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The US lines up Latin American cooperation for migrant deportations

By MARÍA VERZA and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuelan migrants handed over to Mexico like it's a U.S. immigration detention facility. Families from Central Asia flown to Panama and Costa Rica to await voluntary repatriation to their countries. Venezuelans from ...

BP to slash spending on net zero ventures as it focuses on oil and gas again

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British energy company BP confirmed Wednesday that it would slash spending on green ventures and increase its oil and gas production, a change in direction that it hopes will bolster its flagging share price but has been met with incredulity from ...

What is Ramadan and how do Muslims observe the Islamic holy month?

By MARIAM FAM Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts. For Muslims, it's a time of increased worship, religious reflection, charity and good deeds. ...

The US is missing again as G20 finance chiefs meet in South Africa

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 developed and developing nations gathered in South Africa on Wednesday for a two-day meeting marked by the absence of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and ...

Israel and Hamas agree on new exchange, leaving fragile ceasefire intact

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli and Hamas officials said Tuesday they have reached an agreement to exchange the bodies of dead hostages for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, keeping their fragile ceasefire intact for at least a ...

Relationship between Macron and Trump offers a study in the politics of touch

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press It was another chapter in a relationship where physicality has often spoken louder than words as the two men have engaged in an unusual degree of touch since their first meeting early in Trump's first term. At the rendezvous Monday at the White House, Macron ...