Exasperated residents flee Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan seizes control of breakaway region | AP News

Exasperated residents flee Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan seizes control of breakaway region | AP News

GORIS, Armenia (AP) — Ruzan Israyelyan and her children spent days walking through forests in Nagorno-Karabakh and hiding from Azerbaijani drones as they fled for Armenia following Azerbaijan’s blitz offensive to reclaim control of the breakaway region.A truck in the convoy of thousands of refugees carried the bodies of Israyelyan’s husband, brother and uncle for

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The UK’s hardline immigration chief says international rules make it too easy to seek asylum | AP News

The UK’s hardline immigration chief says international rules make it too easy to seek asylum | AP News

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s immigration minister argued Tuesday that international refugee rules must be rewritten to reduce the number of people entitled to protection, as the Conservative government seeks international support for its tough stance on unauthorized migration.Home Secretary Suella Braverman said people who faced discrimination for their gender or sexuality should not be granted

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Job alert! Paris Olympics are looking for cooks, security guards and others to fill 16,000 vacancies | AP News

Job alert! Paris Olympics are looking for cooks, security guards and others to fill 16,000 vacancies | AP News

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Paris Olympics organizers and their partners set up a giant job fair on Tuesday meant to help fill about 16,000 vacancies in key sectors including catering, security, transport and cleaning, 10 months before the opening of the Games.About 50 companies are now recruiting in various fields to be able to welcome

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US sanctions 9 tied to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel and leader of Colombia’s Clan del Golfo | AP News

US sanctions 9 tied to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel and leader of Colombia’s Clan del Golfo | AP News

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury has announced sanctions against nine affiliates of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug trafficking cartel, as well as the current leader of Colombia’s powerful Clan del Golfo criminal enterprise.The Office of Foreign Assets Control designated all 10 for their roles in drug trafficking, meaning any of their assets in the United

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Swiss indict a former employee of trading firm Gunvor over bribes paid in Republic of Congo | AP News

Swiss indict a former employee of trading firm Gunvor over bribes paid in Republic of Congo | AP News

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss federal prosecutors on Tuesday said they have indicted a former employee of oil trading giant Gunvor over bribes paid to obtain access to the Republic of Congo’s petroleum market more than a decade ago.The attorney general’s office says the indictment follows an eight-year investigation, during which the company itself was ordered

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Canada’s government calls on House speaker to resign over inviting a man who fought for a Nazi unit | AP News

Canada’s government calls on House speaker to resign over inviting a man who fought for a Nazi unit | AP News

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ‘s government urged the speaker of the House of Commons to resign Tuesday for inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II to attend a speech by the Ukrainian president. Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an address in the

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UEFA moves toward partially reintegrating Russian teams and match officials into European soccer | AP News

UEFA moves toward partially reintegrating Russian teams and match officials into European soccer | AP News

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA made two moves toward partially reintegrating Russia into European soccer on Tuesday despite the ongoing war in Ukraine.The European soccer governing body decided to try reintroducing Russian under-17 teams into its competitions this season. That’s an easing of a blanket ban on national and club teams from international play imposed

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Leader of Spain’s conservative tries to form government and slams alleged amnesty talks for Catalans | AP News

Leader of Spain’s conservative tries to form government and slams alleged amnesty talks for Catalans | AP News

MADRID (AP) — The leader of Spain’s conservatives tried to convince lawmakers on Tuesday to let him form the country’s new government, a green light he wasn’t expected to get during two rounds of voting in the Spanish parliament later this week.Alberto Núñez Feijóo spent a good part of his nearly two-hour speech attacking Acting

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