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A family talks as they arrive at a port on the banks of the Oiapoque River, in the city of Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Takeaways from AP’s story on how oil drilling is fueling a migrant surge in Brazil's Amazon

9:23 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor state of Amapa that is receiving thousand of migrants looking for work

Edervan Forte dos Santos, from the Galibi Kali'na community, steers his boat toward mangroves in the biodiversity conservation area of Cabo Orange, in Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

'I'm going there.' Oil drilling fuels a migrant surge in isolated city in Brazil's Amazon

9:15 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil's Amazon rainforest are reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor state of Amapa that is receiving thousand of migrants looking for work

Turkish police secure the area after a gunmen attack at a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Turkey detains 9 over attack outside the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul

8:36 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Turkish authorities have detained nine people in connection with an attack on police outside the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul

FILE - President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump is expected to meet NATO leader Rutte as he muses about pulling out of the military alliance

7:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is expected to meet with President Donald Trump to try to smooth over the president’s anger with the military alliance over the Iran war

China says Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to explore a 'comprehensive solution'

7:05 AM on Wednesday, April 8

China’s government has said that Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed not to escalate their conflict and to “explore a comprehensive solution” after several weeks of cross-border fighting between the two countries that has left hundreds of people killed

California gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-CA appears at a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Rep. Eric Swalwell vows to push back on ICE in bid for California governor

12:48 AM on Wednesday, April 8

California Rep. Eric Swalwell is vowing to aggressively push back on federal immigration officers if elected governor

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

How Trump went from threatening Iran's annihilation to agreeing to a two-week ceasefire with Tehran

12:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

President Donald Trump over the course of a day went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that the battered Islamic Republic’s leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a two-week ceasefire

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires missiles toward sea after ridiculing South's hopes for better ties

8:12 PM on Tuesday, April 7

South Korea’s military says it detected North Korea firing several short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., speaks to voters in Indianola, Iowa, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/ Hannah Fingerhut)

Sen. Elissa Slotkin sits down with Trump voters in Iowa while campaigning for Democrats

8:00 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Michigan U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin is in Iowa to support Democratic congressional candidates and gather insights on how Democrats could win over President Donald Trump's supporters

Hasan Piker, left, listens as Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaks in a green room before a campaign rally, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

How big of a tent do Democrats want? Hasan Piker is testing the limits in Michigan's Senate primary

12:36 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Progressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is teaming up with online streamer Hasan Piker for campus events that are already sparking backlash

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: Iran says it has accepted a 2-week ceasefire in the war

12:55 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire in the war

Bystanders try to comfort and assist a woman as she reacts near the site of a strike that, according to a security official at the scene, destroyed half of the Khorasaniha Synagogue and nearby residential buildings in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

US and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire as Trump pulls back on threats

12:20 AM on Tuesday, April 7

U.S. President Donald Trump pulls back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran, swerving to deescalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate

Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice-elect Chris Taylor pauses while speaking on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Madison, Wis. (Owen Ziliak/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Democratic-backed Chris Taylor wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, growing liberal majority

12:08 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Democratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor has won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court

In this photo released by Kuomintang, Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) leader Cheng Li-wun, left, toasts with China's Director of Taiwan Affairs Office Song Tao during a dinner gala in Shanghai, China Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Kuomintang via AP)

Taiwan opposition leader arrives in China on what she calls a ‘journey to peace’

12:02 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun has arrived in China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, in what she's calling a “journey for peace” as Beijing pushes for the self-governed island to come under its control

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