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A humpback whale breaches off the coast of Port Stephens north of Sydney, Australia.
July 27, 2026

Whale ‘supergroups’ show numbers are rebounding from hunting

CAPE TOWN (AP): A South African couple found themselves in a rare situation when they witnessed a humpback whale ‘supergroup’ consisting of nearly 300 of the giant marine mammals gathering together.…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
July 27, 2026

US officials denied visa ahead of October elections

SAO PAULO (AP): Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it denied visas to two US State Department officials that sought to travel to the South American nation next week, in the latest political…
A billboard depicting the late leader Fidel Castro and reading ‘Homeland or death, we will defeat!’ in Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
July 27, 2026

Raúl Castro absent at anniversary of a key revolutionary attack

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba held a traditional rally on Sunday to commemorate one of the revolution’s most important anniversaries but former President Raúl Castro was conspicuously absent. It was the first…
A pyrocumulonimbus, or pyroCb – a giant cloud created by a large wildfire – is seen in the Fontainebleau forest region, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Paris, France. – AP photo
July 27, 2026

French wildfire created a monster cloud, unleashing lightning that ignited more fires

PARIS (AP) – A wildfire in southwest France grew so powerful that its smoke column became a thunderstorm, generating lightning that struck the ground and ignited new fires beyond the original blaze,…
July 27, 2026

Gunmen attack community in Nigeria and kill 30 people, residents say

BUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a community in northwestern Nigeria, killing at least 30 people and injuring several others, residents said Monday, in the latest violence in the conflict-hit…
Toronto Police Deputy Chief Frank Barredo speaks to media after a shot was fired at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto, on Monday, July 27, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
July 27, 2026

Police investigate shooting at US consulate in Toronto

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A shooter fired at the United States Consulate in Toronto early Monday morning, police said, the second time this year someone shot at the building. No one was…
Munni Devi unloads tomatoes from a truck at a vegetable market in the early morning during a heat wave in Banda, northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday, June 20.
July 26, 2026

What living in one of the world’s hottest towns feels like

BANDA, India (AP): Heat at all hours, even in the middle of the night. Long stretches without electricity, meaning some homes can’t even use basic fans. And a constant search for relief, like being…
Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
July 24, 2026

ICC chief prosecutor removed from post over sexual misconduct allegations

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Member state representatives of the International Criminal Court voted to remove the global tribunal's chief prosecutor on Friday, nearly two years after sexual misconduct…
In this courtroom sketch, a witness describes video of an alleged attack on Salman Rushdie by Hadi Matar, in federal court in Buffalo, NY, on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. Matar, foreground, is seated with his lawyer’s co-council.
July 24, 2026

Salman Rushdie testifies at terrorism trial of man convicted of stabbing him

BUFFALO, NY (AP): Four years after being stabbed on an amphitheatre stage, Salman Rushdie sat across a courtroom from his convicted attacker Thursday and told jurors for a second time about the ambush…