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CHISINAU, Moldova – The leader of a pro-Russian separatist republic has announced that his foreign minister is resigning to take up another position: she’ll become his wife. Leader of Trans-Dniester, Yevgeny Shevchuk, said in a news conference Monday that Nina Shtanski was quitting her post. “She will leave for another …

DAKAR, Senegal – An alliance to save great apes says authorities have arrested Guinea’s former wildlife director for allegedly playing a key role in trafficking chimpanzees and other endangered wildlife. The Great Apes Survival Partnership said Tuesday that Ansoumane Doumbouya, who was also Guinea’s representative to the Convention on International …

UNITED NATIONS – The selection of the U.N. secretary-general has been largely secretive for 70 years. A vote in the General Assembly next week could begin to change that. A draft resolution, obtained by The Associated Press and finalized late Wednesday, outlines how the U.N. should begin making the process …