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Merkel risks setback in German state vote

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's most populous state holds an election Sunday, with polls showing good chances of victory for a center-left regional government that Chancellor Angela Merkel has sought to label as irresponsibly spendthrift....

Merkel risks setback in German state vote

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's most populous state holds an election Sunday, with polls showing good chances of victory for a center-left regional government that Chancellor Angela Merkel has sought to label as irresponsibly spendthrift....

Witnesses: Palestinian forces seize ex-fighter

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
JENIN, West Bank (AP) -- Residents of the West Bank city of Jenin say Palestinian security forces have arrested a prominent ex-fighter in a campaign of arrests that followed the death of its governor....

Witnesses: Palestinian forces seize ex-fighter

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
JENIN, West Bank (AP) -- Residents of the West Bank city of Jenin say Palestinian security forces have arrested a prominent ex-fighter in a campaign of arrests that followed the death of its governor....

City win title after 44-year wait

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
Manchester City fans celebrate after their team pips rivals United to the Premier League title.
Categories: BBC, News

Five dead as floods hit Tbilisi

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
A river bursts its banks in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, flooding parts of the city and leaving at least five people dead and dozens injured.
Categories: BBC, News

Sectarian clashes rock Lebanese city, 3 killed

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) -- Sectarian violence linked to the unrest in neighboring Syria shook the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Sunday, with the state news agency reporting a soldier and two civilians killed in the street clashes....

Syria activists: At least 5 killed in village raid

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian forces killed at least five people in a raid on a farming village in the country's northwest on Sunday while continuing to crack down on rebellious areas near the capital Damascus, activists said....

Ashton Kutcher renews sitcom deal

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
US sitcom Two and a Half Men will return for a tenth season, a year after Ashton Kutcher took over from Charlie Sheen.
Categories: BBC, News

Attacks against security forces across Iraq kill 4

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A series of bombings targeting security forces killed four people in two major Iraqi cities Sunday, officials said....

Deadly clashes hit Lebanese port

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
At least two people are killed in sectarian clashes in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, as tensions in neighbouring Syria spill over the border.
Categories: BBC, News

Punk band arrest at heart of Russia church feud

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
MOSCOW (AP) -- The skinny dissident is thrown headfirst into a police van by camouflage-clad officers. Nearby, a dozen bearded men bearing Russian Orthodox crosses and wearing skull-and-crossbones T-shirts cheer on the cops....

Appeal over motorcyclist death

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
Police are appealing for witnesses to two fatal road accidents which claimed the lives of two young men.
Categories: BBC, News

Crime cash seizures top £10.5m

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
More than £10.5m worth of proceeds of crime has been recovered in the past year in Scotland.
Categories: BBC, News

Syrian violence rages on as conflict creeps into Lebanon

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
Gunfire and mortar shells pierced the pre-dawn sky in cities around Syria early Monday, the latest in the violence that has begun to spill into neighboring countries.
Categories: CNN, News

VIDEO: Ainslie on being the UK's first torchbearer

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
A few days ago, the athlete who will carry the torch on its first leg in Cornwall was named.
Categories: BBC, News

Romney won't say he'll overturn immigration order

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
TROY, Ohio (AP) -- Mitt Romney in an interview aired Sunday repeatedly refused to say that he would overturn President Barack Obama's new policy allowing some young illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. He claimed Obama's decision was political, while senior White House adviser David Plouffe said the move wasn't motivated by politics....

Obama gets grief for saying private sector 'fine'

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama made Mitt Romney's day by declaring "the private sector is doing fine" and opening himself to the accusation that he - not the rich Republican - is the one who is out of touch with reality. Obama quickly clarified his remark Friday but Republicans already had their teeth in it and weren't letting go....

Day of stunts, stagecraft on presidential campaign

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
FREMONT, Calif. (AP) -- Stunts, stagecraft, scripts - and a touch of the surreal - shaped the presidential campaign Thursday as Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama sought an edge on voters' No. 1 issue, the economy....

Dueling speeches: Obama, Romney go at it in Ohio

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 18:28
CLEVELAND (AP) -- President Barack Obama cast his re-election race against Republican Mitt Romney as the economic choice of a lifetime on Thursday, seeking to stir undecided voters and asking the nation to buy into his vision for four more years or face a return to the recession-era "mistakes of the past."...
Categories: Associated Press, News, US
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