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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…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Top Israeli, UAE diplomats meeting in Berlin for talks

BERLIN (AP) — The foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Israel are meeting in Berlin on Tuesday for talks that Germany hopes will strengthen nascent ties between the two nations and bolster broader Midd…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Dutch hospital: Gynecologist fathered at least 17 children

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A gynecologist who worked at an artificial insemination program at a Dutch hospital fathered at least 17 children using his own sperm without informing the parents, the hospital announ…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
UK's Johnson to sink millions into wind power

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to pledge that every home in the country will be powered by offshore wind in a decade.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Kyrgyzstan cancels general election results after unrest

MOSCOW (AP) — The Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan declared the results of the weekend's parliamentary election invalid on Tuesday after mass protests erupted in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek and other cities.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Maldives ex-vice president jailed again for money laundering

MALE, Maldives (AP) — The former vice president of the Maldives has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to money laundering and embezzlement under orders from the former president.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Unrest in Kyrgyzstan: govt buildings seized, ex-leader freed

MOSCOW (AP) — Opposition supporters in Kyrgyzstan have seized several government buildings in the country's capital, freed the ex-president from jail and announced plans to oust the president and form a new governm…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
EU court rules against Hungary's Orban over Soros university

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's highest court ruled Tuesday that changes by Hungary to its law on higher education which effectively forced a university founded by George Soros to leave the country were not in…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Turkey hits out at Canada for suspending arms exports

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Tuesday accused Canada of double standards after Ottawa suspended arms exports to Turkey as it investigates the use of Canadian technology in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Arme…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Delta grows into hurricane in Caribbean; eyes Yucatan, Cuba

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Delta rapidly strengthened into a hurricane in the Caribbean Monday, aiming to hit Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula potentially as a major storm before continuing on to strike the U.S. G…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Dissolved migrant caravan sign of tougher Guatemala stance

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The Guatemalan government’s halt of more than 3,000 Honduran migrants who had set out for the United States amid the pandemic signaled that U.S. pressure on immigration continues to extend sou…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
26 countries urge Western sanctions lifting to tackle virus

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China and 25 other nations on Monday called for the immediate lifting of sanctions by the United States and Western countries to ensure an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Duterte suspected extrajudicial killings in drug crackdown

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said that like his fierce critics, he has also suspected that extrajudicial killings may have happened under his drug crackdown that has killed thousa…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Panel to announce 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry is being announced Wednesday, an award that has frequently honored work which led to practical applications in wide use today — such as last year's win for the br…