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LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for an early general election and the opposition Labour Party has agreed, so Britain is likely facing a rare winter vote. Johnson wants it held …
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By GREGORY KATZ
Associated Press
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10/29/19
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An attorney for the Indiana family of an 18-month-old girl who fell to her death from a cruise ship in July said Puerto Rican prosecutors' decision to charge her …
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10/29/19
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BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's prime minister resigned Tuesday, bowing to one of the central demands of anti-government demonstrators shortly after baton-wielding Hezbollah supporters rampaged through the …
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By ANDREA ROSA and BILAL HUSSEIN
Associated Press
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10/29/19
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Latest on charges filed in the death of a 2-year-old girl who fell from a cruise ship (all times local):
10:25 a.m.
An attorney for the Indiana family of …
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10/29/19
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LONDON (AP) — The Latest on British politics and Britain's impending departure from the European Union (all times local):
11 a.m.
The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party has told …
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10/29/19
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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Nepalese national has shattered the previous mountaineering record for successfully climbing the world's 14 highest peaks, completing the feat in 189 days.
Nirmal Purja …
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10/29/19
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LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will for a fourth time ask Parliament to approve early elections after lawmakers rejected his latest bid amid concerns about the government's …
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10/29/19
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The long-planned initial public offering of a sliver of Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco will begin this December, a Saudi-owned satellite channel …
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By JON GAMBRELL
Associated Press
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10/28/19
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BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi security official says 18 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in an attack against protesters in Iraq's Shiite holy city of Karbala.
The official says the attack …
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By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press
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10/28/19
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PETERBOROUGH, Ontario (AP) — Long before its teetotaler Islamic clerical rulers banned the consumption of alcohol, Iran had a vibrant drinking heritage.
In fact, as early as 550 BC, King Cyrus …
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By KAMRAN JEBREILI
Associated Press
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10/28/19
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KINIGI, Rwanda (AP) — Deep in the rainforest of Volcanoes National Park, a 23-year-old female gorilla named Kurudi feeds on a stand of wild celery. She bends the green stalks and, with long careful …
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CHRISTINA LARSON
AP Science Writer
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10/28/19
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HONG KONG (AP) — The Latest on Hong Kong protests (all times local):
11:30 a.m.
Hong Kong authorities have disqualified pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong from upcoming local council …
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10/28/19
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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's leader says the city is at risk of falling into a recession as it enters its fifth month of pro-democracy protests, and she says her priority was ending violence first …
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10/28/19
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DAVAO, Philippines (AP) — A powerful earthquake shook the southern Philippines on Tuesday morning, knocking out power in some areas, sending people out of homes and buildings and forcing classes to …
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10/28/19
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A grandfather who police say dropped his young niece from the 11th floor of a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico in July has been accused of negligent homicide.
A …
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10/28/19
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — It's not about a 4-cent hike in subway prices.
The decision to add 30 pesos to the cost of a ticket on Latin America's most modern public transportation system this month …
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By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and EVA VERGARA
Associated
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10/28/19
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has declared that the Vatican Secret Archive isn't so secret after all.
Francis on Monday officially changed the name of the Holy See archive to remove what he …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
Associated Press
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10/28/19
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PARIS (AP) — Survivors and families of the victims of the deadly 2015 extremist attacks around Paris say they are relieved at the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi but warn that …
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By SYLVIE CORBET
Associated Press
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10/28/19
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BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian Kurdish forces killed the right-hand man and spokesman for the Islamic State group in a joint operation with U.S. troops in northern Syria, just hours after U.S. special forces …
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By SARAH EL DEEB
Associated Press
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10/28/19
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union agreed to delay Brexit until Jan. 31 next year on Monday — just three days before it was due to take place.
European Council president Donald Tusk said on …
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10/28/19
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