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People protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government as they block a highway in Jerusalem, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

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Netanyahu is rocked by a new scandal linking his close advisers to Qatar

By TIA GOLDENBERG TIA GOLDENBERG - Associated Press
Thu,04/03/25-12:10AM, 213 Reads
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office is once again ensnared in scandal after police arrested two of his close associates this week on suspicion of accepting money from Qatar to promote a positive image of the Gulf Arab state in Israel.
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Farmers use acrylic cloth for insulation to grow tulips earlier in the season near Lisse, Netherlands, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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Flower lovers and influencers flock to the tulip vistas at an iconic Dutch park

By MOLLY QUELL AND MICHELE NOVAGA MOLLY QUELL AND MICHELE NOVAGA - Associated Press
Thu,04/03/25-12:14AM, 241 Reads
LISSE, Netherlands (AP) — Nestled among tulip fields not far from Amsterdam, the world-famous Keukenhof garden has opened for the spring, welcoming camera-wielding visitors to its increasingly selfie-friendly grounds.
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Rescuers carry the body of a victim, from a collapsed building, in the aftermath of Friday's earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo)

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Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,145 as more bodies found

By DAVID RISING DAVID RISING - Associated Press
Thu,04/03/25-12:13AM, 250 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue teams
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Journalists run for cover as protesters throw stones at a police car during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

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Journalists in Haiti defy bullets and censorship to cover unprecedented violence

By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA, DÁNICA COTO AND EVENS SANON PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA, DÁNICA COTO AND EVENS SANON - Associated Press
Wed,04/02/25-11:27PM, 219 Reads
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Jean-Jacques Asperges once relished returning home after a long day working at a radio station in one of the world’s most dangerous places for journalists.
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