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04 Feb, 06:06

Debt-stricken Sri Lanka marks independence day as new president pledges to rebuild the country

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Debt-stricken Sri Lanka marked its 77th independence anniversary on Tuesday with a military parade, while the country’s newly elected president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, pledged to heal Sri Lanka’s economic woes by the end of his five-year term.

Sri Lanka, which gained independence from Britain in 1948, suffered its worst economic crisis in 2022, forcing the island nation to declare bankruptcy. It also suspended repayments on some $83 billion in domestic and foreign loans amid a foreign exchange crisis that led to a severe shortage of food, medicine, fuel and cooking gas, and hourslong power cuts.

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04 Feb, 05:51

Senate confirms fossil fuel CEO Chris Wright as energy secretary. He vows to ‘unleash’ US resources

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday confirmed fossil fuel executive Chris Wright to serve as energy secretary, a key post to promote President Donald Trump’s efforts to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market.

Wright, CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, has been one of the industry’s loudest voices against efforts to fight climate change. He says more fossil fuel production can lift people out of poverty around the globe and has promised to help Trump “unleash energy security and prosperity.”

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04 Feb, 05:36

China imposes 15% tariffs on coal, LNG in response to Trump’s tariffs

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Ministry of Commerce announced Tuesday it was implementing counter tariffs against the U.S. on multiple products.

The government said that it would implement 15% tariff on coal and liquified natural gas products, as well as a 10% tariff on crude oil, agricultural machinery, large-displacement cars.

The 10% tariff that President Donald Trump ordered on China was set to go into effect Tuesday, though Trump planned to talk with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the next few days.

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04 Feb, 05:21

Trump’s tariff threat sends crypto prices falling, including his own meme coin

Cryptocurrency prices took a hit from the prospect of a trade war between the U.S. and its major trading partners, with some well-known digital assets and President Donald Trump’s own meme coin taking big hits.

The price of bitcoin started falling from about $105,000 shortly after Trump announced plans Saturday to start putting large tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China.

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04 Feb, 02:06

Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Canada and Mexico after they pledge to boost border enforcement

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday agreed to a 30-day pause on his tariff threats against Mexico and Canada as America’s two largest trading partners took steps to appease his concerns about border security and drug trafficking.

The pauses provide a cool-down period after a tumultuous few days that put North America on the cusp of a trade war that risked crushing economic growth, causing prices to soar and ending two of the United States’ most critical partnerships.

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04 Feb, 00:51

NHL Players’ Association and Professional Hockey Players’ Association join the AFL-CIO

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Hockey League Players’ Association and Professional Hockey Players’ Association are affiliating with the AFL-CIO and joining the labor organization’s sports council, they announced Monday.

Their membership brings the number of unions involved in the AFL-CIO, the biggest labor federation in the U.S., to 63, representing more than 15 million workers. It comes as collective bargaining talks are ongoing at multiple levels of the sport.

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04 Feb, 00:51

Ecuador’s conservative president announces tariffs on Mexican exports in an echo of Trump policy

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s conservative president said Monday that he is raising tariffs on Mexican imports in a move that echoes the trade barriers that U.S. President Donald Trump announced — but then paused — against Mexico.

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa said Monday that the 27% tariff to be applied on Mexican goods was aimed at boosting local manufacturers. But the conservative leader may also be seeking favor with Washington, where the Trump administration said Saturday it would impose its own 25% tariffs on Mexico.

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04 Feb, 00:36

Some US businesses close in a ‘day without immigrants.’ But many say they can’t lose income

Several businesses from day cares to grocery stores and hair salons closed Monday across the U.S. in a loosely organized day of protest against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

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04 Feb, 00:36

After Trump declares a trade war, Canadians grapple with a sense of betrayal

TORONTO (AP) — As Canadians absorb U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and his threats to make Canada the 51st state, one thing has become abundantly clear: One of the world’s most durable and amicable alliances — born of geography, heritage and centuries of common interests — is broken.

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04 Feb, 00:36

How Trump’s pledge to punish South Africa reflects Musk’s criticism of his homeland

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said he will cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a human rights violation, a move that reflects Elon Musk’s repeated and false claims over the years that authorities in his country of birth are anti-white and even encouraging the killing of white people.

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04 Feb, 00:36

Surreal prices for COP30 in Brazil’s Amazon leave attendees scrambling for a place to stay

SAO PAULO (AP) — Nine months ahead of this year’s annual U.N. climate summit, known as COP30, lodging prices in the Brazilian host city of Belem are turning heads—and may soon turn off would-be attendees from the first such meeting in the Amazon rainforest.

With a shortage of housing and high interest, property owners and rental companies are feeling emboldened to charge five-digit rates, even for cramped rooms with shared bathrooms.

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03 Feb, 23:51

Investors are betting Musk and Tesla will make a fortune under Trump even as threats mount

NEW YORK (AP) — For Elon Musk fans, it’s the half a trillion-dollar bet.

That is how much the stock market value of Tesla has rocketed since the presidential election, a vertiginous climb uninterrupted in recent days despite a disappointing financial report that would have sunk the stock of nearly any other company.

Investors are wagering that President Donald Trump will help Musk’s company more than hurt it with his plans to take an axe to reams of Washington regulations and wield tariffs to get his way with key trading partners.

Less regulation? Fantastic. Trade war? No biggie.

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03 Feb, 22:51

A 1714 Stradivarius violin up for auction could become most expensive music instrument ever sold

NEW YORK (AP) — A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold when it goes up for auction on Friday at Sotheby’s in New York.

The auction house is estimating the value of the “Joachim-Ma Stradivarius” at $12 million to $18 million. If it sells at the top end of that range, it could best the $15.9 million paid in 2011 for another Stradivarius, the “Lady Blunt,” made in 1721 and named by Guinness World Records as the most expensive instrument ever sold at auction.

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03 Feb, 21:36

New governor tests relations with North Carolina lawmakers with aid request for Helene recovery

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein asked state legislators Monday to roughly double their spending so far on recovery from Hurricane Helene, warning that waiting will cause more business closings, housing construction delays and students falling behind.

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03 Feb, 21:21

How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 2/3/2025

President Donald Trump’s tariffs sent Wall Street on a roller coaster.

The S&P 500 fell 0.8% Monday following sharper loses across Asia and Europe. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite lost 1.2%.

U.S. stocks had initially been on track for much worse losses on worries about how much pain U.S. companies would feel because of the U.S. tariffs announced for imports from Canada, Mexico and China. The S&P 500 was briefly down nearly 2%, and the Dow dropped as many as 665 points. But they pared losses after Mexico’s president said she had negotiated a one-month reprieve for her country.

On Monday:

The S&P 500 fell 45.96 points, or 0.8%, to 5,994.57.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 122.75 points, or 0.3%, to 44,421.91.

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03 Feb, 20:06

Microsoft founder Bill Gates explores the making of his internal operating system in new memoir

As he prepares to turn 70 later this year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ new memoir explores how his childhood quirks, upbringing, friendships and experiences coalesced into shaping his internal operating system.

In “Source Code: My Beginnings,” the first installment of a trilogy retracing his journey from an often misunderstood kid to a polarizing technology titan to an influential philanthropist, Gates dissects his brain’s unusual wiring, delves into the emotional trauma of his best friend dying while they were both in high school, and revisits the birth of Traf-O-Data, a startup that he launched in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with another childhood friend, Paul Allen.

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03 Feb, 19:06

Trump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund, says it could own part of TikTok

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the U.S. to take steps to start developing a government-owned investment fund that he said could be used to profit off of TikTok if he’s successful at finding it an American buyer.

Trump signed an order on his first day office to grant the Chinese-owned TikTok until early April to find a domestic partner or buyer, but he’s said he’s looking for the U.S. to take a 50% stake in the massive social media platform. He said Monday in the Oval Office that TikTok was an example of what he could put in a new U.S. sovereign wealth fund.

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03 Feb, 18:51

SoftBank and OpenAI set up joint company to push artificial intelligence services

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group and OpenAI stepped up their AI partnership Monday, setting up a 50-50 held company called SB OpenAI Japan.

SoftBank Chief Masayoshi Son and OpenAI Chief Sam Altman appeared at an event in Tokyo, talking up their collaboration and inviting Japanese companies to join.

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03 Feb, 17:36

Court restores protections for endangered whale species to prevent entanglement in fishing gear

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Commercial fishermen who hoped for a loosening of fishing regulations during President Donald Trump’s administration faced a setback when a federal appeals court reinstated rules meant to protect a dwindling whale species from getting entangled in fishing gear.

The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision on Thursday and reinstated the protections. The lower court had ruled against a federal law banning lobster fishing in a 200-nautical-mile area off the New England coast from Feb. 1 to April 30 annually.

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03 Feb, 17:36

Multiple earthquakes are rattling Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini. Here’s what we know

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Multiple earthquakes are rattling Santorini, a volcanic island in Greece, prompting authorities to dispatch rescuers with tents, a sniffer dog and drones, and to shut schools on four islands.

Residents have been warned to avoid indoor gatherings, check escape routes, stay away from cliffs and to drain swimming pools to reduce potential structural damage to buildings in the event of a large earthquake.

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08 Jan, 14:14

Brazil marks 2nd anniversary of right-wing coup attempt as Bolsonaro's legal troubles deepen

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian authorities gathered in capital Brasilia on Wednesday to mark the second anniversary of an alleged coup attempt by supporters of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was joined by the Supreme Court’s deputy Chief Justice Luiz Edson Fachin for a ceremony at the presidential palace, one of the buildings Bolsonaro supporters trashed in 2023 in a bid to trigger a military intervention that would oust the leftist leader from office.

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At last, some welcome news on college costs. Tuition has fallen significantly at many schools

BOSTON (AP) — The cost of college keeps spiraling ever higher, right?

Not necessarily. New research indicates students are paying significantly less to attend public universities than they were a decade ago. And tuition increases at private colleges have finally slowed after years of hefty rises.

Figures compiled by the nonprofit College Board indicate the average student attending an in-state public university this year faces a tuition bill of $11,610, which is down 4% from a decade earlier when taking inflation into account. But the real savings come in what the average student actually pays after getting grants and financial aid. That’s down 40% over the decade, from $4,140 to $2,480 annually, according to the data.

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08 Jan, 13:54

Biden administration withdraws old-growth forest plan after getting pushback from industry and GOP

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday abruptly dropped its nascent plan to protect old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the timber industry.

The move was announced by U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore in a letter to forest supervisors.

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08 Jan, 13:53

US applications for jobless claims fall to 201,000, lowest level in nearly a year

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in nearly a year last week, pointing to a still healthy labor market with historically low layoffs.

The Labor Department on Wednesday said that applications for jobless benefits fell to 201,000 for the week ending January 4, down from the previous week’s 211,000. This week’s figure is the lowest since February of last year.

The four-week average of claims, which evens out the week-to-week ups and downs, fell by 10,250 to 213,000.

The overall numbers receiving unemployment benefits for the week of December 28 rose to 1.87 million, an increase of 33,000 from the previous week.

Weekly jobless claims are considered a proxy for the number of U.S. layoffs.

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08 Jan, 13:45

Aid convoy reaches remote district in NW Pakistan after prolonged blockade amid sectarian violence

PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — Aid trucks carrying medicines, food and other relief supplies for hundreds of thousands of besieged residents reached a remote region in restive northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, a government spokesman and local officials said.

A key highway leading to the Kurram district was closed by authorities over three months ago following violent clashes between rival Shiite and Sunni tribes in which at least 130 people have died.

The convoy had been waiting for a security clearance since Saturday when gunmen opened fire on government vehicles and wounded some officials who were on their way to supervise the supply of aid to Kurram, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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08 Jan, 13:44

Australian Open 2025: There really isn't much time off in the offseason for tennis players

If it seems as though the 2025 professional tennis year started pretty much immediately right after 2024 ended, that’s because that’s exactly what happens in a sport where the offseason really does not leave players much time to be “off.”

Actually, for tennis, 2025 began while the calendar still read 2024.

“I do, obviously, wish that the offseason was longer, 100%,” said 2023 U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff, who began her “year” by helping the American team win the United Cup title in Sydney, more than a week after that competition began on Dec. 27. “But it is what it is.”

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08 Jan, 13:21

Egypt unveils ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts in Luxor

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08 Jan, 13:21

Exxon Mobil Corp. sues California attorney general for defamation over plastic recycling claims

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Exxon Mobil Corp. filed a federal defamation lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups, months after Bonta sued the oil and gas giant alleging that it deceived the public for half a century by promising the plastics it produced would be recycled.

The Texas-based company said in its lawsuit, filed Monday in that state’s Eastern District, that Bonta, the Sierra Club, San Francisco Baykeeper, Heal the Bay and the Surfrider Foundation conspired to defame it with statements regarding the efficacy of its plastic recycling technology.

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08 Jan, 13:06

6 soldiers and 34 extremist rebels die in a clash in northeastern Nigeria, military says

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least six soldiers and 34 Islamic extremists died in a clash in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, the military said Wednesday.

The rebels, riding on motorcycles and gun trucks, launched a surprise attack on the troops, who resisted and engaged them in a gun battle, Nigerian military spokesperson Edward Buba said in a statement.

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08 Jan, 11:55

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen pays tribute to her politically polarizing father

PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen paid tribute Wednesday to her father Jean-Marie, the founder of the National Front party who died at 96, calling him a “warrior” in politics despite their notoriously harsh political disputes.

Le Pen posted on social media platform X: “A venerable age had taken the warrior away but given us back our father,” suggesting she was able to reconcile with him.

Jean-Marie, who has three daughters including Marine, the youngest, was a polarizing figure, convicted multiple times of antisemitism, discrimination and inciting racial violence.

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08 Jan, 11:45

Edmunds: The best used all-wheel-drive cars you can get for under $25,000

All-wheel drive might not be a must-have, but it sure is nice to have if you live in any of the large swaths of America that regularly see snow. Certainly a good set of winter tires will get the job done much of the time, but if you want ultimate peace of mind, there’s no substitute for all-wheel drive. Combine the two and you’re virtually unstoppable.

All-wheel drive was once rare in cars, but over the last 20 years it’s become a much more common feature. Especially in the last 10 years, carmakers have added all-wheel drive to existing models as well as producing new all-wheel-drive models, helping to make this feature as affordable as it is ubiquitous.

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07 Jan, 21:36

Mexico offers protection to famed corridos singer after drug cartel death threats

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07 Jan, 21:28

PHOTO COLLECTION: Jimmy Carter Washington January 7

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07 Jan, 21:25

How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday, 1/7/2025

Good news on the U.S. economy is back to being bad for Wall Street.

The S&P 500 swung to a loss of 1.1% after a pair of reports on the economy came in better than expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite tumbled 1.9%.

While the strong reports on the U.S. job market and business activity were good news for anyone worried about a possible recession, they could also make it less likely the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates.

Treasury yields jumped after the reports, and Nvidia and other Big Tech stocks took some of the heaviest hits.

On Tuesday:

The S&P 500 fell 66.35 points, or 1.1%, to 5,909.03.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 178.20 points, or 0.4%, to 42,528.36.

The Nasdaq composite fell 375.30 points, or 1.9%, to 19,489.68.

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07 Jan, 21:16

Biden administration set to announce 'substantial' final weapons package for Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is set to announce a massive, final weapons aid package for Ukraine as part of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s visit to Germany on Thursday to meet with representatives of about 50 partner nations who have come to Ukraine’s defense since Russia invaded nearly three years ago, two senior defense officials said.

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07 Jan, 21:07

Dr. Amy Acton, who helped lead Ohio’s early pandemic response, joins 2026 governor's race

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Ohio Health Director Amy Acton, who became a household name in the state in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, is running for governor.

Acton, 58, a physician and public health expert who stood alongside Republican Gov. Mike DeWine for months during his daily coronavirus briefings, said people still stop her in the grocery store or at a restaurant to share their struggles — and she doesn’t want to look away.

“I feel like I have a bond with Ohioans and a connection,” she said in an Associated Press interview. “You don’t go through what we’ve been through ... and not have some special connection.”

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07 Jan, 21:01

Trump's praise of Carter in death after jeering him in life deepens a contradictory relationship

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Living to 100 let Jimmy Carter fulfill his wish to vote for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris against Republican Donald Trump in November. His death means flags at the White House will be at half-staff when Trump regains the presidency on Jan. 20.

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07 Jan, 20:55

As MLK holiday nears, Bernice King urges people to really focus on his teachings

ATLANTA (AP) — As the holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. approaches, his daughter is urging people to really focus on his teachings and work throughout the coming year, rather than just quoting him or celebrating for a day.

The Rev. Bernice King, CEO of the King Center in Atlanta, spoke Tuesday as she kicked off a series of events — summits, service projects and educational opportunities — leading up to Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 20. Coretta Scott King founded the King Center in 1968 to memorialize her husband’s life, work, legacy and commitment to nonviolence.

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07 Jan, 20:40

Takeaways from Trump's Mar-a-Lago press conference

PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — Less than two weeks before taking office, President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday took some of his most audacious claims and promises of the transition period and amped them up to new levels.

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07 Jan, 20:20

US sanctions top Hungarian official for alleged corruption while in office

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A senior Hungarian government official close to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was hit Tuesday with U.S. sanctions for his alleged involvement in corruption in Hungary, a rare step against a sitting official in an allied country.

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Antal Rogán for corruption while in office. A key figure in Orbán’s government, Rogán is accused of using his position to broker favorable business deals with government-aligned businesspeople, a key part of European Union penalties against Hungary that have withheld billions in funding over official corruption concerns.

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07 Jan, 19:51

Flying taxis are on the horizon as aviation soars into a new frontier

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07 Jan, 19:40

2 killed and 1 critically injured in shooting at a company's premises in Germany

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07 Jan, 19:40

How removing unpaid medical bills from credit reports could help consumers

NEW YORK (AP) — Lenders will no longer be able to consider unpaid medical bills as a credit history factor when they evaluate potential borrowers in the U.S. for mortgages, car loans or business loans, according to a rule the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized Tuesday.

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07 Jan, 19:37

3 Pakistani soldiers, 19 insurgents killed in separate raids in northwest

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani security forces killed 19 insurgents in three separate raids on militant hideouts in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, the military said Tuesday. Three soldiers also died in the shooting.

Troops killed 16 insurgents in two separate raids in the northwestern Peshawar and Mohmand districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said in a statement. Another three insurgents were killed in the third assault in Karak, also in the same province, it said.

The military said that three soldiers were killed in the ensuing shoutouts.

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised troops for eliminating the insurgents. In separate statements, they also paid tributes to the “martyred” soldiers.

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07 Jan, 19:31

Jean-Marie Le Pen and the rise of the far right in France: a look at key dates

PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party, died on Tuesday at 96, but the anti-immigration and nationalist ideas that propelled his decades of popularity remain ascendant in the country, across Europe and beyond.

Le Pen’s daughter, Marine Le Pen, transformed the National Front, now named the National Rally, into one of France’s most powerful political forces as she is now eyeing the 2027 presidential election.

Here’s a look at the key dates in the life and career of one of France’s most controversial political figures, and his legacy.

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29 Dec, 14:15

Belgium will ban sales of disposable e-cigarettes in a first for the EU

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium will ban the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes as of Jan. 1 on health and environmental grounds in a groundbreaking move for European Union nations.

Health minister Frank Vandenbroucke said the inexpensive e-cigarettes had turned into a health threat since they are an easy way for teenagers to be drawn into smoking and get hooked on nicotine.

“Disposable e-cigarettes is a new product simply designed to attract new consumers,” he said in an interview.

“E-cigarettes often contain nicotine. Nicotine makes you addicted to nicotine. Nicotine is bad for your health. These are fact,” Vandenbroucke added.

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29 Dec, 13:46

Musk causes uproar for backing Germany's far-right party ahead of key elections

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Kansas once required voters to prove citizenship. That didn't work out so well

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29 Dec, 11:06

3 die off northern France coast in Channel crossing attempt

PARIS (AP) — At least three migrants died early Sunday while attempting to cross the English Channel to Britain from northern France, authorities said. The deaths were confirmed after an early morning rescue operation involving French emergency services and the navy’s “Dauphin” helicopter.

The prefecture described the attempted crossing as “difficult,” with around 50 people stranded in the water and on the beach near Sangatte at around 6 a.m. Rescuers assisted 45 individuals, including four who were transported to hospitals.

Three unconscious people were pulled from the water but could not be revived, despite efforts by medical teams.

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29 Dec, 10:53

Chad votes in parliamentary election boycotted by opposition as military rule ends

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chadians voted Sunday in a parliamentary and regional election that will end a three-year transitional period from military rule but which the main opposition is boycotting after accusing authorities of not overseeing a credible electoral process.

The parliamentary election is the first in more than a decade in Chad and comes months after the junta leader, Mahamat Idriss Deby, won a disputed presidential vote that was meant to return democracy. Deby took power in 2021 following the death of his father and longtime president Idriss Deby Itno, who spent three decades in power.

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29 Dec, 10:31

Netanyahu is getting his prostate removed as he faces crises on multiple fronts

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is having his prostate removed on Sunday, his office said, a procedure that comes as he manages multiple crises at once, including the ongoing war in Gaza and his own trial for alleged corruption.

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A suicide bomber kills a police officer and wounds another in southern Iran

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A suicide bomber killed a local police officer and wounded another in a southern Iranian port city, home to a large Sunni Muslim community, local media said Sunday.

The hard-line Javan Daily, a newspaper close to the country’s powerful Revolutionary Guard, said the attacker stopped Capt. Mojtaba Shahid’s car Saturday evening in Bandar Lengeh in the province of Hormozgan before detonating his vest.

Shahid’s deputy, who was also in the car, has been hospitalized in critical condition, the paper reported, describing the attack as an act of terrorism.

The city, some 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south of the capital Tehran, has no recent history of militancy.

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Afghan forces target Pakistan in retaliation for deadly airstrikes

Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry said Saturday that its forces hit several points inside Pakistan in retaliation for deadly airstrikes last week.

Pakistan last Tuesday launched an operation to destroy a training facility and kill insurgents in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province. The strikes killed dozens of people, mostly women and children.

Comments from the Taliban Defense Ministry on Saturday, posted on X, said its forces targeted Pakistani points that “served as centers and hideouts for malicious elements and their supporters who organized and coordinated attacks in Afghanistan.”

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29 Dec, 07:45

Croatia holds a presidential election with the incumbent NATO and EU critic considered favorite

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Israel detains the director of one of northern Gaza's last functioning hospitals during a raid

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s army detained the director of one of northern Gaza ‘s last functioning hospitals as overnight strikes elsewhere in the territory killed nine people, including children, Palestinian medical officials said Saturday. Israel’s military alleged that Hamas militants were using the facility and said over 240 people were detained.

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29 Dec, 06:05

Bolivia's former leader Evo Morales seeks a political comeback from his stronghold in the tropics

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Today in History: December 29, the Wounded Knee Massacre

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26 Dec, 17:59

An altercation erupts at a high-level meeting of a Russia-dominated economic union

MOSCOW (AP) — A tightly-scripted meeting of the Russia-dominated economic alliance of several ex-Soviet nations briefly went awry Thursday when two leaders engaged in bickering during a live broadcast of the event.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and other heads of states attended the meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union, which includes Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who has increasingly sought to phase down his country’s ties with Moscow and forge closer relations with the West, joined the meeting via video link after canceling his trip following a positive test for COVID-19.

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Death toll in bridge collapse in Brazil jumps to 8, with at least 9 people still missing

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian authorities said on Thursday that more bodies have been found after a bridge linking two northern states collapsed four days ago, raising the death toll to eight.

Brazil’s navy said at least nine people were still missing. On Sunday, cars and trucks crossing the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge fell into a deep river after a section of the bridge crumbled.

Police operating on the border of the northern states of Maranhao and Tocantins said eight vehicles had plunged into the river: four trucks, two cars and two motorcycles.

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The US says it pushed retraction of a famine warning for north Gaza. Aid groups express concern.

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Average rate on a 30-year mortgage climbs to 6.85%, highest since July, as bond yields keep rising

WASHINGTON (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. rose for the third straight week to its highest level since mid-July, reflecting a recent jump in the bond yields that lenders use as a guide to price home loans.

The rate rose to 6.85% from 6.72% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the rate on a 30-year mortgage averaged 6.61%.

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage is now the highest it’s been since the week of July 11, when it was at 6.89%. It dipped as low as 6.08% in September — a 2-year low — and as high as 7.22% in May,

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Pakistan military raids insurgent strongholds in the restive northwest, killing 13 fighters

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26 Dec, 15:43

US applications for unemployment benefits hold steady, but continuing claims rise to 3-year high

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits held steady last week, though continuing claims rose to the highest level in three years.

Jobless claim applications ticked down by 1,000 to 219,000 for the week of Dec. 21, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s fewer than the 223,000 analysts forecast.

Continuing claims, the total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits, climbed by 46,000 to 1.91 million for the week of Dec. 14. That’s more than analysts projected and the most since the week of Nov. 13, 2021 when the labor market was still recovering from the COVID-19 jobs wipeout in the spring of 2020.

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Desi Bouterse, a dictator convicted of murder who twice ruled Suriname, has died at 79

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname then returned to power by election three decades later despite charges of drug smuggling and murder, has died. He was 79.

Suriname’s President Chan Santokhi on Wednesday reflected on Bouterse’s outsized legacy in a message of condolences to his family and called on the nation to “keep calm and maintain order.”

Vice President Ronnie Brunswijk wrote on Facebook that Bouterse’s “life had a lasting impact on our country and his efforts will not be forgotten.” The cause of death was not immediately known.

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Japan to maximize nuclear power in clean-energy push as electricity demand grows

TOKYO (AP) — A government-commissioned panel of experts on Wednesday largely supported Japan’s new energy policy for the next few years that calls for bolstering renewables up to half of electricity needs by 2040 while maximizing the use of nuclear power as the country seeks to accommodate the growing power demand in the era of AI while meeting decarbonization targets.

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Pope calls for nations to overcome divisions in Christmas address as communities celebrate worldwide

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions” plaguing the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine, Africa to Asia.

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South Korean prosecutors detain ex-defense chief over martial law imposition, reports say

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Sunday detained a former defense minister who allegedly recommended last week’s brief but stunning martial law imposition to President Yoon Suk Yeol, making him the first figure detained over the case, news reports said.

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08 Dec, 01:56

PHOTO COLLECTION: Notre Dame Reopening

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03 Dec, 17:11

Kansas City Royals reach agreement with Diamond Sports Group to continue airing games

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals announced Tuesday they have a reached an agreement with Diamond Sports Group to continue broadcasting their games next season.

The Royals are one of four Major League Baseball franchises that are part owners of their regional sports network.

Games will air on FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City. FanDuel took over naming rights for Diamond’s 16 regional sports networks last month after Diamond had an agreement with Bally since March 2021.

The Royals and Diamond offered a streaming package last season that saw more than 40,000 subscribers.

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NFL's Goodell and Commanders' Harris meet with lawmakers to talk about potential RFK stadium site

WASHINGTON (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Washington Commanders controlling owner Josh Harris met with congressional lawmakers Monday on Capitol Hill as efforts push forward to secure access to the RFK Stadium site in the District of Columbia.

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03 Dec, 16:44

'Childless Cat Lady' Taylor Swift tops Yale list of 2024's most notable quotations

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — From “Childless Cat Lady” to “They’re eating the cats,” Yale University’s list of 2024’s most notable quotations delves into the worlds of presidential politics, entertainment and conspiracy theories while saving room for sports, business and protests against the war in Gaza.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift topped this year’s list by signing an Instagram post in September as “Taylor Swift Childless Cat Lady” while endorsing Democrat Kamala Harris for president.

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03 Dec, 16:30

Cargill lays off 5% of its workforce, with job cuts impacting thousands of employees globally

NEW YORK (AP) — Agribusiness giant Cargill is laying off thousands of its employees.

Cargill confirmed this week that it would be reducing its global workforce by about 5%. In a statement sent to The Associated Press on Tuesday, the food production company said that the cuts were part of a long-term strategy “to strengthen Cargill’s impact,” which includes realigning resources.

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03 Dec, 16:28

Funeral being held in NY for Israeli American soldier killed during last year’s Oct. 7 Hamas attack

SYOSSET, N.Y. (AP) — A Jewish community in the New York City suburbs is mourning the death of a young Israeli American soldier who Israeli authorities had believed was taken hostage following Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

Funeral services are being held Tuesday for Omer Neutra in a synagogue on Long Island, where the dual Israeli-U.S. citizen grew up.

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03 Dec, 16:00

Outcry in Brazil as video shows a Sao Paulo police officer throwing a man off a bridge

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03 Dec, 15:58

An unknown disease in Congo has left dozens dead, officials say

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An unknown disease has killed at least 67 people over a two-week span in southwestern Congo, local authorities said.

The deaths were recorded between Nov. 10 and Nov. 25 in the Panzi health zone of Kwango province. The symptoms included fever, headache, cough and anemia, the provincial health minister, Apollinaire Yumba, told reporters over the weekend.

The deputy provincial governor, Rémy Saki, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that between 67 and 143 people died.

”A team of epidemiological experts is expected in the region to take samples and identify the problem,” he added.

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03 Dec, 15:52

AT&T sees earnings growth over next 3 years; eyes more than $40B in anticipated shareholder returns

AT&T anticipates earnings growth over the next three years thanks to the momentum of 5G and fiber services.

The company also announced Tuesday that it expects its improved financial performance to support more than $40 billion of anticipated shareholder returns through dividends and stock buybacks over the same time. This includes an initial $10 billion stock repurchase that it expects to complete by the end of 2026.

“Over the last four years, we’ve achieved durable and profitable subscriber growth, generated attractive returns on network investment, and strengthened our balance sheet,” AT&T CEO John Stankey said in a statement.

Shares of AT&T rose about 3% before the market open.

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Melinda French Gates plans to match $1M in GivingTuesday gifts to groups that support women

NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda French Gates is offering to match up to $1 million in gifts to two nonprofit organizations to help spur donations on GivingTuesday, which has become a major annual fundraising day for nonprofits.

For more than a decade, on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, charitable organizations have asked for donations or other support from their networks.

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03 Dec, 15:38

Thailand's prime minister expects fishermen seized by Myanmar to be repatriated soon

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday said her government is negotiating with neighboring Myanmar for the return of four fishermen captured by Myanmar’s navy for trespassing.

Paetongtarn told reporters in Bangkok that it was confirmed that “all four being detained now are still safe,” after being captured on Saturday, and that she expects their release soon.

Thai officials have said Myanmar’s navy opened fire on several Thai vessels, and that one crewman who leaped overboard had drowned. They said two were injured and were being treated in Thailand.

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03 Dec, 15:34

An Italian man gets life in prison for killing ex-girlfriend amid anger over violence against women

MILAN (AP) — A 22-year-old Italian man who confessed in court to killing his ex-girlfriend was convicted of her murder on Tuesday and sentenced to life in prison in a case that fueled national outrage over violence against women.

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Trudeau to meet with Canadian opposition leaders to discuss U.S. relations after Trump tariff threat

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will have a meeting with all opposition leaders to discuss U.S.-Canada relations after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened sweeping tariffs on all Canadian products.

A source familiar with the matter said the meeting will happen early Wednesday afternoon. The person spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

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16 Nov, 13:16

Anxiety and dismay inside the Justice Department after Trump taps Gaetz as attorney general

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s choice of Matt Gaetz to be attorney general has many Justice Department employees reeling, worried not only about their own jobs but the future of the agency that the Trump loyalist has railed against.

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Trump names Karoline Leavitt as youngest ever White House press secretary

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named Karoline Leavitt, his campaign press secretary, to serve as his White House press secretary.

Leavitt, 27, currently a spokesperson for Trump’s transition, would be the youngest White House press secretary in history. Previously that distinction went to Ronald Ziegler, who was 29 when he took the position in 1969 in Richard Nixon’s administration.

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Biden praises cooperation at meeting with South Korean, Japanese leaders amid North Korea worries

LIMA, Peru (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday praised the cooperation between South Korea, Japan and the U.S. at countering what he described as North Korea’s “dangerous and destabilizing cooperation with Russia.”

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Israeli troops reach deepest point in Lebanon since Oct. 1 invasion, Lebanese media say

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Iranian official met with Musk in a possible step to ease tensions with Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran successfully sought a meeting with Elon Musk, according to a U.S. official, one in a series of steps that appeared aimed at easing tensions with President-elect Donald Trump.

Iran’s U.N. Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani met with Musk — a Trump ally named this week to advise his administration on ways to cut the federal government — on Monday in New York, according to a U.S. official briefed on the meeting by a foreign colleague.

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Russia's Gazprom stops flow of natural gas to Austria, OMV utility says

VIENNA (AP) — Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazprom stopped supplies to Austria early Saturday, according to the Vienna-based utility OMV after it said it would stop payments for the gas following an arbitration award.

The official cutoff of supplies before dawn Saturday came after Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Friday held a hastily called news conference to emphasize his country has a secure supply of alternative fuel for this winter.

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Gabon votes on a new constitution after the military seized power last year

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon is holding a referendum on Saturday on whether to adopt a new constitution, more than one year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country’s long-time president and seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation.

Nearly 1 million people are expected to vote. The draft constitution, which proposes sweeping changes that could prevent dynastic rule and transfer of power, needs more than 50% of the votes cast to be adopted.

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16 Nov, 05:46

The family of Israeli-American hostage pleads with Biden and Trump to bring hostages home

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16 Nov, 05:42

PHOTO COLLECTION: Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul

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Climate change activist gets 2 years in prison for dumping red powder on Constitution display

WASHINGTON (AP) — A climate change activist who dumped red powder on a case containing the original copy of the U.S. Constitution was sentenced on Friday to two years in prison for his role in the vandalism earlier this year at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

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14 Nov, 20:23

AP Race Call: Democrat Janelle Bynum wins election to U.S. House in Oregon's 5th Congressional District, beating incumbent Lori Chavez-DeRemer

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14 Nov, 20:19

Georgia House Democrats shift toward new leaders after limited election gains

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14 Nov, 20:08

Arrests made at pro-Palestinian protest outside Hillary Clinton speech in Belfast

LONDON (AP) — Four men were arrested Thursday during a pro-Palestinian protest outside a speech being given by former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at Queen’s University in Belfast.

Clinton, who holds the largely ceremonial role of chancellor at the school in the capital of Northern Ireland, was speaking on the final day of the Global Innovation Summit 2024. The gathering included political, business and academic leaders discussing economic inclusion and global sustainability, the university said.

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14 Nov, 19:46

How Alex Jones' Infowars wound up in the hands of The Onion

The purchase of Alex Jones ' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction by the satirical news publication The Onion is the latest twist in a yearslong saga between the far-right conspiracy theorist and families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.

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14 Nov, 19:28

Smithfield agrees to pay $2 million to resolve child labor allegations at Minnesota meat plant

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14 Nov, 19:21

European committee takes a second look at Alzheimer's drug and now says it should be approved

A European regulatory committee now recommends approval of the Alzheimer’s treatment lecanemab a few months after rejecting the drug.

Biogen said Thursday that the drug, known in the U.S. as Leqembi, received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use as a treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease.

The European Commission is now expected to make a marketing authorization decision in the next few months.

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14 Nov, 18:58

Roger Penske adds Long Beach street race to portfolio as he holds off F1 and NASCAR interest

Roger Penske on Thursday added the most prestigious street race in North America to his portfolio with the purchase of the Grand Prix of Long Beach.

He bought the race from Gerry Forsythe, who owned half the event with the late Kevin Kalkhoven. Forsythe bought Kalkhoven’s shares earlier this year amid reports both Formula 1 and NASCAR were interested in North America’s longest-running street race.

Forsythe then turned around and sold the entire package to Penske Entertainment, a deal that ensures the Southern California race remains an IndyCar event at least through its contract with the city of Long Beach that runs through 2028.

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14 Nov, 18:56

Former AP German-language service head Ulrich Renz, who covered Nazi trials, dies at 90

BERLIN (AP) — Ulrich Renz, a former head of The Associated Press German-language service who also covered the trials of leaders of the Auschwitz death camp in World War II, has died at the age of 90.

Renz died Monday, according to Peter Gehrig, a close friend for 50 years and a former AP colleague who lived in the same senior citizen residence in Frankfurt. No cause of death was given.

Widely known as “Uli,” Renz began working for the AP in Germany in 1971, after a stint at United Press International. At AP, he first worked on the foreign desk and eventually headed the German-language service at its Frankfurt headquarters from 1986-92.

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14 Nov, 18:55

Hostages freed from Gaza meet with Pope Francis and press campaign to bring remaining captives home

ROME (AP) — A delegation of former hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and their relatives met Thursday with Pope Francis and expressed hope that the incoming and outgoing U.S. administrations would work together to bring the remaining hostages home.

The freed hostages included Yelena Troufanov, who was released last November but whose son Sasha remains in Gaza and appeared in a video released Wednesday by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group.

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14 Nov, 18:34

Diamond Sports Group can emerge out of bankruptcy after having reorganization plan approved

Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks, can emerge out of bankruptcy after having its reorganization plan approved Thursday.

Judge Christopher Lopez gave the go ahead during a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston that lasted 90 minutes.

“This case was no layup, not for anyone. A lot of hard work went into this,” Lopez said during the hearing.

Diamond Sports had been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the Southern District of Texas since it filed for protection in March 2023. The company said in a financial filing last year that it had debt of $8.67 billion.

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Tropical Storm Sara threatens to bring flash floods and mudslides to Central America

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Sara formed Thursday in the Caribbean Sea and was expected to cause life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides across portions of Central America, including Honduras, forecasters said.

The storm was expected to stall and meander near the coast of Honduras through the weekend, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Heavy rain also is forecast for Belize, El Salvador, eastern Guatemala and western Nicaragua.

The storm is expected to strengthen before approaching Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico early next week.

It was too soon to determine Friday morning what conditions the system could bring next week to portions of the eastern Gulf of Mexico, including Florida, the Florida Keys, and Cuba, the hurricane center said.

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07 Nov, 13:17

Germany arrests a US citizen over accusations of spying for China

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s federal prosecutor office said it arrested an American citizen on Thursday who allegedly spied for China.

The office said that the suspect, who was only identified as Martin D., was arrested in Frankfurt and that his home was being searched.

The accused, who until recently worked for the U.S. Armed Forces in Germany, is strongly suspected of having agreed to act as an intelligence agent for a foreign secret service.

Earlier this year, he contacted Chinese government agencies and offered to transmit sensitive information from the U.S. military to a Chinese intelligence service, according to an investigation by Germany’s domestic intelligence service.

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07 Nov, 13:08

South Africa closes its border again with Mozambique, where post-election violence worsens

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07 Nov, 13:05

A British Parliament member is charged with assault over an altercation in the street

LONDON (AP) — A member of the British Parliament has been charged with assault after video showed him beating a man in the street, prosecutors said Thursday.

Mike Amesbury, 55, who was suspended by the Labour Party after the Oct. 26 incident, was charged with common assault on a 45-year-old man, said Rosemary Ainslie, head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Special Crime Division. He is due to appear in court at a later date.

Surveillance footage appeared to show Amesbury punch a man in the face on a sidewalk in the northwest England town of Frodsham and knock him to the ground. He then continued to strike the man while he was down as others shouted for him to stop.

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07 Nov, 12:02

Bank of England cuts main interest rate by a quarter-point to 4.75% after UK inflation falls

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07 Nov, 11:47

Italy opens procedure against China's Sinochem for possible breach of Pirelli governance

MILAN (AP) — Italy has opened an administrative procedure against China’s Sinochem, the largest shareholder in Italian tiremaker Pirelli, for a possible breach of restrictions designed to protect national strategic assets.

Pirelli announced Wednesday that the procedure was launched under the so-called “golden power” provisions, which include restrictions to the access of some information and higher vote thresholds for strategic decisions, invoked by the Rome government in mid-2023.

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07 Nov, 11:04

Restaurants, other services still in grip of high inflation even as overall rate slows

NEW YORK (AP) — While prices for most goods have been falling throughout the year, inflation for a wide range of services remains high. That has put a strain on consumers eating out, servicing their cars and paying for various kinds of insurance.

Prices for services rose 3.7% in September from a year ago, according to the personal consumption expenditures price index, the inflation gauge of choice for the Federal Reserve. Prices for goods, though, have been falling, which has helped cool the overall rate of inflation nearly back to the Fed’s goal of 2%.

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07 Nov, 10:51

Prince William, in biodegradable sneakers, attends his Earthshot environment awards in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prince William wore white biodegradable sneakers as he walked the “green carpet” at his Earthshot Prize awards ceremony in Cape Town on Wednesday, the centerpiece of a four-day environment-focused trip to South Africa by the heir to the British throne.

The Prince of Wales set up the Earthshot Prize in 2020 to help entrepreneurs develop their climate-friendly businesses and he took the annual awards ceremony to Africa — the continent where he conceived the idea — for the first time this week.

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07 Nov, 10:35

French interior minister wants explanation from PSG for 'Free Palestine' banner

PARIS (AP) — A giant “Free Palestine” banner unvelied at Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League match against Atletico Madrid was “unacceptable,” French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said on Thursday.

The banner unfurled by PSG fans on Wednesday night featured a drawing of a map including Israel, the West Bank and Gaza in the colors of the Palestinian keffiyeh scarf, which has become a symbol of support for Palestinian people.

Also on the banner were a character looking like a masked fighter, a tank and a Lebanon flag.

“War on the pitch, but peace in the world,” a message read below the banner.

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07 Nov, 10:15

An 8-hour Russian drone barrage keeps Kyiv on edge as the war in Ukraine nears 1,000 days

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Spain seizes 13 tonnes of cocaine hidden behind bananas on a container from Ecuador

MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Spain seized 13 tonnes (13,000 kilograms) of cocaine in a cargo container apparently filled with bananas, in what they called the biggest anti-narcotics operation in the country’s history.

Officials found bricks of drugs hidden behind the fruit on a vessel at the southern port of Algeciras in southern Spain, police said in a statement Wednesday. The ship had sailed from Guayaquil, Ecuador.

The operation, in collaboration with the Ecuadorian police, took place last month and resulted in five raids and one arrest.

The Ecuadorian export company was on police and customs records for a history of “illicit trafficking,” according to the police. Police are looking for two of its managers.

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50 European leaders assess how Trump will affect their fortunes. German crisis adds to challenges

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05 Nov, 18:26

Nigeria releases 29 children who potentially faced death penalty for alleged involvement in protests

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities released Tuesday 29 children who have been detained for over two months and potentially faced the death penalty for their alleged participation in protests against the country’s record cost-of-living crisis following growing calls for their release.

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05 Nov, 18:23

US Army soldier injured while working on the Gaza pier project has died

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Army soldier who was injured in May while working on the American-built pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza has died.

Sgt. Quandarius Stanley, 23, was a motor transport operator and was critically injured when high winds and heavy seas damaged the pier, causing four Army vessels to become beached. Two other service members also were injured but later returned to duty.

U.S. military officials have not provided details on how exactly Stanley was injured but have noted it was not in combat. He died last Thursday and had been assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade Expeditionary at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia.

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05 Nov, 18:10

Israel's Netanyahu dismisses defense minister in surprise announcement

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed his popular defense minister, Yoav Gallant, in a surprise announcement.

Netanyahu and Gallant have repeatedly been at odds throughout the war in Gaza. But Netanyahu had avoided firing his rival.

A previous attempt to fire Gallant in March 2023 sparked widespread street protests against Netanyahu.

The prime minister announced his decision late Tuesday.

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05 Nov, 18:09

Beyoncé channels Pamela Anderson in 'Baywatch' for Halloween video asking viewers to vote

NEW YORK (AP) — In a new video posted early Election Day, Beyoncé channels Pamela Anderson in the television program “Baywatch” – red one-piece swimsuit and all – and asks viewers to vote.

In the two-and-a-half-minute clip, set to most of “Bodyguard,” a four-minute cut from her 2024 country album “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé cosplays as Anderson’s character before concluding with a simple message, written in white text: “Happy Beylloween,” followed by “Vote.”

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05 Nov, 17:51

Ukrainian troops have engaged with North Korean units for the 1st time in Russia, an official says

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops have for the first time engaged with North Korean units that were recently deployed to help Russia in the war with its neighbor, Ukraine’s defense minister said Tuesday.

Another Kyiv official said Ukraine’s army fired artillery at North Korean soldiers in Russia’s Kursk border region.

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05 Nov, 17:42

Western officials suspect Russia was behind a plot to put incendiary packages on cargo planes

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Western security officials suspect Russian intelligence was behind a plot to put incendiary devices in packages on cargo planes headed to North America, including one that caught fire at a courier hub in Germany and another that ignited in a warehouse in England.

Poland said last month that it has arrested four people suspected to be linked to a foreign intelligence operation that carried out sabotage and is searching for two others. Lithuania’s prosecutor general Nida Grunskiene said Tuesday there were an unspecified number of people detained in several countries, offering no elaboration.

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05 Nov, 16:49

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04 Nov, 14:16

Bomb that exploded prematurely in Athens would have caused extensive damage, Greek minister says

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An improvised bomb that exploded prematurely in a central Athens apartment last week, killing a man and severely wounding a woman in the apartment, would have caused extensive damage to any intended target, Greece’s Minister of Citizen Protection said Monday.

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04 Nov, 14:05

Pakistani security forces kill six militants in two shootouts near the Afghan border

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04 Nov, 12:27

Philippine military drills to seize an island in the South China Sea

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military opened two weeks of combat drills Monday that would include seizing an island in the disputed South China Sea and likely be frowned upon by China.

More than 3,000 Filipino army, navy and air force personnel will take part in the maneuvers, which Philippine military officials said were not directed against any country.

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04 Nov, 11:52

EU lawmakers grill candidates who will drive policy for the next 5 years

BRUSSELS (AP) — Nominees for some of the European Union’s top jobs face parliamentary hearings on Monday, as lawmakers start to vet would-be commissioners to oversee Europe-wide policies ranging from agriculture to trade for the next five years.

Four of the 26 new members of the EU’s increasingly powerful executive branch, the European Commission, will each undergo a three-hour grilling by senior lawmakers most closely linked to their policy files. The others will be heard through to Nov. 12.

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04 Nov, 10:45

London protesters demand water companies clean up sewage-tainted rivers

LONDON (AP) — Holding signs with slogans including “stop the plop” and “species not feces,” thousands of people marched in London on Sunday to demand a cleanup of Britain’s sewage-clogged waterways.

Organizers estimated that 15,000 people took part in the march along the River Thames to Parliament, many wearing blue and waving blue flags to form a “human river.” Police did not give an estimate of the crowd.

The March for Clean Water was organized by groups ranging from Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth to British Rowing.

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04 Nov, 10:14

Spain flood survivors hurl mud at the royals and top government officials

PAIPORTA, Spain (AP) — A crowd of enraged survivors hurled clots of mud left by storm-spawned flooding at the Spanish royal couple on Sunday during their first visit to the center of their nation’s deadliest natural disaster in living memory.

Spain’s national broadcaster reported that the barrage included a few rocks and other objects and that two bodyguards were treated for injuries. One could be seen with a bloody wound on his forehead.

It was an unprecedented incident for a royal house that carefully crafts an image of monarchs adored by their country of more than 48 million people.

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02 Nov, 06:27

Israel's path of destruction in southern Lebanon raises fears of an attempt to create a buffer zone

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02 Nov, 05:35

‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain's Prado Museum

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02 Nov, 05:26

Moldovans are voting in a pivotal presidential runoff. But voter fraud threatens its democracy

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldovan historian and politician Octavian Ticu remembers when the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, a seismic event that enabled him to become one of the first amateur boxers to fight for his country at the pinnacle of his sport: the Olympic Games.

“It was a happy moment for me,” the 52-year-old recalls, as he wraps his fists at a boxing gym in the capital, Chisinau. “In 1996, I participated in the Olympics in Atlanta. … If I were in the Soviet Union, I would never have accomplished this.”

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02 Nov, 05:23

Japan plans automated cargo transport system to relieve shortage of drivers and cut emissions

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02 Nov, 04:08

Arkansas' 4 Republican US House members face challenges from Democratic rivals

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ four Republican U.S. House members face challenges in this year’s election from Democratic rivals who are mounting uphill battles to break the GOP’s hold on the state’s federal delegation.

Republican U.S. Reps. Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman are seeking reelection in the heavily GOP state. Republicans have held all of the state’s U.S. House and Senate seats since 2013.

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02 Nov, 04:05

House Speaker Johnson says GOP may try to repeal CHIPS Act, then walks it back

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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that Republicans “probably will” try to repeal legislation that spurred U.S. production of semiconductor chips, a statement he quickly tried to walk back by saying he would like to instead “streamline” it.

Johnson made the initial comment while campaigning for a vulnerable New York GOP congressman in a district that is anticipating a large new Micron semiconductor manufacturing plant.

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02 Nov, 04:05

Figures, Dobson make closing pitches to voters in Alabama congressional race

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The two candidates for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, which was redrawn by a federal court after a lengthy redistricting battle, made their final campaign pushes this week, seeking to drive turnout in the race that could play a role in the battle for control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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30 Oct, 18:09

PepsiCo is closing 4 bottling plants and cutting nearly 400 jobs as it streamlines operations

PepsiCo said Wednesday it plans to close four U.S. bottling plants and lay off nearly 400 workers as part of its efforts to streamline its operations.

The company said the closures will impact 136 workers in Cincinnati; 131 in Chicago; 127 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and fewer than 50 in Atlanta.

The Chicago plant is the only one that will fully close. PepsiCo confirmed that closure earlier this week. The company said sales, delivery and warehouse functions will continue at the other three locations.

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30 Oct, 17:46

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in California on Election Day

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WASHINGTON (AP) — While California may be solidly Democratic in presidential contests, a handful of competitive races in the state could determine whether Republicans keep control of the U.S. House. Voters also will cast ballots in a U.S. Senate contest and 10 statewide propositions, in addition to the presidency and the state Legislature.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Michigan on Election Day

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan may play a decisive role in a presidential election for the third consecutive time as its voters decide competitive races that could tip the balance of power in both chambers of Congress as well as the state House of Representatives.

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30 Oct, 17:43

Election 2024 Latest: Trump and Harris lean into the campaign’s last leg with less than a week left

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Ohio on Election Day

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are in a tight race for the White House, but in Ohio, it’s a contest further down the ballot that has been getting the bulk of the attention in the Nov. 5 general election.

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30 Oct, 17:42

Trump campaign sues a Pennsylvania county to extend mail ballot application deadline amid long lines

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania on Wednesday in hopes of briefly extending an in-person voting option in one suburban Philadelphia county where long lines on the final day spurred complaints that voters were being disenfranchised by an unprepared election office.

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30 Oct, 17:41

Voters to decide whether to allow noncitizens to vote in California city's elections

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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Voters will decide whether Santa Ana — a city of about 310,000 in Orange County that’s southeast of Los Angeles — could become the first in California to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections under a ballot measure this November.

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28 Oct, 14:02

A knife attack near a school in Beijing injures 5 people, including 3 children

BEIJING, China (AP) — A knife attack near a school in China’s capital on Monday injured five people, including three children, police said.

The attack occurred at midafternoon in Beijing’s northwestern Haidian district. None of the injuries was life threatening, police said in a statement. A 50-year-old suspect surnamed Tang was detained at the scene and is under investigation, it said.

The location of the attack given by the statement is near a famous primary school.

Video circulating on social media showed two school-aged children on the ground. Another image showed a man with blood on his face being held to the ground.

Multiple knife attacks have occurred in China this year, including several involving school children.

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28 Oct, 13:38

Parties loyal to Uzbekistan's president win parliament seats in election devoid of real opposition

Parties loyal to Uzbekistan’s president swept parliament seats, according to official results released on Monday, in an election devoid of any real opposition in the tightly controlled Central Asian country

There are five registered parties in the country and they nominated all candidates who ran in Sunday’s vote. While the parties may focus on different issues, some stress business climate or environmental protection, they all support President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

No genuine opposition parties are allowed in Uzbekistan.

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28 Oct, 13:31

Boeing, in need of cash, looking to raise up to approximately $19B in offering

Boeing is looking to raise up to approximately $19 billion in a stock offering as the aerospace giant, which is dealing with a contentious strike, faces liquidity issues and tries to raise cash.

Boeing Co. said Monday that it will offer 90 million in common stock and $5 billion in depositary shares. The company’s stock closed at $155.01 on Friday,

The company said it plans to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include repaying debt, additions to working capital, capital expenditures, and funding and investments in its subsidiaries.

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28 Oct, 12:37

Pakistani human rights activists condemn arrest of lawyers on charges creating a security risk

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s police on Monday arrested a Pakistani lawyer and her husband who are known for taking on human rights cases, drawing criticism from rights groups.

Islamabad police announced in an X post that they arrested Amaan Mazari and Abdul Hadi on a charge of interfering in government matters to cause a security risk, after the couple days earlier had forcibly tried to remove a road blockade placed by police in the capital for the security of England’s cricket team.

Mazari before her arrest had said that she tried to remove the barricade as they were late to get to a court in the city.

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28 Oct, 12:24

Harris tries out new ways of reaching voters, but she's running out of time

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — Inside a small community theater in suburban Detroit, Vice President Kamala Harris was asked at a recent forum to talk about her life for the benefit of voters who are still getting to know her.

It was the type of question typically asked of a new candidate. But here was Harris getting it less than two weeks before the Nov. 5 election and after millions of people already had voted. Her response underscored perhaps the defining challenge of her campaign for the White House.

“How much time do we have?” Harris quipped.

The fact is, not much.

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28 Oct, 12:13

More than 43,000 Palestinians killed in yearlong war in Gaza, Palestinian Health Ministry says

CAIRO (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says more than 43,000 people have been killed in the yearlong war with Israel, more than half of them were women and children.

The tally includes 96 dead who arrived at hospitals in Gaza over the past two days, it said Monday.

The ministry says at least 43,020 people have been killed and 101,110 others wounded since the war started on Oct. 7, 2023. It did not differentiate between militants and civilians.

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28 Oct, 12:12

PHOTO COLLECTION: Insect and Animal Life

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27 Oct, 00:12

Japan's ruling party braces for a blow to its comfortable majority in the lower house in elections

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’ s conservative ruling party braced for a blow to its comfortable majority in the lower house of parliament in Sunday’s elections amid public rage over the party’s financial scandals and discontent over a stagnant economy. The results could weaken Ishiba’s grip on power, possibly leading Japan into political uncertainty, though a change of government was not expected.

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26 Oct, 23:26

PHOTO COLLECTION: World Series Baseball - Yankees vs. Dodgers

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26 Oct, 20:33

Jim Justice looks past his business struggles and declares himself a Senate winner in West Virginia

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — More than a month before the Nov. 5 election, Jim Justice declared victory in his Senate race in deeply Republican West Virginia, a chest thump at the same time the two-term governor was in a behind-the-scenes fight to keep some of his family businesses in good standing.

In a state where Donald Trump won every county in the past two presidential elections, Justice crowned himself as the runaway successor to retiring Sen. Joe Manchin, whose seat had been one of the last lines of defense for Democrats trying to preserve their slim majority.

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26 Oct, 20:32

Nick Harkaway steps into his father John le Carré's footsteps with spy thriller 'Karla's Choice'

LONDON (AP) — George Smiley, the subtle fictional spymaster navigating treacherous Cold War currents, is back.

And so, somewhat surprisingly, is his creator, John le Carré.

Four years after the spy writer’s death at the age of 89, comes a new thriller, “Karla’s Choice.” Billed as “a John le Carré novel,” it was written by Nick Harkaway, whose qualifications for the job include seven published novels, a lifetime of reading le Carré — and the fact he is the late author’s son.

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25 Oct, 23:14

Wisconsin elections officials report 40% increase in early voting

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin elections officials are reporting a nearly 40% increase in early in-person absentee voting over 2020.

Early in-person absentee voting began Tuesday in the battleground state. The Wisconsin Elections Commission announced that as of Friday morning 292,702 people had voted early in-person compared with 209,665 as of the morning of Friday, Oct. 23, 2020.

The total number of absentee ballots requested stood at 921,832, with 715,395 returned by mail or in-person early voters.

Voters cast about 640,100 total absentee ballots in 2008; 665,340 absentee ballots in 2012; 824,736 absentee ballots in 2016; and about 1.9 million absentee ballots in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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25 Oct, 23:13

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Louisiana on Election Day

WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana voters will decide which presidential candidates will receive their eight electoral votes in the Nov. 5 election. Also on the ballot are races for the U.S. House and a pair of statewide ballot measures.

The state has been reliably Republican in presidential contests since 2000, and much of the state — outside larger metropolitan areas such as New Orleans and Baton Rouge — has gone for the GOP. Fewer and fewer Louisiana residents are registered Democrats, while the number of GOP voters has grown.

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25 Oct, 23:09

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; independent Dan Osborn, a Nebraska Senate candidate; entrepreneur Mark Cuban.

NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee; Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Vance; former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.; Adrian Fontes, Arizona’s secretary of state; Al Schmidt, Pennsylvania’s secretary of state.

CNN’s “State of the Union” — Vance, Cheney; Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa.

“Fox News Sunday” — Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo.

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25 Oct, 22:59

Trump accused of groping a woman in 1993 while Jeffrey Epstein watched

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stacey Williams is accusing former President Donald Trump of groping her at Trump Tower in early 1993 as disgraced hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein watched.

The former model initially made the allegation on Monday during a video chat of sexual violence survivors supporting Vice President Kamala Harris ' campaign. In an interview Friday with The Associated Press, she described walking down New York City’s Fifth Avenue with Epstein, whom she was seeing at the time, when he suggested they visit Trump in his namesake tower.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Minnesota on Election Day

WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota voters will decide on Election Day how to award the state’s 10 presidential electoral votes, including whether to promote their two-term governor to the vice presidency.

Minnesota briefly loomed as a possible presidential battleground in 2024, but Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris nudged the state back onto safer Democratic ground when she chose Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Kansas on Election Day

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican former President Donald Trump is hoping to win Kansas and its six electoral votes for the third consecutive presidential election on Nov. 5. He is running against Vice President Kamala Harris, who faces an uphill battle in a state that hasn’t backed a Democratic presidential candidate for 60 years.

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25 Oct, 22:35

Appeals court in crucial Georgia won't expedite case on election certification

ATLANTA (AP) — An appeals court in the battleground state of Georgia declined Friday to expedite review of an appeal of a judge’s order that county election officials must vote to certify results by the deadline set in law.

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25 Oct, 22:30

Legal fight over Mississippi counting mail ballots after Election Day is revived

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit that challenges Mississippi’s practice of counting mailed absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days later.

It appears unlikely that the ruling will affect the Nov. 5 election. The judges issued an order saying the ruling would not officially be returned to a lower court until seven days after the deadline for appealing their decision has passed — which is usually at least 14 days. That would put the effect of the ruling well past Nov. 5.

UCLA law professor Richard Hasen wrote on his election law blog that the appeals court ruling was a “bonkers opinion” and noted that “every other court to face these cases has rejected this argument.”

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Georgia Democrats try to get closer to a majority as they contest legislative seats

PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. (AP) — The general in one of Georgia’s house-to-house partisan struggles was rallying her troops on Saturday morning in a suburban Atlanta coffee shop.

Democratic state House candidate Laura Murvartian stood up on a stool to urge 50 canvassers to turn out votes for Kamala Harris, but also for her effort to unseat Republican state Rep. Scott Hilton.

“By flipping the seat, we’re sending a message to the Republicans that their extreme bills, their extreme positions, are not working for people in Georgia,” Murvartian said.

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A staged video claimed to show someone destroying ballots. Election officials were prepared

YARDLEY, Pa. (AP) — A video that showed mail-in ballots for former President Donald Trump apparently being destroyed in a suburban Philadelphia county took off quickly on social media Thursday afternoon.

Cries of election fraud came right behind.

But within three hours Bucks County election officials were countering the video, identifying it as fake.

“The envelope and materials depicted in this video are clearly not authentic materials belonging to or distributed by the Bucks County Board of Elections,” read a statement released by the board on Thursday.

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22 Oct, 06:02

Middle East latest: Hezbollah fires rockets into central Israel

Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets into central Israel on Tuesday, setting off air raid sirens in the country’s most populated areas but causing no apparent damage or injuries.

The Israeli military said five projectiles were fired from Lebanon into Israel and said most were intercepted by Israel’s missile defense system. One landed in an open area.

The rocket fire came as Israel stepped up its strikes in Lebanon, targeting a Hezbollah-run financial institution, and as the U.S. pushed to resume cease-fire talks in Gaza following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

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Taiwan again rejects South African demand to move its representative office from capital

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has again rejected South Africa’s demand that it move its representative office in the country from the capital, Pretoria, to the commercial center of Johannesburg.

Taiwan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jeff Liu said at a news conference on Tuesday that the demand to move or shut the office entirely violated a 1997 agreement between the sides on the location of their mutual representative offices following the severing of formal diplomatic relations.

“Facing this kind of unreasonable demand, our side cannot grant our acceptance,” Liu said.

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In annual religious pilgrimage, Panamanians crawl to reach the Black Christ of Portobelo

PORTOBELO, Panama (AP) — At dawn, pilgrims like Ernesto Troya undertook the hardest stretch of their journey to reach the statue of the Black Christ of Portobelo in Panama. Moved by faith, they crawled for several hours along the street toward the image of the saint.

It is one of the most striking scenes to happen every year in the northern province of Colón. Every Oct. 21, the province celebrates the festival of the Black Christ of Portobelo. It is considered one of the largest Catholic pilgrimages in the Central American country and dates back centuries.

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