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ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban official says a bomb stuck to a minivan has exploded in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, killing at least three…
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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold…
Continue Reading Irish singer Sinead O’Connor died from natural causes, coroner says
LONDON (AP) — A coroner says Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor died from “natural causes” in July. London’s Metropolitan Police had…
Continue Reading Serbian authorities help evacuate cows and horses stuck on a river island in cold weather
By MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC Associated Press GARDINOVCI, Serbia (AP) — Serbian authorities on Tuesday started evacuating nearly 200 animals that have…
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Continue Reading Ex-UK Post Office boss gives back a royal honor amid fury over her role in wrongful convictions
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Continue Reading Global economy will slow for a third straight year in 2024, World Bank predicts
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Continue Reading Historic Black Baptist church sued by woman who says she wasn’t hired as senior pastor due to gender discrimination
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Continue Reading Aid group says 6,618 migrants died trying to reach Spain by boat in 2023, more than double 2022
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish non-profit organization says more than 6,600 migrants died while trying to reach Spain by boat last year. The figure is…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy, Blinken, Israeli president and more will come to Davos to talk about global challenges
LONDON (AP) — More than 60 heads of state and government and hundreds of business leaders will discuss the biggest global challenges during the…
Continue Reading This unknown woman was a victim of the ‘Happy Face Killer.’ Authorities need help in identifying her
By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — In the early 1990s, long-haul trucker Keith Hunter Jesperson killed at least eight women in his travels across the…
Continue Reading This unknown woman was a victim of the ‘Happy Face Killer.’ Authorities need help in identifying her
KABC By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — In the early 1990s, long-haul trucker Keith Hunter Jesperson killed at least eight women in his travels…
Continue Reading Onetime ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat to release a book, ‘The Art of Diplomacy’
NEW YORK (AP) — Former diplomat and White House aide Stuart E. Eizenstat has a book out this spring on some of the country’s most consequential…
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s last remaining major department store chain has filed for insolvency protection, its third filing in less than four…
Continue Reading Tunisian group accuses authorities of mass expulsions of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa
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PARIS (AP) — Former World Cup winner Thierry Henry has opened up about the fact he “must have been in depression” during his soccer career. The…
Continue Reading Israel is facing a genocide case in international court. Could it halt the war in Gaza?
By Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — Israel is appearing before the International Court of Justice in a high stakes case that could change the…
Continue Reading Russia puts exiled tycoon and opposition leader Khodorkovsky on wanted list for war comments
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Russian state news agency Tass says Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has put exiled Russian tycoon and opposition leader…
Continue Reading Intensified Russian airstrikes are stretching Ukraine’s air defense resources, officials say
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Continue Reading Vatican’s doctrine chief is raising eyebrows over his 1998 book that graphically describes orgasms
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican’s new doctrine chief is raising eyebrows over a book he wrote as a young priest…
Continue Reading Nevada man seen on video attacking judge faces attempted murder charge
CNN, KVVU By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man who was seen on video leaping over a court table and attacking a Nevada judge while in court…
Continue Reading GE spinoff to fill massive order for turbines to power Western Hemisphere’s largest wind project
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Continue Reading Global warming in 2023 leaped close to the limit the world is trying to avoid
By Angela Dewan, Krystina Shveda and Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — Global warming in 2023 hit 1.48 degrees Celsius, data published Tuesday shows,…
Continue Reading France gets its youngest-ever prime minister, Gabriel Attal, as Macron shakes up government
PARIS (AP) — Gabriel Attal was named Tuesday as France’s youngest-ever prime minister, as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the…
Continue Reading Gabriel Attal becomes France’s youngest prime minister
By Joshua Berlinger and Dalal Mawad, CNN Paris (CNN) — Gabriel Attal, the 34-year-old French education minister, has been named the country’s…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Jan. 9: Extreme weather, Plane safety, Gaza, Taxes, Moon mission
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The number of blood donors in the US is at the lowest level in 20 years as hospitals struggle to meet the…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Jan. 9: Extreme weather, Plane safety, Gaza, Taxes, Moon mission
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The number of blood donors in the US is at the lowest level in 20 years as hospitals struggle to meet the…
Continue Reading As Bosnian Serbs mark controversial national day, US warns celebration amounts to ‘criminal offense’
By RADUL RADOVANOVIC Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The United States has warned that ongoing celebrations of a Bosnian…
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By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The number of blood donors in the US is at the lowest level in 20 years as hospitals struggle to meet the…
Continue Reading Cable car brought down by fallen tree in Austrian skiing area, injuring 4 people on board
BERLIN (AP) — Police say a cable car has crashed in a skiing region in western Austria, and all four people on board were seriously injured. A tree…
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By DAVID HAMILTON and ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writers The Biden administration has enacted a new labor rule that aims to prevent the…
Continue Reading Danish appeals court upholds guilty verdicts for 3 Iranians convicted on terror charges
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish appeals court has upheld guilty verdicts for three members of an Iranian separatist group convicted of…
Continue Reading Israel’s military says no damage was caused in a strike on an army base in northern Israel
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Continue Reading Spain investigates contamination of Atlantic shore by countless plastic pellets spilled from ship
MADRID (AP) — Spanish state prosecutors have opened an investigation into countless tiny plastic pellets washing up on the country’s northwest…
Continue Reading Spain makes face masks mandatory in hospitals and clinics after a spike in respiratory illnesses
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government says face masks will be mandatory in hospitals and healthcare centers starting Wednesday due to a surge in…
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By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan navy spokesman says the debt-ridden country’s navy is preparing…
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CNN By Jessie Yeung, Gawon Bae, Yoonjung Seo and Marc Stewart, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea’s parliament passed a bill Tuesday…
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The former president of a top-division soccer team in Turkey has told a court he regretted attacking a referee at the end of…
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s national elections commission has registered the Communist Party’s candidate to compete with President Vladimir Putin…
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s transportation ministry says it has introduced improved emergency measures for the…
Continue Reading Blinken in Israel looks to planning for post-war Gaza as bombardment, fighting continue to rage
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Continue Reading US citizen detained in Russia on alleged drug charges, Moscow court says
By Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — A US citizen has been arrested in Moscow on drug-related charges, according to an official…
Continue Reading Filipino Catholics pray for Mideast peace in massive procession venerating a black statue of Jesus
By JIM GOMEZ, JOEAL CALUPITAN AND AARON FAVILA Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers…
Continue Reading Taiwan presidential candidate Lai says he is willing to reopen talks with China
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Continue Reading South Korea’s parliament endorses landmark legislation outlawing dog meat consumption
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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Two council members from the City of Oakland have mailed a letter to Oakland Athletics…
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Continue Reading British surgeon says Gaza ‘beyond worst thing’ he’s seen, as Jordan’s king warns Israel creating a ‘generation of orphans’
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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s President-elect Bernardo Arévalo has announced his Cabinet picks ahead of his scheduled swearing-in Sunday,…
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SYDNEY (AP) — Four people have been charged over an alleged plot to smuggle hundreds of Australian native reptiles from Sydney to Hong Kong. Police…
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Marine Corps says Gen. Eric Smith, the commandant, has had open heart surgery and is…
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By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The United States and the United Kingdom said the elections that extended Bangladesh Prime…
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Continue Reading Park Service retracts decision to take down William Penn statue at Philadelphia historical site
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The National Park Service is retracting a proposal to take down a statue of William Penn at a…
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA,”…
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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A man accused of a jailhouse attack on the convicted killer of California college student Kristin Smart has pleaded not…
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