Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, left, Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson, all American citizens, attend court in Kinshasa in September 2024, on charges of taking part in a coup attempt in May that year.
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Buildings in Myanmar continue to collapse days after deadly quake
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TOPSHOT - Myanmar and Chinese rescuers carry the body of a victim that was trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building 'Sky Villa Condominium development' in Mandalay on April 2, 2025, five days after a major earthquake struck central Myanmar. Days after a shallow 7.7-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people, many people in Myanmar are still sleeping outdoors, either unable to return to ruined homes or afraid of further aftershocks. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAI AUNG MAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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SUN VALLEY, IDAHO - MARCH 23: Lindsey Vonn of Team United States celebrates second place on the podium in the women's Super-G during the STIFEL FIS World Cup Finals at Sun Valley Resort on March 23, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
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In this aerial photograph the Morning Glory spillway at Lake Berryesa is seen dropping water down a vertical spillway into Putah Creek in Napa, California, on March 14, 2025. This spillway has become affectionately known by Northern Californians as the "Glory Hole." The circular drain is 72 feet in diameter and sends overflow water 200ft straight down through a large tunnel and eventually downstream to control water levels at the Monticello Dam. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images) Brett + Kyle
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Branches of a tree are encased in ice during an ice storm caused by freezing rain in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on March 30, 2025. Environment Canada issues a 'freezing rain warning' for Toronto early Sunday as the city expects to see ice build-up between three to five millimeters. Over 220,000 customers are without power in Ontario due to the ice storm. Hydro One, the provincial power utility, indicates that the outages are concentrated in central Ontario, from Tobermory and Gravenhurst to Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar, stuck in limbo at a compound inside the KK Park, a fraud factory, and a human trafficking hub on the border with Thailand-Myanmar after a multinational crackdown on the compounds run by criminal gangs, operated by the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) in Myawaddy, Myanmar, February 26, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
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Weather

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Russian-born tennis player Daria Kasatkina ‘didn’t have much choice’ over switching allegiances to Australia
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