3 children and a woman injured in Ireland in a suspected stabbing. A person was taken into custody | AP News

3 children and a woman injured in Ireland in a suspected stabbing. A person was taken into custody | AP News

LONDON (AP) — Three young children and a woman were injured Thursday in Dublin’s city center in what Irish police have termed “a serious public order incident.”A man also suffered injuries during the violence, which took place outside a school shortly after 1:30 p.m. Citing witnesses at the scene, Irish media said some of the

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Sunak is under pressure to act as the UK’s net migration figures for 2022 hit a record high | AP News

Sunak is under pressure to act as the UK’s net migration figures for 2022 hit a record high | AP News

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced heavy pressure from his own Conservatives to take swift action to bring down migration, as new data published Thursday showed net migration numbers were higher than previously thought.The Office for National Statistics revised its estimates for net migration to the U.K. — meaning the number of

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German police arrest two men accused of smuggling as many as 200 migrants into the European Union | AP News

German police arrest two men accused of smuggling as many as 200 migrants into the European Union | AP News

BERLIN (AP) — German police arrested two men Thursday following raids targeting organized migrant smuggling in the country’s capital and the northern state of Lower Saxony. About 260 officers took part in the raids and searches at eight properties in Lower Saxony and another six in Berlin. The suspects are accused of smuggling more than

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Armenia’s leader snubs meeting of Russia-dominated security grouping over a rift with the Kremlin | AP News

Armenia’s leader snubs meeting of Russia-dominated security grouping over a rift with the Kremlin | AP News

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian-dominated security grouping held a summit in Belarus on Thursday with the absence of one of its members, Armenia, which has been irked by what it sees as a lack of support over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.Speaking at the meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, CSTO, Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed

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Slovakia’s government signs a memorandum with China’s Gotion High-Tech to build a car battery plant | AP News

Slovakia’s government signs a memorandum with China’s Gotion High-Tech to build a car battery plant | AP News

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The Slovak government signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday with Chinese electric vehicle battery maker Gotion High-Tech and its local partner, InoBat, to build a car battery plant in Slovakia.The two companies formed Gotion InoBat Batteries, a Chinese-Slovak venture to build the plant in the town of Surany, about 100

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Gaza has become a moonscape in war | AP News

Gaza has become a moonscape in war | AP News

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military offensive has turned much of northern Gaza into an uninhabitable moonscape. Whole neighborhoods have been erased. Homes, schools and hospitals have been blasted by airstrikes and scorched by tank fire. Some buildings are still standing, but most are battered shells.Nearly 1 million Palestinians have fled the north, including its urban

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On the cusp of global climate talks, UN chief Guterres visits crucial Antarctica | AP News

On the cusp of global climate talks, UN chief Guterres visits crucial Antarctica | AP News

KING GEORGE ISLAND, Antarctica (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived Thursday at the bottom of the world on the cusp of international climate talks at COP28. He has previously said the world must slash carbon emissions to prevent this delicate environment from melting. Warming air and ocean temperatures are causing Antarctic ice to

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Israel and Ukraine could face each other in a playoff final for a spot at soccer’s Euro 2024 | AP News

Israel and Ukraine could face each other in a playoff final for a spot at soccer’s Euro 2024 | AP News

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Israel and Ukraine, two countries currently fighting wars, could face each other for a spot at next year’s European Championship.The two national teams were put on the same qualifying path in Thursday’s playoff draw, with a possible deciding match in March.Israel was paired with Iceland, while Ukraine will face Bosnia-Herzegovina in

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