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Mexico ends diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police break into its embassy

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Mexico's government ended diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy late Friday to arrest former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas. Glas had been residing at the embassy since December and sought political asylum after being indicted on corruption charges. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3J7d5Uc #mexico #ecuador #embassy Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPres

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrives in Beijing

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, China, after starting her five-day visit in one of China's major industrial and export hubs. U.S. and China will hold 'intensive exchanges' on more balanced economic growth, according to a U.S. statement issued after Yellen and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng held extended meetings over two days in the southern city of Guangzhou. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3JdT3Hu #yellen #china #usa Subscrib

Mount Etna blows spectacular smoke rings into the sky

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Mount Etna in Sicily, the largest active volcano in Europe, has been blowing spectacular “smoke rings” into the sky since Wednesday. The "volcanic vortex rings", a rare phenomenon that is generated by the combination of rapid gas release and the vent shape, spewed out of a new crater that opened on Tuesday on Etna's summit. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.co

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These babies who were born in Gaza after Oct. 7 have known only war

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After the arduous blur of labor, two mothers hold their babies for the first time on October 7. Two young families emerged from the hospital in Gaza to a world fundamentally changed. Rockets from Hamas militants crossed the night sky and Israeli warplanes swooped over the strip. (Apr.7/ AP video: Abd Al Kareem Hana, production: Wafaa Shurafa) #gaza #palestinian #israelhamaswar Subscribe: http://sm

Mother of Israeli hostage speaks about six months since Hamas attacks

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Family members of the hostages being held in Gaza mark what seems like an impossible milestone: six months that their loved ones have been held in captivity in the Gaza Strip since the Hamas attack on October 7. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4aoF5yG #israelhamaswar #israel #hamas Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive l

New declaration in Mexico gives palace cats food and care forever

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Nineteen cats living on the grounds of Mexico's National Palace were declared 'living fixed assets' of the government. Cozying up to palace staff and making cameos on televised news briefings, the animals have long been a fixture of the gardens and offices of the colonial-style building. (AP video by Fernanda Pesce) #cats #mexico #cat Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https:

LIVE: SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base

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Credit: SpaceX Watch live as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches a batch of 21 Starlink internet satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. #spacex #starlink #live

AP Top Stories April 6

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Here's the latest for Saturday, April 6th: Mexico breaks diplomatic ties with Ecuador; Iranian commander renews vows to retaliate after airstrike kills 2 generals; Police in Arkansas shoot man who barricaded himself at a shopping mall; Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrives for talks in Beijing. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be availab

Farmers in India are hit hard by extreme weather. Some say expanding natural farming is the answer

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India's southern Andhra Pradesh state has become a positive example of the benefits of natural farming, a process of using organic matter as fertilizers and pesticides that makes crops more resilient to bad weather. (AP Video by Shawn Sebastian and Altaf Qadri. Produced by Teresa de Miguel) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for

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Texas small town embraces total solar eclipse chasers

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Business owners in Waxahachie, Texas just south of Dallas are preparing for crowds ahead of Monday's total solar eclipse. Overcast skies are forecast across Texas, which is already packed with eclipse chasers. (AP video by Laura Bargfeld) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Terminally ill Israeli mother says her dying wish is to reunite with her captive daughter

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Six months into Israel's war against Hamas, time is running out for one terminally ill mother who hopes to stay alive long enough to see her kidnapped daughter come home. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

What to know about the trillions of cicadas surfacing this spring

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Trillions of evolution’s bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads and jet-like muscles in their rears, are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries. #shorts #cicadas #environment #climate #insects #bugs

Explosion sends smoke billowing into the air in Gaza Strip as Israel's war reaches six-month mark

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Smoke was seen rising over the Gaza Strip on Saturday as the Israeli offensive in the enclave continued. (AP video by Joeal Calupitan and Mohammad Jahjouh) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Activist Greta Thunberg joins Netherlands climate protest

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Thousands evacuated in Russia’s Orsk following dam break

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An urgent evacuation took place in the city of Orsk in Russia’s Orenburg region close to the border with Kazakhstan following a dam break Saturday night. In some places the water rose by four meters in a few hours and continued to rise rapidly. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3xryDby #russia #dam #news Thumbnail image credit: (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP) Subscribe: http://smart

Russian missile strikes on Kharkiv kill 6 and wound 11

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Russian forces overnight attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles, killing at least six people and wounding 11 more in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, local officials reported. Governor of the Kharkiv region Oleh Syniehubov said missile strikes on the city damaged residential buildings, a gas station, a kindergarten, a cafe, a shop and cars. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress R

Soyuz capsule carrying 3 crew from the ISS lands safely in Kazakhstan

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A Russian space capsule with two women and one man safely landed in a steppe in Kazakhstan on Saturday after their missions aboard the International Space Station. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

April’s total solar eclipse, explained in 60 seconds

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AP’s Marcia Dunn breaks down what to expect during the April 8 total solar eclipse, why eclipses happen and how astronauts will view. #shorts #eclipse #totalsolareclipse

Helicopter evacuates people from recreational area in Hualien after quake

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Presidential candidate Pellegrini votes in 2nd round of Slovak elections

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Six months of Gaza war sees Palestinians struggling with food shortage

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For Wael Attar and his family, Mallow they pick from fields has become their daily meal. The displaced family that lives in a school in Jabaliya are struggling daily to get the basic needs for their young daughters. (Apr.6/AP