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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…
Lebanon begins partial lockdown amid spike in virus cases
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon on Friday began a two-week partial lockdown and nighttime curfew after coronavirus cases increased sharply following an explosion in Beirut that killed and injured thousands of people.
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Libya's government announces cease-fire, calls for elections
CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s U.N.-supported government Friday announced a cease-fire across the oil-rich country and called for demilitarizing the strategic city of Sirte in an initiative supported by the rival parliament …
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Fire hits electricity plant in south India, at least 6 dead
HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A massive fire in a government-run underground electricity plant killed at least six workers in southern India, an official said Friday.
Libya’s UN-backed government announces cease-fire, urges demilitarizing contested city of Sirte, calls for elections
CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s UN-backed government announces cease-fire, urges demilitarizing contested city of Sirte, calls for elections.
The Latest: Slovakia reports biggest 1-day increase of 123
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia has registered the highest day-to-day increase of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
Russian doctors say Navalny wasn't poisoned, refuse transfer
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian doctors treating opposition leader Alexei Navalny don't believe he was poisoned and refused to transfer him to a German hospital on Friday.
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Russian doctors say no indication Navalny was poisoned
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Iran says US has no right to demand restoration of sanctions
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister in a letter to the U.N. Security Council said the U.S. has no right to demand the restoration of U.N. sanctions against Iran, the Foreign Ministry's website said Friday.
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The Latest: Japan governor says travel campaign too soon
TOKYO — The governor of Iwate in northern Japan has criticized the national government’s “GoTo” campaign to encourage travel with discounts, noting the growing number of coronavirus cases.
Fire hits electricity plant in south India, 9 feared trapped
HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Rescuers in southern India were searching Friday for nine workers feared trapped in a fire that erupted in a government-run underground electricity plant, an official said.
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Plane carrying dissident in coma leaves Russia for Germany