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Colombia sanctions 5 soldiers in murder of ex-guerrilla 2020-08-11 20:43:41BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombian authorities are taking disciplinary action against five soldiers for their roles in the violent death of a former gu

U.S. push to uphold Iran arms embargo headed 2020-08-11 18:35:31The Trump administration's months-long push to uphold a global ban on weapons sales to Iran is heading into a high-stakes showdown at the U.N. Securi

US revises UN resolution to extend UN arms 2020-08-11 17:51:33UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States on Tuesday circulated a revised resolution that would extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran indefinitely, seeking

Kanye West qualifies as presidential candidate in Arkansas 2020-08-11 17:43:18LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Rapper Kanye West has qualified to appear on Arkansas' ballot this fall as an independent presidential candidate, Secretary

Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan: There's reason to be 2020-08-11 17:15:02Pakistan's top diplomat in Washington says President Trump's Afghanistan peace push is working despite the slow start to intra-Afghan talks and ongo

$2.25M going to innocent Las Vegas man imprisoned 2020-08-11 16:57:07CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada state officials gave final approval Tuesday to paying $2.25 million to a Las Vegas man who spent more than 22 years in

Efforts underway to restore Green Party to Montana 2020-08-11 15:27:19HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Efforts are underway in state and federal court to restore Green Party of Montana candidates to the state's general election bal

Hobbs certifies marijuana measure for Arizona ballot 2020-08-11 13:38:55PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona's top elections official has certified that supporters of an initiative measure to legalize recreational marijuana collected e

EU's top diplomat says bloc to review ties 2020-08-11 13:11:25BRUSSELS (AP) - EU's top diplomat says bloc to review ties with Belarus, mulls action over vote crackdown.

Iraq military says Turkish drone kills 2 senior 2020-08-11 12:39:52BAGHDAD (AP) - A Turkish drone strike killed two senior Iraqi security officials, Iraq's military said Tuesday, marking the first time that Turkey's

EU refuses to monitor Venezuelan election, urges delay 2020-08-11 11:27:32CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The European Union said Tuesday it won't send observers to monitor Venezuela's upcoming congressional election, citing a l

U.S. contractor in Lebanon warned of explosive chemical 2020-08-11 10:11:00An American contractor associated with the U.S. Army issued a warning at least four years ago that a substantial stockpile of explosive chemicals stor

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Dozens of public health officials across the U.S. 2020-08-10 16:44:35Vilified, threatened with violence and in some cases suffering from burnout, dozens of state and local public health officials around the U.S. have re

Alstom expresses concern over finances at Bombardier's rail 2020-08-10 15:15:20French rail giant Alstom SA is warning that problems at Bombardier's train division may affect negotiations to buy it, but says it still plans to go

Puerto Ricans, upset at botched primary, demand answers 2020-08-10 11:35:51Puerto Ricans demanded answers Monday after botched primaries forced officials to reschedule voting at centres lacking ballots, an unprecedented decis

COVID-19 lays waste to entry-level job market and 2020-08-10 10:44:36COVID-19 has thwarted hopes of landing first jobs as around the world, young people armed with new degrees, diplomas and professional qualifications a

Chicago police arrest more than 100 people after 2020-08-10 10:39:09Chicago's police commissioner says more than 100 people were arrested following a night of looting and unrest that left 13 officers injured and cause

Lebanese government resigns as explosion fallout continues 2020-08-10 08:31:06Lebanon's prime minister on Monday announced the resignation of his government nearly a week after a deadly explosion in Beirut that stirred public o

One protester dead as new post-election protests in 2020-08-10 07:32:13Belarusian opposition candidate Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya rejected on Monday official election results handing President Alexander Lukashenko a landslid

Australian officials optimistic 2nd wave of COVID-19 showing 2020-08-10 07:18:31Australia recorded its biggest one-day rise in COVID-19 deaths on Monday although a slowdown in new cases gave hope that a second wave of new infectio

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under 2020-08-09 22:20:30Hong Kong authorities broadened their enforcement of a new national security law on Monday, arresting nine people including media tycoon Jimmy Lai. Po

Belarus election panel says authoritarian leader Lukashenko on 2020-08-09 16:31:58Even before polling stations in Belarus had fully closed, the head of the country's election commission declared Sunday that fragmentary results show

Mauritius races to contain oil spill, protect coastline 2020-08-09 12:34:15Thousands of students, environmental activists and residents of Mauritius have been working around the clock to reduce the damage to the Indian Ocean

Program allows some Alaska Native Vietnam vets to 2020-08-09 11:00:00A new push from the federal government will allow Alaska Natives who are veterans of the Vietnam War to apply for 65 hectares of federal land in Alask

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Litman: New York wants to dissolve the NRA; 2020-08-09 06:00:26Even if the NRA survives New York's lawsuit, dethroning its CEO and heaping it with humiliation and penalties will be a victory.

Op-Ed: Now, as in the 1970s, it's men, 2020-08-09 06:00:23There are a record high number of women in Congress, but men hold the power over the ERA.

Trump's order to bypass Congress on coronavirus relief 2020-08-08 16:41:02With congressional negotiations stalled, Trump is issuing orders to try to get aid flowing. But it's unclear whether he has the power to do so.

Hard-hit Italy cautiously embraces new normal in coronavirus 2020-08-08 13:39:18Italy has eased out of its strict coronavirus lockdown and has returned to a semblance of normality without -- so far -- a major, secondary flare-up.

As leaders in Lebanon deflect responsibility for explosion, 2020-08-07 17:13:03In aftermath of Beirut explosion, skepticism grows among members of the public and the international community.

'Can you bless our quarantine room?' In a 2020-08-07 14:46:04When the coronavirus shut down the Smithfield pork factory in Sioux Falls, it also decimated the city's only Spanish-speaking Catholic congregation.

They escaped the worst of COVID-19. Now Cambodians 2020-08-07 12:50:31Millions are at risk of defaulting on loans as the coronavirus pandemic halts Cambodia's recovery from decades of war and poverty.

A roar, an explosion, then a blank: An 2020-08-07 12:18:16Los Angeles Times reporter Nabih Bulos was less than 500 yards from the center of the massive explosion in Beirut. He lived to tell the tale

Heffernan: Biden's VP search isn't exactly 'The Bachelor' 2020-08-07 06:00:10Good news for an anguished summer: Joe Biden's search for a running mate is destined to have a happy ending.

In Beirut, one family's agony is a window 2020-08-06 18:00:35Through tears in Beirut, Lebanese survivors share stories of missing loved ones

Ask a Reporter: Howard Blume and Paloma Esquivel 2020-08-06 14:03:13Join us at 1 p.m. August 12 with reporters Howard Blume and Paloma Esquivel to talk about their education reporting during the coronavirus pandemic.

What will it take for schools to reopen 2020-08-06 09:00:25Educators, health officials and scientists are still working to understand what it will take to make schools safe in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemi

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Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate 2020-08-11 16:38:06Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday tapped Senator Kamala Harris of California as his choice for vice president, his campaign told

Malian protesters regroup to demand the resignation of 2020-08-11 15:54:52Malians took to the streets in the capital Bamako on Tuesday, despite rainfall and pleas from mediators to stay home, to demand the resignation of Pre

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media mogul Jimmy 2020-08-11 14:55:30Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai walked free on bail Wednesday, over a day after he and other critics of China were rounded up by police

Beirut pauses to remember the dead one week 2020-08-11 13:18:11The shattered city of Beirut on Tuesday marked a week since the catastrophic explosion that killed at least 171 people, injured thousands and plunged

Belarus protesters use vehicles to block police from 2020-08-11 12:21:15Protesters took to the streets amid a strong police presence in the Belarusian capital of Minsk after presidential elections on August 9. Police and s

French PM warns Covid-19 infection rate headed in 2020-08-11 11:34:39The renewed spread of coronavirus in France could become harder to control without a collective effort to stop a rise in the infection rate, its prime

Mauritius oil spill: Volunteer army races to contain 2020-08-11 11:23:57An army of volunteers is scrambling to contain the disastrous oil spill that has devastated miles of Mauritius’ unspoiled coastline after a Japa

Syrian villagers along Euphrates accuse Turkey of cutting 2020-08-11 10:31:59Since May, residents of northeastern Syria have noticed a visible decrease in the Euphrates's water levels. The legendary river's source is found in

New Zealand puts Auckland under lockdown after first 2020-08-11 10:10:33New Zealand announced on Tuesday it was shutting down its largest city, Auckland, after four new cases of COVID-19 were discovered in the city, the fi

Putin says Russia first to approve a Covid-19 2020-08-11 07:56:47President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine afte

France to step up security for its citizens 2020-08-11 07:41:46France will step up security measures to protect French nationals in Africa's Sahel region, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday, two days after

Belarus election challenger Tikhanouskaya ‘safe’ in Lithuania 2020-08-11 05:59:07Belarus opposition challenger Svetlana Tikhanouskaya is in Lithuania, the foreign minister said on Tuesday, following a second night of clashes after

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Belarusian SWAT threaten bystanders with GRENADE after collaring 2020-08-11 17:45:54 As protests against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s re-election rage on in several cities, video footage has emerged showing the lo

At least it wasn’t Susan Rice: Democrats could 2020-08-11 17:02:00 Barack Obama’s national security adviser Susan Rice would have ticked off the woke politics box, but her foreign policy failures and lack of do

Joe Biden chooses Kamala Harris as running mate 2020-08-11 16:18:00 2020 presidential hopeful Joe Biden has announced his running mate. The Democratic challenger picked former California Senator and former prosecutor

Ghislaine Maxwell complains she’s being mistreated in jail 2020-08-11 16:08:33 Accused madam Ghislaine Maxwell has been mistreated in prison because of her partner-in-crime Jeffrey Epstein’s untimely death in custody, her

Sky-high care home death toll in New York 2020-08-11 15:09:01 New York nursing home deaths at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic may have been undercounted by as much as two-thirds, according to new federal dat

Whose convention is it again? MSNBC uses Republican 2020-08-11 15:05:53 A graphical blunder by MSNBC demonstrates two facts about modern America: that fact-checking takes second seat to pizzazz, and that neither party has

On course for great things: Golf stunner Zhu 2020-08-11 14:40:00 A day after Collin Morikawa won the PGA Championship title, his girlfriend and occasional caddie Katherine Zhu has penned a touching tribute on Insta

Western countries fighting ‘info war’ to discredit Russian 2020-08-11 14:11:00 Sputnik V, the Russian vaccine against Covid-19, has already become subject to coordinated information attacks from nations that have political diffe

In pursuit of Grand Slam no. 24: Serena 2020-08-11 14:06:43 US tennis icon Serena Williams, who will continue her hunt for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam in the upcoming US Open, has returned to competitive ac

'He'd be as good as any general out 2020-08-11 13:50:20 President Donald Trump has joked that New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick would be "as good as any general out there" and that he could

The world’s first Covid-19 vaccine: Everything we know 2020-08-11 13:46:45 On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his country had registered the world's first coronavirus vaccine, named ‘Sputnik V

UFO hunter claims to have unearthed ‘alien underground 2020-08-11 13:26:00 A self-proclaimed UFO expert claims to have discovered the entrances to five different underground bases in South Carolina. The alien hunter says he

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Police say 19 inmates, guards killed in Somalia 2020-08-11 14:22:07

Lebanon blast: political game changer or hollow blow? 2020-08-11 11:38:16Under pressure from all sides, Prime Minister Hassan Diab announcd his government's resignation on Monday but it remains to be seen whether new faces

Turkey says it will license new Mediterranean areas 2020-08-11 11:30:30

Coronavirus breaks out again in New Zealand after 2020-08-11 11:28:56

Hong Kong residents buy newspaper to support free 2020-08-11 06:46:09

Volunteers rescue dozens of dolphins stranded on beach 2020-08-11 05:49:35

Study: Black citizens "over-represented" in Toronto police arrests, 2020-08-11 04:41:58

US study finds 97,000 kids were infected in 2020-08-11 04:27:16

Donald Trump wants to host G-7 after election 2020-08-11 04:23:50President Trump said on Monday that he wants to host the Group of Seven leading industrialised nations after the November presidential election and st

Hong Kong media tycoon critical of China is 2020-08-11 04:12:42

Trump abruptly escorted from briefing after shooting near 2020-08-11 00:05:04President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a US Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus brief

Lebanese PM Hassan Diab steps down in wake 2020-08-10 18:30:14

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How the U.S. could block access to TikTok, 2020-08-11 16:48:49The administration could order smartphone software giants Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to remove WeChat and TikTok from their app stores.

Fredericton Lebanese community asks Ottawa to grant asylum 2020-08-11 16:44:35The Lebanese community in Fredericton is rallying to collect donations to aid the estimated 300,000 people left homeless.

Cannabis industry looking to expand as election brings 2020-08-11 16:03:31Profitable cannabis companies want to buy their way into niche segments and expand their brands, betting that the November U.S. presidential election

Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate 2020-08-11 15:55:24Harris, 55, becomes the first Black woman on a major presidential ticket in U.S. history. 

Canada increased aid for Beirut explosion relief due 2020-08-11 15:08:31The Liberal government was criticized last week for promising only an initial $5 million.

Oil urgently pumped from ship grounded near Mauritius 2020-08-11 14:18:06The Japanese ship, MV Wakashio, ran aground on a coral reef on July 25, cracked two weeks later and spilled an estimated 1,000 tons of oil into the In

Elijah McClain’s parents sue Colorado police, medical officials 2020-08-11 13:46:44Police put McClain in a chokehold, and paramedics gave him 500 milligrams of ketamine to calm him down.

At least 13 dead after bus crash on 2020-08-11 13:43:15Mexico's federal Civil Defence Coordinator Luis Felipe Puente said via Twitter that 27 other people were taken to area hospitals for treatment.

Ex-porn star Mia Khalifa’s glasses fetch over $100K 2020-08-11 13:35:48The Lebanese-American personality is auctioning off her glasses for charity on eBay, where bidding quickly surpassed US$100,000.

Facebook to ban ads presented as articles from 2020-08-11 13:29:23Under the new policy, publishers with any political connections will still be allowed to register as a news page but the company will implement some r

McDonald’s sues former CEO, alleges he lied about 2020-08-10 23:43:15McDonald’s fired Easterbrook last November after he acknowledged exchanging videos and text messages in a non-physical, consensual relationship

China says Canada, Five Eyes allies’ call for 2020-08-10 23:29:49In a statement issued Monday, the embassy said the countries' comments on Hong Kong were "unwarranted" and "grossly interfered" with China'