Global News Highlights from AP

Pope Leo XIV was released from hospital on Saturday after lung cancer surgery. He will deliver the traditional noon blessing Sunday from a window overlooking St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced.

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High winds are fueling a fast-moving fire that has burned homes in Southern California. Flames engulfed at least six homes and prompted thousands to evacuate. Two firefighters were taken to the hospital with heat-related injuries.

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Rivers swollen by heavy rains linked to El Niño continued flooding swaths of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay on Friday, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes and sending ranchers scrambling to move cattle to higher ground.

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Amid rubble and destruction in Gaza City, dozens of Palestinian men and children gathered to cheer on the competitors in the “Palestine Strongman Championship," as they watched Gaza’s strongest athletes compete in rounds of truck pulling, tire flipping and weightlifting.

(Oct 17)