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North Dakota governor signs law limiting trans health care

North Dakota governor signs law limiting trans health care

North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill into law that restricts transgender health care in the state, immediately making it a crime to give gender-affirming care to people younger than 18.
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Spanish PM, EU slam irrigation plan for drought-hit wetlands

Spanish PM, EU slam irrigation plan for drought-hit wetlands

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Prime Minister and the European Union’s environmental chief on Thursday slammed a plan by right-wing lawmakers to expand water rights for farmland around some of Europe's most important wetlands amid a prolonged drought .
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Danes lift sailing ban in Nord Stream pipeline leak area

Danes lift sailing ban in Nord Stream pipeline leak area

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish Maritime Authority said Thursday that it was lifting a ban on sailing in the area of the Baltic Sea where gas leaked after the explosions that incapacitated the Nord Stream pipelines last year.
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UNICEF: 12.7 million children in Africa missed vaccinations

UNICEF: 12.7 million children in Africa missed vaccinations

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nearly 13 million children missed one or more vaccinations in Africa between 2019 and 2021 because of the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the continent vulnerable to even more outbreaks of disease and facing a
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Extremists kill 20, abduct others in attack on Congo village

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 20 people have been killed and others abducted by extremists in eastern Congo's North Kivu province, a civil society group said Thursday.
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EU border agency begins deployment in North Macedonia

EU border agency begins deployment in North Macedonia

The European Union’s border protection agency Frontex began its official deployment in North Macedonia Thursday, extending its operations outside the bloc to a fifth country.
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EU lawmakers approve migration plan, set clock ticking

EU lawmakers approve migration plan, set clock ticking

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers on Thursday approved a series of proposals aimed at ending the yearslong standoff over how best to manage migration , a conundrum that has provoked one of the bloc’s biggest political crises.
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Japan PM denounces attack, vows security review before G7

Japan PM denounces attack, vows security review before G7

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida denounced a pipe bomb attack at a campaign event he attended last weekend and pledged to review security procedures to ensure safety for dignitaries visiting the country for the Group of Seven summit
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Danes, Dutch to donate Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark and the Netherlands announced Thursday that they plan to provide Ukraine with at least 14 refurbished German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks, to be supplied from early 2024.
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Hungary adds honey, other products to Ukraine import ban

Hungary adds honey, other products to Ukraine import ban

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary will add honey and certain meat products to a list of food items it has temporarily banned from being imported from Ukraine in an effort to relieve market pressures on Hungarian farmers, a government minister said Thu
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