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Gas prices climb across WA through April
MOSES LAKE — Gas prices across Washington continued their upward trajectory throughout April, mirroring national v…
Italian prosecutor: 'Ndrangheta is top crime group in West
ROME (AP) — Italy’s top anti-mafia prosecutor said Tuesday the country's ‘Ndrangheta mob was “the most important criminal organization in the Western world,” as preliminary hearings in the biggest ever trial agains…
Few resources, old-growth forest allowed for fire's growth
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lack of firefighting resources in the hours after it was sparked allowed a fast-moving wildfire to make an unprecedented run through Southern California mountains and eventually find fuel in ol…
Election 2020, ADVISORY
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China, top global emitter, aims to go carbon-neutral by 2060
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop adding to the global warming problem by 2060.
Jailed Morocco journalist probed by court on rape charge
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan journalist and human rights activist held by authorities for weeks on charges of undermining state security, receiving foreign funding and rape, appeared before an investigating jud…
Election 2020-Debate, ADVISORY
The first presidential debate takes place on Sept. 29 at at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. Additional presidential debates are planned for Oct. 15 and Oct. 22. The vice presidenti…
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As US struggles, Africa's COVID-19 response is praised
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At a lecture to peers this month, John Nkengasong showed images that once dogged Africa, with a magazine cover declaring it “The Hopeless Continent." Then he quoted Ghana's first president, Kwam…
New Hampshire white nationalist on trial over rape threats
CONCORD, N.H (AP) — A white nationalist who rose to prominence during a deadly 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, went on trial Tuesday on federal charges of threatening to rape the wife of a man who was part…
The Latest: Canada reaches vaccine agreement with companies
LONDON — Pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi have agreed to provide Canada with up to 72 million doses of their potential COVID-19 vaccine as governments buy up supplies of unproven treatments in hopes…
Some Dems, not yet Biden, talk of expanding Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The prospect that President Donald Trump and
World's top emitter China aims to go carbon neutral by 2060
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop pumping additional carbon dioxide, the main global warming gas, into the atmosphere by 2060.
Iran’s president says his country is “not a bargaining chip in U.S. elections and domestic policy.”
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president says his country is “not a bargaining chip in U.S. elections and domestic policy.”
Iran, criticizing US, compares George Floyd death to “the feet of arrogance on the neck of independent nations.”
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran, criticizing US, compares George Floyd death to “the feet of arrogance on the neck of independent nations.”
Iran strikes defiant tone at UN under crushing US sanctions
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Grappling with a weakened economy and the Middle East's worst coronavirus outbreak, Iran's president delivered a defiant and fiery speech Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly as h…