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US sending aircraft carrier to Mideast, citing Iran threats

Published on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 4:48pm
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By LOLITA BALDOR and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier group to the Middle East ahead of schedule and warning that Iran and its proxy forces are showing “troubling and escalatory” indications of a possible attack on American forces in the region.

Exactly what prompted the action was unclear, but it marked a further step in sharply rising tensions between the Trump administration and the Islamic Republic.

Strong cyclone lashes India, forces 1.2 million from homes

Published on Fri, 05/03/2019 - 4:51pm

KOLKATA, India (AP) — Cyclone Fani tore through India’s eastern coast on Friday as a grade 5 storm, lashing beaches with rain and winds gusting up to 205 kilometers (127 miles) per hour and affecting weather as far away as Mount Everest as it approached the former imperial capital of Kolkata.

The India Meteorological Department said the “extremely severe” cyclone in the Bay of Bengal hit the coastal state of Odisha around 8 a.m., with weather impacted across the Asian subcontinent.

Cardinal: New attacks on Sri Lanka churches planned

Published on Thu, 05/02/2019 - 12:00am
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Catholic cardinal received “foreign information” that attempts would be made this week to attack a church and another church institution, according to a

Chinese fossil sheds light on mysterious Neanderthal kin

Published on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 12:00am
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NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 40 years after it was found by a monk in a Chinese cave, a fossilized chunk of jawbone has been revealed as coming from a

Agitators, tear gas cloud Paris march

Published on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 12:00am
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PARIS (AP) — Clusters of anarchists and yellow vest protesters disrupted May Day rallies in Paris by throwing rocks, setting trash can fires and antagonizing riot squads Wednesday as tens

SHORT TAKES

Published on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 12:00am

French far-right leader Le Pen blasts EU’s ‘broken promises’ PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has described the European Union as a “cemetery of broken promises” at

Julian Assange gets 50 weeks in prison

Published on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 12:00am
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LONDON (AP) — A British judge sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday to 50 weeks in prison for skipping bail seven years ago and holing up in the Ecuadorian

Congo park ranger tells of taking viral selfie with gorillas

Published on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 12:00am
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LONDON (AP) — A park ranger in Congo has described how he captured a selfie with two gorillas that went viral. Mathieu Shamavu, a ranger at Virunga National Park in

Emmanuel Macron offers tax cut to French workers to quell anger

Published on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 12:00am

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron announced tax cuts for middle-class workers and a more representative parliament on Thursday to quell five months of yellow vest protests that have

Sri Lanka braces for more attacks

Published on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 12:00am
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka on Thursday lowered the death toll from the Easter suicide bombings by nearly one-third, to 253, as authorities hunted urgently for a least