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Turkey presses Syrian assault as thousands flee the fighting

Published on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 12:05am
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AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Turkey pressed its assault against U.S.-allied Kurdish forces in northern Syria on Thursday for a second day, pounding the region with airstrikes and an artillery bombardment

Iran women freely at FIFA match, 1st time in decades

Published on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 12:00am
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of flag-draped Iranian women cheered, blew horns and celebrated inside a Tehran stadium Thursday as they watched the first FIFA soccer match they’ve been allowed

German suspect planned massacre

Published on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 12:00am

HALLE, Germany (AP) — The suspect in an attack on a German synagogue on Judaism’s holiest day had around four kilograms (nearly nine pounds) of explosives in his car and wanted to carry out a massacre, Germany’s top prosecutor said. Many questions remained about how the man was able to get hold of the weapons he used in the assault, in which two people outside the building were killed.

Turkey launches offensive against Kurdish fighters

Published on Wed, 10/09/2019 - 3:00pm
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AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Turkey launched airstrikes and fired artillery aimed at crushing Kurdish fighters in northern Syria on Wednesday after U.S. troops pulled back from the area, paving the

Boris Johnson’s father joins climate protesters in London

Published on Wed, 10/09/2019 - 12:00am

LONDON (AP) — The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has joined climate protesters in London, after his son urged the demonstrators to pack up their “hemp-smelling” tents and

China criticizes Apple for app that tracks Hong Kong police

Published on Wed, 10/09/2019 - 12:00am

BEIJING (AP) — Apple became the latest company targeted for Chinese pressure over protests in Hong Kong when the ruling Communist Party’s main newspaper criticized the tech giant Wednesday for

Nobel prize honors three scientists for breakthroughs on lithium-ion battery

Published on Wed, 10/09/2019 - 12:00am
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — If you’re reading this on a mobile phone or laptop computer, you might thank this year’s three laureates for the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work

US bars Chinese for crackdown on Muslim minorities

Published on Wed, 10/09/2019 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday slapped travel bans on Chinese officials involved in a massive crackdown against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in its west. The State

UK: chances of Brexit deal slim

Published on Tue, 10/08/2019 - 12:02am
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LONDON (AP) — Britain and the European Union traded ill-tempered barbs Tuesday as the U.K. said a Brexit deal might be impossible, with just over three weeks until its scheduled

Chinese military could step in if uprising gets bad, Lam says

Published on Tue, 10/08/2019 - 12:01am
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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam warned Tuesday that the Chinese military could step in if an uprising for democratic reforms that has rocked the city for