Scottish independence at crossroads in testy SNP leader race
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The race to lead the Scottish National Party has cracked open fissures over political strategy,…
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Adam Sandler gets Mark Twain prize surrounded by celeb pals
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A host of comedic and entertainment royalty have gathered at Washington’s Kennedy Center as…
Continue ReadingPakistani police file terrorism charges against ex-PM Khan
By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police in the Pakistani capital filed charges Sunday against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, 17…
Continue ReadingGOP donor faces trial on charges of sex trafficking minors
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A formerly well-connected Republican donor, accused of plying petite, vulnerable teenage…
Continue ReadingSerbian president criticizes ICC arrest warrant for Putin
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president says issuing an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin will have negative…
Continue ReadingRepublican bills push cash bail, subvert Democratic changes
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Just two days before he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in…
Continue ReadingHow to shop for new insurance if you lose Medicaid coverage
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Medicaid coverage will end for millions of Americans in the coming months, and it will push many into unfamiliar…
Continue ReadingNations approve key UN science report on climate change
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Governments gave their blessing on Sunday to a major new U.N. report on climate change, after…
Continue ReadingHigher cancer rates found in military pilots, ground crews
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and for the first time has…
Continue ReadingPope offers prayer for earthquake victims in Ecuador, Peru
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis offered prayers Sunday for the victims of an earthquake that shook vast swaths of territory in Ecuador and parts…
Continue ReadingSyria’s Assad in UAE to mark ongoing thaw in relations
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad has arrived in the United Arab Emirates Sunday, his first visit to the…
Continue ReadingIn Chicago mayor’s race, 2 hopefuls reflect Democrats’ split
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Before they were rivals to be Chicago’s next mayor, Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson both worked…
Continue ReadingVandals attack French politician’s office over pensions row
PARIS (AP) — Protesters have vandalized the Nice office of the president of the Republican party in an apparent threat to get his right-wing party…
Continue ReadingMan stabbed to death on a carousel at a German funfair
BERLIN (AP) — Officials have shut down a large funfair in western Germany after a man was stabbed to death on a carousel Saturday night. Police…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu urges military chief to contain reservist protest
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the military’s chief of staff to…
Continue ReadingQatar charges ex-finance minister with bribery, embezzlement
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar had announced the nation’s former finance minister faces charges including bribery and embezzlement from…
Continue Reading19 die, over 20 injured in bus crash in central Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A speeding bus has fallen into a roadside ditch in central Bangladesh, leaving at least 19 people dead and more than 20…
Continue ReadingPalestinian militant group: commander assassinated in Syria
By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS (AP) — The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad says one of its commanders has been killed in Syria in…
Continue ReadingState news: Kuwait court annuls 2022 parliamentary election
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Kuwaiti court has annulled the results of a parliamentary election held last year, saying it would reinstate…
Continue ReadingBosnia: rights activists assaulted following LGBT event ban
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Rights activists in the Serb-run part of Bosnia have been assaulted, hours after police banned an LGBT event…
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