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Death toll from Kenya bus stop attack rises to 6

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Kenya's internal security minister says the death toll from an attack on a bus stop in the capital has risen to six....

Brazil's new consumer class flocks to US to buy

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The overstuffed bags filling Fernando Mello's luggage cart wobbled precariously as the gym owner made his way home one morning through Rio's international airport. Navigating the terminal, Mello was part of a horde of other Brazilian travelers returning with loot found in the strip malls and discount outlets of southern Florida....

Brazil's new consumer class flocks to US to buy

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The overstuffed bags filling Fernando Mello's luggage cart wobbled precariously as the gym owner made his way home one morning through Rio's international airport. Navigating the terminal, Mello was part of a horde of other Brazilian travelers returning with loot found in the strip malls and discount outlets of southern Florida....

Pakistan's top court convicts PM of contempt

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The Supreme Court convicted Pakistan's prime minister of contempt on Thursday but spared him a prison term for refusing to reopen a corruption case against his boss, the president, leaving the premier in power but facing fresh calls to resign....

Japan marks 1 year since quake, tsunami disaster

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (AP) -- Through silence and prayers, people across Japan on Sunday remembered the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation one year ago, killing just over 19,000 people and unleashing the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century....

'Emo' killings raise alarms in Iraq

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Young people who identify themselves as so-called Emos are being brutally killed at an alarming rate in Iraq, where militias have distributed hit lists of victims and security forces say they are unable to stop crimes against the subculture that is widely perceived in Iraq as being gay....

'Emo' killings raise alarms in Iraq

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Young people who identify themselves as so-called Emos are being brutally killed at an alarming rate in Iraq, where militias have distributed hit lists of victims and security forces say they are unable to stop crimes against the subculture that is widely perceived in Iraq as being gay....

'Emo' killings raise alarms in Iraq

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Young people who identify themselves as so-called Emos are being brutally killed at an alarming rate in Iraq, where militias have distributed hit lists of victims and security forces say they are unable to stop crimes against the subculture that is widely perceived in Iraq as being gay....

UN: Civilian deaths drop 36 percent in Afghanistan

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The number of Afghan civilians killed has dropped 36 percent so far this year compared with last, the U.N. said Wednesday, the first time the death toll has declined over multiple months since the United Nations started keeping track....

Leftist opposition wins big in Slovakia election

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) -- A leftist opposition led by one of the few leading politicians in Slovakia to escape voter anger over a major corruption scandal has been propelled back to power in an early parliamentary election, according to almost complete results on Sunday....

Remains of 167 people found in Mexican cave

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican authorities have found the remains of 167 people in a southern Mexican cave, and forensic experts believe the remains are at least 50 years old, according to a statement from Chiapas state prosecutors....

Remains of 167 people found in Mexican cave

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican authorities have found the remains of 167 people in a southern Mexican cave, and forensic experts believe the remains are at least 50 years old, according to a statement from Chiapas state prosecutors....

Israeli airstrikes kill 15 Gaza militants

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israel pounded Gaza for the second day in a row Saturday, trading airstrikes and rocket fire with Palestinian militants and killing 15 of them as the deadliest Gaza violence in over a year showed no signs of abating....

Japan marks 1 year since quake, tsunami disaster

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan on Sunday was remembering the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation one year ago, killing just over 19,000 people and unleashing the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century....

Clashes erupt after funeral in Bahrain

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- Police in Bahrain fired tear gas at protesters following the funeral for a 22-year-old man whose family claims he was fatally injured during clashes earlier this month in the Gulf kingdom....

China: 24K abducted women, children rescued in '11

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese police rescued more than 24,000 abducted women and children across the country last year, the country's Public Security Ministry said Sunday....

China: 24K abducted women, children rescued in '11

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese police rescued more than 24,000 abducted women and children across the country last year, the country's Public Security Ministry said Sunday....

China: 24K abducted women, children rescued in '11

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese police rescued more than 24,000 abducted women and children across the country last year, the country's Public Security Ministry said Sunday....

Leftist opposition wins big in Slovakia election

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) -- Preliminary results show a leftist opposition party in Slovakia is heading for a landslide victory in an early parliamentary election....

Japan marks 1 year since quake, tsunami disaster

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:52
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan on Sunday was remembering the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation one year ago, killing just over 19,000 people and unleashing the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century....