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Iran says nuke program testing newest advanced centrifuge 2021-04-10 07:07:37TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran said Saturday it has begun mechanical tests on its newest advanced nuclear centrifuge, even as the five world powers that rem

EXPLAINER: What is behind the latest unrest in 2021-04-10 02:43:23LONDON (AP) - Young people have hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and set hijacked cars and a bus on fire during a week of violenc

Today in History 2021-04-10 00:00:06Today in History Today is Saturday, April 10, the 100th day of 2021. There are 265 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Ap

Editorial Roundup: New England 2021-04-09 14:33:54Hearst Connecticut Media Editorial Board. April 8, 2021. Editorial: CT must catch up with times on voting There shouldn’t be anything partisan a

Marine assault vessel joins U.S. carrier group in 2021-04-09 13:42:28Thousands of Marines aboard an assault vessel joined a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group sailing in the South China Sea on Friday for integrated mili

195 arrested in vast international human trafficking sweep 2021-04-09 13:28:53PARIS (AP) - Interpol says police in Africa and Europe arrested 195 people and rescued nearly 500 victims of human trafficking in a vast crackdown on

Lawmakers given more time to redraw Oregon political 2021-04-09 13:10:07PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the Legislature will have until Sept. 27 to complete the redistricting process, gi

US urges arms embargo and sanctions against Myanmar 2021-04-09 12:55:13UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations urged the international community to take “concrete action” against the mi

Lloyd Austin, Pentagon chief, to visit Israel amid 2021-04-09 10:33:08Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will make the Biden administration's first high-level visit to Israel over the coming days to meet with Israeli lea

India objects to U.S. Navy ship's patrol without 2021-04-09 09:42:28NEW DELHI (AP) - India on Friday objected to a U.S. Navy ship conducting a “freedom of navigation” patrol in its exclusive economic zone w

Kremlin says it fears full-scale fighting in Ukraine's 2021-04-09 09:05:22MOSCOW (AP) - The Kremlin said Friday it fears a resumption of full-scale fighting in eastern Ukraine and could take steps to protect Russian civilian

Turkey demands apology after Draghi calls Erdogan a 2021-04-09 08:59:54ROME (AP) - Turkey demanded an apology Friday from Italy's premier for having called President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a “dictator,” a comme

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dead at 99 2021-04-09 07:22:20

Brazil poses global health threat as its hospitals 2021-04-09 04:00:00With new variants pushing ICUs past their limits, experts are warning that Brazil's soaring COVID-19 infection rates have become a global public heal

Cruise ships race to evacuate residents from Caribbean 2021-04-08 19:14:37Authorities on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent said Thursday they believe an active volcano is in danger of erupting and have ordered mand

NFL veteran Phillip Adams killed 5, then himself 2021-04-08 19:06:11Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before later killing himse

11 demonstrators slain in Myanmar amid clashes with 2021-04-08 18:08:31At least 11 demonstrators were killed in clashes with security forces in a town in northwest Myanmar after truckloads of troops arrived to quell a pro

The U.K.'s policy on overseas pensions is costing 2021-04-08 17:00:12The U.K. government excludes its pensioners living in Canada from the indexing that would allow their incomes to keep pace with inflation. Pensioners

George Floyd died of oxygen loss, not pre-existing 2021-04-08 15:10:13George Floyd's pre-existing medical conditions and drugs in his system had nothing to do with his death, two medical experts for the prosecution

Biden announces gun-control actions following spate of mass 2021-04-08 14:12:06U.S. President Joe Biden, in his first gun control measures since taking office, announced a half-dozen executive actions Thursday aimed at addressing

Northern Ireland leaders urge calm after night of 2021-04-08 08:45:22Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm Thursday after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline

French Open postponed to May 30 amid COVID-19 2021-04-08 07:08:47This year's French Open has been postponed by a week due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will begin on May 30, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) said o

Jim Crow 2.0 or no big deal: Here's 2021-04-08 04:00:00Georgia is now the epicentre of a heated U.S. battle over ballot access. But what exactly is in its controversial voting law? Here's a look at a bill

Myanmar's U.K. ambassador locked out of London embassy 2021-04-07 18:18:13Kyaw Zwar Minn, Myanmar's ambassador to the United Kingdom, told Reuters he was locked out of the London embassy on Wednesday, with sources saying hi

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Column: The California exodus is a myth. But 2021-04-08 16:55:42Reports of the state's decline and fall are a cyclical staple. Blame it on envy and partisanship

Psychiatric and neurological problems are common in COVID-19's 2021-04-08 15:13:08One-third of COVID-19 survivors were diagnosed with a psychiatric or neurological condition within six months of being infected with the coronavirus.

Space Force acquisitions and tech division will be 2021-04-08 13:30:30The Los Angeles Air Force Base's Space and Missile Systems Center in El Segundo will be the headquarters of the Space Force's Space Systems Command.

Limiting ghost guns, pistol braces and spurring red-flag 2021-04-08 13:26:24Biden's proposals would require background checks for 'ghost guns,' encourage state red-flag laws and more. Yet they stop short of what advocates s

Politicians dread the sting of #KHive, the fervent 2021-04-08 12:47:29Members of the #KHive respond with venom when they think someone has dismissed or insulted the vice president.

COVID-19 vaccines work well against California variant, scientists 2021-04-07 22:35:09Two COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be protective against a rapidly spreading variant of the SARS-Cov-2 virus that arose in California, a study finds.

Biden to take executive actions to reduce gun 2021-04-07 20:00:47With gun limits facing opposition in Congress, President Biden will take executive actions after mass killings in his first weeks in office.

Litman: The prosecutors are scoring at the Derek 2021-04-07 16:46:14The prosecutors in the Chauvin trial have broken out of the paradigm that so often results in not-guilty verdicts where police are concerned.

Biden digs in for negotiations over infrastructure and 2021-04-07 15:50:58President Biden touted his $2.3-trillion infrastructure plan Wednesday, hoping to summon public support to push past the Republicans lining up against

Abcarian: Hunter Biden tells a harrowing tale of 2021-04-07 15:36:37The president's son emerged from 'non-stop depravity' to sobriety and a new life, and he still insists his tie to a Ukrainian firm was not wrong.

McManus: How to catch the cheaters who don't 2021-04-07 07:00:29As April 15 draws near, let's focus our collective anger on the millions of tax cheats who don't pay what they owe.

Jordan's royal rift entangles an American-born queen 2021-04-06 20:23:58Who is Queen Noor? Royal drama emerges, nearly 43 years after an American's marriage to Jordan's King Hussein.

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Covid-19: Paris police bust 100 at clandestine restaurant 2021-04-10 08:54:20Paris police fined over 100 diners late Friday at an underground restaurant flouting coronavirus restrictions and arrested its organiser, after a week

Greek PM demands urgent probe into crime journalist's 2021-04-10 06:28:37Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday demanded the "swift resolution" of a probe into a crime journalist's murder already condemned

Iran starts up advanced centrifuges in nuclear deal 2021-04-10 06:12:16Iran announced Saturday it has started up advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges in a breach of its undertakings under a troubled 2015 nuclear deal,

'We're all weeping with you, Ma'am': British press 2021-04-10 06:09:05Britain's famously partisan press were unusually united on Saturday in their tributes to Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, as gun salutes

Myanmar's UN envoy urges 'strong action' against junta 2021-04-10 04:27:56Myanmar's own ambassador to the United Nations has urged "strong action" against the junta, as reports emerged of scores killed in the military's

Djibouti's veteran ruler Guelleh re-elected for fifth term 2021-04-10 01:56:45Djibouti's veteran ruler Ismail Omar Guelleh was re-elected for a fifth term as president with more than 98 percent of the vote, according to provisi

Amazon warehouse workers reject union bid in Alabama 2021-04-10 01:17:05Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama handed the online retail giant a decisive victory when they voted against forming a union and cut

N. Ireland loyalist militants urge end to street 2021-04-10 01:07:50Pro-British loyalist militants in Northern Ireland said on Friday there had been a "spectacular collective failure" to understand their an

Biden orders study on US Supreme Court term 2021-04-10 00:57:30President Joe Biden has ordered a study on overhauling the Supreme Court, creating a bipartisan commission Friday that will spend the next six months

Former Portuguese PM Sócrates to stand trial 2021-04-09 15:24:23A Lisbon judge ruled Friday to put former Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates on trial for alleged money-laundering and forgery but

Authoritarian slide taints West Africa’s ‘model democracy’ as 2021-04-09 14:51:01The small West African nation of Benin has for the past three decades stood out as a model democracy in a region beset by coups and insurgencies. As h

Chad’s Deby on track to win sixth presidential 2021-04-09 13:04:47Idriss Deby Itno, the frontrunner in elections in Chad this weekend, has carved out a reputation as the West's stalwart ally in the Sahel, despite ac

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‘Social justice pays well’: BLM leader ripped for 2021-04-10 17:10:56 Critics are blasting Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Black Lives Matter ‘co-founder,’ over reports she recently purchased a $1.4-million Los Angel

El Clasico: Real Madrid win piles more misery 2021-04-10 16:56:32 Lionel Messi failed to score against Real Madrid for a seventh straight Clasico as the hosts leapfrogged Barcelona to go top of LaLiga, winning the d

Reports of ‘80 protesters killed’ in one day 2021-04-10 16:28:59 Dozens of people have allegedly been killed after security forces in Myanmar used live fire and grenades against a crowd of anti-coup protesters in t

Cops hunting child murderer after 3 toddlers stabbed 2021-04-10 16:26:11 Police in Los Angeles have discovered the bodies of three toddlers, all of whom have apparently been stabbed to death. The gruesome discovery kicked

‘What the f**k is that?’ Fighter floors foe 2021-04-10 16:05:12 Baffled fans have seen UFC light heavyweight Da Un Jung grapple with rival William Knight before appearing to repeatedly move his head back and forth

‘Captain America is back’: USA ace Pulisic scores 2021-04-10 15:12:46 Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea showed that there was no lingering hangover from last weekend's shock defeat at home to lowly West Brom as they fired four

‘What an achievement’: Premier League legend’s MMA son 2021-04-10 14:48:16 Muay Thai fighter Jake Peacock, who was born without a right arm and is the son of former Chelsea and Newcastle favorite Gavin, has captured his firs

‘Man down at Augusta’: Billy Horschel has golf 2021-04-10 14:26:08 American golfer BIll Horschel won't soon forget the 13th hole at Augusta during Saturday's action at the Masters after being caught on camera utter

Black US soldier sues police after being pepper-sprayed, 2021-04-10 14:22:13 Two Virginia police officers are being sued by a US Army lieutenant after they were caught on film seemingly threatening and pepper-spraying the blac

‘Selling out democracy’? Activists call for boycott of 2021-04-10 13:59:46 Car manufacturer Toyota is facing calls for a boycott over a donation to a Republican lawmaker who contested the results of the 2020 presidential ele

Only the VACCINATED will be saved? Confusion after 2021-04-10 13:50:06 As a volcanic eruption cast a pall of ash over the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, tens of thousands fled – but eyebrows were raised after the

Back into quarantine? German govt plans new harsh 2021-04-10 13:48:18 Night-time curfews, sweeping business closures and severe limits on public gatherings are all part of the German government’s new bill aimed at

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Harry expected to fly in for funeral of 2021-04-10 16:17:09

Gun salutes mark death of UK's Prince Philip 2021-04-10 13:27:02

IMF, World Bank urged to ensure timely delivery 2021-04-10 12:07:57

Stalled at first jab: Vaccine shortages hit poor 2021-04-10 11:55:58

Sinopharm's Covid vaccine candidate gets China trial nod 2021-04-10 11:37:28

6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia coast: USGS 2021-04-10 10:37:30A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Java island Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning

Joe Biden keeps cap on Pentagon budget 2021-04-10 08:20:37Of that $715 billion would go to the Pentagon, up from $704 billion budgeted for the current year but a slight fall when measured in real terms after

Protest in Pak demanding Khan's apology over rape 2021-04-10 07:26:05

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine bet that paid off 2021-04-10 04:52:35

Myanmar military sentences 19 to death 2021-04-10 04:43:27More than 600 people have been killed by security forces cracking down on protests against the coup, according to an activist group. The country has g

Defying China, US issues guidelines to deepen ties 2021-04-10 04:34:06The US State Department on Friday issued new guidelines that will enable US officials to meet more freely with officials from Taiwan, a move that deep

Volcano erupts in southern Caribbean, sparking evacuation 'frenzy' 2021-04-10 04:07:02La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent erupted on Friday after decades of inactivity, sending dark plumes of ash and smok

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Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot less effective against South African 2021-04-10 17:59:25Some previous studies have indicated that the Pfizer shot was less potent against the B.1.351 variant than against other coronavirus variants, but sti

Prince Charles remembers ‘dear Papa’ in heartfelt tribute 2021-04-10 14:08:34Prince Charles paid tribute to Prince Philip on Saturday, after Buckingham Palace confirmed Friday the senior royal and husband of Queen Elizabeth had

Meghan Markle to miss Prince Philip’s funeral, Harry 2021-04-10 14:05:47The funeral for Prince Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, will be held at Windsor Castle on April 17. 

Funeral for Prince Philip to be held at 2021-04-10 12:27:58Buckingham Palace announced Philip's death in a statement released on Friday.

U.K., Commonwealth countries mark death of Prince Philip 2021-04-10 08:24:12Also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, Philip served in the Royal Navy during World War II and once had a promising military career.

Iran says nuclear program now testing new advanced 2021-04-10 07:28:46Former U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the nuclear accord in 2018, accusing Iran of failing to live up to the agreement.

U.S. considering cash payments to Central America to 2021-04-10 02:35:47The potential program, which includes COVID-19 vaccines, would be targeted at people in the countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, a White

Myanmar junta sentences 19 people to death as 2021-04-10 00:16:19The military rulers who overthrew an elected government also said on Friday that a protest campaign against its rule was dwindling because people want

Former Bank of Canada governor pledges support for 2021-04-10 00:16:10Mark Carney is currently the United Nations special envoy on climate action and finance.

U.S. Rep Gaetz faces ethics probe in Congress 2021-04-09 22:26:13Federal agents have, in recent months, been examining Gaetz's connections to several other influential Florida political figures.

3 Canadian 737 MAX jets grounded after Boeing 2021-04-09 17:36:49The issue affects about 90 planes globally. That compares with 453 delivered since the plane first went into service, based on data up to end-February

Longo’s brings back temporary wage bump amid Ontario 2021-04-09 16:56:40The decision by the Ontario-based chain comes on the heels of both a surge in daily cases and the province's recent stay-at-home order.