As a DJ, village priest in Portugal cues up faith and electronic dance music for global youth | AP News

As a DJ, village priest in Portugal cues up faith and electronic dance music for global youth | AP News

LAÚNDOS, Portugal (AP) — Guilherme Peixoto, a village priest in northern Portugal, has been busy this month celebrating Masses at his two parishes, presiding over remembrances for the dead — and preparing the electronic music set for his next international DJ gig.What started nearly two decades ago as a novel way to fundraise for the

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AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa | AP News

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa | AP News

Nov. 3–9, 2023Germany commemorated the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the state opening of Parliament took place in London, and marches in solidarity with Palestinians took place in Nairobi and southern Turkey. In sports, Champions League football took place in Paris and Munich.This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past

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Australia offers to help Tuvalu residents escape rising seas and other ravages of climate change | AP News

Australia offers to help Tuvalu residents escape rising seas and other ravages of climate change | AP News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia on Friday offered the island nation of Tuvalu a lifeline to help residents escape the rising seas and increased storms brought by climate change. At a meeting of Pacific leaders in the Cook Islands, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a plan that will initially allow up to 280

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Top US and Indian diplomats and defense chiefs discuss Indo-Pacific issues and Israel-Hamas war | AP News

Top US and Indian diplomats and defense chiefs discuss Indo-Pacific issues and Israel-Hamas war | AP News

NEW DELHI (AP) — Top diplomats and defense chiefs from India and the United States met Friday focusing on security issues involving the Indo-Pacific, China and the Israel-Hamas war.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. and India have a strong partnership and would discuss matters with implications for the future.“The future is now,”

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The Philippines and China report a new maritime confrontation near a contested South China Sea shoal | AP News

The Philippines and China report a new maritime confrontation near a contested South China Sea shoal | AP News

MANILA (AP) — Chinese and Philippine vessels engaged in a new confrontation in the South China Sea on Friday, with Manila charging that a Chinese coast guard ship and accompanying vessels conducted dangerous maneuvers and blasted a Philippine supply ship with a water cannon in disputed waters.China responded that it acted appropriately under maritime law

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Žofre: Planom rasta se ubrzava proces reformi i pristupanja EU

Žofre: Planom rasta se ubrzava proces reformi i pristupanja EU

Politika | 09.11.2023 | access_time 20:30 BETAPHOTO/Ministarstvo kulture/GORAN ZLATKOVIC Šef delegacije Evropske unije u Srbiji Emanuele Žofre izjavio je danas da je Plan rasta za Zapadni Balkan jedan od načina za ubrzavanje reformi i procesa pristupanja Uniji.”Plan rasta za Zapadni Balkan jedan od načina za ubrzavanje reformi i procesa pristupanja kako bi se smanjio ekonomski

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Jewish refugees from Israel find comfort and companionship in a countryside camp in Hungary | AP News

Jewish refugees from Israel find comfort and companionship in a countryside camp in Hungary | AP News

BALATONOSZOD, Hungary (AP) — Zusha Pletnyov left his home in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk in 2014, when Russian-backed rebels seized large swaths of eastern Ukraine. After living some years in the capital, Kyiv, he fled again to Israel when Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February of last year. An observant Jew, Pletnyov

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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen raises a storm over her plan to march against antisemitism | AP News

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen raises a storm over her plan to march against antisemitism | AP News

PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has set off a cacophony of criticism over her plans to attend a weekend march to protest rising antisemitism in France, with critics saying that her once-pariah party has failed to shake off its antisemitic heritage despite growing political legitimacy.Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, numerous political parties

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