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Russian lawmakers slap big sanctions on protesters

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 12:47
MOSCOW (AP) -- President Vladimir Putin targeted those who dare oppose him Tuesday, introducing draconian new fines for protesters and handing out Kremlin jobs to widely detested lieutenants despite the public anger they have generated....

Indian passenger train rams freight train; 25 dead

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 12:47
HYDERABAD, India (AP) -- A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens more....

Foreigner-bashing rises amid China's domestic woes

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 12:47
BEIJING (AP) -- First, videos of rude foreigners went viral in Chinese cyberspace, then a Beijing police crackdown on visitors without valid visas drew fervent applause, and finally, a state TV host urged his countrymen to toss out the "foreign trash."...

Foreigner-bashing rises amid China's domestic woes

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 12:47
BEIJING (AP) -- First, videos of rude foreigners went viral in Chinese cyberspace, then a Beijing police crackdown on visitors without valid visas drew fervent applause, and finally, a state TV host urged his countrymen to toss out the "foreign trash."...

Trent Lott explains support for treaty he once said would create ‘UN on steroids’

TruthNews.US - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 12:47
Daily Caller | Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott told The Daily Caller on Monday that he isn’t a hypocrite for lobbying in favor of a treaty he emphatically denounced as recently as 2007.

NATO Using Al-Qaeda to Destabilize Syria

TruthNews.US - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 12:47
Infowars.com | Infowars' Paul Joseph Watson is joined by Syrian Girl, an outspoken activist against NATO's campaign to use Al-Qaeda terrorists as a means of destabilizing the Assad regime.

Arizona Demands Obama Show Proof of Citizenship

TruthNews.US - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 12:47
Infowars.com | Bennett said it would be "possible" that he keeps President Obama off the Arizona ballot in November unless he receives "confirmation" from the state of Hawaii that Barack Obama was born there.

Ex-detainee: Syrian prisons are 'slaughterhouses'

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 12:47
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- A prominent Palestinian writer who was jailed in Syria for nearly three weeks described the facilities as "human slaughterhouses," saying security agents beat detainees with batons, crammed them into stinking cells and tied them to beds at night....

Everest will be crowded again days after 4 killed

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 12:47
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Days after four people died amid a "traffic jam" of climbers scrambling to conquer Mount Everest, Nepal officials said a similar rush up the world's tallest peak will begin soon, and there's little they can do to control it....

Legion No. 1 admits he knew of priest's kid in '05

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 12:47
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The head of the embattled Legion of Christ religious order admitted Tuesday to covering up news that his most prominent priest had fathered a child and announced a review of all past allegations of sexual abuse against Legion priests amid a growing scandal at the order....

Myanmar explains power cuts to calm rare protests

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 12:47
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's government made an uncharacteristic plea for understanding Tuesday after chronic power cuts set off rare protests in the Southeast Asian country that is easing toward democracy after decades of military rule....

Malaysian opposition's Anwar charged over protest

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 12:47
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Prosecutors charged Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and two of his allies Tuesday with breaking various laws during a massive street rally to demand electoral fairness....

Organizers: Don't mess with the Olympic brand

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 12:47
LONDON (AP) -- One day, the small espresso shop near the site of the London Games was the "Olympic" cafe. The next day, it was the "Lympic."...

Indian passenger train rams freight train; 15 die

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 12:47
HYDERABAD, India (AP) -- A passenger train rammed into a freight train before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 15 people in the collision and fire, officials said....

Study: Fake malaria drugs common in Asia, Africa

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 12:47
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality, seriously undermining efforts to combat the disease, a study said Tuesday....
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