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ATHENS, Greece (AP): Across the street from the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the ancient monument in central Athens, historian Menelaos Haralabidis pauses in front of a drab apartment building. The building’s facade, freshly painted a mustard color, is...
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HANOI, Vietnam (AP): A court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld the death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan but said it could be commuted to life if she reimburses some US$11 billion, or three-quarters of what she defrauded in the country’s...
BANGKOK (AP): China has banned exports of key materials used to make a wide range of products, including smartphones, electric vehicles, radar systems and CT scanners, swiping back at Washington after it expanded export controls to include dozens...
A search for a convicted murderer in a California town has put residents on edge, with schools closing and Christmas events being postponed. Cesar Hernandez, who was sentenced in 2019 to 80 years to life with the possibility of parole for first-...
WASHINGTON (AP): As he presided over his final Christmas tree lighting at the White House last Thursday, United States President Joe Biden said his wish for the nation now, and always, was that “we continue to seek the light of liberty and love,...
LONDON (AP): The Princess of Wales took another step Friday in her return to public life following cancer treatment, in hosting her annual Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey. Dressed in a festive red coat featuring a large black bow on...
The US government on Friday ordered testing of the nation's milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows. Raw or unpasteurised milk from dairy farms and processors nationwide must be tested on request...
PORT-AU-PRINCE(AP): An armoured vehicle carrying Kenyan police rumbles through Haiti’s capital with a shattered window that a high-calibre bullet failed to penetrate, a permanent sign of violence the officers face almost daily in Port-au-Prince....
LONDON (AP): An alternative healer who advocated ‘slapping therapy’ to treat a range of maladies was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for the death of a 71-year-old diabetic woman who stopped taking insulin during one of his workshops....
NEW YORK (AP) — The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest US health insurer likely left New York City on a bus soon after the brazen ambush that has shaken corporate America, police officials said Friday. Three days after the shooting of...
A federal appeals court panel on Friday unanimously upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in a few short months, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the United States. The US...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's top police official has denied reports that officers serving in the United Nations-backed multinational peacekeeping mission in Haiti have gone unpaid for three months. The police inspector general, Douglas...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is weighing whether to issue sweeping pardons for officials and allies who the White House fears could be unjustly targeted by President-elect Donald Trump's administration, a...
LONDON (AP): The head of Britain’s armed forces has warned that the world stands at the cusp of a “third nuclear age’ defined by multiple simultaneous challenges and weakened safeguards that kept previous threats in check. Admiral Tony Radakin,...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): The police commissioner of The Bahamas has resigned after a sergeant and two officers were recently indicted in a US drug trafficking case that federal authorities describe as “massive”. The Bahamas’ prime minister...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP): Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo’s health minister said the government was on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people. Jean Kaseya, the head of Africa...
