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Updated 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Gas prices climb across WA through April

MOSES LAKE — Gas prices across Washington continued their upward trajectory throughout April, mirroring national v…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Pakistani court sentences Christian to death for blasphemy

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court sentenced a Christian man to death after finding him guilty of blasphemy for insulting Islam's Prophet Muhammad in text messages he sent to a Muslim co-worker in 2013, a de…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Hong Kong arrests 15 on suspicion of stock manipulation

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police have arrested 15 people on suspicion of manipulating the stock price of media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s company Next Digital and making millions in profit.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Huge fire breaks out at Beirut port a month after explosion

BEIRUT (AP) — A huge fire broke out Thursday at the Port of Beirut, sending up a thick column of black smoke and raising new panic among traumatized residents after last month's catastrophic blast at the same site …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT

'Deadly stuff': Trump's own words bring focus back to virus

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
China, others to join military exercises in Russia

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese and Russian forces will take part in joint military exercises in southern Russia later this month along with troops from Armenia, Belarus, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan and others, China’s defense …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
3 rare Barbary lion cubs born in Czech zoo park

DVUR KRALOVE, Czech Republic (AP) — Three Barbary lion cubs have been born in a Czech zoo, a vital contribution to a small surviving population of the rare lion subspecies that is extinct in the wild.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Japan opposition reunites as ruling party picks new leader

TOKYO (AP) — Members of a Japanese opposition party that split after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took power eight years ago are reuniting as speculation grows of an early general election following Abe's decision to …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Global stocks mixed after Wall Street rebounds from slump

BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street rebounded from a three-day slump for tech stocks.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Rights group: Libya militias used machine guns on protesters

CAIRO (AP) — A prominent human rights organization on Thursday accused Libyan armed groups linked to the Tripoli-based government of using heavy weapons to disperse anti-corruption rallies last month in the capital…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP Explains: What's driving India-China military standoff

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Tensions along the disputed India-China border seem to be getting worse, three months after their deadliest confrontation in decades.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Germany confirms 1st case of swine fever on its territory

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's agriculture minister says the country's first case of African swine fever has been confirmed in a wild boar cadaver found in the eastern state of Brandenburg, near the Polish border.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Iran begins expansive annual war games amid tensions with US

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s military Thursday began an expansive annual three-day exercise near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state TV reported, with the maneuvers taking place amid heightened tensions between the…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
University apologizes for setting up segregated online sites

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan-Dearborn issued an apology Wednesday for creating segregated online student “cafes,” one for white people and another for people of color, that it says were intende…