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UK govt to focus on economy, reform House of Lords

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 03:02
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Conservative-led government plans to finally reform the centuries-old House of Lords and introduce direct elections for members....

9 jailed in racially sensitive UK sex ring case

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 03:02
LONDON (AP) -- Nine men in northwest England were sentenced to jail terms Wednesday for luring girls as young as 13 years old into sexual encounters using alcohol and drugs - a case that has stirred racial tensions and sparked claims that authorities are failing to protect vulnerable children in state care....

Blind activist known abroad while shunned by China

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 03:02
BEIJING (AP) -- Blind activist Chen Guangcheng has drawn a global media spotlight after setting off tensions between the U.S. and China, but he's almost unknown at home - and the Chinese government is working to keep it that way....

Fear lingers in blind Chinese activist's hometown

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 03:02
DONGSHIGU VILLAGE, China (AP) -- The fear is palpable and most people only dare whisper Chen Guangcheng's name in this village amid wheat fields where the blind activist was held under brutal house arrest....

Blind activist known abroad while shunned by China

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 03:02
BEIJING (AP) -- Blind activist Chen Guangcheng has drawn a global media spotlight after setting off tensions between the U.S. and China, but he's almost unknown at home - and the Chinese government is working to keep it that way....

Greek conservative Samaras: We must stay in euro

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 03:02
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Proposals by Greece's radical left party to withdraw from the international bailout commitments will lead to a "certain and immediate" catastrophe, Greece's conservative leader said Wednesday....

Myanmar reforms leave political prisoners behind

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 03:02
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- In a remote prison in northwest Myanmar, Aye Aung wakes up each day as he has for nearly 14 years - alone in a dark cell on a wooden plank, a prisoner of conscience all but forgotten by the world....

Economic Alert: If You’re Not Worried Yet…You Should Be

TruthNews.US - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 03:02
Brandon Smith | The calm moments before each passing storm give Americans a false sense of hope that our capsized fiscal vessel will somehow right itself if we just hold on a little longer...

Putin to parade: Russia will stand up for itself

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 03:02
MOSCOW (AP) -- Speaking to thousands of soldiers at the annual Red Square military parade, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Wednesday that the country is a force for world security and that Russia will stand up for its positions....

Asia's superrich build their own art museums

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 03:02
HONG KONG (AP) -- Over the past two years Wang Wei and her husband Liu Yiqian dropped a reported $317 million on their hobby. Now they need somewhere to display the collection they've amassed. The solution: a private art museum that Wang hopes will impart some class to China's flashy nouveau riche....

India's top court refuses entry to Exxon Valdez

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 03:02
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India's Supreme Court has banned the Exxon Valdez from entering India, saying the ship involved in one of the worst U.S. oil spills will not be allowed in for dismantling until it has been decontaminated....

Asia's superrich build their own art museums

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 03:02
HONG KONG (AP) -- Over the past two years Wang Wei and her husband Liu Yiqian dropped a reported $317 million on their hobby. Now they need somewhere to display the collection they've amassed. The solution: a private art museum that Wang hopes will impart some class to China's flashy nouveau riche....

9 men to be sentenced in UK sex ring case

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 03:02
LONDON (AP) -- A judge in northwest England is set to sentence nine men of Pakistani and Afghan descent for luring girls as young as 13 years old into sexual encounters using alcohol and drugs....
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