane crashed in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest Saturday, killing all 14 people on board, Amazonas state Gov. Wilson Lima announced.

Small plane crashes in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest; 14 people killed

The Brazilian air force sent a team from Manaus to collect information and preserve any evidence

A small passenger plane crashed in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest Saturday, killing all 14 people on board, Amazonas state Gov. Wilson Lima announced.
Police vehicles near Buckingham Palace in London, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. London police arrested a 25-year-old man early Saturday morning (Sept. 16) after he allegedly climbed over a wall and entered the royal stables at Buckingham Palace. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

London police arrest man who allegedly climbed over Buckingham Palace wall

The man was detained for trespassing on a protected site

Police vehicles near Buckingham Palace in London, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. London police arrested a 25-year-old man early Saturday morning (Sept. 16) after he allegedly climbed over a wall and entered the royal stables at Buckingham Palace. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
People look for survivors in Derna, Libya, Wednesday, Sept.13, 2023. Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings, and even the sea to look for bodies in Derna, where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed thousands of people. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Dozens of Syrians among themissing in catastrophic floods in Libya: war monitor

The death toll has eclipsed 11,000, and more than 10,000 are missing

People look for survivors in Derna, Libya, Wednesday, Sept.13, 2023. Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings, and even the sea to look for bodies in Derna, where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed thousands of people. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)
In this photo released by Pakistan’s President Office, President Arif Alvi, right, administrates oath from Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar as caretaker Prime Minister during a ceremony, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Kakar was sworn in as the country’s prime minister to head a caretaker national government that will oversee parliamentary elections amid one of the worst economic crises the Islamic nation has faced, officials said. (Pakistan President Office vis AP)

Pakistani premier claims US military equipment left behind in Afghanistan is now in militant hands

Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister claimed on Monday that U.S. military equipment left…

In this photo released by Pakistan’s President Office, President Arif Alvi, right, administrates oath from Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar as caretaker Prime Minister during a ceremony, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Kakar was sworn in as the country’s prime minister to head a caretaker national government that will oversee parliamentary elections amid one of the worst economic crises the Islamic nation has faced, officials said. (Pakistan President Office vis AP)
In this satellite photo provided by Maxar Technologies, an overview of Burning Man festival in Black Rock, Nev on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Tens of thousands still stranded by Burning Man flooding in Nevada desert

Tens of thousands of partygoers stranded at the Burning Man counterculture festival…

In this satellite photo provided by Maxar Technologies, an overview of Burning Man festival in Black Rock, Nev on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
In this satellite photo provided by Maxar Technologies, an overview of Burning Man festival in Black Rock, Nev on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Burning Man flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site; authorities are investigating 1 death

Tens of thousands of people gathered for the Burning Man festival remained…

In this satellite photo provided by Maxar Technologies, an overview of Burning Man festival in Black Rock, Nev on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
FILE - In this March 25, 2016, file photo, the sun sets over the Badger-Two Medicine area near Browning, Mont. A Louisiana company will relinquish the last remaining oil and gas lease on land near Montana's Glacier National Park that's sacred to Native Americans in the U.S. and Canada, under a legal agreement announced Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, that would resolve a decades-long dispute. (Greg Lindstrom/Flathead Beacon via AP, File)

U.S. company gets $2.6M to relinquish oil lease on sacred Native American land

The deal would resolve a decades-long dispute over the 25-sq.-km. oil, gas lease in the mountainous area

FILE - In this March 25, 2016, file photo, the sun sets over the Badger-Two Medicine area near Browning, Mont. A Louisiana company will relinquish the last remaining oil and gas lease on land near Montana's Glacier National Park that's sacred to Native Americans in the U.S. and Canada, under a legal agreement announced Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, that would resolve a decades-long dispute. (Greg Lindstrom/Flathead Beacon via AP, File)
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to FEMA headquarters, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, in Washington. Biden visited the headquarters to thank the team staffing the FEMA National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) throughout Hurricane Idalia and the ongoing federal response efforts to the fires on Maui, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden will get a firsthand look at hurricane’s toll in Florida

Republican governor and 2024 presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis won’t be meeting with the president

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to FEMA headquarters, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, in Washington. Biden visited the headquarters to thank the team staffing the FEMA National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) throughout Hurricane Idalia and the ongoing federal response efforts to the fires on Maui, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
FILE - This undated file photo shows a shadowy shape that some people say is a the Loch Ness monster in Scotland, later debunked as a hoax. Mystery-hunters converged on a Scottish lake on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023 to hunt for signs of the mythical Loch Ness Monster. The Loch Ness Center said researchers would try to seek evidence of Nessie using thermal-imaging drones, infrared cameras and a hydrophone to detect underwater sounds in the lake’s murky waters. (AP Photo/File)

With drones and webcams, volunteer hunters join a new search for the Loch Ness Monster

The two-day event is being billed as the biggest survey of the lake in 50 years

FILE - This undated file photo shows a shadowy shape that some people say is a the Loch Ness monster in Scotland, later debunked as a hoax. Mystery-hunters converged on a Scottish lake on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023 to hunt for signs of the mythical Loch Ness Monster. The Loch Ness Center said researchers would try to seek evidence of Nessie using thermal-imaging drones, infrared cameras and a hydrophone to detect underwater sounds in the lake’s murky waters. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - Visitors walk outside the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London, Friday, June 26, 2015. The British Museum said a member of staff has been dismissed after items were found to be missing, stolen or damaged. The museum said Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023 it has also ordered an independent review or security and ordered kickstart a ‘’vigorous program to recover the missing items.” (AP Photo/Tim Ireland, File)

The British Museum says it has recovered some of the stolen 2,000 items

Head of trustees admitted the 264-year-old institution doesn’t have records of everything in its vast collection

FILE - Visitors walk outside the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London, Friday, June 26, 2015. The British Museum said a member of staff has been dismissed after items were found to be missing, stolen or damaged. The museum said Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023 it has also ordered an independent review or security and ordered kickstart a ‘’vigorous program to recover the missing items.” (AP Photo/Tim Ireland, File)
Utility poles stand in Lahaina on the island of Maui, Hawaii, Aug. 16, 2023. When the winds of Hurricane Dora lashed Maui Aug. 8, they struck bare electrical lines the Hawaiian electric utility had left exposed to the elements. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Maui wildfires: Bare electrical wire, poles were little match for strong winds

Hawaiian Electric said it has ‘long recognized the unique threats’ from climate change

Utility poles stand in Lahaina on the island of Maui, Hawaii, Aug. 16, 2023. When the winds of Hurricane Dora lashed Maui Aug. 8, they struck bare electrical lines the Hawaiian electric utility had left exposed to the elements. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Workers of the electric company replace a utility pole after a wildfire in the Fyli suburb, northwest Athens, Greece, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Authorities battling a major wildfire in northeastern Greece that has been described as the European Union’s largest single fire recorded have recovered another body, the fire department says, bringing the total death toll of wildfires in Greece this week to 21. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

2 arrested for arson as multiple wildfires continue to burn across Greece

Officials have blamed arson for several fires in Greece over the past week

Workers of the electric company replace a utility pole after a wildfire in the Fyli suburb, northwest Athens, Greece, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Authorities battling a major wildfire in northeastern Greece that has been described as the European Union’s largest single fire recorded have recovered another body, the fire department says, bringing the total death toll of wildfires in Greece this week to 21. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)
Women hug after digging through rubble of a home destroyed by a wildfire on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

How to assist victims of Maui’s deadly wildfires

The outpouring of support in the wake of deadly wildfires on Maui…

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Women hug after digging through rubble of a home destroyed by a wildfire on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Jordan’s King Abdullah II speaks during a meeting with tribal leader in Al-Qasta, south of Amman, Jordan, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. The King of Jordan approved a bill Saturday (Aug. 12) to punish online speech deemed harmful to national unity, according to the Jordanian state news agency, legislation that has drawn accusations from human rights groups of a crackdown on free expression in a country where censorship is on the rise. (Yousef Allan/The Royal Hashemite Court via AP)

King of Jordan approves a bill to criminalize online speech

Human rights groups call it draconian

Jordan’s King Abdullah II speaks during a meeting with tribal leader in Al-Qasta, south of Amman, Jordan, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. The King of Jordan approved a bill Saturday (Aug. 12) to punish online speech deemed harmful to national unity, according to the Jordanian state news agency, legislation that has drawn accusations from human rights groups of a crackdown on free expression in a country where censorship is on the rise. (Yousef Allan/The Royal Hashemite Court via AP)
A general view of a deserted migrants’ camp near the checkpoint “Kuznitsa” at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Poland’s defense minister said Saturday (Aug. 12) that the country has increased the number of troops protecting its border with Belarus as a deterrent amid “destabilizing” actions by its pro-Russian neighbor. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA via AP)

Polish minister says Belarus border reinforcement is due to hostile rhetoric and actions

He insisted that the increased military presence is purely a deterrent move

A general view of a deserted migrants’ camp near the checkpoint “Kuznitsa” at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Poland’s defense minister said Saturday (Aug. 12) that the country has increased the number of troops protecting its border with Belarus as a deterrent amid “destabilizing” actions by its pro-Russian neighbor. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA via AP)
FILE - French police officers patrol on the beach in the searcher migrants in Wimereux, northern France, Wednesday, Nov.17, 2021. Six people died and more than 50 were rescued when a boat carrying migrants capsized Saturday (Aug. 12, 2023) in the English Channel, according to French authorities.. (AP Photo/Louis Witter, File)

6 dead, 50+ rescued from capsized migrant boat in the English Channel

The search-and-rescue operation involved both British and French vessels

FILE - French police officers patrol on the beach in the searcher migrants in Wimereux, northern France, Wednesday, Nov.17, 2021. Six people died and more than 50 were rescued when a boat carrying migrants capsized Saturday (Aug. 12, 2023) in the English Channel, according to French authorities.. (AP Photo/Louis Witter, File)