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Why Finland is blaming Russia for a sudden influx of migrants on its eastern border 11/25/2023 11:03am • HELSINKI (AP) ��� When Finland joined NATO earlier this year, Russia threatened retaliation. Now, hundreds of migrants from the Middle East and Africa have appeared at Finland's border from Russia, seeking entry into the Nordic country. Finnish officials say the sudden surge in asylum-seekers is no Palestinian families rejoice over release of minors and women in wartime prisoner swap 11/25/2023 03:47am • BEITUNIA, West Bank (AP) ��� Over three dozen Palestinian prisoners returned home to a hero's welcome in the occupied West Bank on Friday following their release from Israeli prisons as part of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas. The procession of freed prisoners, some accused of minor offen Ireland���s prime minister condemns anti-immigrant protesters who rampaged through central Dublin 11/24/2023 03:38pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Ireland���s prime minister on Friday condemned anti-immigrant protesters who rampaged through central Dublin after three young children were stabbed, saying the rioters simply wanted to cause chaos, not protect the country���s way of life. Police made a number of further arrests on F Russian lawmaker disputes report saying he adopted a child taken from a Ukrainian children's home 11/24/2023 12:17pm • LONDON (AP) ��� A Russian lawmaker and staunch supporter of President Vladimir Putin has denied media allegations that he adopted a missing 2-year-old girl who was removed from a Ukrainian children���s home and changed her name in Russia. Sergey Mironov, 70, the leader of political party A Just Russ Mexico's arrest of cartel security boss who attacked army families' complex was likely personal 11/24/2023 11:27am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� The U.S. government thanked Mexico for arresting a hyper violent alleged Sinaloa cartel security chief, but according to details released Friday, the detention may have been highly personal for the Mexican army. Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said Nestor Isidro P��re NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 11/24/2023 10:26am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ No evidence that DNA sequence used in Pfizer shot Rapper Young Thug's long-delayed racketeering trial begins soon. Here's what to know about the case 11/24/2023 09:39am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Opening statements are expected next week in Atlanta in the trial of rapper Young Thug, who's accused of co-founding a violent criminal street gang and using his music to promote it. The Atlanta-based artist, whose given name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, is charged with violating Geor Palestinians in Gaza seeking refuge from war find their world is shrinking. They say nowhere is safe 11/24/2023 08:03am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Gaza has always been a small, crowded space with hardly any exits. Now the world for Palestinians there has shrunk to the size of whatever refuge they can find. The strip is 25 miles (40 kilometers) long by some 7 miles (11 kilometers) wide. More than a month into the war, Israeli tr Gaza shrinks for Palestinians seeking refuge. 4 stories offer a glimpse into a diminished world 11/24/2023 08:01am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Gaza has always been a small, crowded space with hardly any exits. Now the world for Palestinians there has shrunk to the size of whatever refuge they can find: a jammed shelter, a car, the walls of a shared apartment, or floors and benches in hospital corridors. The strip is 25 mile Nicaragua's Miss Universe title win exposes deep political divide in the Central American country 11/23/2023 10:52pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Nicaragua's increasingly isolated and repressive government thought it had scored a rare public relations victory last week when Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios won the Miss Universe competition. But the "legitimate joy and pride��� President Daniel Ortega's government expresse Mexican activist who counted murders in his violence-plagued city is himself killed 11/23/2023 10:00pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� An activist who documented murders in one of Mexico���s deadliest cities has himself been killed, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Adolfo Enr��quez was killed in the city of Leon, in north-central Guanajuato state. The city has the third-highest number of homicides in Mexico, tr Brazil forward Rodrygo denounces racist abuse on social media after match against Argentina 11/23/2023 06:43pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Brazil forward Rodrygo has been the target of racist abuse on social media following the World Cup qualifying game against Argentina. ���The racists are always out there," Rodrygo, who is Black, said in a message posted Thursday. "My social networks have been invaded with insults and Love ties career high with 3 TD passes, leads Packers to 29-22 win over NFC North-leading Lions 11/23/2023 05:36pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Jordan Love dropped back and threw deep on his first snap, taking advantage of what the Green Bay Packers thought the Detroit Lions defense would give them. They were right. Love set the tone with a 53-yard pass to Christian Watson on the game's first play and finished with a career In a political shift to the far right, anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders wins big in Dutch election 11/23/2023 02:30pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders said Thursday that he is ready to join the next Dutch coalition government after he surged to a huge election victory that marked a stunning lurch to the far right for a nation once famed as a beacon of tolerance. The result is sendin Portraits of those held hostage after Hamas attack on Israel 11/23/2023 09:31am • A temporary cease-fire deal that would facilitate the release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza offers a glimmer of hope to families and friends of those who have been held captive since their abduction from southern Israel by militants on Oct. 7. In all, roughly 240 people were taken to G