Moroccans elect new leaders in shadow of virus
By TARIK EL BARAKAH Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccans are choosing a new parliament and local leaders in elections reshaped by the…
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Blinken to Taliban: Any legitimacy ‘will have to be earned’
By CHRISTOPH NOELTING and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that any…
Continue ReadingDuterte’s party picks him as VP candidate in Philippines
By KIKO ROSARIO and DAVID RISING Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ governing party has nominated President Rodrigo…
Continue Reading2 Australian ministers begin 4-nation visit ending in US
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s foreign and defense ministers are visiting Indonesia, India, South Korea…
Continue ReadingGas explosion in apartment building outside Moscow kills 2
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian law enforcement officials say a gas explosion in an apartment building outside Moscow has killed two people and injured at…
Continue ReadingAmazon to open 2 cashier-less Whole Foods stores next year
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There will be something missing at two Whole Foods stores opening next year: the rows of…
Continue ReadingCandidates in Japan race call for stronger economy, security
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — One of the main candidates to be Japan’s next prime minister says the country needs a new type of…
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — One of the main candidates to be Japan’s next prime minister says the country needs a new type of…
Continue ReadingA dog that saved its owner’s life appointed South Korea’s first honorary rescue dog
By Jessie Yeung and Gawon Bae, CNN A plucky four-year-old dog named Baekgu has shown once again why dogs are man’s best friend. Baekgu’s…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What’s at stake in the 2015 Paris attacks trial?
By ARNO PEDRAM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Twenty men accused in the Islamic State group’s 2015 attacks on Paris that left 130 people dead and…
Continue ReadingGiant ‘swimming head’ creature lived in our oceans 500 million years ago
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Half a billion years ago, the oceans were filled with life that looked more like aliens than the marine animals we know…
Continue ReadingSilicon Valley finds remote work is easier to begin than end
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thriving Silicon Valley companies were among the first to embrace…
Continue ReadingSilicon Valley finds remote work is easier to begin than end
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thriving Silicon Valley companies were among the first to embrace…
Continue ReadingAmazon to open 2 cashier-less Whole Foods stores next year
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There will be something missing at two Whole Foods stores opening next year: the rows of…
Continue ReadingBulgaria, EU’s least vaccinated nation, faces deadly surge
By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press VELIKO TARNOVO, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria has one of the highest coronavirus death rates and the lowest…
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By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press VELIKO TARNOVO, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria has one of the highest coronavirus death rates and the lowest…
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Bend Park and Rec Board welcomes new trails ‘action plan’
The Bend Park and Recreation District is reprioritizing trail projects by applying new scoring methodology to projects identified in a comprehensive…
Continue ReadingParis terror trial opens for 20 accused in 2015 attacks
By LORI HINNANT and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The trial of 20 men accused in a series of coordinated attacks on Paris in…
Continue ReadingThe world lost one of its oldest penguins at the Oregon Zoo. Mochica was 31
By Andy Rose and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The world lost one of its oldest penguins over the weekend at the Oregon Zoo. Mochica, known as Mo, was 31 years…
Continue ReadingThe Latest: Taliban decrees end to unapproved demonstrations
By The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — The interior ministry of the new Taliban government is seeking to end protests in Afghanistan after…
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