SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A $62 million project to dredge Puerto Rico’s biggest and most important seaport began Wednesday amid fierce opposition from environmentalists and a pending lawsuit.Crews with California-based Curtin Maritime will remove nearly 3 million cubic yards (76 million cubic feet) of marine floor to open…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — European Council President Charles Michel traveled to Romania’s capital on Wednesday for talks with several European Union country leaders on the bloc’s so-called strategic agenda to address goals for the next five-year period.Michel arrived in Bucharest at the presidential Cotroceni Palace where he was hosted by…

South Africa’s parliament speaker resigned on Wednesday and relinquished her seat in the legislature over allegations of corruption, a day after she lost a bid in court that would block her arrest.Prosecutors last week said they intend to charge Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula with corruption, accusing her of receiving about $135,000…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s main opposition parties demanded Wednesday that the Conservative government publish legal advice it has received on whether Israel has broken international humanitarian law during the war in Gaza. They say the U.K. should ban weapons sales to Israel if the law has been broken.Britain is a…

French police on Wednesday removed dozens of migrants, including families with young children, from the forecourt of Paris City Hall as the capital prepares to mark 100 days to the start of the Olympic Games.Police arrived at dawn to remove about 50 people, mostly women and children aged 3 months…

Rare storms with typhoon-like winds have killed at least seven people in China’s southern Jiangxi province since the weekend, three of them blown out of their high-rise apartments in their sleep.The extreme weather, which began on March 31, has engulfed nine cities including Nanchang and Jiujiang with 93,000 people in…

Taiwan was struck Wednesday by its most powerful earthquake in a quarter of a century. At least nine people were killed and hundreds injured, buildings and highways damaged and train service interrupted.Taiwan is no stranger to powerful earthquakes, yet their toll on the high-tech island’s 23 million residents has been…

Mourners gathered outside a southern Finland school Wednesday, a day after a 12-year-old student was accused of fatally shooting a boy and seriously wounding two girls all the same age with a handgun. The suspect, a sixth grader who attended the school, was apprehended less than an hour later.The attack…

The exhibition at Morocco’s Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art showcases Cuban art.It represents one of the first displays of Cuban artwork at an African museum.Themes explored in the exhibition range from isolation and economic embargo to heritage and identity.When Morocco ‘s King Mohamed VI visited Havana in…

Greece has approved the purchase of 35 Blackhawk helicopters from a U.S. defense contractor aimed at modernizing its armed forces.The deal, valued at $1.24 billion, was passed by the parliament’s committee, according to a Greek government official.The Greek government has a multi-billion, 10-year procurement strategy, which involves acquiring up to…