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Israeli strikes pound Lebanese coastal city after residents evacuate

By MOHAMMED ZAATARI and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli jets struck multiple buildings in Lebanon's southern coastal city of Tyre on Wednesday, sending large clouds of black smoke into the air. The state-run National News Agency reported that an Israeli ...

How a nearly extinct crocodile species returned from the brink in Cambodia

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and ANTON L. DELGADO Associated Press PHNOM TAMAO, Cambodia (AP) — A tiny snout poked out to widen the crack of the slowly shattering eggshell. The Siamese crocodile was taking its time, lagging others that had already wriggled out, chirping, into the sand. Adults can ...

Sensational mass trial shines a dark light on rape culture in France

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press AVIGNON, France (AP) — They are, on the face of it, the most ordinary of men. Yet they're all on trial charged with rape. Fathers, grandfathers, husbands, workers and retirees — 50 in all — accused of taking turns on the drugged and inert body of ...