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Ex-Mexican President De la Madrid dies at age 77

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Former President Miguel de la Madrid, who led Mexico from 1982 to 1988 during an economic crisis and a devastating earthquake, died Sunday at age 77, the government said....

Mali coup leader reinstates old constitution

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- The junior officer who overthrew Mali's democratically elected leader earlier this month and dissolved the nation's constitution made a public U-turn Sunday, declaring amid enormous international pressure that he was reinstating the 1992 constitution and planning to hold elections....

Nations pledge millions for Syrian opposition

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
ISTANBUL (AP) -- A coalition of more than 70 partners, including the United States, pledged Sunday to send millions of dollars and communications equipment to Syria's opposition groups, signaling deeper involvement in the conflict amid a growing belief that diplomacy and sanctions alone cannot end the Damascus regime's repression....

Nations pledge millions for Syrian opposition

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
ISTANBUL (AP) -- A coalition of more than 70 partners, including the United States, pledged Sunday to send millions of dollars and communications equipment to Syria's opposition groups, signaling deeper involvement in the conflict amid a growing belief that diplomacy and sanctions alone cannot end the Damascus regime's repression....

Mali coup leader reinstates old constitution

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- The junior officer who overthrew Mali's democratically elected leader earlier this month and dissolved the nation's constitution made a public U-turn Sunday, declaring amid enormous international pressure that he was reinstating the 1992 constitution and planning to hold elections....

Mexican agents probe family in 3 ritual murders

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
NACOZARI, Mexico (AP) -- It was a family people took pity on, one the government and church helped with free food, used clothes, and farm animals. The men were known as trash pickers. Some of the women were suspected of prostitution....

Mexican agents probe family in 3 ritual murders

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
NACOZARI, Mexico (AP) -- It was a family people took pity on, one the government and church helped with free food, used clothes, and farm animals. The men were known as trash pickers. Some of the women were suspected of prostitution....

Mexican agents probe family in 3 ritual murders

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
NACOZARI, Mexico (AP) -- It was a family people took pity on, one the government and church helped with free food, used clothes, and farm animals. The men were known as trash pickers. Some of the women were suspected of prostitution....

Mexican agents probe family in 3 ritual murders

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
NACOZARI, Mexico (AP) -- It was a family people took pity on, one the government and church helped with free food, used clothes, and farm animals. The men were known as trash pickers. Some of the women were suspected of prostitution....

Myanmar's Suu Kyi reported winning historic vote

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- She struggled for a free Myanmar for a quarter-century, much of it spent locked away under house arrest. Now, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate whose nonviolent campaign for democracy at home transformed her into a global icon is on the verge of ascending to public office for the first time....

Myanmar's Suu Kyi reported winning historic vote

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- She struggled for a free Myanmar for a quarter-century, much of it spent locked away under house arrest. Now, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate whose nonviolent campaign for democracy at home transformed her into a global icon is on the verge of ascending to public office for the first time....

Relief as fire-hit cruise ship safe in Malaysia

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
SANDAKAN, Malaysia (AP) -- Smiling passengers voiced relief and gratitude after safely leaving a fire-damaged luxury cruise ship that was stranded at sea for 24 hours and limped without air-conditioning into a Malaysian port Sunday....

Ex-Mexican President De la Madrid dies at age 77

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, who led Mexico from 1982 to 1988 during economic crisis and a devastating earthquake, died Sunday at age 77, Mexican officials and his personal secretary said....

Disneyland Paris fetes 20th after rocky childhood

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
CHESSY, France (AP) -- Disneyland Paris celebrated its entry into adulthood in spectacular style this weekend, with a 20th birthday extravaganza replete with celebrities, parades and a new state-of-the-art show....

Disneyland Paris fetes 20th after rocky childhood

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
CHESSY, France (AP) -- Disneyland Paris celebrated its entry into adulthood in spectacular style this weekend, with a 20th birthday extravaganza replete with celebrities, parades and a new state-of-the-art show....

Party says Myanmar's Suu Kyi leads landslide win

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- The party of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi said she had led it to a landslide election victory Sunday, setting the stage for her to take public office for the first time and head a small opposition in the military-dominated parliament....

Palestinian sent to Gaza with end of hunger strike

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israel expelled a Palestinian prisoner Sunday to the Gaza Strip as part of a compromise deal that persuaded her to end her 43-day hunger strike....

675 Russian fishermen rescued from drifting ice

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's emergency services rescued 675 fishermen on Sunday from an ice floe that was drifting out to sea in the far east of the country....

UAE boot to Western groups shows wider Gulf unease

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- It could seem a bit of overreaching by a local official: Dubai's police chief offering hard-line advice to Gulf rulers about how to deal with opposition such as street protests or anti-state comments on Twitter....

UAE boot to Western groups shows wider Gulf unease

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 00:27
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- It could seem a bit of overreaching by a local official: Dubai's police chief offering hard-line advice to Gulf rulers about how to deal with opposition such as street protests or anti-state comments on Twitter....
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