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Chinese navy ships are first to dock at new pier …

This satellite image provided by Planet Labs PBC shows what appear to be two Chinese warships docked the Ream Naval Base in Cambodia on Dec. 3, 2023. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

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Russian lawmakers set presidential vote for March 17, …

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking at an exhibition at the Mashuk educational center in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol region, Russia, on Dec. 5, 2023. Russian lawmakers on Thursday, Dec. 7 set the date of the 2024 presidential election for March 17, moving Vladimir Putin closer to a fifth term in office. (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Strikes on Gaza’s southern edge sow fear in one of the …

Palestinians flee the Israeli ground offensive in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)

Divides over trade and Ukraine are in focus as EU and …

FILE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen rings a bell to signify the start of a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, on Nov. 15, 2023. Chinese President Xi Jinping met at a state guesthouse in Beijing with the two European presidents, Ursula von der Leyen from the EU Commission and Charles Michel from the EU Council on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

UK leader Rishi Sunak faces a Conservative crisis over …

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Former Polish President Lech Walesa, 80, says he is better …

FILE - Lech Walesa former President of Poland, speaks after being awarded withthe "Golden Medal for services to reconciliation and understanding among peoples" in Berlin, Monday Sept. 26, 2022. Poland’s former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, 80-year-old Lech Walesa has been hospitalized with a bad case of COVID-19, an aide said Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (Britta Pedersen/dpa via AP, file)

Democracy activist Agnes Chow says she still feels under …

FILE - Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow arrives at a court in Hong Kong, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. One of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists, who moved to Canada to pursue further studies, said she would not return to the city to meet her bail conditions, becoming the latest politician to flee Hong Kong under Beijing's crackdown on dissidents. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

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Australia pushes against China’s Pacific influence …

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, meets with Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The Australian government signed a security pact with its nearest neighbor Papua New Guinea on Thursday that strengthens Australia’s place as the preferred security partner in a region where China’s influence is growing. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Who are the Houthis and why hasn’t the US retaliated …

FILE - The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney in Souda Bay, Greece. The American warship and multiple commercial ships came under attack Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 in the Red Sea, the Pentagon said, potentially marking a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war. "We're aware of reports regarding attacks on the USS Carney and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and will provide information as it becomes available," the Pentagon said. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Bill Dodge/U.S. Navy via AP)

Fighting between Israel and Hamas rages in Gaza’s …

Israeli soldiers operate a drone near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

UN: Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine’s energy …

In this photo provided by the Ihor Moroz, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, rescuers work at the scene of a building damaged by shelling, in Novogrodivka, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. (Ihor Moroz, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration via AP)

Helicopter carrying 5 senior Guyana military officials …

A man carries the new map of Venezuela with the Essequibo territory, a large swath of land that is administered and controlled by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela, to the National Assembly building in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

UN chief uses rare power to warn Security Council …

Palestinians flee the Israeli ground offensive in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)

Mexico’s Supreme Court lifts 2022 ban on bullfighting

Animal rights activists against bullfighting gather outside the Supreme Court building in Mexico City, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. Mexico's Supreme Court is scheduled to decide whether to reverse a more than yearlong ban on bullfighting. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)