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This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

Missile hits U.S.-owned vessel vessel of Yemen coast

Suspicion falls on Iranian-backed Houthis in wake of ongoing attacks on shipping

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
A worker pauses while removing snow from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday Jan. 14, 2024. A potentially dangerous snowstorm that hit the Buffalo region on Saturday led the NFL to push back the Bills wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers from Sunday to Monday. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the NFL cited public safety concerns for the postponement, with up to 2 feet of snow projected to fall on the region over a 24- plus hour period. (AP Photo/ Jeffrey T. Barnes)

Much of the US struggles under severe winter weather

Parts of the country could see temperatures drop 25 to 40 degrees below normal

A worker pauses while removing snow from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday Jan. 14, 2024. A potentially dangerous snowstorm that hit the Buffalo region on Saturday led the NFL to push back the Bills wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers from Sunday to Monday. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the NFL cited public safety concerns for the postponement, with up to 2 feet of snow projected to fall on the region over a 24- plus hour period. (AP Photo/ Jeffrey T. Barnes)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to volunteers at Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump tells Iowa Republicans their votes can help him punish his enemies

Former president hoping to represent Republican Party once again in 2024 election

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to volunteers at Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
People attend a 24 hour rally calling for the release of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas militants into the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Sunday marks 100 days of war between Israel and Hamas, after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7th, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 250 others hostage. In the Gaza Strip, health authorities say the death toll already has eclipsed 23,000 people. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Fire from Lebanon kills 2 Israelis as Israel-Hamas war marks 100th day

Two civilians were killed in northern Israel on Sunday after an anti-tank…

People attend a 24 hour rally calling for the release of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas militants into the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Sunday marks 100 days of war between Israel and Hamas, after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7th, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 250 others hostage. In the Gaza Strip, health authorities say the death toll already has eclipsed 23,000 people. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea’s missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, in its first missile launch this year, as the North is expected to further raise regional animosities in an election year for its rivals South Korea and the United States. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea launches suspected missile that can reach distant U.S. bases

Experts say North Korea could use such tests to influence outcomes of elections in South Korea and U.S.

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea’s missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, in its first missile launch this year, as the North is expected to further raise regional animosities in an election year for its rivals South Korea and the United States. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
In this image provided on Friday Jan. 12, 2024 by the UK Ministry of Defence an RAF Typhoon aircraft returns to base at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, after striking targets in Yemen. The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen late on Thursday Jan. 11, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officials said. (Sgt Lee Goddard, UK Ministry of Defence via AP)

Canada supports U.K., U.S. air strikes against Houthis in Yemen

Strikes in response to Houthi drone and missile attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea

In this image provided on Friday Jan. 12, 2024 by the UK Ministry of Defence an RAF Typhoon aircraft returns to base at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, after striking targets in Yemen. The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen late on Thursday Jan. 11, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officials said. (Sgt Lee Goddard, UK Ministry of Defence via AP)
Shark deaths due to fishing have increased in recent years despite an international effort to reduce the harvesting of their fins, according to a new study that included contributions from Canadian researchers. A white shark swims across a sandbar, off the Massachusetts’s coast of Cape Cod, on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Phil Marcelo

Shark deaths tied to fishing still climbing despite shark-fin crackdown

Global fishing-related shark deaths rose to 80 million per year from 76 million from 2012 to 2019

Shark deaths due to fishing have increased in recent years despite an international effort to reduce the harvesting of their fins, according to a new study that included contributions from Canadian researchers. A white shark swims across a sandbar, off the Massachusetts’s coast of Cape Cod, on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Phil Marcelo
Inmates stand on the top of Turi jail during a prisoner riot in Cuenca, Ecuador, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. On Monday, President Daniel Noboa decreed a national state of emergency for 60 days, allowing the authorities to suspend rights and mobilize the military in places like prisons. (AP Photo/Xavier Caivinagua)

Ecuador comes to standstill after gunmen take over live TV broadcast

President designates 20 drug-trafficking gangs as terrorist groups, calls for military response

Inmates stand on the top of Turi jail during a prisoner riot in Cuenca, Ecuador, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. On Monday, President Daniel Noboa decreed a national state of emergency for 60 days, allowing the authorities to suspend rights and mobilize the military in places like prisons. (AP Photo/Xavier Caivinagua)
This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)

Afghan arrests of women for dress code violations drawing UN attention

‘Detentions carry an enormous stigma that put Afghan women at even greater risk’

This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)
FILE - The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France, June 14, 2023. Meta said in a blog post Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, that it will start restricting inappropriate content for teenagers' accounts on Instagram and Facebook, such as posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Meta to block suicide, eating disorder posts from teenagers’ feeds

Company says Facebook and Instagram will take steps to block ‘age-inappropriate’ material

FILE - The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France, June 14, 2023. Meta said in a blog post Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, that it will start restricting inappropriate content for teenagers' accounts on Instagram and Facebook, such as posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
FILE - The logo of the International Court of Justice, left, and that of the U.N., right, are seen on the judges bench at the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Israel is sending top legal minds, including a Holocaust survivor, to The Hague this week to counter allegations that it is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

UN top court to hear allegations of genocide in Gaza conflict

Israel stringently denies genocide allegation tied to its war against Hamas

FILE - The logo of the International Court of Justice, left, and that of the U.N., right, are seen on the judges bench at the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Israel is sending top legal minds, including a Holocaust survivor, to The Hague this week to counter allegations that it is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
FILE - A ChapGPT logo is seen on a smartphone in West Chester, Pa., Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. Catalyzing a year of AI fanfare was ChatGPT. The World Economic Forum says false and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence is the top immediate risk to the global economy. In its latest Global Risks Report, the organization says misinformation and disinformation as the most severe risk over the next two years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

AI-powered misinformation biggest threat to global economy: report

World Economic Forum report says tech leaps creating new problems or making existing ones worse

FILE - A ChapGPT logo is seen on a smartphone in West Chester, Pa., Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. Catalyzing a year of AI fanfare was ChatGPT. The World Economic Forum says false and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence is the top immediate risk to the global economy. In its latest Global Risks Report, the organization says misinformation and disinformation as the most severe risk over the next two years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
This photo posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, shows astronauts, from left, Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-NASA via AP

Canadian astronaut will have to wait until 2025 for his trip to the moon

NASA delays Artemis II moon mission that includes Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen

This photo posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, shows astronauts, from left, Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-NASA via AP
FILE - Animal rights activists stage a rally opposing South Korea’s traditional culture of eating dog meat in Seoul, South Korea on July 8, 2023. South Korea’s parliament on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 has endorsed landmark legislation outlawing dog meat consumption, a centuries-old practice. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

South Korea moves to ban production, sales of dog meat

Dog meat consumption, a centuries-old practice on the Korean Peninsula, is neither explicitly banned nor legalized in South Korea

FILE - Animal rights activists stage a rally opposing South Korea’s traditional culture of eating dog meat in Seoul, South Korea on July 8, 2023. South Korea’s parliament on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 has endorsed landmark legislation outlawing dog meat consumption, a centuries-old practice. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
An Israeli soldier prepares a drone to be launched near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Canadian families face ‘nightmare’ of competing for limited Gaza escape visas

Maximum of 1,000 people with extended family who can support them in Canada qualify

An Israeli soldier prepares a drone to be launched near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
In this photo taken from video, a rescuer inspects the map of Krizna Jama cave near Grahovo, Slovenia, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Slovenian authorities say five people are trapped in a cave in the southwest of the country because of high water levels caused by heavy rainfall. The group includes a family of three and two guides who have been stuck in the Krizna Jama cave since Saturday when water levels rose inside, blocking the way out. (Pop TV via AP)

Group of 5 rescued after rising water traps them in Slovenian cave

Heavy rains flood exits trapping a family of 3 adults and their 2 guides

In this photo taken from video, a rescuer inspects the map of Krizna Jama cave near Grahovo, Slovenia, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Slovenian authorities say five people are trapped in a cave in the southwest of the country because of high water levels caused by heavy rainfall. The group includes a family of three and two guides who have been stuck in the Krizna Jama cave since Saturday when water levels rose inside, blocking the way out. (Pop TV via AP)
Farm land is flooded near Bendigo, Australia, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate their homes after parts of Victoria state were inundated by flooding as wild weather continues to batter Australia’s east coast. (Diego Fedele/AAP Image via AP)

100s evacuated as floods threaten parts of Australia

Rainfall in the northeast expected to reach more than 200 millimeters

Farm land is flooded near Bendigo, Australia, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate their homes after parts of Victoria state were inundated by flooding as wild weather continues to batter Australia’s east coast. (Diego Fedele/AAP Image via AP)
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

U.S. fighter jets cross Bosnia as Serbian Bosnians talk secession

Training ‘demonstrates U.S. commitment to ensuring the territorial integrity’

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)
FILE - Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Pope Francis called Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, for a universal ban on the “despicable” practice of surrogate motherhood, as he included the “commercialization” of pregnancy in an annual speech listing the threats to global peace and human dignity. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope calls surrogacy ‘despicable’ commercialization of pregnancy, calls for ban

Francis delivers list of the ills afflicting humanity, violations of peace and dignity

FILE - Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Pope Francis called Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, for a universal ban on the “despicable” practice of surrogate motherhood, as he included the “commercialization” of pregnancy in an annual speech listing the threats to global peace and human dignity. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
South Korean marines close a gate on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un mocked South Korea’s ability to detect weapons launches by the North on Sunday, as she denied Seoul’s claim that North Korea fired artillery shells into the sea the previous day. South Korea’s military quickly dismissed her statement as “a low-level psychological warfare” and warned that it will make a stern response to any provocations by North Korea. (Park Dong-joo/Yonhap via AP)

North Korea fires again near the sea border with South Korea

Experts say North Korea is likely to ramp up weapons tests ahead of elections in South Korea and the U.S.

South Korean marines close a gate on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un mocked South Korea’s ability to detect weapons launches by the North on Sunday, as she denied Seoul’s claim that North Korea fired artillery shells into the sea the previous day. South Korea’s military quickly dismissed her statement as “a low-level psychological warfare” and warned that it will make a stern response to any provocations by North Korea. (Park Dong-joo/Yonhap via AP)