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May 3, 2024, 2:30 a.m.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China launches the Chang'e-6 lunar probe on a mission to return samples from the less-explored far side of the moon.
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May 3, 2024, 2:02 a.m.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's government said Friday it is relaxing its restrictions on abortion for the first time in 50 years to make it legal for women to terminate pregnancies up to the 18th week from the previous 12th ...
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May 3, 2024, 1:41 a.m.
LONDON (AP) — Britain's governing Conservative Party is suffering heavy losses as an array of election results pour in Friday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of a U.K. general election in which the main opposition Labour Party ...
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May 3, 2024, 1:13 a.m.
SYDNEY (AP) — German's top diplomat on Friday said Russia will face consequences after accusing its military intelligence service of masterminding an “absolutely intolerable” cyberattack. Relations between the two European countries were already tense, with Germany providing military support to ...
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May 3, 2024, 1:00 a.m.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A bus plunged into a rocky ravine in northern Pakistan on Friday after its driver lost control, killing at least 15 people and seriously injuring more than 20 others, police said. The bus was traveling to ...
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May 3, 2024, 12:05 a.m.
Senators want limits on the government’s use of facial recognition technology for airport screening WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators wants restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration. The lawmakers say they’re ...
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May 2, 2024, 9:08 p.m.
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia has become the latest Latin American country to announce it will break diplomatic relations with Israel over its military campaign in Gaza, but the repercussions for the South American nation could be broader than for ...
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May 2, 2024, 8:07 p.m.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities said Thursday they have found tents and questioned three people in the case of two Australians and an American who went missing over the weekend in the Pacific coast state of Baja California. María ...
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May 2, 2024, 6:22 p.m.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An aquarium in South Africa is stretched beyond capacity after more than 500 baby sea turtles were washed up on beaches by a rare and powerful storm and rescued by members of the public. ...
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May 2, 2024, 6:06 p.m.
CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas appear to be seriously negotiating an end to the war in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages . A leaked truce proposal hints at compromises by both sides after months of stalemated talks ...
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May 2, 2024, 5:37 p.m.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs in Haiti laid siege to several neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, burning homes and exchanging gunfire with police for hours as hundreds fled the violence early Thursday in one of the biggest attacks since Haiti’s new prime ...
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May 2, 2024, 5:34 p.m.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Several flights to Dubai were cancelled and diverted Thursday, airport authorities announced, as heavy rains hit the United Arab Emirates for the second time in a month. An airport authority spokesperson said five inbound ...
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May 2, 2024, 4:40 p.m.
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda this week seized Rubaya, a mining town in eastern Congo known for producing a key mineral used in smartphones, the group said Thursday in a statement. In a ...
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May 2, 2024, 3:55 p.m.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The situation on the front line in eastern Ukraine is worsening but local defenders are so far holding firm against a concerted push by Russia’s bigger and better-equipped forces, a senior Ukrainian military official said Thursday. ...
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May 2, 2024, 2:04 p.m.
LONDON (AP) — It is a record fit for a king, but it’s going online for everyone to see. King Charles III gaped at the 70-foot-long (21.4-meter) hand-lettered scroll as it was presented to him earlier this week at Buckingham ...
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May 2, 2024, 1:58 p.m.
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ exiled opposition leader said Thursday that she hasn’t heard from her imprisoned husband for 421 days. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said holding her husband incommunicado is part of the government’s repressive policies. Siarhei Tsikhanouski has been behind ...
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May 2, 2024, 1:13 p.m.
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — President Joseph Boakai on Thursday signed an executive order to create a long-awaited war crimes court to deliver justice to the victims of Liberia's two civil wars, characterized by widespread mass killings, torture and sexual violence. ...
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May 2, 2024, 12:38 p.m.
Wheat for May was up 5 cents at $5.8650 a bushel; May corn rose 8.75 cents at $4.52 a bushel, May oats was up 9 cents at $3.88 a bushel; while May soybeans gained 34.25 cents at $11.90 a bushel. ...
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May 2, 2024, 11:50 a.m.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The head of Greece's extreme far-right Golden Dawn party was granted conditional early release from prison Thursday, after serving part of his sentence for running a criminal organization blamed for violent hate crimes. A council of ...
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May 2, 2024, 11:21 a.m.
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO countries say they are deeply concerned by a campaign of hybrid activities on the military alliance's soil they attribute to Russia, and which they say constitute a threat to their security. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ...
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