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Iran says Israel killed military nuclear scientist remotely

Published on Mon, 11/30/2020 - 12:00am
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A top Iranian security official on Monday accused Israel of using “electronic devices” to remotely kill a scientist who founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program in the 2000s.

Passenger van rams into bus amid fog in Pakistan, killing 13

Published on Mon, 11/30/2020 - 12:00am

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A speeding van carrying passengers crashed into a bus in foggy weather in eastern Pakistan on Monday, killing 13 people and injuring 17 others, a government official and rescuers said.

Turkey toughens curfew measures amid coronavirus surge

Published on Mon, 11/30/2020 - 12:00am

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president on Monday announced the country’s most widespread lockdown so far amid a surge in COVID-19 infections, extending curfews to weeknights and putting a full lockdown in place over the weekends.

UK not to hold inquiry into Belfast lawyer’s murder in 1989

Published on Mon, 11/30/2020 - 12:00am

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government said Monday that it has decided against holding a public inquiry into the murder more than three decades ago of a Belfast attorney who specialized in defending Irish Republican Army suspects.

As season nears, Europe ponders skiing during pandemic

Published on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 4:56pm
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MILAN (AP) — Though the first real snow has yet to fall across much of Europe, ski buffs are imagining with dread a once-unthinkable scene: Skiing in Zermatt in Switzerland while lifts idle across the border in Italy’s Aosta valley. 

The leaders of Italy and France are resisting pressure to reopen ski resorts before Christmas, pushing for European coordination so their industries don’t suffer during the pandemic while others flourish. But the Alpine countries of Switzerland and Austria could well be spoilers. 

‘We just ran’: Ethiopians fleeing war find little relief

Published on Tue, 11/24/2020 - 12:00am
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UMM RAKOUBA, Sudan (AP) — The baby was born on the run from war. Her first bath was in a puddle. Now she cries all night in a country that is not her own.

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Published on Mon, 11/23/2020 - 12:00am

Catholic Church cancels pilgrimage over pandemic

China testing millions after COVID-19 flareups in 3 cities

Published on Mon, 11/23/2020 - 12:00am
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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across the country last week.

US renews pledge to defend Philippines

Published on Mon, 11/23/2020 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration provided precision-guided missiles and other weapons to help the Philippines battle Islamic State group-aligned militants and renewed a pledge to defend its treaty ally if it comes under attack in the disputed South China Sea.

In multiple countries, alarm over hunger crisis heightens

Published on Fri, 11/20/2020 - 12:00am
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ABS, Yemen (AP) — The twin baby boys lay on a bed of woven palm leaves in a remote camp for displaced people in Yemen’s north, their collar bones and ribs visible. They cried loudly, twisting as if in pain, not from disease but from the hunger gnawing away at them.