Global News Highlights from AP

October 20, 2026

US President Donald Trump on Monday directed the federal government to bolster federal research into women's health, a move pushed by his wife, first lady Melania Trump.

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A group of student protesters blocked the entrance to the Louvre Museum in Paris on Monday, preventing the museum from opening to the public at its scheduled time. People gathered behind metallic barriers at the museum entrance, playing music, singing and chanting slogans in support of the high school student movement.

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Israeli settlers attacked homes in the occupied West Bank village of Turmus Ayya on Monday while residents were harvesting olives east of the town, according to 60-year-old Awad Abu Samra, a member of the Turmus Ayya Municipal Council.

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New Englanders are experiencing a spectacular display of fall foliage this year, thanks to adequate rain through the spring and summer, plus warm days and cool nights heading into fall.