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Files confirm plan to move Assange to Russia

LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange: Hacker. Journalist. Diplomat? Newly released Ecuadorean government documents have laid bare an unorthodox attempt to extricate the WikiLeaks founder from his embassy hideaway in London

WORLD NEWS Iran calls latest US sanctions an ‘insult’ to world order

Iran calls latest US sanctions an ‘insult’ to world order TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Wednesday that the latest round of U.S. sanctions is an “insult” to the international

China trade surplus with US widens to record $34.1B

BEIJING (AP) — China’s trade surplus with the United States widened to a record $34.1 billion in September as exports to the American market rose by 13 percent over a

In El Salvador, slain archbishop long seen as saint

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Bespectacled, smiling and with closecropped hair, the late Archbishop Oscar Romero’s visage gazes kindly from postage stamps, handmade busts on sale at the San

Israeli fire kills 6 Palestinians

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces shot dead six Palestinians Friday, four of them in a single incident, in one of the deadliest days in months of mass

Astronauts safe after emergency landing

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A booster rocket failed less than two minutes after launching an American and a Russian toward the International Space Station on Thursday, forcing their emergency —

Longest commercial flight takes off

SINGAPORE (AP) — The world’s longest direct commercial flight is back and taking travelers from Singapore to the New York region. Operated by Singapore Airlines, the city-state’s national carrier, the

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Israel defends actions against US student in detention JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli Cabinet minister is defending Israel’s handling of the case of an American graduate student who has been

Toke off! Marijuana is set to become legal across Canada

DELTA, British Columbia (AP) — Mat Beren and his friends used to drive by the vast greenhouses of southern British Columbia and joke about how much weed they could grow

Man wins woman’s weight in beer

NEWRY, Maine (AP) — Baseball’s fall classic focuses on an American pastime. A Maine ski resort has its own fall classic based on a Finnish tradition. More than 30 teams