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World's tallest tower, the Tokyo Skytree, opens

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
TOKYO (AP) -- The world's tallest tower and Japan's biggest new landmark, the Tokyo Skytree, opened to the public on Tuesday....

Everest weekend death toll reaches 4

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Climbers have reported seeing another body on Mount Everest, raising the death toll to four for one of the worst days ever on the world's highest mountain....

World's tallest tower, the Tokyo Skytree, opens

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
TOKYO (AP) -- The world's tallest tower and Japan's biggest new landmark, the Tokyo Skytree, opened to the public on Tuesday....

Trains collide in south India, killing 15

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
HYDERABAD, India (AP) -- A passenger train rammed into a freight train before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 15 people in a fiery wreck, officials said....

Fake malaria drugs litter Southeast Asia, Africa

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- A study says more than a third of malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality....

Malaysian opposition's Anwar charged over protest

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
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....

Mafia-style end for Australia's flawed Obama mugs

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australian officials wanted to get rid of some commemorative mugs that misspelled President Barack Obama's name. And boy, did they ever....

Images show more N. Korea work on nuke test site

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea has ramped up work at its nuclear test site over the last month, according to an analysis of satellite images released Tuesday, a day after the top U.S. envoy for North Korea warned Pyongyang that an atomic test would unify the world in seeking swift, tough punishment....

New Zealand to pull Afghanistan troops next year

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand says it will withdraw its small contingent of troops from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned....

Mafia-style end for Australia's flawed Obama mugs

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australian officials wanted to get rid of some commemorative mugs that misspelled President Barack Obama's name. And boy, did they ever....

Former Sri Lanka army chief freed from prison

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lanka's former army chief, who was imprisoned after losing an election to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was released from prison Monday to thousands of cheering supporters....

Obama on Afghan: Leave on time, no 'perfect' end

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
CHICAGO (AP) -- President Barack Obama and leaders around the globe locked in place an Afghanistan exit path Monday that will still keep their troops fighting and dying there for two more years, acknowledging there never will be point at which they can say, "This is all done. This is perfect."...

Obama on Afghan: Leave on time, no 'perfect' end

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
CHICAGO (AP) -- President Barack Obama and leaders around the globe locked in place an Afghanistan exit path Monday that will still keep their troops fighting and dying there for two more years, acknowledging there never will be point at which they can say, "This is all done. This is perfect."...

Obama on Afghan: Leave on time, no 'perfect' end

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
CHICAGO (AP) -- President Barack Obama and leaders around the globe locked in place an Afghanistan exit path Monday that will still keep their troops fighting and dying there for two more years, acknowledging there never will be point at which they can say, "This is all done. This is perfect."...

Man with munitions arrested at Nigeria ministry

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- A man tried to smuggle grenades and rifle ammunition into Nigeria's Information Ministry where ministers were attending a news conference Monday, witnesses and authorities said....

Iran, 6 powers both need success at nuclear talks

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
MOSCOW (AP) -- Iran and six world powers resume nuclear talks Monday no closer to progress than in previous rounds, and with the clock ticking on international diplomatic efforts to persuade Tehran to curb activities that could be used to make atomic arms....

Egypt court gives 12 Christians life sentences

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 13:27
CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian court sentenced 12 Christians to life in prison and acquitted eight Muslims on Monday in a case set off by religious tensions in the country's south....
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