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Russian missiles kill at least 6 in Zelenskyy’s hometown …

Emergency services work at a scene after a missile hit an apartment building in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Monday, July 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

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UN chief welcomes Kenya’s offer to `positively consider’ …

Discovery of a whale carcass in Hong Kong sparks anger …

The carcass of a Bryde's whale is seen in the waters of Hong Kong, Monday, July 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

China imposes curbs on drone exports, citing Ukraine and …

FILE - A staff member from DJI Technology Co. demonstrates the remote flying with his Phantom 2 Vision+ drone inside his office in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province, on Dec. 15, 2014. China imposed restrictions Monday, July 31, 2023 on exports of long-range civilian drones, citing Russia's war in Ukraine and concern that drones might be converted to military use. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Myanmar’s military-led government extends state of emergency, …

In this photo released from the The Military True News Information Team, Vice Senior Gen. Soe Win, left, deputy chairman of State Administration Council, speaks during a meeting with members the National Defense and Security Council including from left Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, Myint Swe, Pro Temporary President of the military government, Vice President Henry Van Thio, and T Khun Myat, speaker of Union Parliament, Monday, July 31, 2023, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Myanmar’s military-controlled government has extended the state of emergency it imposed when the army seized power from an elected government 2 1/2 years ago, forcing a further delay in elections it promised when it took over. (The Military True News Information Team via AP)

As the pope heads to Portugal, he’s laying the groundwork …

FILE- Faithful sing and dance to Christian songs before a vigil attended by people arriving early for the World Youth Day at a viewpoint overlooking Lisbon from across the Tagus River, in Almada, Portugal, as night falls, Friday, July 28, 2023. When Pope Francis made the first foreign trip of his papacy, to Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day in 2013, he urged young people to make a "mess" in their local churches, to shake things up even if it ruffled the feathers of their bishops. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

South Korean dog meat farmers push back against growing …

Han Jeoungae, bottom center, an opposition Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, and animal rights activists stage a rally opposing South Korea's traditional culture of eating dog meat in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 8, 2023. Dog meat consumption, a centuries-old practice on the Korean Peninsula, isn't explicitly prohibited or legalized in South Korea. But more and more people want it banned, and there's increasing public awareness of animal rights and worries about South Korea’s international image. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Lebanon’s central bank governor ends 30-year tenure …

Riad Salameh, Lebanon's outgoing Central Bank governor, greets employees at a farewell ceremony marking the end of his 30 years in office outside the Central Bank building, in Beirut, Monday, July 31, 2023. Meanwhile, his four vice governors, led by incoming interim governor Wassim Mansouri, urged the cash-strapped country's government for fiscal reforms at a news conference in that same building. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

UAE state oil firm moves up net zero climate target …

FILE - The sun rises over the headquarters of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. headquarters that dominates the skyline in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Nov. 7, 2016. The state-run oil giant in the United Arab Emirates, ADNOC, said Monday July 31, 2023 it has moved up its target for achieving net zero emissions in its operations to 2045, as the country prepares to host U.N. climate talks later this year. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

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Cyprus court hands British man a 2-year prison term …

FILE - A police officer escorts British David Hunter from the grounds of the courthouse complex after a trial on a premeditated murder charge in the death of his wife, in Paphos, Cyprus, on July 21, 2023. A Cyprus court on Monday July 31, 2023 sentenced Hunter who killed his ailing wife in their retirement home to two years in prison, rejecting a defense request to hand down a suspended sentence after convicting him earlier of manslaughter. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

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4 crew members on Australian army helicopter that …

In this photo provided by the Australian Defence Force, sailors from HMAS Brisbane prepare to board a rigid-Hulled inflatable boat to conduct search and rescue operations in the vicinity of Lindeman Island, Australia on Saturday, July 29, 2023, as part of a multi-national and multi-agency search and rescue effort following an Australian Army MRH-90 Taipan helicopter ditching in waters near the island. The helicopter hit the water off Australia's northeast coast with a "catastrophic impact" on Friday and there was no chance that that any of the four air crew would be found alive, officials said on Monday, July 31, 2023. (LSEW Hannah Linsley/ADF via AP)

Suicide bomber at political rally in northwest Pakistan …

Pakistani investigators inspect at the site of Sunday's suicide bomber attack, in the Bajur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Monday, July 31, 2023. A suicide bomber blew himself up at a political rally in a former stronghold of militants in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan on Sunday, killing and wounding multiple people in an attack that a senior leader said was meant to weaken Pakistani Islamists. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)