North Macedonia: Police find 87 migrants, arrest two men
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say they have discovered 87 migrants crammed into a truck with a trailer in the southern…
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Gas lines and scuffles: Sri Lanka faces humanitarian crisis
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A few years ago, Sri Lanka had an economy strong enough to…
Continue ReadingLuis Echeverria, Mexico leader blamed for massacres, dies
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Former Mexican President Luis Echeverria, who tried to cast himself…
Continue ReadingEstonian PM reaches coalition deal for majority government
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s governing center-right Reform Party has reached a tentative deal to form a coalition…
Continue ReadingWeak protection for vanishing whale violates law, judge says
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government hasn’t done enough to protect a rare species of whale from…
Continue ReadingUK defense minister rules himself out of leadership race
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British Cabinet minister tipped to be a frontrunner in the Conservative Party’s leadership…
Continue Reading4 days in January: Trump push for Capitol coda to 2020 vote
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — It would have been something never quite before seen in America — a defeated…
Continue ReadingTechno party with Love Parade founder hits Berlin’s streets
BERLIN (AP) — A techno parade whose initiators include the founder of the Love Parade, once a popular annual party in Berlin, took to the streets…
Continue ReadingAmid chaos, some at July 4 parade ran toward gunfire to help
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — Bobby Shapiro ran down Central Avenue in socks, moving toward the…
Continue ReadingOn Greece’s Santorini, 13 cloistered nuns pray for the world
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press THIRA, Greece (AP) — Cruise-ship tourists crowding souvenir shops and couples chasing the perfect…
Continue ReadingSlovenia: Court strikes bans on same-sex marriages, adoption
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — A top court in Slovenia has ruled that bans on same-sex couples getting marrying and adopting children are…
Continue ReadingCarlos Santana postpones some concerts after health scare
By The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Carlos Santana has postponed his next six shows after collapsing on stage during a concert on Tuesday,…
Continue ReadingItaly: All 11 hikers killed in glacier avalanche identified
ROME (AP) — Italian authorities on Saturday put the final death toll of an avalanche in northern Italy at 11 and said all the victims had been…
Continue ReadingGoodbye to cash tolls, and some notorious history, at bridge
FORT LEE, N.J. (AP) — Attention drivers at the George Washington Bridge: Your cash is no good here. Starting Sunday, drivers looking to cross the…
Continue ReadingThousands rescued at flood-hit Hindu pilgrimage in Kashmir
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Emergency workers have rescued thousands of pilgrims after flash floods triggered by…
Continue ReadingUkrainian governor: Russia raising ‘true hell’ in the east
By MARIA GRAZIA MURRU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces are raising “true hell” in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland,…
Continue ReadingMillions of Muslims commemorate Eid al-Adha amid high prices
By AMR NABIL and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Millions of Muslims across the globe — including in countries like…
Continue ReadingSrebrenica women honored for highlighting 1995 massacre
By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — They were the ones who lived in a world in which their husbands, sons,…
Continue ReadingFrench women push to cement abortion rights after US ruling
By BARBARA SURK and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The right to abortion in France hardly seems under threat — it’s been inscribed…
Continue ReadingPamplona says no one gored after all on 3rd day of bull run
PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — City officials in Pamplona, Spain, say no one was gored after all during the San Fermín Festival bull run. They revised an…
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