By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chileans face perhaps the starkest choice in the history of their country's young democracy when they vote next month in a presidential runoff that pits hard-right José Antonio Kast against communist Jeannette Jara. Neither ...

By HANNA ARHIROVA, JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON, VOLODYMYR YURCHUK and DMYTRO ZHYHINAS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Friends often ask Mykhailo whether the Ukrainian power plant worker hides in a shelter when Russia bombards the energy system. "If all the turbine operators hid during ...

By CHINEDU ASADU and TUNDE OMOLEHIN Associated Press MAGA, Nigeria (AP) — A schoolgirl who was abducted with 24 others from a dormitory in northwestern Nigeria has escaped and is safe, the school's principal told The Associated Press on Tuesday, as hunters joined security forces in the ...

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Eswatini on Tuesday became the first African country to receive lenacapavir, the first twice-yearly HIV prevention injection hailed by global health officials as a game-changer in the fight against a virus that has killed tens of ...

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s estranged sister, a senator, publicly accused him Monday of being a longtime drug addict whose alleged cocaine dependence has led to problems in his governance, including corruption, ...

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration's blueprint to secure and govern Gaza won strong approval at the United Nations on Monday, a crucial step that provides international support for U.S. efforts to move the devastated territory toward peace ...