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US announces deal to ensure medical isotope supply

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the United States and several European countries have struck an agreement meant to sustain the supply of lifesaving isotopes without the use of highly enriched uranium....

SKorea warns it might shoot down NKorean rocket

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Seoul warned Monday that it might shoot down parts of a North Korean rocket that violate South Korean territory, as worries about what Washington calls a long-range missile test overshadowed an international nuclear security summit....

Obama urges N. Korea to "pursue peace"

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- In a direct challenge to North Korean leaders, President Barack Obama implored them "to have the courage to pursue peace" while warning of the wrath of the world if they don't. Failure, he said Monday, would mean a future without dignity, respect or hope for its people....

Myanmar exiles test government's promise of change

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
BANGKOK (AP) -- For years, Myanmar's former military regime regarded Aye Chan Naing as an enemy of the state, jailing 17 of his reporters and denouncing the exiled news organization he leads as a producer of "killer broadcasts" and a threat to national security....

Obama urges N. Korea to "pursue peace"

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- In a direct challenge to North Korean leaders, President Barack Obama implored them "to have the courage to pursue peace" while warning of the wrath of the world if they don't. Failure, he said Monday, would mean a future without dignity, respect or hope for its people....

SKorea warns it might shoot down NKorean rocket

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Seoul warned Monday that it might shoot down a North Korean rocket if it passes over South Korean territory, as worries about what Washington calls a long-range missile test overshadowed an international nuclear security summit....

Pope to Mexico: Have hope, use faith against evil

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
SILAO, Mexico (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI urged Mexicans to wield their faith against drug violence, poverty and other ills, celebrating Sunday Mass before a sea of hushed worshippers in a visit that has warmed many Mexicans to a pontiff they often saw as austere....

Obama urges N. Korea to "pursue peace"

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- In a direct challenge to North Korean leaders, President Barack Obama implored them "to have the courage to pursue peace" while warning of the wrath of the world if they don't. Failure, he said, would mean a future without dignity, respect or hope for its people....

SKorea warns it might shoot down NKorean rocket

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Seoul is warning that it might shoot down a North Korean rocket if it strays into South Korean territory....

Another Japan reactor shuts down; only one left

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
TOKYO (AP) -- Another Japanese nuclear reactor was taken off line for maintenance on Monday, leaving the country with only one of its 54 reactors operational following last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami....

Quake hits central Chile; no reports of deaths

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck central Chile Sunday night, the strongest and longest that many people said they had felt since a huge quake devastated the area two years ago. Some people were injured by falling ceiling material, but there were no reports of major damage or deaths due to quake-related accidents....

Quake hits central Chile; no reports of deaths

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck central Chile Sunday night, the strongest and longest that many people said they had felt since a huge quake devastated the area two years ago. Some people were injured by falling ceiling material, but there were no reports of major damage or deaths due to quake-related accidents....

Quake hits central Chile; no reports of deaths

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck central Chile Sunday night, the strongest and longest that many people said they had felt since a huge quake devastated the area two years ago. Some people were injured by falling ceiling material, but there were no reports of major damage or deaths due to quake-related accidents....

Events show power of individuals to make history

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- In France, a motorcycle gunman throws a presidential campaign into turmoil. In Afghanistan, one U.S. soldier's alleged slaughter of civilians shifts the narrative of the Afghan war more than any policy conceived by the Obama administration....

Events show power of individuals to make history

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- In France, a motorcycle gunman throws a presidential campaign into turmoil. In Afghanistan, one U.S. soldier's alleged slaughter of civilians shifts the narrative of the Afghan war more than any policy conceived by the Obama administration....

Events show power of individuals to make history

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- In France, a motorcycle gunman throws a presidential campaign into turmoil. In Afghanistan, one U.S. soldier's alleged slaughter of civilians shifts the narrative of the Afghan war more than any policy conceived by the Obama administration....

Senegal president concedes defeat to ex-protege

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- President Abdoulaye Wade conceded defeat to his former protege Macky Sall late Sunday, congratulating him several hours after polls closed when preliminary results showed the opposition candidate had trounced the 85-year-old incumbent....

Senegal president concedes defeat to ex-protege

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- President Abdoulaye Wade conceded defeat to his former protege Macky Sall late Sunday, congratulating him several hours after polls closed when preliminary results showed the opposition candidate had trounced the 85-year-old incumbent....

Pope to Mexico: Have hope, use faith against evil

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
SILAO, Mexico (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI urged Mexicans to wield their faith against drug violence, poverty and other ills, celebrating Sunday Mass before a sea of hushed worshippers in a visit that has warmed many Mexicans to a pontiff they often saw as austere....

Obama squeezes N. Korea to change, China to help

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:58
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Barack Obama is broadening a squeeze play on North Korea from the heart of this tensely divided peninsula, pressuring China to show more influence and warning the unpredictable North that it is headed toward a crippling "dead end" of isolation....
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