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FILE - Tourists climb a Mayan temple at the archeological site of Coba, in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, Aug. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

How Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize plan to protect 14 million acres of Mayan forest

10:08 AM on Thursday, August 21

Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries

In this photo, released by the Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ishaq Dar, right, shakes hand with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, prior to their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

China and Pakistan foreign ministers agree to launch new economic corridor projects

7:37 AM on Thursday, August 21

Pakistan and China have pledged to expand economic cooperation and investment under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a flagship program of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maros Sefcovic, speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

The US and EU release a bare-bones account of their trade deal, but it's a work in progress

7:11 AM on Thursday, August 21

American and European Union officials have released a bare-bones account of their trade deal that imposes a 15% import tax on 70% of European goods exported to the United States

Ahn Hak-sop, center, a 95-year-old former North Korean soldier who spent decades imprisoned in the South, talks with a South Korean police officer near the Unification Bridge which leads to the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Im Byung-shik/Yonhap via AP)

95-year-old former North Korean soldier in South campaigns to be sent to the North

4:49 AM on Thursday, August 21

A 95-year-old former North Korean soldier who spent decades imprisoned in the South will continue his campaign to return to the North, an activist said Thursday, after South Korean troops stopped his symbolic border march this week

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he arrives at Lhasa in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, to attend an event to mark the 60th anniversary of the consolidation of Beijing's long-contested rule over the Himalayan territory. (Yan Yan/Xinhua via AP)

Grand ceremony and parade mark 60 years of Chinese Communist Party rule in Tibet

3:30 AM on Thursday, August 21

China has marked 60 years of Communist Party rule in Tibet with a parade and speeches in front of the Potala Palace

Demonstrators block a road during a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas and calling for the Israeli government to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City and other areas in the Gaza Strip, near Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

State Department employee fired after questioning talking points on Israel and Gaza

10:04 PM on Wednesday, August 20

The State Department has fired a press officer responsible for drafting Trump administration talking points about policy toward Israel and Gaza

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, temporarily allowed out of house arrest for medical exams, leaves a hospital in Brasília, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazilian police say ex-President Bolsonaro had planned to flee to Argentina seeking asylum

7:01 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Brazil’s federal police say messages found on the telephone of former President Jair Bolsonaro show he once wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylum

Fire on US warship off Japan injures 2 sailors before being extinguished

6:59 PM on Wednesday, August 20

A fire has broke out on the USS New Orleans vessel off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, leaving two sailors with minor injuries

FILE - "South Park" creators Matt Stone, left, and Trey Parker speak at Ubisoft's E3 2015 Conference at the Orpheum Theatre on June 15, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

'South Park' targets federal takeover of DC police in latest episode

4:20 PM on Wednesday, August 20

The team at “South Park” is continuing its comic assault on the Trump administration

Mexico City Attorney General Bertha Alcalde Lujan, left, Mexico City Security Secretary Pablo Vázquez Camacho, right, and the country's Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar García Harfuch give a press conference on the arrest of those involved in the murder of two of Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada's aides, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico City mayor says police have arrested 13 in connection with killings of her staffers

2:16 PM on Wednesday, August 20

At least 13 people allegedly involved in the killing of two members of Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada’s staff in May have been arrested for their alleged roles in what authorities described as a meticulously planned hit on two people close to the capital’s leader

In this photo, released by Belarusian Presidential Press Service, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, center, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, left, attend a welcome ceremony prior to their talks in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP)

Russian allies Belarus and Iran agree to boost bilateral defense ties

11:18 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Belarus and Iran signed have new agreements to boost bilateral ties in areas including defense

Texas state Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, right, looks at a protester dressed as death standing outside of the House Chamber where Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier refuses to leave due to a required law enforcement escort, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

The Latest: Texas House approves new congressional maps that favor GOP in 2026 midterms

8:34 AM on Wednesday, August 20

The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives has passed a redrawn congressional map that creates up to five new winnable GOP seats in Congress

A general view shows the E1 area, an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, between the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, left and the occupied West Bank town of Eizariya, right, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israel approves settlement project that could divide the West Bank

5:55 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Israel has given final approval for a controversial settlement project that would effectively cut the occupied West Bank in two

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