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New Zealand tour operators told to pay $7.8 million …

FILE - In photo provided by Michael Schade, tourists on a boat look at the eruption of the volcano on White Island, New Zealand, Dec. 9, 2019. Tour booking agents and managers of a New Zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people in 2019 were ordered Friday, March 1, 2024 to pay nearly $13 million (US$7.8 million) in fines and reparations. (Michael Schade via AP, File)

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Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who forged …

FILE - Brian Mulroney, the former prime minister of Canada, center, takes his seat for a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico relationship, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mulroney has died at the age of 84, his daughter Caroline Mulroney posted on social media, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Gunfire paralyzes Haiti as powerful gang leader says he …

A bus set on fire by gang members at the Portail neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Gunmen shot at the international airport and other targets in a wave of violence that forced businesses, government agencies and schools to close early. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Fire at shopping mall in Bangladesh’s capital kills at …

A firefighter carries a body of a victim from a fire that broke out at a commercial complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday March 1, 2024. Bangladesh's health minister says a fire in a six-story commercial complex in the nation's capital, Dhaka, has killed several people and injured dozens of others. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

French actor urges lawmakers to investigate sex crimes …

FILE - French actress Judith Godreche speaks during the 49th Cesar Award ceremony in Paris, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Godreche on Thursday urged lawmakers to establish a commission to investigate sex crimes and sexism in France's cinema industry. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Brazil’s finance minister proposes global tax on the super-rich …

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen, left, shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan before their bilateral meeting at the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Journalism leaders express support for media covering …

FILE - A relative mourns Palestinian journalist Akram Al-Shafi'i, killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in a morgue of the European Gaza Hospital in Rafah, Jan. 6, 2024. Three dozen leaders at news organizations around the world have signed a letter released Thursday, Feb. 29, expressing solidarity with journalists in Gaza, calling for their safety and freedom to report in the war zone. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)

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Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill draws international condemnation …

Speaker of Ghana Parliament Alban Sumana Bagbin speaks at the Parliament House in Accra, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Ghana's parliament passed a highly controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill on Wednesday that could send some people to prison for more than a decade. The bill was introduced to parliament three years ago and criminalizes members of the LGBTQ+ community as well as its supporters, including promotion and funding of related activities and public displays of affection. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Palestinians say Israeli troops fired at people seeking …

Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings after an Israeli airstrike in Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Palestinian-American woman who faces trial in Israeli …

This undated family photo shows Samaher Esmail, a Palestinian-American from Louisiana who is being tried in Israeli military court for incitement, pictured on a family trip to Turkey. Esmail who was beaten, dragged out of her home and detained by Israeli authorities for over three weeks was released on bail Thursday Feb. 29, 2024 to wait out the remainder of her trial in the West Bank, the latest case to draw international attention to the prosecution of an American in Israeli military court. (Family handout via AP)

Migration through the Darien Gap is cut off following …

FILE - Migrants gather in Necocli, Colombia, a stopping point for migrants taking boats to Acandi which leads to the Darien Gap, Oct. 13, 2022. The flow of thousands of migrants daily through the migratory highway, the Darien Gap, has been cut off following the Feb. 26, 2024 capture in Necoclí of some boat captains who had been ferrying the migrants to the starting point of their jungle trek. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

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UN experts accuse Nicaragua’s government of abuses …

FILE - Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega poses for a photo during the ALBA Summit at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. Nicaragua’s government has shut down the country’s scouting organization and seven other nongovernmental organizations, state media La Gaceta reported Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, the latest in an ongoing crackdown that has seen the government toss out religious orders, charities and civic groups. (Adalberto Roque, Pool Photo via AP, File)

Fresh from a deadly cholera outbreak, Zambia declares …

FILE - Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema addresses a press conference at his residence in Lusaka, Zambia, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, declared the country’s debilitating drought a national disaster and emergency, saying it has devastated food production and electricity generation as the nation battles to recover from a recent deadly cholera outbreak. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)