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In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, survivors rest after being rescued from the still burning MV Lady Mary Joy at Basilan, southern Philippines early Thursday March 30, 2023. More than a dozen people died while other were reported missing after an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry with about 200 passengers and crew onboard caught fire close to midnight in the southern Philippines, a provincial governor said Thursday.

Philippine ferry fire kills 31 people; at least 7 missing

In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, survivors rest after being rescued from the still burning MV Lady Mary Joy at Basilan, southern Philippines early Thursday March 30, 2023. More than a dozen people died while other were reported missing after an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry with about 200 passengers and crew onboard caught fire close to midnight in the southern Philippines, a provincial governor said Thursday.

March 30, 2023, 8:04am Nation & World

A fire broke out on a ferry in the southern Philippines and raged overnight for eight hours, killing at least 31 of the approximately 250 passengers and crew, officials said Thursday. Read story

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen leaves a hotel in New York, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

China renews warnings as Taiwan’s Tsai stops over in U.S.

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen leaves a hotel in New York, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

March 30, 2023, 8:03am Nation & World

As Taiwan’s president began a stopover in the United States on her way to Central America, China said it was closely watching and would “resolutely safeguard our sovereignty and territorial integrity.” Read story

Germany criticizes Russian role in French nuclear fuel plant

March 30, 2023, 8:01am Nation & World

German officials have criticized plans by French firm Framatome to produce nuclear fuel in a joint venture with Russia’s Rosatom at a facility in western Germany, and said Thursday that they will consider whether an application to do so can be rejected. Read story

FILE - A worker removes a pre-election billboard showing Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, who chose to run for the president of Bosnia's Serb-run part, a day after a general elections in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, on Oct. 3, 2022. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has compared the policies of separatist leader of the Serbs in Bosnia to those of Russian President Vladimir Putin following his moves to curb dissent and LGBTQ rights.

Blinken compares Bosnia Serb leader to Putin

FILE - A worker removes a pre-election billboard showing Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, who chose to run for the president of Bosnia's Serb-run part, a day after a general elections in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, on Oct. 3, 2022. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has compared the policies of separatist leader of the Serbs in Bosnia to those of Russian President Vladimir Putin following his moves to curb dissent and LGBTQ rights.

March 30, 2023, 8:00am Nation & World

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has compared the policies of the Bosnia Serb separatist leader to those of Russian President Vladimir Putin following his moves to curb dissent and LGBTQ rights. Read story

Britain's Prince Harry arrives at the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Prince Harry returned to a London court Thursday as his lawyer fought to keep his phone hacking lawsuit alive against the publisher of The Daily Mail.

Prince Harry back in court for phone hacking hearing finale

Britain's Prince Harry arrives at the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Prince Harry returned to a London court Thursday as his lawyer fought to keep his phone hacking lawsuit alive against the publisher of The Daily Mail.

March 30, 2023, 7:58am Nation & World

Prince Harry returned to a London court Thursday as his lawyer fought to keep his phone hacking lawsuit against a British tabloid publisher alive. Read story

Anti-torture body decries use of violence, dogs on migrants

March 30, 2023, 7:58am Nation & World

Europe’s anti-torture monitor said Thursday that police and border guards in some countries are using violence, dogs and the humiliation of stripping migrants of their clothing to drive them back across borders, and routinely deprive people of their right to apply for international protection. Read story

Republican lawmakers accuse Federal Reserve of being lax before bank failure

March 29, 2023, 4:38pm Nation & World

Republican lawmakers accused top bank regulators Wednesday of dawdling as Silicon Valley Bank hurtled toward the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history and questioned whether tougher regulations would have made a difference. Read story

FILE - Students enlisted in the new Army prep course work together in barracks at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Aug. 26, 2022.

Basic training without yelling: Army recruits get 2nd chance

FILE - Students enlisted in the new Army prep course work together in barracks at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Aug. 26, 2022.

March 29, 2023, 4:15pm Nation & World

Last August, Daysia Holiday decided to try one more time to join the Army. Read story

Freed ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Paul Rusesabagina arrives in U.S.

March 29, 2023, 3:07pm Nation & World

The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” and was freed by Rwanda last week from a terrorism sentence returned Wednesday to the United States, where he will reunite with his family after being held for more than two years, according to a person familiar with the matter. Read story

Pope Francis is helped into his car at the end of the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital on Wednesday for some previously scheduled tests, slipping out of the Vatican after his general audience and before the busy start of Holy Week this Sunday.

Pope to be hospitalized for days with respiratory infection

Pope Francis is helped into his car at the end of the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital on Wednesday for some previously scheduled tests, slipping out of the Vatican after his general audience and before the busy start of Holy Week this Sunday.

March 29, 2023, 2:28pm Churches & Religion

Pope Francis was hospitalized with a respiratory infection Wednesday after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days and will remain in the Rome hospital for several days of treatment, the Vatican said. Read story