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Police guard the hospital where several of the injured were taken after an attack against presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Villavicencio was killed outside a school as he entered a vehicle after a campaign rally. (AP Photo/Juan Diego Montenegro)
Anti-corruption Ecuadorian presidential candidate assassinated at campaign event
An Ecuadorian presidential candidate known for speaking up against cartels and corruption was shot and killed Wednesday at a political rally in the capital, amid a startling wave of gang-driven violence in the South American country.
 
Iranian women walk in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023. These days, with uncovered women a common sight on Tehran streets, authorities have begun raiding companies where women employees or customers have been seen without the headscarf, or hijab. Iran's parliament is discussing a law that would increase punishments on uncovered women and the businesses they frequent. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A year ago, an Iranian woman’s death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battleground
 
Demonstrators gather in front of the Embassy of Niger in Paris, in support of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum and ECOWAS, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia)
Niger’s ousted president is said to be running low on food under house arrest, 2 weeks after coup
 
People struggle to hold onto their umbrellas in the rain and wind as the tropical storm named Khanun approaches to the Korean Peninsular, in Busan, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Khanun slams into South Korea, toppling trees and ripping off roofs
 
FILE - Equipment frames the cooling towers of the Temelin nuclear power plant near the town of Tyn nad Vltavou, Czech Republic, on Thursday, June 25, 2015. The U.S. and its European allies are importing vast amounts of nuclear fuel and compounds from Russia, providing Moscow with hundreds of millions of dollars in badly needed revenue as it wages war on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
Putin profits off global reliance on Russian nuclear fuel
 
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Europe
In this photo provided by the Zaporizhzhia administration Press Office, rescuers work on the scene of a building damaged after Russian missile strikes in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. (Zaporizhzhia administration Press Office via AP)
2 dead in a Russian attack on a Ukrainian city while a blast near Moscow kills 1 and wounds dozens
 
  1. Dam in Norway partially bursts after days of heavy rain, flooding and evacuations
  2. 41 dead in migrant shipwreck according to 4 survivors who set off from Tunisia
  3. Fire at French vacation home for adults with disabilities leaves 11 dead
Asia
In this undated photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a meeting of the North Korean ruling Workers’ Party’s central military commission in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
North Korean leader Kim calls for his military to sharpen war plans as his rivals prepare drills
 
  1. Biden issues an executive order restricting US investments in Chinese technology
  2. Why state polls this Saturday are pivotal to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar’s rule
  3. Sri Lankan president vows to strengthen provincial governments to share power with Tamil minority
Latin America
Maira Tembe stands inside Teatro da Paz before the start of a ceremony to present Brazil's national Indigenous census in Belem, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Belem will host the Amazon Summit, a meeting by the nations that are part of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty: Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and French Guiana. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Brazil’s Amazon Summit ends with a plan to protect the world’s rainforests, but no measurable goals
 
  1. Kidnappers in Haiti release US nurse and her young daughter nearly 2 weeks after their abduction
  2. In Argentina, the killing of an 11-year-old suspends political campaigns ahead of Sunday’s vote
  3. Mexico president asks why, if a woman criticizes him, he isn’t considered victim of gender violence
Middle East
This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo)
Israeli forces kill a Palestinian man in the West Bank, Palestinian health officials say
 
  1. Agreement to reopen crossing to Syria’s northwest will safeguard independent UN operations, UN says
  2. At least 27 migrants found dead in the desert near Tunisian border, Libyan government says
  3. Israeli settler accused of involvement in killing of Palestinian moved to house arrest
Africa
Police stand near the gutted remains of cars, at the Eritrean cultural festival "Eritrea Scandinavia" in Stockholm Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. A violent clash at an Eritrea-themed culture festival in Sweden has caused a chaos as about a thousand anti-Eritrean government protesters stormed the outdoor festival venue throwing stones, setting fire on booths and tearing down tents. (Magnus Lejhall/TT News Agency via AP)
Eritrea’s repressive government criticizes exiles who attack overseas festivals as ‘asylum scum’
 
  1. Zimbabwe’s president tells supporters they will go to heaven if they vote for his party this month
  2. The World Food Program slowly resumes food aid to Ethiopia after months of suspension and criticism
  3. Rwanda genocide survivors criticize UN court’s call to permanently halt elderly suspect’s trial
  4. Local businesses in northern Nigeria feel the sting of regional sanctions against neighboring Niger
U.S. News
The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Matthew Thayer/The Maui News via AP)
Wildfires take Maui by surprise, burning through a historic town and killing at least 6 people
 
  1. What’s driving Maui’s devastating fires, and how climate change is fueling those conditions
  2. Utah man suspected of threatening President Joe Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrant
  3. Virginia prison officials won’t divulge complaints about facility where inmate died
  4. Special counsel got a search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Trump’s account, documents say