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A woman could be Mexico's next leader. Millions of others continue in shadows as domestic workers 05/27/2024 01:57pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Concepci��n Alejo is used to being invisible. Alejo, 43, touches her face up with makeup on a Tuesday morning, and steps out of her tiny apartment on the fringes of Mexico City. She walks until the cracked gravel outside her home turns into cobblestones, and the campaign posters A woman could be Mexico���s next leader. Millions of others continue in shadows as domestic workers. 05/27/2024 01:53pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Concepci��n Alejo is used to being invisible. Alejo, 43, touches her face up with makeup on a Tuesday morning, and steps out of her tiny apartment on the fringes of Mexico City. She walks until the cracked gravel outside her home turns into cobblestones, and the campaign posters World Health Assembly hopes to reinforce pandemic preparedness after bold treaty project stalls 05/27/2024 01:09pm • GENEVA (AP) ��� Member countries kicked off the World Health Organization's annual assembly on Monday with hopes of improving global readiness for deadly outbreaks like COVID-19, after an ambitious ���pandemic treaty��� ran aground last week. Health officials are racing to get the world to agree to Former France soccer player Karembeu says two of his relatives have been killed in New Caledonia 05/27/2024 12:11pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Former soccer player Christian Karembeu, a 1998 World Cup winner with France, says two of his relatives have been killed during the unrest in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Speaking during an interview with Europe 1 radio on Monday, the former Real Madrid midfielder sa France to lift state of emergency in efforts to allow political dialogue in riot-hit New Caledonia 05/27/2024 10:49am • PARIS (AP) ��� French President Emmanuel Macron decided on Monday to lift the state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia in a move meant to allow political dialogue following the unrest that left seven people dead and a trail of destruction, his office said. The president's Sports on TV for Tuesday, May 28 05/27/2024 10:00am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, May 28 CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE 8 p.m. NHLN ��� Memorial Cup: Drummond vs. Moose Jaw, Saginaw, Mich. COLLEGE GOLF (MEN���S) 1 p.m. GOLF ��� NCAA Championships: Team Match Play - Quarterfinals, Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Ca Iran's acting president addresses new parliament after helicopter crash killing president, others 05/27/2024 08:31am • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ��� Iran's acting President Mohammad Mokhber addressed the country's new parliament Monday in his first public speech since last week's helicopter crash that killed his predecessor and seven others. His speech comes as Iran prepares for a presidential election to replace the late E A synthetic drug ravages youth in Sierra Leone. There's little help, and some people are chained 05/27/2024 07:17am • FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) ��� In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. Trash-strewn alleys are lined with boys and young men slumped in addiction. Healthcare services are severely limited. One frustrated community has set up what it calls a treatment center, run by volunteers. B North Korea plans to launch a rocket soon, likely carrying its second military spy satellite 05/27/2024 06:29am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� North Korea announced plans to launch a rocket apparently carrying its second military spy satellite during an eight-day period starting Monday, drawing quick, strong rebukes from neighbors South Korea and Japan. The notification of the planned launch, banned under U.N. r Hungary's five-time Prime Minister Orb��n is facing a new serious contender in upcoming EU elections 05/27/2024 03:14am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ��� About three months ago, a scandal rocked five-time nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orb��n's Fidesz party which prides itself on upholding family values and Christian conservatism. As party leaders attempted damage control after close Orb��n allies, President Katalin Nov� This week: Consumer confidence, Dick's Sporting Goods earnings and the latest US inflation reading 05/27/2024 03:10am • A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week: HOW CONFIDENT? The Conference Board on Tuesday issues its consumer confidence index for May. Confidence deteriorated in April for the third straight month as Americans fret about their short-term financial futures In one North Carolina county, it's 'growth, growth, growth.' But will Biden reap the benefit? 05/27/2024 03:08am • SILER CITY, N.C. (AP) ��� At the epicenter of President Joe Biden���s promised economic boom, a slow tractor can still halt traffic. Just 81,000 people live in rural Chatham County, North Carolina. There are 1,076 farms. The old mill now houses a dance studio, a grocer and a steakhouse. For work, ma Russian POWs get to make phone calls home. Ukrainians don't. A growing movement wants that to change 05/27/2024 02:16am • FAR WESTERN UKRAINE (AP) ��� Precious few choices are available to Alexander, a 26-year-old Russian soldier, since his capture: Clothes, meals and the hours of his day are rigidly accounted for in the camp for prisoners of war. But Ukraine allows Alexander to call home to his family in Kursk, a Russ 12 people injured after Qatar Airways plane hits turbulence on flight to Dublin 05/27/2024 01:31am • LONDON (AP) ��� Twelve people were injured when a Qatar Airways plane flying from Doha to Dublin on Sunday hit turbulence, airport authorities said. Eight of the injured were hospitalized. Dublin Airport said in a statement that flight QR017, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, landed safely as scheduled befor South Africa's election could bring the biggest political shift since it became a democracy in 1994 05/27/2024 01:01am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) ��� South Africans will vote Wednesday to decide whether their country will take its most significant political step since the moment 30 years ago when it brought down apartheid and achieved democracy. This national election will not be as momentous as the one South Afri