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Davi Kopenawa, a Yanomami shaman, listens to reporters' questions during a press conference after his meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Kopenawa, a Yanomami shaman, said he came to the Vatican at Francis’ invitation to brief him on the plight of the Yanomami and the Amazon, where deforestation surged to a 15-year high during the previous administration of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Brazil’s Yanomami leader asks the Pope to support President Lula in reversing damage to the Amazon

Pope Francis has met with a leader of Brazil’s Yanomami people. The shaman, Davi Kopenawa, says he asked for papal backing for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s efforts to reverse decades of exploitation of the Amazon and better protect its indigenous peoples.

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, shakes hands with Swiss President Ignazio Cassis in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 20, 2022. Switzerland's government said Wednesday April 10, 2024 it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, in hopes that Russia might join in the peace process one day. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Switzerland will host a Ukraine peace conference in June and hopes Russia can join one day

Members of the Siberian Battalion, which was formed mostly of volunteer Russian citizens, of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' International Legion, practice during military exercises, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

A Russian attack on a Ukrainian village kills a 14-year-old girl and two others, officials say

European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson, is embraced after Members of European Parliament participated in a series of votes during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Lawmakers are voting Wednesday on a major revamp of the European Union's migration laws aiming to end years of division over how to manage the entry of thousands of people without authorization and deprive the far-right of a vote-winning campaign issue ahead of June elections. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

EU lawmakers approve an overhaul of migration law, hoping to deprive the far right of votes

Amanda Knox speaks at a Criminal Justice Festival at the University of Modena, Italy, Saturday, June 15, 2019. Knox faces yet another trial for slander in a case that could remove the last remaining guilty verdict against her nine years after Italy's highest court definitively threw out her conviction for the murder of her 21-year-old British roommate, Meredith Kercher. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

What to know about the latest trial involving Amanda Knox

Russia puts more Kremlin critics on a wanted list as its crackdown on dissent reaches new levels

Russian authorities have put more Kremlin critics on a wanted list as its crackdown against dissent reaches unprecedented levels since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine more than two years ago.

This undated still image taken from video posted on pro-Kremlin media sites appears to show Wilmer Puello-Mota in a military enlistment office in Siberia. Puello-Mota, a U.S. Air Force veteran and former elected official in Massachusetts who fled the U.S. after being charged with possessing sexually explicit images of a child, told his lawyer he joined Russia’s army. (AP Photo)

US military veteran accused of having explicit images of a child apparently joined Russian army

A U.S. Air Force veteran who fled a charge of possessing sexually explicit images of a child told his lawyer he joined Russia’s army.

This picture made available by the Italian Fire Brigades on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, shows the rescue operations inside the Enel Green Power hydroelectric plant of the Suviana Dam, some 70 kilometers southwest of Bologna, northern Italy on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Search and rescue operations were still underway on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at a decades-old hydroelectric plant after a devastating blast a day before killed at least three workers, injured five, and left four missing. (Italian Fire Brigades via AP, HO)

Four are still missing as hopes fade after a deadly explosion at an Italian hydroelectric plant

Search and rescue operations have resumed at a hydroelectric plant close to the northern Italian city of Bologna, a day after a devastating blast killed at least three workers, injured five and left four missing.

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2008 Amanda Knox, center, is escorted by Italian penitentiary police officers to Perugia's court. Amanda Knox faces yet another trial for slander in a case that could remove the last remaining guilty verdict against her nine years after Italy's highest court definitively threw out her conviction for the murder of her 21-year-old British roommate, Meredith Kercher. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)

Italy opens new slander trial against Amanda Knox. She was exonerated 9 years ago in friend’s murder

Amanda Knox is back on trial for slander for wrongly accusing a Congolese man of murdering her roommate while the young women were exchange students in Italy.

In this image taken from a video released by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, an air-view of the flooded area in the Orenburg region, Russia. State media say Russia's government has declared the situation in flood-hit areas in the Orenburg region a federal emergency. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)

Water levels rise and homes flood in Russia after a dam bursts near the Kazakhstan border

Russian officials are scrambling to help homeowners displaced by floods, as water levels have risen in the Ural River.

At least 1 critically injured in explosion and fire at French oil products factory

French authorities say an explosion and fire hit a French factory that treats dangerous substances. One person was critically injured.

3 girls found dead and 16 rescued after a boat carrying migrants is lost near a Greek island

Rescuers on the eastern Greek island of Chios have recovered the bodies of three girls who died after a boat carrying migrants from nearby Turkey hit rocks.

The imam leads the morning prayers at the historic Yeni Cami, or New Mosque, in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Eid prayers were held in the historic former mosque in northern Greece for the first time in 100 years. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Eid prayers held in a historic former mosque in northern Greece for the first time in 100 years

A building in the Greek city of Thessaloniki that was originally erected for a community of Jewish converts to Islam is being used for mass prayers during the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday.

FILE - Russian businessman and co-founder of Alfa-Group Mikhail Fridman attends a conference of the Israel Keren Hayesod foundation in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Russian businessmen Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven won a court case Wednesday against a European Union’s decision to sanction the pair for their role in Russia’s war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

2 Russian businessmen linked to Alfa Group win court case over EU sanctions

Russian businessmen Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven won a court case Wednesday over a European Union decision to sanction them for their alleged role in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

This photo provided by Mattel shows the new version of the board game Scrabble, that includes a new version called Scrabble Together. Mattel has unveiled a double-sided board that features both the classic word-building game and Scrabble Together, a new rendition aimed at making Scrabble more accessible “for anyone who finds word games intimidating." (Mattel via AP)

A new version of Scrabble aims to make the word-building game more accessible

Scrabble is getting a bit of a makeover, at least in Europe. Mattel has unveiled a double-sided board that features both the classic word-building game and Scrabble Together, a new rendition aimed at making Scrabble more accessible.

Spanish parliament will consider a bill to grant residency to undocumented immigrants

Spain’s parliament has agreed to consider a proposal that could grant residency and work permits to hundreds of thousands of foreigners living in Spain without proper documentation.

FILE - Lilia Chanysheva stands in a cage during a hearing in a courtroom of the Kirovskiy District Court in Ufa, Russia, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. A court in Russia on Tuesday added two more years to a 7 1/2 year prison term of Chanysheva, a former associate of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the latest step in the Kremlin's yearslong crackdown on dissent. (AP Photo)

A court in Russia adds 2 more years to the prison term of Navalny’s associate

A court in Russia has added two more years to the 7 1/2 year prison term for a former associate of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the latest step in the Kremlin’s yearslong crackdown on dissent.

FILE - Ales Bialiatski, the head of Belarusian Viasna rights group, stands in a defendants' cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus, on Nov. 2, 2011. In an open letter, 27 Nobel laureates have demanded the release of all political prisoners in Belarus including Ales Bialiatski, the winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel laureates said the situation in Belarus is a “humanitarian catastrophe” and called for an immediate end to political repression in the country of 9.5 million people. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

Nobel laureate Bialiatski’s condition worsens after 1,000 days in Belarusian prison, his wife says

The wife of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski says she’s increasingly worried about his worsening condition as he marks his 1,000th day in prison.

Emergency personnel work at the scene of an explosion occurred at the hydroelectric plant at the Suviana Dam, Italy, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Italian media are reporting that an explosion at a hydroelectric plant Tuesday in the Apennine Mountains south of Bologna has left at least three people dead and another six reported missing. The explosion occurred at the hydroelectric plant at the Suviana Dam, some 70 kilometers southwest of Bologna. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

At least 3 dead and 4 missing in an explosion at a hydroelectric plant in Italy

Italian officials say an explosion at a hydroelectric plant has killed at least three people and another four are missing.

FILE - Young campaigners protesting wind farms block one of the entrances to The Prime Minister's Office in Oslo, Norway, Friday, June 2, 2023. A group of 18 activists that were charged for not paying the fines they were given when they blocked several entrances to Norwegian government offices in 2023 over a wind farm that they say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer, were Tuesday, April 9 2024, acquitted by an Oslo court. (Lise Aserud /NTB Scanpix via AP, File)

Norwegian court finds police acted unreasonably in fining activists who blocked government buildings

A Norwegian court has ruled that police acted unreasonably when they fined 18 activists for blocking entrances to government buildings last year, and acquitted the activists of charges of failing to pay the fines.

3 Russians given long sentences for murders described as satanic ritual killings

Russia’s Investigative Committee says a court has sentenced three people to up to life in prison for leading people into the woods of northern Russia and murdering them in what were described as satanic rituals.

The new Prime Minister of Ireland, Simon Harris gestures as he is applauded by fellow lawmakers outside Leinster House, in Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Harris was selected after the previous Prime Minister Leo Varadkar resigned, he is the youngest ever Prime Minister of Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Simon Harris is installed as Ireland’s new prime minister. He’s the country’s youngest leader

Irish lawmaker Simon Harris has been elected prime minister by a vote in parliament. At 37, he’s the country’s youngest-ever leader.

People pay respect at the coffins of Ukrainian servicemen Serhiy Konoval and Taras Petrushun, who were killed in a battle with the Russian troops, during the funeral ceremony in Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

UN atomic watchdog says the status of Russian-occupied Ukraine nuclear plant is ‘extremely serious’

The U.N.’s atomic watchdog says an explosion caused by an alleged drone attack at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine poses no direct threat to its safety.

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic shake hands during a joint statement before a working dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, April 8, 2024. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool via AP)

Serbia says it’s close to a deal to buy French-made fighter jets. That would be a shift from Russia

Serbian president says his country is close to signing a deal on the purchase of 12 French Rafale multi-purpose fighter jets in what would mark a shift from its traditional arms supplier Russia.

Norway’s top authority revokes a decision by a city to only take Ukrainian refugees

A top authority in Norway has revoked a decision by a city council to only take Ukrainian refugees and not others, saying it was contrary to the Norwegian Constitution and the Scandinavian country’s discrimination laws.

FILE - In this picture provided by Swedish Coast Guard, a leak from Nord Stream 2 is seen, on Sept. 28, 2022. Six northern Europe countries bordering the North Sea have signed an agreement to work together to protect underwater infrastructure in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean. The move comes after the yet unsolved 2022 explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. (Swedish Coast Guard via AP, File)

6 northern European nations sign a deal to protect North Sea infrastructure from hostile actors

Six northern Europe countries bordering the North Sea have signed an agreement to work together to protect underwater infrastructure in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean from an increased risk of sabotage.

Dimitar Glavchev, new Bulgarian Prime Minister of the interim government, seen during a ceremony at the Council of Ministers building in Sofia, Bulgaria, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Bulgaria's parliament on Tuesday formally approved an interim government, to run the EU member country until snap parliamentary and regular European Parliament elections on June 9. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Bulgarian parliament formally approves caretaker government to run country until June 9 elections

Bulgaria’s parliament has formally approved an interim government to run the EU member country until snap parliamentary and regular European Parliament elections on June 9.

Portugal's Catarina dos Santos Mota, center, attends the session at the European Court of Human Rights Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Europe's highest human rights court will rule Tuesday on a group of landmark climate change cases aimed at forcing countries to meet international obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The European Court of Human Rights will hand down decisions in a trio of cases brought by a French mayor, six Portuguese youngsters and more than 2,000 elderly Swiss women who say their governments are not doing enough to combat climate change. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Verdict saying Switzerland violated rights by failing on climate action could ripple across Europe

Europe’s highest human rights court has ruled that its member nations must better protect their citizens from the consequences of climate change.

Italy’s police arrest a Tajik man suspected of Islamic State membership at Rome airport

Police have arrested a Tajik national accused of being an active member of the Islamic State group. The man, identified only as S.I. was nabbed after he landed at Rome’s international airport on a flight from the Netherlands.

Georgia’s governing party tries again to pass widely criticized foreign-agent law

The governing party in the country of Georgia has submitted to parliament a draft law calling for media and non-commercial organizations to register as being under foreign influence if they receive more than 20% of their budget from abroad.

German Army Chief Lt. Gen. Alfons Mais listens to a question during a media joint conference with Lithuanian Chief of Defence Gen. Valdemaras Rupsys and Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas as members of the Headquarters initial command element of the Bundeswehr's 45th Brigade Lithuania arrival by plane at a airport in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, April 8, 2024. Germany has made a commitment to deploy a heavy brigade with three maneuver battalions and all necessary enablers, including combat support and provision units, to Lithuania. In total, approx. 5 thousand German military and civilian personnel are expected to move to Lithuania with families in stationing the Brigade. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

German troops arrive in Lithuania, their first long-term foreign deployment since World War II

Lithuanian leaders have hailed a “historic event” as Germany began deploying troops in the Baltic country — a NATO member — the first time since World War II that German forces will be based outside the country on a long-term basis.

Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides, left, meets with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the government headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 8, 2024. Christodoulides' visit to Beirut comes after he asked the European Union last week to intervene with Lebanese authorities to stop boatloads of Syrian refugees from heading to the east Mediterranean island nation. Lebanon's caretaker prime minister asked Southern European countries along the Mediterranean Sea to pressure the European Union to help Lebanon deport undocumented migrants. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Cyprus president and Lebanese caretaker premier urge EU financial aid to curb migration from Lebanon

The Lebanese caretaker prime minister and the Cypriot president are calling on the European Union to provide financial support to help cash-strapped Lebanon stop migrants from reaching European shores.

Greece will set up a national shelter network in response to woman’s slaying outside police station

Greece’s minister in charge of police has announced plans to set up a nationwide network of domestic violence shelters, days after the fatal stabbing of a woman outside a police station.

An espionage scandal rocks Austria, laying bare alleged Russian spying operations across Europe

Austria faces its biggest espionage scandal in decades as the arrest of a former intelligence officer brings to light evidence of extensive Russian infiltration, lax official oversight and behavior worthy of a spy novel.

ADDS SECOND SENTENCE. FILE - Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont speaks at a press conference in Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, Oct. 4, 2021. Puigdemont says that he will return to Spain for the first time since leading a failed 2017 breakaway bid if he has a viable chance to be restored as regional president following upcoming elections. Puigdemont is still a wanted man in Spain and hoping that a contentious amnesty bill that was crafted by Spain’s left-wing government to clear him and hundreds of other supporters successfully makes it through the Madrid parliament in the coming months. (AP Photo/Gloria Calvi, File)

Spain court calls on fugitive Catalan secessionist Carles Puigdemont to testify in terrorism probe

Spain’s Supreme Court has called on fugitive former Catalonia President and separatist chief Carles Puigdemont to testify as a defendant in a terrorism investigation over protests linked to the region’s failed 2017 independence referendum.

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

EU Red Sea navy mission commander hopes for more ships to repel Houthi attacks

The commander of a European Union naval mission in the Red Sea wants to significantly increase its size to better defend against attacks by Houthi rebels.

FILE - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk talks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House after meeting with President Joe Biden Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Washington. Poland’s local and regional elections on the weekend failed to give Prime Minister Donald Tusk the sweeping victory he had hoped for. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Tusk fails to win decisive victory in local elections, complicating his efforts to remake Poland

Poland’s local and regional elections on the weekend have failed to give Prime Minister Donald Tusk the sweeping victory he had sought.

FILE - Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron, left, meets with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., for discussions on the war in Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is expected to urge U.S. lawmakers to approve a new package of aid for Ukraine when he visits Washington this week, warning Congress that it is putting the security of the West at risk by continuing to hold up the funding. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

UK Foreign Secretary to urge US speaker to back help for Ukraine

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is expected to urge U.S. lawmakers to approve a new package of aid for Ukraine when he visits Washington this week, warning Congress that it is putting the security of the West at risk by continuing to hold up the funding.

Sweden expels a Chinese journalist, calling her a threat to national security, report says

Sweden has expelled a Chinese journalist, saying the reporter was a threat to national security. Swedish broadcaster SVT reported Monday that a 57-year-old woman was arrested by the Swedish security service in October and expelled by the government in Stockholm last week.

FILE - The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir after the dam collapse, in Energodar, Russian-occupied Ukraine, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Officials at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant said that the site was attacked Sunday April 7, 2024, by Ukrainian military drones, including a strike on the dome of the plant’s sixth power unit. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

Ukraine and Russia trade fresh accusations of targeting a major nuclear power plant

Russia and Ukraine are trading fresh accusations over renewed threats to Europe’s largest nuclear plant that has been caught up in the war.