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Nobel in medicine goes to 2 scientists whose work …

FILE - Hungarian biochemist Katalin Kariko poses for a photo in Budapest, Hungary, May 27, 2021. Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 for discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. The award was given to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman. Karikó is a professor at Sagan’s University in Hungary and an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania. (Csilla Cseke/MTI via AP, File)

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10 people are dead after Mexico church roof collapses. …

Rescue workers search for survivors amid debris after the roof of a church collapsed during a Sunday Mass in Ciudad Madero, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. The Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico said the roof caved in while parishioners were receiving communion. (Alejando de Angel/El Sol de Tampico via AP)

Pope suggests blessings for same-sex unions possible in …

FILE - Cardinal Joseph Zen, a vocal opponent of attempts by Beijing and the Vatican at rapprochement, presides over a vigil Mass for Bishop Michael Yeung in Hong Kong, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. Five conservative cardinals are challenging Pope Francis to affirm Catholic teaching on homosexuality and female ordination. They've asked him to respond ahead of a big Vatican meeting where such hot-button issues are up for debate. The cardinals on Monday published five questions they submitted to Francis, known as “dubia.” (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, file)

Europe Union’s top diplomat dismisses concern about bloc’s …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, poses for photo with participants of the informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Some of Europe's top diplomats have gathered in Kyiv in a display of support for Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion as signs emerge of political strain in Europe and the United States about the war. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Armenian exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh ebbs as Azerbaijan …

A ethnic Armenian man from Nagorno-Karabakh smoke a cigarette waiting to take a bus to drive to Armenia's Goris, in Lissagorsk village, Azerbaijan, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. The last bus carrying ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh has left the region, completing a weeklong, grueling exodus in which more than 80% of its residents have fled after Azerbaijan reclaimed the area in a lightning military operation. (AP Photo/Aziz Karimov)

Officials say 2 are still missing after a Spanish nightclub …

In this photo provided by Bomberos/ayuntamiento de Murcia, part of the burned-out interior a nightclub which caught fire is pictured in Murcia, south-eastern Spain, Sunday Oct. 1, 2023. At least 13 people were killed in a fire in a Spanish nightclub on Sunday morning, authorities said, with fears the toll could still rise as rescue workers sift through the debris. The fire broke out in the two-storey "Teatre" nightclub, also called "Fonda Milagros", in the city of Murcia in southeastern Spain in early hours of the morning. (Bomberos/ayuntamiento de Murcia, via AP)

Clergy abuse survivors propose new ‘zero tolerance’ law …

New Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, poses for a photo at the end of the consistory where Pope Francis elevated 21 new cardinals in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

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Slovakia’s president asks a populist ex-premier to …

Chairman of Smer-Social Democracy party Robert Fico, center, adresses the results of an early parliamentary election during a press conference in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Serbia says it has reduced army presence near Kosovo …

Serbian Defense Minister Milos Vucevic speaks during a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. The Serbian army has cut nearly by a half the number of troops near the border with Kosovo, top officials said on Monday, also denying U.S. and other reports of a mass buildup in the wake of a shooting over a week ago that killed four people and raised fears of instability in the volatile region. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Work starts on turning Adolf Hitler’s birthplace …

FILE - An exterior view of Adolf Hitler's birth house, front, in Braunau am Inn, Austria, on Sept. 27, 2012. Work started Monday Oct. 2, 2023 on turning the house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 into a police station, a project meant to make it unattractive as a site of pilgrimage for people who glorify the Nazi dictator. (AP Photo / Kerstin Joensson, File)

Women’s voices and votes loom large as pope is set …

FILE - Maria Lia Zervino one of the first women chosen by Pope Francis to be on the Dicastery for Bishops is interviewed by the Associated Press in Rome, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. For Zervino, who worked alongside the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio when both held positions in the Argentine bishops conference, the upcoming synod of bishops is a watershed moment for the church and quite possibly the most consequential thing Francis will have undertaken as pope. This edition is different because Francis has allowed women and other laypeople to vote alongside bishops. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

A big fire at a police headquarters in northeastern …

Firefighters climb up a ladder on the burning building of police headquarters in Ismailia, northeastern Egypt following a fire Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. A huge fire broke out early Monday in the police headquarters, injuring multiple people, the health ministry said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Awad)

Indonesian president launches Southeast Asia’s first …

Indonesian President Joko widodo , center, delivers his speech during the opening ceremony for launching Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway at Halim station in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Indonesian President Joko Widodo launched Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway that will start its commercial operations on Monday, a key project under China's Belt and Road infrastructure initiative that will cut travel time between two cities from the current three hours to about 40 minutes. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)