Solomon Islands pro-Beijing prime minister won’t keep his job following elections
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Solomon Islands pro-Beijing Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has withdrawn from the…
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5 things to know for April 29: Presidential race, Severe weather, Middle East, College protests, Kenya
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A billionaire is building Titanic II — a replica of the ill-fated ship that sank in 1912. Early designs…
Continue ReadingThailand’s foreign minister abruptly resigns after being dropped as deputy prime minister
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s foreign minister has abruptly resigned in dissatisfaction over a Cabinet reshuffle that removed him as one of the…
Continue ReadingNine accused of far-right plot to overthrow German government go on trial
By Inke Kappeler, CNN (CNN) — Nine suspected members of a German far-right group accused of plotting to overthrow the government and install a…
Continue ReadingTogo votes in parliamentary election testing support for proposal that could keep dynasty in power
By ERICK KAGLAN Associated Press LOME, Togo (AP) — People in Togo have voted in parliamentary elections that tested support for a proposed new…
Continue ReadingTractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Within three or four years, thousands of self-driving tractor-trailers are expected to travel on…
Continue ReadingTractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a…
Continue ReadingAffluent Americans are driving US economy and likely delaying need for Fed rate cuts
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Since retiring two years ago, Joan Harris has upped her travel game. Once or twice a…
Continue ReadingMissile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels damages a ship in the Red Sea
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Authorities said a missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels damaged a ship in the Red Sea in the…
Continue ReadingIndonesian and Singaporean leaders hold annual talks, joined this year by their successors
By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President…
Continue ReadingGérard Depardieu will be tried for alleged sexual assaults on a film set, French prosecutors say
By OLEG CETINIC and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French actor Gérard Depardieu will face a criminal trial in October over the…
Continue ReadingSpain’s PM Pedro Sanchez refuses to quit, vowing to fight ‘unfounded’ attack on his wife
By Al Goodman and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Monday he will not resign, five days after canceling his…
Continue ReadingAhead of visit to Israel, US’s Blinken presses Hamas to accept new proposal for Gaza cease-fire
By SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United States stepped up pressure Monday for a cease-fire deal in Gaza as the…
Continue ReadingAt least 45 people die in western Kenya as floodwaters sweep away houses and cars
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Flash floods and a landslide swept through houses and cut off a major road in Kenya, killing at least 45 people and leaving…
Continue ReadingGangs forced out Haiti’s government. This FBI ‘Most Wanted’ gang leader claims they’re liberating the country
CNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver and Evelio Contreras, CNN. Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Vitel’homme Innocent’s picture on the…
Continue ReadingGangs forced out Haiti’s government. This FBI ‘Most Wanted’ gang leader claims they’re liberating the country
By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver and Evelio Contreras, CNN. Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Vitel’homme Innocent’s picture on the FBI’s…
Continue ReadingA kidnapped Pakistani judge has been freed in a late-night operation, police say
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a judge who was kidnapped after gunmen ambushed his vehicle has been freed in a late-night…
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Bend fire crews stop blaze that burned homeless encampment, threatened businesses on NE Olney Avenue
Several reports of a fire behind warehouses and businesses in northeast Bend Sunday night brought firefighters to the scene, and they stopped the…
Continue Reading1 migrant dies and 25 are rescued from a sinking dinghy in eastern Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities on the Greek island of Samos say a migrant died and 25 others were rescued from a sinking dinghy that had left…
Continue ReadingAttack on a police checkpoint in Russia’s North Caucasus leaves 2 police, 5 gunmen dead
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say a group of militants has attacked a police checkpoint in Russia’s North Caucasus region, killing two…
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