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UPDATED: Former Moses Lake doctor arrested after shootout with U.S. Marshals in Florida
STUART, Fla. — Former Moses Lake surgeon Thomas Earl Steffens, 72, has been arrested in Florida after an altercati…
China says 2 Canadians have been indicted, tried
BEIJING (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday that two Canadians who have been held for two years in a case linked to a Huawei executive have been indicted and put on trial, but gave no details.
U.N. food agency to receive Nobel prize in online event
ROME (AP) — Calling food the “pathway to peace,” the head of the U.N. World Food Program on Thursday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize at the agency's headquarters in Rome, instead of in Oslo, Norway, in a break with …
As coronavirus case counts dip, Geneva to reopen restaurants
GENEVA (AP) — With most of Switzerland preparing for tighter lockdown restrictions because of COVID-19, the region of Geneva is going in the other direction — allowing restaurants to reopen on Thursday after a drop…
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Thai activists urge UN to help repeal royal defamation laws
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Pro-democracy demonstrators in Bangkok marked United Nations Human Rights Day on Thursday with rallies calling for the abolition of Thailand’s strict royal defamation law, which was recentl…
Spain: Two dead in inferno of building occupied by squatters
MADRID (AP) — Firefighters in northeastern Spain found two bodies in an abandoned building occupied by migrants and other squatters that caught fire and partially collapsed, while emergency works continued Thursday…
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India's pandemic recovery plan could cost air quality goals
NEW DELHI (AP) — India is facing two public health emergencies simultaneously: critically polluted air and the pandemic. And Surinder Singh, a bus driver in the capital New Delhi, is trapped between them both.
Pakistan says 2 troops killed by Indian fire in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military said Thursday that two soldiers were killed by Indian fire in Kashmir overnight, with each side blaming the other for the latest violence in the disputed Himalayan region.
Gunmen kill female TV anchor in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen shot and killed a female TV anchor in eastern Afghanistan early Thursday, officials said.
Mother of Black man killed by Ohio deputy: 'I want answers'
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The mother of a Black man shot by an Ohio sheriff's deputy demanded answers Wednesday to her son's death, saying he'd done nothing wrong and was returning from the dentist with sandwiches for …
Beirut silos at heart of debate about remembering port blast
BEIRUT (AP) — Ghassan Hasrouty spent most of his life working at the silos in Beirut’s port, unloading grain shipments to feed the country even as fighting raged around him during the 1975-90 civil war.
China: US politicians digging hole for future relations
BEIJING (AP) — Trump administration officials are “digging a hole” for the future U.S. administration’s relationship with China through their actions targeting the country and its officials, China's official Xinhua…