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Details: Written by By MICHELLE CHAPMAN Associated Press; Published: 17 July 2019

Both Apple and Google are rolling out dozens of new emojis that, as usual, included cute crittters, but also ones that expand the boundaries of inclusion. (Apple via AP)

Apple and Google are rolling out dozens of new emojis that include cute critters, of course, but also expand the number of images of human diversity.

Details: Written by By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press; Published: 13 June 2019

Ryan Cooper stands next to a photo of Otto Frank, the father of the famed Holocaust victim and diarist Anne Frank (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo)

Letters show fuller picture of Otto Frank, who worked to keep daughter’s legacy alive

about-May-Day

Details: Written by By FRANK JORDANS and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press; Published: 01 May 2019

Members of the Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (COSATU) attend a May Day rally. (AP Photo/Patrick Chauvel)

Higher salaries, better working conditions, maternity leave, minimum wage and an end to discrimination against temporary or foreign workers: These were among the concerns as hundreds of thousands of union members and labor activists rallied around the world to mark May Day.

about-Olympics

Details: Written by By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer; Published: 01 May 2019

South Africa's Caster Semenya (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

The sports world's highest court ruled Wednesday that Olympic champion Caster Semenya and other female runners like her with unusually high testosterone must take medication to reduce their levels of the male sex hormone if they want to compete in certain events.

Details: Written by By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press; Published: 22 April 2019

A Sri Lankan man cries while looking for the bodies of his family members killed in yesterday church blasts in a mortuary in Colombo. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lankan officials failed to heed warnings from intelligence agencies about the threat of an attack by a domestic radical Muslim group that officials blame for Easter Sunday bombings which killed more than 200 people, the country's health minister said Monday.

Details: Written by By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press; Published: 16 April 2019

Fire fighters working at the burning Notre Dame cathedral, Monday April 15, 2019. (Benoit Moser, BSPP via AP)

Fire out, treasures intact but work ahead for Notre Dame.

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 15 April 2019

(AP Photo/Lori Hinant)

Firefighters struggle contain fire as it consumes 12th-century monument

Details: Written by BY MATTHEW LEE Associated Press; Published: 08 April 2019

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference to announce the Trump administration's plan to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard a "foreign terrorist organization" (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

President Donald Trump announced Monday that the U.S. is designating Iran's Revolutionary Guard a "foreign terrorist organization," in an effort to increase pressure on the country that could have significant diplomatic implications in the Middle East.

Details: Written by KARIN LAUB and FARES AKRAM Associated Press; Published: 01 April 2019

Over the weekend, Gaza's Hamas rulers marked a year of bloody, weekly protests that have failed to break the Israeli blockade.

Details: Written by By Farai Mutsaka Associated Press; Published: 21 March 2019

(Josh Estey/CARE via AP)

A week after Cyclone Idai hit coastal Mozambique and swept across the country to Zimbabwe, the death, damage and flooding continues in southern Africa, making it one of the most destructive natural disasters in the region's recent history.