Volkswagen and Chinese partner SAIC to sell joint venture plant in west China’s Xinjiang
AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Volkswagen and SAIC Motor say they have agreed to extend their 40-year-old automaking joint venture in China…
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A mother who kept her baby daughter in a drawer under her bed for almost three years has been jailed for seven…
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court dropped charges against jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak over criminal breach of trust…
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BERLIN (AP) — The eldest son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit was released from custody on Wednesday after his arrest last week on rape…
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Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s governing party has picked a former soccer player as its candidate for president following…
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Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has asked judges to issue an arrest warrant for the head of…
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ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — The World Health Organization’s regional director-elect for Africa has died while receiving medical treatment in India.…
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Associated Press TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — Thousands of Lebanese displaced by the war between Israel and Hezbollah returned home Wednesday as a…
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Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police officials have filed criminal complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte and her…
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By Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they…
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AP Business Writers Technology stocks helped pull stocks lower on Wall Street Wednesday, handing the market its first loss in more than a week. The…
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Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Authorities in Sri Lanka say at least five people have died, including three children, after heavy rains…
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Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Wayne Holdsworth became an advocate for banning Australian children younger than 16 from social media…
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Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — One person is dead and 13 others were rushed to New Zealand hospitals after a bus carrying…
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Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The biggest November snowstorm to hit South Korea’s capital in more than a half century blanketed the…
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Long-displaced residents of south Lebanon have started returning to their homes after a ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group…
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Associated Press LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) — The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians in Oregon have just celebrated newly lifted restrictions on…
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AP Education Writer Last time Donald Trump was president, rumors of immigration raids terrorized the Oregon community where Gustavo Balderas was the…
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Continue Reading An Australia police officer who shocked a 95-year-old woman with a Taser is guilty of manslaughter
SYDNEY (AP) — A police officer who shocked a 95-year-old nursing home resident with a Taser was found guilty of manslaughter in an Australian…
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Continue Reading Colombia to require visas for British citizens in response to UK visa restrictions
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration kept President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration closely apprised of…
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Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Tim Walz has accepted the symbolic presentation of a turkey as he eases back into his duties as…
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By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN (CNN) — The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon appears to be largely holding, despite…
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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal investigators in New York have requested records from the manufacturer of an AI-powered weapons scanner…
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AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart’s sweeping rollback of its diversity policies is the strongest indication yet of a profound shift…
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Israeli security cabinet approves Lebanon ceasefire deal, after 11th-hour strikes on central Beirut
CNN By Jeremy Diamond, Christian Edwards, Tamara Qiblawi and Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — A ceasefire between Israeli forces and Lebanese…
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Rescuers found one survivor after a small plane crashed into a Costa Rican mountainside. The local Red Cross said…
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Box truck crashes into RV filled with more than two dozen snakes on I-95
Tuesday just past midnight, a large box truck rear-ended an RV – filled with more than two dozen snakes – heading from South Carolina to…
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Maine say they have entered into a settlement that requires…
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AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — If Donald Trump makes good on his threat to slap 25% tariffs on everything imported from Mexico and Canada, the…
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Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky police officer shot during 2020 protests over Breonna Taylor’s death is suing his department…
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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In an angry outburst in a New York courtroom, Rudy Giuliani has accused a judge of making wrong assumptions about…
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Israeli security cabinet approves Lebanon ceasefire deal, after 11th-hour strikes on central Beirut
By Jeremy Diamond, Christian Edwards, Tamara Qiblawi and Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — A ceasefire between Israeli forces and Lebanese militant…
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Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi attorney general is requesting an execution date for a man who’s been on death row for 30…
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Continue Reading County asks Tampa Bay Rays to commit to plans for $1.3 billion ballpark by Sunday
Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays should declare in writing whether they want to pursue an existing financing plan…
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Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian opposition lawmakers and their supporters have blocked the capital’s main streets for hours…
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Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian officials are blasting President-elect Donald’s Trump’s threat to impose sweeping tariffs. The leader…
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Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City is finally getting a beach replenishment project that casinos say is essential for…
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