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Cambodia welcomes the Met’s repatriation of centuries-old statues looted during past turmoil ( apnews.com )

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister said Thursday....

A weakened West Africa bloc asks Senegalese leader to try to convince breakaway states to return ( apnews.com )

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — West Africa’s divided regional bloc Sunday asked Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye to have a dialogue with the three military junta-led member states to try to reunite the region whose stability has been under threat following their decision to leave the group in January....

Argentine President Milei heads to CPAC in Brazil, snubbing Lula and escalating a political feud ( apnews.com )

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Given the choice between a far-right convention to bash his enemies and a presidential summit to discuss regional trade policy, Argentine President Javier Milei preferred the stadium packed with cheering fans....

Russian-linked cybercampaigns put a bull’s-eye on France. Their focus? The Olympics and elections ( apnews.com )

PARIS (AP) — Photos of blood-red hands on a Holocaust memorial. Caskets at the Eiffel Tower. A fake French military recruitment drive calling for soldiers in Ukraine, and major French news sites improbably registered in an obscure Pacific territory, population 15,000....

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