A ban on single-use plastics takes effect in Hong Kong in a bid to reduce pollution
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By Eugenia Yosef, Sophie Jeong and Tamar Michaelis, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military intelligence chief has resigned over his “leadership…
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BERLIN (AP) — Police say four Germans were caught laying white roses in memory of Adolf Hitler at the house where the Nazi dictator was born in…
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By ALEXA ST. JOHN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal…
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By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press The federal government will for the first time require nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after…
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By Donald Judd and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden traveled to Triangle, Virginia, Monday to mark Earth Day, unveiling $7 billion…
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BERLIN (AP) — Three people suspected of spying for China and facilitating the transfer of information on technology with potential military uses…
Continue Reading Norway’s King Harald, Europe’s oldest monarch, is back at work after pacemaker implants
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, is resuming work after a long sick leave that followed two pacemaker…
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s antitrust watchdog says U.S. search giant Google must fix its advertising search…
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Continue Reading The Latest | 3 wounded in Jerusalem in car attack
By The Associated Press Israeli police said a car slammed into pedestrians in Jerusalem, wounding three people lightly. Also Monday, Israeli…
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By GRACEY WAKARY and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities reopened an international airport near a volcano…
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Continue Reading Massive floods threaten tens of millions as intense rains batter southern China
By Nectar Gan, Hassan Tayir and Martha Zhou, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Multiple days of heavy rains have lashed southern China, unleashing deadly…
Continue Reading US sends land-attack missile system to Philippines for exercises in apparent message to China
By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — China has accused the United States of “stoking military confrontation” with the recent…
Continue Reading Iran’s president arrives in Pakistan for 3-day visit amid tight security
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrives in Islamabad on a three-day visit, during which he plans to discuss a range of issues with…
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Continue Reading Modi’s Muslim remarks spark ‘hate speech’ accusations as India’s mammoth election deepens divides
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile off the North’s east coast. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of…
Continue Reading Chinese general takes a harsh line on Taiwan and other disputes at an international naval gathering
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GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Voters at some polling places in a northeastern Indian state went back to the polls amid tight security on Monday after…
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Continue Reading Mexico’s leading presidential candidate stopped by masked men who ask for help in stemming violence
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Continue Reading Aid approval brings Ukraine closer to replenishing troops struggling to hold front lines
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Continue Reading Local election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears. One group is trying to help
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The group gathered inside the conference room, mostly women, fell silent as…
Continue Reading Local election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears. One group is trying to help
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The group gathered inside the conference room, mostly women, fell silent as…
Continue Reading Prosecutors to make history with opening statements in hush money case against Trump
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By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include the Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell hit romantic comedy “Anyone…
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Markets in Asia apart from Shanghai’s were broadly higher Monday, shrugging off the blues on Wall…
Continue Reading Australian woman appears in court charged with poisoning husband and his relatives with mushrooms
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A woman accused of serving her ex-husband’s parents and an aunt poisonous mushrooms with lunch has appeared in an…
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Continue Reading Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass safe after suspect breaks into official residence, police say
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Continue Reading Suspect in break-in at home of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is charged with burglary, prosecutors say
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By Amy Chillag, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — The plight of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped New York’s Central Park Zoo last year, showed…
Continue Reading Police identify woman fatally shot at Delaware State University, campus remains closed Monday
By Jillian Sykes and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have identified the woman who was shot and killed early Sunday morning at Delaware…
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Mary J. Blige,Cher, Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest, Kool & The Gang and Ozzy Osbourne…
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By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — In a slick video marking the National Security Education Day, China’s top spy agency has a stern message…
Continue Reading Tesla cuts the price of its “Full Self Driving” system by a third to $8,000
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla knocked about a third off the price of its “Full Self Driving” system — which can’t drive itself…
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By Ana María Cañizares and Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) — The director of an Ecuadorian prison known as “El Rodeo” was killed Sunday in an…
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London’s police commissioner will meet with senior members of the Jewish community on Monday after…
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Continue Reading 15 people suffer minor injuries in tram accident at Universal Studios theme park in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A tram accident at the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park in Los Angeles has injured 15 people. The Los Angeles County Fire…
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Continue Reading Hawaii lawmakers take aim at vacation rentals after Lahaina wildfire amplifies Maui housing crisis
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — An acute housing shortage hitting fire survivors on the Hawaiian island of Maui is squeezing out…
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