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Ukraine's utilities threatened by Russian federation in war's new phase

Russian federation has declared its intention to increment its targeting of Ukraine'southward ability, h2o and other vital infrastructure in its latest phase of the almost eight-month-old war

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FILE - A firefighter looks at a part of a wall falling from the residential building that was heavily damaged after a Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. Russia has declared its intention to increase its targeting of Ukraine's power, water and other vital infrastructure in its latest phase of the nearly 8-month-old war. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Truss faces clamor to quit amid UK authorities chaos

U.Thou. Prime Minister Liz Truss is hanging on to power past a thread subsequently a senior minister quit her government and a vote in the House of Eatables descended into chaos and acrimony

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In this grab taken from video from the House of Commons, Prime Minister Liz Truss speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London, Wednesday Oct. 19, 2022. (House of Commons/PA via AP)

Jewish settlers pepper spray Israeli soldiers in Due west Bank

The Israeli military says Jewish settlers stormed through a Palestinian town in the occupied W Bank throwing stones at Palestinian cars and using pepper spray on troops trying to disperse the settlers

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Fleeing Xi's China, journalist makes fresh start abroad

Chinese investigative journalist Wang Zhi'an once exposed corruption, land seizures, and medical malpractice for land broadcaster CCTV

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Wang Zhi'an speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2022. Chinese investigative journalist Wang once exposed corruption, land seizures, and medical malpractice for state broadcaster CCTV. Today, he's in exile in Japan, and starting again as an independent journalist on YouTube. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Fleeing Eleven'southward China, journalist makes fresh start abroad

Wang Zhi'an once exposed abuse, land seizures, and medical malpractice.

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Australia drops recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's majuscule

Australia has reversed a previous government's recognition of west Jerusalem equally Israel'due south capital

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In this image taken from video, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks during a press conference, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Canberra, Australia. Wong announced Australia has reversed a previous government's recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital. (Australia Pool via AP)

Malaysia election set for Nov. 19 amid fear of floods

Malaysia's national elections accept been fix for Nov. 19 amongst concerns that heavy rain and floods during the yr-end monsoon season may deter voters

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Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim speaks during a press conference at his party headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Anwar says he is optimistic that his opposition alliance is able to strive for a simple majority in general elections expected to be held next month. (AP Photo/Eileen Ng)

Nippon's imports, exports airship on energy costs, inexpensive yen

Japan has marked a trade deficit for the 14th month in a row, with exports and imports ballooning to record highs as the declining value of the yen added to the soaring costs of imported energy, food and other appurtenances

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Cars wait to be exported at Yokohama port, near Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2020. Japan marked a trade deficit for the 14th month in a row, government data showed Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 with exports and imports ballooning to record highs, as the declining value of the yen added to the soaring costs of imported energy, food and other goods. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Russian federation asks Philippines to honor helicopter purchase deal

Russia wants the Philippine government to award a signed contract to purchase sixteen military heavy-lift helicopters, which the administration of onetime President Rodrigo Duterte had cancelled due to fears of possible U.S. sanctions

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FILE - In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine then President Rodrigo Duterte meets cabinet officials at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on March 7, 2022. Russia wants the Philippine government to honor a signed contract to purchase 16 military heavy-lift helicopters, which the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte had cancelled due to fears of possible U.S. sanctions. (King Rodriguez/Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP, File)

New Zealand farmers hit streets to protestation moo-cow-burp taxation plan

Farmers across New Zealand have taken to the streets in their tractors to protestation government plans to tax moo-cow burps and other greenhouse gas emissions, although the rallies were smaller than expected

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A tractor drives down Queen street in central Auckland during a protest on climate change proposals to make New Zealand farmers pay for greenhouse gas emissions, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. New Zealand farmers drove their tractors to towns around New Zealand on Thursday in protest at a proposed new tax on cow burps and other farm greenhouse gas emissions. (Dean Purcell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Rescuers free humpback whale entangled in buoy

Rescuers helped cut loose a humpback whale that got caught in the ropes of a large beacon off the coast of British Columbia.

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VIDEO: Rescuers free humpback whale entangled in buoy

China party congress offers look at hereafter leaders

Xi Jinping is primed to receive a third five-year term as head of Mainland china'south ruling Communist Party on Lord's day

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is flanked by Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Yang, left, and President Xi Jinping as he speaks during the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China's ruling Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. While Xi is primed to receive a third five-year term as head of China's ruling Communist Party at this week's congress, new members of the party's leading bodies are expected to be appointed at the meeting, whose proceedings are mainly held behind closed doors. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Blasts kill at least 8 at Myanmar'southward Insein Prison

A bombing near the front gate of Myanmar'southward main prison for political detainees has killed at least 8 people, including visitors and prison personnel

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In this photo provided by the Military True News Information Team, a parcel-reception location at the entrance of the Insein prison sits damaged after an explosion Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in Yangon, Myanmar. A bombing on Wednesday near the front gate of Myanmar's main prison for political detainees killed a number people, including visitors and prison personnel, local media and the government said. (Military True News Information Team via AP)

Norwegian airdrome briefly closed afterwards drone spotted

Kingdom of norway's domestic security agency is taking over investigations of drone sightings nearly key infrastructure sites after the airdrome in the country'south second-largest city briefly closed due to expanse residents spotting at least one drone nearby

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A view of the air traffic control tower at Flesland Airport as a small propeller plane flies in background, in Bergen, Norway, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Authorities say the airport in Norway's second-largest city has briefly closed after at least one drone was spotted nearby by area residents. A police spokesman said the first drone sighting at Bergen Airport was reported at 4:15 a.m. on Wednesday. (Marit Hommedal/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Cambodian court convicts opposition leader of land giveaway

A court in Cambodia has convicted opposition leader Sam Rainsy in absentia of planning to sacrifice national land to a foreign entity and sentenced him to life in prison

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FILE - Cambodia's exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy talks to the media upon arrival at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia on Nov. 14, 2019. A court in Cambodia on Wednesday convicted Rainsy in absentia of planning to cede national land to a foreign entity and sentenced him to life in prison, a punishment that is mostly symbolic since the government has blocked his return home several times. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)

3 Venezuelan migrants killed in United mexican states highway accident

Iii Venezuelan migrants are expressionless and v other migrants have been injured in a van blow in southern Mexico

October 19

UK PM Truss vows to stay, but is on brink every bit minister quits

The government of British Prime Minister Liz Truss is teetering on the verge of collapse, simply hours after she vowed to go on governing

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Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Putin adds martial law in Ukraine regions, limits in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin doubled down Midweek on his faltering invasion of Ukraine with a annunciation of martial law in iv illegally annexed regions and preparations within Russia for draconian new restrictions and crackdowns

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Ukrainian servicemen exhume a body in the recently retaken village of Shandryholove, the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

Putin declares martial police in 4 Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine

Adm. Robert Harward, former deputy commander for U.Southward. Primal Control, provides analysis of the latest moves by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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VIDEO: Putin declares martial law in 4 Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine

United mexican states activists file Hague case over disappearances

Mexican activists have filed a criminal complaint at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, arguing authorities cooperated with or allowed drug cartels to abduct people who were never seen once again

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FILE - Members of the Solecito Collective who are seeking their missing loved ones look for signs of clandestine graves inside a municipal dump in the port city of Veracruz, Mexico, March 11, 2019. Mexican activists filed a criminal complaint Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, arguing authorities cooperated with or allowed drug cartels to abduct people who were never seen again. The case involves hundreds of people who disappeared in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz between 2010 and 2016. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)

Israel: Forces kill Palestinian who shot expressionless female soldier

State of israel's prime government minister says a Palestinian gunman who killed an Israeli soldier earlier this month was shot dead by security forces after opening fire at a security guard at a West Bank settlement almost Jerusalem

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Israeli border police officers patrol next to the scene of a shooting attack outside the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, in the West Bank, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Israeli police say security guards shot dead a Palestinian attacker after he opened fire at them east of Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Putin tightens grip on Ukraine and Russia with martial constabulary

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared martial police in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed

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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Samara Region Governor Dmitry Azarov during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Berlusconi says Russia'due south Putin gifted him vodka, sugariness note

Berlusconi has a longtime friendship with Vladimir Putin.

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Silvio Berlusconi is mobbed by press as he leaves a reunion to decide the group leaders of at the Lower Chamber, in Rome, Tuesday, Oct.18, 2022. ( Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Un genocide official: Detest speech is fueling Ethiopia'south war

A Un official is urging tech companies to do everything possible to stop the onslaught of hate speech fueling the war in Federal democratic republic of ethiopia'due south north, where a trigger-happy state of war pits federal troops and their allies against Tigray's rebellious leaders

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EU leaders united against Russia, divided over free energy summit

European Union leaders head into Thursday'due south free energy peak looking for joint measures to contain an energy crisis that has already dented their economy and threatens to spread more hardship this winter

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen waits for the start of a Tripartite Social Summit at the EU Council building in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct 19, 2022. European Union leaders enter a crucial stretch this week to make sure runaway energy prices and short supplies do not further weaken their struggling economies and foment unrest. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Great britain: Protester calls set on at Chinese Consulate 'barbaric'

A Hong Kong protester has described getting pulled into the Chinese Consulate in Manchester, England, and beaten upwards past several staff members

October 19

Hong Kong protester Bob Chan, who alleged he was dragged into the Chinese Consulate in Manchester and beaten up during a demonstration, looks on as he attends a news conference, in London, Wednesday, Oct. 19 2022. China's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday its diplomatic missions abroad have the right to "take necessary measures" to maintain security after British police opened an investigation into the assault of Chan. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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EU awards top human rights prize to the people of Ukraine

The people of Ukraine and their representatives have been awarded the European union'south top human rights prize for their resistance to the Russia's invasion and ongoing war

October 19

People sit in the Kyiv subway, using it as a bomb shelter, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Brazil's Lula issues alphabetic character to evangelicals to abate concern

Brazil'due south quondam President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has published an open alphabetic character to evangelicals aimed at countering claims he would persecute their faith

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Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, meets with leaders of evangelical churches in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Brazil's presidential runoff election is on Oct. 30. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Macron's regime decides to pass budget without vote

French President Emmanuel Macron's government says it plans to use a special ramble dominance to force the nib for next year's budget through the National Associates without a vote

October 19

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a visit for the commemorative century exposition of the opening of the Grande Mosque of Paris, in Paris, Wednesday Oct. 19, 2022. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)

Macron'due south government decides to pass budget without vote

French President Emmanuel Macron's government says it plans to use a special ramble authority to strength the bill for adjacent twelvemonth's upkeep through the National Associates without a vote

October 19

Energy bureau: CO2 emissions rise in 2022, only more slowly

The International Energy Agency said Wednesday that it expects carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels to ascension once more this twelvemonth, but by much less than in 2021 due to the growth in renewable power and electric cars

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FILE - A flock of sheep graze in front of a coal-fired power plant at the Garzweiler open-cast coal mine near Luetzerath, western Germany, Oct. 16, 2022. The International Energy Agency said Wednesday, Oct. 19, that it expects carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels to rise again this year, but by much less than in 2021 due to the growth in renewable power and electric cars. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Europe fears US climate act will tip 'level playing field'

Senior French and German officials accept warned that new measures by the Biden administration to address climate alter and heave the American economic system could upend the "level playing field" on merchandise between the European Union and the The states

Oct 19

Bulgaria's fragmented parliament fails to elect new speaker

Bulgaria'due south fragmented parliament has failed to elect a new speaker following the country'southward fourth election in less than two years

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A stray dog sleeps near the red carpet as former Bulgarian President George Parvanov leaves Bulgarian Parliament building after the official opening session of the new Bulgarian Parliament, in Sofia, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. The fourth new National Assembly in the last year and a half began its work in the conditions of strong opposition between the parliamentary groups. For the first time in recent history, the election of the Speaker of the Parliament failed, blocking the work of the Mps. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

ABC News Live: Vladimir Putin declares martial law in areas of Ukraine

Plus, the White House is releasing more barrels of oil to combat rising gas prices, and the Iranian climber who competed without her hijab returned to Tehran.

October 19

VIDEO: ABC News Live: Vladimir Putin declares martial law in areas of Ukraine

Putin announces martial constabulary in illegally annexed regions of Ukraine

This comes every bit more drone strikes are reported in Kyiv and other residential areas. Meanwhile, NATO is pledging more air defense systems for Ukrainian forces.

Oct 19

VIDEO: Putin announces martial law in illegally annexed regions of Ukraine

Russian parliament to rapidly seal Putin's decision for martial police in Ukraine

Plus, the Iranian climber who competed without a hijab returned to cheering crowds at an airdrome in Tehran.

October 19

VIDEO: Russian parliament to quickly seal Putin's decision for martial law in Ukraine

Macron visits Paris mosque to mark its 100th anniversary

French President Emmanuel Macron has visited Paris' main mosque to mark 100 years since it was congenital -- a cease to show how the French leader wishes to represent all factions of French society months after his reelection

October 19

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, arrives to visit an exposition for the century commemoration of the Grande Mosquee of Paris opening, next to former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, second left, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, third left, and Franco-Algerian lawyer and Rector of Paris' Grand Mosque Chems-eddine Hafiz, right, in Paris, Wednesday Oct. 19, 2022. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)

Militant Hamas group dorsum in Damascus after years of tension

Two senior officials from the Palestinian militant Hamas group accept visited the Syrian capital of Damascus for the first time since they were forced to leave the war-torn country a decade agone over bankroll armed opposition fighters

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Khalil al-Hayeh, center, a senior figure in Hamas' political branch, attends a press conference with Abdulaziz Minawi, left, from the Islamic Jihad group, and Talal Naji leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command, right, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Al-Hayeh was one of two senior officials from the Palestinian militant Hamas group who visited Syria's capital on Wednesday for the first time since they were forced to leave the war-torn country a decade ago over backing armed opposition fighters. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Federal republic of germany: No guarantee UN climate talks will end with a deal

Germany's foreign minister says in that location'south no guarantee that this twelvemonth's United Nations climate talks volition result in an agreement that's backed past all sides

October 19

Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock attends a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Luxembourg, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. European Union foreign ministers are gathering in Luxembourg to give the greenlight for a military training mission in Ukraine and to debate possible new sanctions against Iran for its security crackdown on protestors. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU preparing sanctions against Iran over Russia drone sales

European Union officials and diplomats say the bloc has testify that Islamic republic of iran is supplying drones to Russia for use its war in Ukraine and is drawing up a list of sanctions in retaliation

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FILE - This undated photograph released by the Ukrainian military's Strategic Communications Directorate shows the wreckage of what Kyiv has described as an Iranian Shahed drone downed near Kupiansk, Ukraine. The Iranian-made drones that Russia sent slamming into central Kyiv this week have produced hand-wringing and consternation in Israel, complicating the country's balancing act between Russia and the West. (Ukrainian military's Strategic Communications Directorate via AP, File)

Eu'due south Parliament awards top human rights prize to people of Ukraine for their resistance to Russia's invasion

European union's Parliament awards acme human rights prize to people of Ukraine for their resistance to Russia's invasion

October 19

Philippines shuts 214 illegal online gambling operations

Philippine officials say they have shut downwardly at to the lowest degree 214 illegal Chinese offshore gambling operations and deported the first six of well-nigh 400 Chinese workers who have been detained nether a renewed crackdown

Oct 19

United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland aggrandizement accelerates to 40-year high equally nutrient prices rise

British food prices rose at the fastest pace since 1980 final month, driving aggrandizement back to a 40-year high and heaping pressure on the embattled government to balance the books without gutting aid for the nation'southward poorest residents

October 19

Traffic outside the Bank of England, in the financial district in the City of London, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. The U.K.'s new Treasury chief ripped up the government's economic plan on Monday, dramatically reversing most of the tax cuts and spending plans that new Prime Minister Liz Truss announced less than a month ago. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

French republic 'profoundly shaken' past schoolgirl's slaying in Paris

The French authorities says the slaying of a 12-year-sometime daughter whose trunk was found within a plastic box in a Paris building courtyard has left French republic "greatly shaken."

Oct 19

India stops journalist from flying to receive Pulitzer Prize

A Pulitzer Prize-winning Kashmiri photojournalist says Indian immigration authorities prevented her from flight to the Us to receive the award

October 19

India's opposition Congress party elects new president

India'south main opposition Congress party has elected Mallikarjun Kharge every bit its new president in a contest in which the Nehru-Gandhi family, which has led the party for more than two decades, did not compete

October 19

Congress party suppporters celebrate outside the residence of newly elected party president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. India's main opposition Congress party elected Kharge as its new president on Wednesday in a contest in which the dominant Nehru-Gandhi dynasty did not compete. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Deutschland to massively expand electric machine charging network

Germany wants to massively aggrandize the country'south charging network for electric cars

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FILE -- An electric car is charged at a charging station during a press tour of the plant of the German manufacturer Volkswagen AG (VW) in Zwickau, Germany, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Germany's government wants to massively expand the country's charging network for electric cars with 6.3 billion euros ($6.17 billion) over the next three years as it expects more and more drivers to turn from combustion cars to more climate-friendly electromobility. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)

Russia'southward Iranian drones complicate Israel'south balancing act

The Iranian-made drones that Russia sent slamming into key Kyiv this week are complicating Israel's balancing act between Russia and the West

Oct 19

FILE - Firefighters work after a drone attack on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 17, 2022. The Iranian-made drones that Russia sent slamming into central Kyiv this week have produced hand-wringing and consternation in Israel, complicating the country's balancing act between Russia and the West. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna)

Germany to massively expand electric machine charging network

Germany wants to massively expand the country's charging network for electrical cars

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