Unions buoyant as 1.27 million French protest pension reform
By ELAINE GANLEY, JADE LE DELEY and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French authorities say an estimated 1.27 million people have…
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Recent extremist attacks kill 32 people in Burkina Faso
By ARSENE KABORE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s government says at least 32 people, including…
Continue Reading US to increase weapons deployment to counter North Korea
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said the United States will increase…
Continue Reading Cyprus picks new president amid economic doubt, ethnic split
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cypriots are choosing a new president, who they’ll expect to decisively steer the…
Continue Reading Hall of Famer Bobby Hull, the Golden Jet, dies at 84
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Hall of Fame forward Bobby Hull, who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup Final, has…
Continue Reading Illinois prosecutors drop pending criminal cases against R. Kelly, who remains imprisoned on federal convictions
By Raja Razek, CNN Prosecutors in Illinois’ Cook County have dropped state sex-crime charges against singer R. Kelly, who has already been…
Continue Reading 10 years after EU’s ‘never again’ tragedy, little’s changed
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A decade ago this year, the head of the European Union’s executive branch stood, visibly shaken,…
Continue Reading Global report highlights link between corruption, violence
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Most of the world continues to fail to fight corruption with 95 % of countries having made…
Continue Reading Pope’s Africa trip spotlights conflict, and church’s future
By NICOLE WINFIELD, JEAN-YVES KAMALE and NQOBILE NTSHANGASE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Pope Francis began a six-day visit to Congo and…
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Asian stocks higher ahead of Fed rate decision
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were higher Wednesday after Wall Street rose ahead of what traders hope will…
Continue Reading Asian stocks higher ahead of Fed rate decision
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were higher Wednesday after Wall Street rose ahead of what traders hope will…
Continue Reading Chinese province drops restrictions on unmarried people having children in bid to halt plummeting birth rate
By Nectar Gan, CNN China’s southwestern province of Sichuan will drop restrictions on unmarried people having children, part of a broader…
Continue Reading Death toll from blast in Pakistan mosque rises to at least 100 as country faces ‘national security crisis’
By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Saleem Mehsud, CNN The death toll from a suicide bomb that ripped through a mosque in Peshawar, northwestern…
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Nearly 1,000 flights already canceled Tuesday as winter storm rolls through the US
By Robert Shackelford, CNN Nearly 1,000 flights were canceled across the United States Tuesday, according to FlightAware, as extreme winter weather…
Continue Reading Nearly 1,000 flights already canceled Tuesday as winter storm rolls through the US
CNN, WLEX, KTVT By Robert Shackelford, CNN Nearly 1,000 flights were canceled across the United States Tuesday, according to FlightAware, as extreme…
Continue Reading ‘School choice’ is culture-war focus for Kansas lawmakers
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Republican legislators in Kansas are focusing on helping conservative parents remove…
Continue Reading First police report in Tyre Nichols case does not match video of deadly beating
By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Nick Valencia, CNN An initial police report filed in the hours after the Tyre Nichols traffic stop suggested he was…
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Registration opens for for this year’s Ladies AllRide mountain bike skills camps
(Update: adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Who’s ready to take their mountain bike skills to the next level? Registration is now open at…
Continue Reading China’s economic activity expands for the first time in months as Covid ‘exit wave’ ends
CNN By Laura He, CNN Economic activity in China has expanded for the first time in four months as disruptions caused by the abrupt end of its…
Continue Reading China’s economic activity expands for the first time in months as Covid ‘exit wave’ ends
By Laura He, CNN Economic activity in China has expanded for the first time in four months as disruptions caused by the abrupt end of its zero-Covid…
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