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Polish truck drivers are blocking the border with …

Ukrainian truck drivers wait to cross from Poland back into Ukraine in Korczowa, Poland, on Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. Ukrainian charities and companies supplying the country’s military warn that problems are growing as Polish truck drivers show no sign of ending a monthlong border blockade. (AP Photo/Karl Ritter)

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With Putin’s reelection all but assured, Russia’s opposition …

FILE - Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza gestures standing in a glass cage in a courtroom during announcement of the verdict on appeal at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, on July 31, 2023. Most Russian opposition figures are either in prison at home or are in exile abroad. But they vow that they will still put up a fight against President Vladimir Putin as he seeks yet another term in office in an election scheduled for March.(AP Photo, File)

Tensions are soaring between Guyana and Venezuela over …

A man carries the new map of Venezuela with the Essequibo territory, a large swath of land that is administered and controlled by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela, to the National Assembly building in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

UN takes no immediate action at emergency meeting on Guyana-Venezuela …

National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez, left, and Chairman of the Special Commission for the Defense of Guyana Essequibo Hermann Escarra, shake hands after unveiling Venezuela's new map that includes the Essequibo territory, a swath of land that is administered and controlled by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Live updates | UN resolution demanding immediate cease-fire …

Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip arrive at a hospital in Khan Younis on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)

Mexico raids and closes 31 pharmacies in Ensenada that …

A rocket attack targets the US Embassy in Baghdad, causing …

FILE - The U.S. Embassy is seen from across the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 3, 2020. A rocket attack at the sprawling U.S. embassy in Baghdad Friday Dec. 8, 2023 caused minor material damage but no casualties, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

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Putin will seek another term as Russian president, …

FILE - Members of the Wagner Group military company guard an area standing in front of a tank in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24, 2023. A short-lived rebellion in June by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin raised speculation that Putin could be losing his grip or that it would mar his strongman image. (Vasily Deryugin, Kommersant Publishing House via AP, File)

Scottish court upholds UK decision to block Scotland’s …

FILE - The flags of Britain, Scotland and European Union wave outside the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Scotland’s highest civil court on Friday upheld the British government’s move to block a landmark gender-recognition law passed by the Scottish parliament, underscoring the growing divide over local control of legislation in the nations of the United Kingdom. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)

Six Palestinians are killed in the Israeli military’s …

Medics evacuate a wounded Palestinian following an Israeli military raid in Faraa refugee camp, West Bank, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. The Palestinian Health Ministry says that five Palestinians were killed when Israeli forces raided the camp prompting fighting with local militants. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

South Korea defense chief threatens strikes on ‘heart …

In this photo provided by South Korea Presidential Office, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan, left, poses for a photo with his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae-yong during their meeting at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (South Korea Presidential Office via AP)

Taiwan says it spotted a Chinese surveillance balloon …

FILE - Taiwan military vessels are seen in Keelung Harbor in Taiwan, on Aug. 4, 2022. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said a Chinese military surveillance balloon passed over the northern port city of Keelung Thursday night, Dec. 7, 2023, then continued travelling east before disappearing. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai, File)

Journalists’ rights group counts 94 media workers …

FILE - Lebanese journalists hold a portrait of Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah, right on the poster at front, who was killed by Israeli shelling, and slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during a protest in front of the United Nations headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. A leading international organization representing journalists worldwide said Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, that the number of media professionals being killed across the globe doing their jobs in 2023 is unprecedented and that deaths in Israel’s war with Hamas surpass those of any known conflict. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

What is Bodhi Day? And when do Buddhists celebrate …

FILE - A priest makes an offering at a statue of Buddha in the Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya, India, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. Bodh Gaya is the town where Prince Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment after intense meditation and became the Buddha, about 2,600 years ago. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)