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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s personnel choices for his new Cabinet and White House reflect his signature positions on immigration and trade but also a range of viewpoints and backgrounds that raise questions about what ideological anchors might guide his Oval Office encore. The former and incoming president has selected television personalities, former

Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Human Rights Watch says Mozambique security forces have killed at least 10 children and injured dozens of others while trying to suppress weeks of protests following a disputed presidential election. The rights group says hundreds of other minors have been detained by security forces in violation of

Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian officials say a tourist yacht has sunk in the Red Sea after warnings of rough waters and 16 people are missing. The governor of the Red Sea region, Amr Hanafy, said Monday that rescuers saved 28 people from the vessel south of the coastal town of Marsa Alam. Some

SAMOS, Greece (AP) — Eight people, including six children, have died when a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of the Greek island of Samos. The coast guard said Monday that 36 survivors were found on a rocky shoreline, while three others were rescued earlier. It was not immediately clear whether others were still

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Monday delayed until January his decision on whether to resentence Erik and Lyle Menendez for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion 35 years ago, squashing their family’s hope the brothers would be released and home for the holidays. Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic said

AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Best-selling author Barbara Taylor Bradford has died. She was 91. She became a publishing sensation in her 40s with the tenacious saga “A Woman of Substance” and wrote more than dozen other novels that sold more than 80 million copies worldwide. Starting with “A Woman of Substance,” published

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Diplomats and other officials say there have been several sticking points in ceasefire talks to end the war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, even as conditions for an agreement appear to be ripe. Israel’s military has killed nearly all of the militant group’s top leaders, but it

Associated Press I have a confession. I like the Thanksgiving leftovers better than the holiday feast. The Thanksgiving meal is a family favorite, and I love all of the foods. But what makes me even happier is opening the fridge the next morning and foraging for a slice of apple pie or some leftover roasted

Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The newly elected Georgian parliament has opened its inaugural session as opposition lawmakers and the country’s president stayed away and thousands of protesters rallied outside under a heavy police presence. They accused the ruling Georgian Dream party of rigging the vote under Russian influence. The Oct. 26 election that

Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The X account for internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom says he has suffered a “serious stroke.” He has been fighting deportation from New Zealand to the United States on charges relating to his file-sharing website Megaupload for 12 years. The post said, “I have the best health professionals helping

Associated Press AVIGNON, France (AP) — A high-profile rape trial in France is moving into a new phase with prosecutors setting out the verdicts and punishments they want for 51 men men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot, 71, while she was drugged and rendered unconscious by her husband of nearly 50 years. Dominique Pelicot has

Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania is reeling after a little-known, far-right populist secured the first round in the presidential election. Calin Georgescu was ahead Monday after nearly all ballots were counted with around 22.94% of the vote. Most local surveys predicted he’s win less than 10%. He will face reformist Elena Lasconi in

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates says police have arrested three Uzbek nationals for the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi. Monday’s statement from the country’s Interior Ministry offered no motive for the slaying of Zvi Kogan. Kogan, an ultra-Orthodox rabbi who went missing on Thursday, ran a kosher grocery

BEIRUT (AP) — An international human rights group says an Israeli airstrike that killed three journalists and wounded others in Lebanon last month was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians and an apparent war crime. The Oct. 25 airstrike killed three journalists as they slept at a guesthouse in southeast Lebanon in one of

Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The U.N. chief, Pope Francis and others are calling for nations to end the production and use of land mines, even as their deployment grows. They made the appeal Monday at a conference on the 25-year-old Mine Ban Treaty that opened in Cambodia. A land mine monitoring group