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The Russian Defense Ministry on Sunday accused Ukraine of “violating” Moscow’s three-day ceasefire more than 14,000 times. Ukraine, which did not agree to the May 8-10 ceasefire, has also accused Russia of violating its own truce, with the Ukrainian foreign minister calling it a farce.A Russian official on Sunday evening also accused Ukrainian forces of a missile strike on a town in Russia’s Kursk region that borders Ukraine. Acting Gov. Alexander Khinshtein said on Telegram that the strike “seriously damaged” a hotel in Rylsk, a town east of the Ukrainian border, and wounded three people.

Litvinova reported from Tallinn, Estonia. Associated Press writers Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey, and Thomas Adamson-Koumbouzis in Paris contributed to this report.Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine atBEIRUT (AP) — Sunni regional powerhouses

have had a complicated and often contentious relationship over the years. But their ties warmed significantly afterSince then, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have worked to stabilize the new government in Damascus and usher Syria back into the international fold.

It was no surprise then that the first trips abroad that Syria’s

made were to the kingdom’s capital of Riyadh and Ankara, Turkey’s capital.Waste picker Salmaa Shekh looks outside a temporary shelter during a heat wave at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

At least one person who died in northern India’swas identified as a garbage picker.

The landfills themselves seethe internally as garbage decomposes, and the rising heat of summer speeds and intensifies the process. That increases emissions of gases such as methane and carbon dioxide that are dangerous to breathe. And almost all landfill fires come in summer, experts say, and can burn for days.Waste picker Arjun, 6, works at garbage dump site during a heat wave on the outskirts of Jammu, India, on June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)