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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia is seeing a rise in coronavirus infections among migrants and refugees living in its camps, as it struggles to cope with one of the Balkans' highest COVID-19 death and infection rates among the general population.…

Cambodia is shutting its most popular tourist destination, the centuries-old Angkor temple complex, to visitors for two weeks to help curb the country’s coronavirus outbreak. The closing of the world-famous site is the latest in a slew of measures the country is taking after the number of coronavirus cases surged in February. The Angkor site, in the northwestern province of Siem Reap, attracted 2.2 million foreign tourists in 2019, but experienced a sharp falloff last year due to disruptions caused by the pandemic. Cambodia allows in tourists, but they must undergo a quarantine. It has reported more than 3,000 coronavirus cases, including 23 deaths.

BARAKA, Kenya (AP) — In a convoy of pickup trucks fitted with spray guns, soldiers zoom through Baraka' s hills leaving a trail of dust and bemused villagers in its wake. The vehicles brake when the soldiers see the enemy:…

Rioters set a hijacked bus on fire and hurled gasoline bombs at police in Belfast in the fourth night of violence in a week in Northern Ireland, where Brexit has unsettled an uneasy political balance. Youths threw projectiles and petrol bombs at police on Wednesday night, while loyalist and nationalist rioters hurled objects in both directions over the concrete “peace wall” separating Protestant and Catholic areas. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned the unrest, and Northern Ireland’s Belfast-based government was holding an emergency meeting Thursday on the riots. Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster, of the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party, and Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill of Irish nationalists Sinn Fein both condemned the disorder and attacks on police.

The Toronto Blue Jays are set to become the first team in Major League Baseball history to play home openers in three different cities over three consecutive seasons. Bo Bichette, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Jays host the Angels on Thursday night at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida, their spring training stadium. The Blue Jays played in Toronto in 2019. They held home games at their Triple-A site in Buffalo last year after the Canadian government barred them over coronavirus concerns. A limited-capacity crowd of about 1,300 is expected at TD Ballpark. The Cardinals, Mets and several other teams play their home openers.

Don't expect a repeat of Dustin Johnson's record-shattering 20-under win as the Masters tees off. The pandemic that forced tournament officials to move last year's event to November produced softer-than-usual conditions that just about every golfer in the field pounced on. Club Chairman Fred Ridley practically vowed that won't be the case this time around. “I think we have the golf course where we want it,” he said. What's that mean? ”They’re not concrete yet,” former champion Fred Couples chuckled, referring to the greens, “but they’re brown and they’re going to get there fast.”

Nepal’s “God of Sight” eye doctor renowned for his innovative and inexpensive cataract surgery for the poor is taking his work beyond the Himalayan mountains so there is no more unnecessary blindness in the world. Dr. Sanduk Ruit, who has won many awards and performed some 130,000 cataract surgeries, is aiming to expand his work globally. The new foundation has set the target of 500,000 cataract surgeries in less than five years in different parts of the world. At the latest free camp for the poor in southern Nepal, hundreds were fortunate enough to receive the surgery from Ruit who many compared him with god who has restored their eyesight and given them new lives.

Devin Booker scored 35 points, Chris Paul added 29 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Utah Jazz 117-113 in overtime Wednesday night in an entertaining matchup between the top two teams in the NBA. Booker had a couple of clutch mid-range jumpers to keep the Jazz behind and Paul made a 3-pointer with a minute left that pushed Phoenix ahead 114-108. Utah pulled to 114-112 on Mike Conley’s layup with 21 seconds left, but could never tie it. Paul hit two free throws with 7.8 seconds left to finally seal it and wrap up the season series with a game left. Phoenix has won seven in a row. Donovan Mitchell led Utah with 41 points.

As the COVID-19 pandemic killed more than a half-million Americans, it also quietly inflamed what was before it one of the country’s greatest public health crises: addiction. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 88,000 people died of drug overdoses in the 12 months ending in August 2020. That's the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a year. Huntington was once ground zero for the addiction epidemic. But after a hard-fought battle, the overdose rate plummeted. Until the pandemic arrived, and undid much of their hard work. 

India’s leader received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as the country hit another peak with 126,789 new cases. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted encouragement for Indians to get their doses when they are eligible. India has given at least one shot to more than 90 million people, but only 11 million of them have received both doses. As the spread of the virus surges, dozens of cities and towns began imposing night curfews to try to contain infections. The federal government has refused to impose a second nationwide lockdown, after the first last year had a steep economic impact, but it has asked states to decide local restrictions.

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after a mixed close on Wall Street, where gains for several Big Tech stocks nudged the S&P 500 to a second record high in three days. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a resumption of U.S. assistance to the Palestinians, including to the U.N. agency that deals with Palestinian refugees, nearly all of which had been eliminated under President Donald Trump. The State…

President Joe Biden appears ready to let lapse a May 1 deadline for completing a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Orderly withdrawals take time, and Biden is running out of it. Biden has inched so close to the deadline that his indecision amounts almost to a decision to put off a pullout of the remaining 2,500 troops and to continue supporting the Afghan military. Biden suggested in late March it would be difficult logistically to remove all troops in the next three weeks — along with the coalition partners who can’t function separately.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland will visit Utah this week before submitting a review on national monuments in the state. Residents there have both staunchly supported establishing and increasing the size of national monuments, and fiercely rallied against them. Haaland is the latest Interior secretary tasked with making recommendations on where the boundaries lie. Her input comes after President Donald Trump's administration decided to downsize two national monuments in southern Utah. She's expected to submit a report to President Joe Biden after she meets with tribes and elected leaders at Bears Ears National Monument on Thursday.

Kevin Durant returned from a 23-game absence to spark Brooklyn’s most explosive half of the season, finishing with 17 points and perfect shooting in the Nets’ 139-111 rout of the New Orleans Pelicans. Durant came off the bench with about 7 1/2 minutes left in the second quarter. By the time the period ended the Nets had 79 points and a 20-point halftime lead. Brooklyn was a sizzling 14 for 18 (78%) in its 43-point quarter. Kyrie Irving scored 24 points and LaMarcus Aldridge had 22 in the Nets’ ninth straight home win. 

The St. Louis Blues have lost seven in a row and are running out of time to salvage their season and make the playoffs. Less than two years since winning the Stanley Cup, the Blues face an uphill climb to even qualify for the NHL postseason. They're five points back of the final spot in the Western Division with 18 games to go. But 14 of those 18 games are against the top three teams in the West: Vegas, Colorado or Minnesota. Coach Craig Berube's team needs to find its game quickly or it will be lamenting another rough ending to a season.

Jill Biden is bringing a new focus to the cause of supporting America's military families. The first lady has announced the next chapter for a decade-old military family support program that she and then-first lady Michelle Obama led during the Obama administration. Jill Biden says the relaunched Joining Forces will focus on employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for military families, education for the more than 2 million children of enlisted parents and veterans, and the overall health and well-being of these families. Also on Wednesday, she visited the Military OneSource call center, a Defense Department operation that provides 24/7 support to service members and their families.