Author: Associated Press
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Authorities seek to file terrorism and assault charges in Michigan Walmart stabbing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan (AP) — Authorities said Sunday they are seeking to file terrorism charges and 11 charges of assault with intent to murder against a 42-year-old man accused of carrying out a knife attack…
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Voters in Taiwan reject bid to oust China-friendly lawmakers recall vote
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese voters rejected a bid to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers, all from the opposition Nationalist Party, in a recall election Saturday, dampening hopes for the ruling party to flip the balance…
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Islamic State-backed rebels attack a Catholic church in eastern Congo, killing at least 34
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GOMA, Congo (AP) — Islamic State-backed rebels attacked a Catholic church in eastern Congo on Sunday, killing at least 34 people, according to a local civil society leader. Dieudonne Duranthabo, a civil society coordinator in Komanda, in…
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Thai and Cambodian leaders to meet in Malaysia for talks to end deadly border dispute
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BANGKOK (AP) — Thai and Cambodian leaders will meet in Malaysia for talks to end hostilities, a spokesperson for the Thai prime minister’s office said Sunday. This comes following pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to end a…
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Death toll rises to 16 after a Bangladesh Air Force jet crashes into Dhaka school
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school campus in northern Dhaka on Monday, killing at least 16 people, including its pilot, and injuring dozens, officials and local media said. According…
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Nine deaths in fire at Massachusetts assisted living facility
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FALL RIVER, Massachusetts — Nine people have died in a fire at a Massachusetts assisted living facility, where people were hanging out of windows and screaming for help, authorities said Monday. Firefighters responded to the…
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New Zealand Parliament suspends 3 Maori lawmakers for haka protest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke received a seven-day ban and the leaders of her…
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At least 88 people dead after floods submerge market town in Nigeria
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 88 people have been confirmed dead after floods submerged Mokwa, a market town in Nigeria’s Niger State, on Thursday, an official said. Husseini Isah, head of the operations office…
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Bodies of five skiers found on Swiss glacier near Zermatt
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WARSAW, Poland — The bodies of five skiers have been found on a glacier above the Swiss resort town of Zermatt, authorities said Sunday, after two hikers reported seeing abandoned skis near the Rimpfischhorn, a…
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Twelve people injured in stabbing at Hamburg train station, authorities say
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BERLIN (AP) — An assailant stabbed people at the central railway station in the German city of Hamburg on Friday, injuring 12 people — six of them critically, authorities said. A suspect in the attack…