Rwanda and WHO declare end of Marburg outbreak after no new cases reported
Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The World Health Organization and the Rwandan government have declared the outbreak in Rwanda of the…
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Russia’s central bank holds off on interest rate hike amid friction between inflation, war spending
Associated Press Russia’s central bank has left its benchmark interest rate at a record 21%, holding off on further increases despite high consumer…
Continue ReadingAiling French man on death row pleads to return home as Indonesia to pardon 44,000 prisoners
Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities say an ailing French national on death row for drug offenses has made a…
Continue ReadingInternal divisions doom Michigan Democrats in their final days of legislative control
Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democrats are ending their final days in control of the state government bogged down with disunity…
Continue ReadingA teenager stabs a 7-year-old to death and wounds a teacher and 3 more children in a Croatian school
Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A knife-wielding teenager walked into a school in Croatia’s capital on Friday, stabbed a 7-year-old girl…
Continue ReadingCongo replaces top military chief and other senior officers as fighting in the east rages on
Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese state media says President Felix Tshisekedi has replaced the armed forces chief and several other top…
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France’s anti-terrorism court convicts 8 people of involvement in the 2020 beheading of a teacher
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel…
Continue ReadingWhite House starts scrapping pending regulations on transgender athletes and student debt
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is abandoning his efforts to provide some protections for transgender student athletes and…
Continue Reading8 dead, 18 rescued as speedboat carrying migrants capsizes near Greek island of Rhodes
ATHENS, Greeece (AP) — Greek authorities say a speedboat carrying migrants capsized Friday morning off the eastern Greek island of Rhodes, leaving…
Continue Reading A Russian official says a Ukrainian strike with US-supplied missiles kills 6
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian attack Friday on a town in Russia’s Kursk border region using U.S.-supplied missiles killed six…
Continue ReadingStarbucks workers begin strikes that could spread to hundreds of US stores by Christmas Eve
AP Business Writer Workers at Starbucks stores began a five-day strike Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company.…
Continue ReadingMalaysia agrees to resume ‘no find, no fee’ hunt for flight MH370, 10 years after plane disappeared
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government has agreed in principle to accept a second “no find, no fee” proposal from a U.S.…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka’s navy rescues 102 Rohingya refugees found adrift aboard a fishing trawler
Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s navy says it has rescued more than 100 people believed to be Rohingya refugees who…
Continue ReadingItalian court set to issue verdict in Salvini’s kidnapping trial over migrants blocked at sea
ROME (AP) — A court in Sicily is expected to announce its verdict on whether Italy’s vice premier, Matteo Salvini, is guilty of illegally…
Continue ReadingGiant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas, new discoveries suggest
AP Science Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons…
Continue ReadingBlackwood and Georgiev face former teams as Avalanche and Sharks square off after swapping goalies
Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — It didn’t take long before goaltenders Mackenzie Blackwood and Alexandar Georgiev found themselves…
Continue ReadingFor thousands of Jews, Israel still doesn’t feel safe after the Oct. 7 attacks. So they’re leaving
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Israelis are increasingly moving out of the country since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack shattered any sense of…
Continue ReadingFor thousands of Jews, Israel still doesn’t feel safe after the Oct. 7 attacks. So they’re leaving
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Israelis are increasingly moving out of the country since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack shattered any sense of…
Continue Reading Gisèle Pelicot’s Australian supporters are moved that their French heroine wore an Aboriginal scarf
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A group of Gisèle Pelicot’s Australian admirers say they’re moved that the victim in…
Continue ReadingBroncos start strong, but blow a late lead and fail to clinch a playoff berth in a tough defeat
AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Denver Broncos had an 11-point lead midway through the third quarter Thursday night as they closed in…
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