One year after protests shook China, participants ponder the meaning of the brief flare of defiance | AP News

One year after protests shook China, participants ponder the meaning of the brief flare of defiance | AP News

BEIJING (AP) — A year ago, Li Houchen was on the streets of Shanghai, hollering “Freedom!” to protest China’s harsh “zero COVID” policy and growing authoritarianism.He was one of thousands of people demonstrating across China in what came to be called the White Paper movement, after the blank sheets of paper protesters used to represent

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Peru’s top prosecutor blames President Boluarte for deaths of protesters as political crisis deepens | AP News

Peru’s top prosecutor blames President Boluarte for deaths of protesters as political crisis deepens | AP News

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s attorney general on Monday blamed President Dina Boluarte and her prime minister for the deaths of “several” anti-government protesters earlier this year, and charged them with first-degree murder before the nation’s congress in a procedure known as a “constitutional complaint.”A congressional committee must now review the complaint, which could lead

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US closes border crossing to vehicles and limits traffic at another in response to illegal entries | AP News

US closes border crossing to vehicles and limits traffic at another in response to illegal entries | AP News

PHOENIX (AP) — A Texas border crossing was closed to vehicles Monday, and traffic at an Arizona crossing was limited to shift more resources to illegal entries, U.S. authorities said in the latest sign of how fast-changing migration routes are challenging the government to keep up.Customs and Border Protection said it was closing one of

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Niger’s junta revokes key law that slowed migration for Africans desperate to reach Europe | AP News

Niger’s junta revokes key law that slowed migration for Africans desperate to reach Europe | AP News

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s junta has signed a decree revoking a 2015 law that was enacted to curb the smuggling of migrants traveling from African countries through a key migration route in Niger en route to Europe, according to a government circular issued on Monday.“The convictions pronounced pursuant to said law and their effects

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As Mexico marks conservation day, advocates say it takes too long to list vulnerable species | AP News

As Mexico marks conservation day, advocates say it takes too long to list vulnerable species | AP News

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Residents of Mexico’s Caribbean reef island of Banco Chinchorro near Belize have hunted the meat and salmon-pink shells of queen conch for generations. As populations have shrunk in recent decades, Mexico has enforced limits and bans on catching the shellfish.The species has continued to decline despite these measures, which included a

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Argentina’s right-wing president-elect to meet with a top Biden adviser | AP News

Argentina’s right-wing president-elect to meet with a top Biden adviser | AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Argentina’s right-wing President-elect Javier Milei will meet with President Joe Biden’s national security adviser on Tuesday in Washington, according to the White House.National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Monday that Milei will meet with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and other administration officials. Biden, who will be

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Diplomatic spat over the Parthenon Marbles scuttles meeting of British and Greek leaders | AP News

Diplomatic spat over the Parthenon Marbles scuttles meeting of British and Greek leaders | AP News

LONDON (AP) — A diplomatic spat erupted Monday between Greece and Britain after the U.K. canceled a planned meeting of their prime ministers, prompting the Greek premier to accuse his British counterpart of trying to avoid discussing the contested Parthenon Marbles.Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is visiting London and had been expected to meet British

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