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By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Vice President Han Zheng has pledged to provide more opportunities for foreign companies…
Continue Reading Former US soldier arrested as a suspect in a killing in Germany nearly 46 years ago
BERLIN (AP) — German investigators say a 66-year-old man accused of killing a woman when he was stationed in Germany as a U.S. soldier nearly 46…
Continue Reading Woman convicted of murder conspiracy, coverup, in 2019 disappearance of Connecticut mother
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A woman was convicted Friday of conspiring to murder missing mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos, who vanished from a…
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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she raised $12 million in February.…
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By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Nearly five years after Connecticut mother Jennifer Dulos went missing, her husband’s ex-girlfriend was…
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish media are reporting that a car struck a crowd of people waiting at a tram stop in the northwestern city of Szczecin…
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s tradition of piling garbage bags on the sidewalk for pickup is going the way of the dinosaur. As of Friday, all…
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By Eyad Kourdi, Jomana Karadsheh and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour, whose song became popular during mass…
Continue Reading Authorities search for father and 2 young children in New Hampshire after mother found dead
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer After some rough patches, the Oscars may have finally met the moment with a diverse, global membership and a batch of…
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By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will compete for votes in Arkansas on…
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By DEREK GATOPOULOS and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police say that a yearslong, multinational investigation into…
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By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer A commission charged with reviewing the Olympic system in the United States recommended Congress rework key facets…
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Judges some places don’t grant divorces when one of the parties is pregnant — and one Missouri lawmaker…
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Continue Reading Austrian police investigate 17 people on suspicion of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian police say they are investigating 17 people on suspicion of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl over a period of several…
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Continue Reading Russian disinformation is about immigration. The real aim is to undercut Ukraine aid
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Continue Reading British government watchdog says UK’s Rwanda deportation plan could cost nearly 500 million pounds
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Outraged Japanese opposition lawmakers have submitted a no-confidence motion accusing the governing…
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Continue Reading New Finnish leader Alexander Stubb says it took ‘final step’ into Western community by joining NATO
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Alexander Stubb has been sworn as Finland’s new president and said the Nordic country has taken…
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By MARK M. MENGONFIA Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A government minister in Liberia says that violent protests over the presence of an…
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By Luke McGee, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s opposition Labour Party, widely expected to win a general election due to be held within months,…
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By Jamiel Lynch and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — E’minie Hughes, the 12-year-old girl who was missing from the Houston area, has been found…
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By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation just keeps dropping in Europe. The consumer price index fell to 2.6 in…
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Continue Reading Court orders millions in compensation for survivors of New Zealand’s deadly volcanic eruption
By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Tour operators and a company which owns the New Zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people and…
Continue Reading Tuvalu’s new premier says democracy and loyalty are reasons for preferring Taiwan over Beijing
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Continue Reading Veteran British left-wing disruptor George Galloway wins a special election dominated by war in Gaza
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A veteran British political disruptor has won a special election in a heavily Muslim town in northern…
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A six-story shopping mall that caught fire in the Bangladeshi capital had no fire exits, the country’s prime…
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BERLIN (AP) — Local buses, subway trains and trams have ground to a halt in much of Germany, at the peak of a week of walkouts by employees…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A private airplane carrying singer Karol G has made an emergency landing at a Los Angeles airport. KABC-TV reports the aircraft…
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By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines arts organization is preparing to rip out a roughly 30-year-old artwork…
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WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — Family, friends and classmates of a nursing student found slain on the University of Georgia campus plan to gather to say…
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By KATIE MARIE DAVIES Associated Press Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny are bidding farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral in…
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By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has begun voting in its first parliamentary elections since the mass 2022 protests…
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The transcript of the congressional deposition of Hunter Biden has been…
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By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has died at age 84, according to Canadian media…
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tourist operators of a New Zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people have been ordered to pay nearly…
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police say a third person has died from injuries sustained in a shooting earlier this week that claimed four victims.…
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