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Newhouse to retire from Congress
WASHINGTON D.C. — Fourth District Representative Dan Newhouse has announced he will not seek reelection to the US …
The Latest: California officials urge citizens to stay home
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. — California health officials are urging the state’s residents to stay home as much as possible because of a coronavirus surge taxing the state’s hospitals.
Charges in Beirut port blast stir controversy in Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — Top Lebanese politicians and the militant Hezbollah group rallied on Friday against charges of negligence levelled against the caretaker prime minister and three former ministers over the massive expl…
Protesting Indian farmers ask top court to scrap new laws
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian farmers filed a petition with the Supreme Court on Friday seeking the quashing of three new laws on agricultural reform which they say will drive down crop prices, as they continued their tw…
Protests continue in Albania over curfew killing by police
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Albanian court on Friday ruled that a police officer who shot dead a man in the street during a coronavirus curfew should be held in custody, but protests are set to continue.
In Arizona, Trump's false claims have torn open a GOP rift
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey spent much of Donald Trump's presidency trying not to provoke confrontation with the president or his fervent defenders. He almost made it through.
Officer shoots woman in Milwaukee suburb, drawing protesters
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A rookie police officer shot and wounded a woman in suburban Milwaukee after the woman began pounding on the officer's squad car with a wooden post, authorities said Friday, marking another pot…
Ethiopia returning refugees who fled fighting in Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Thousands of refugees fled camps in Ethiopia's Tigray region as war swept through, food
Israelis welcome UAE ownership of controversial soccer club
JERUSALEM (AP) — Fans of an Israeli soccer club long associated with anti-Arab racism gathered on Friday in a show of support for an Emirati businessman's purchase of a stake in the organization, welcoming it as a …
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Europe human rights envoy urges Bosnia to act on migrants
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A top European human rights envoy on Friday joined the European Union in calling for urgent action to improve the conditions for thousands of migrants and refugees who are stuck …
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US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Argentina’s lower house passes draft bill paving the way for the legalization of abortion in most cases
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina’s lower house passes draft bill paving the way for the legalization of abortion in most cases.
Turkey rejects EU decision to widen sanctions
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Friday called on the European Union to act as an ‘honest mediator’ in its dispute with EU members Greece and Cyprus over the exploration of gas reserves in the Mediterranean, after E…