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Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, Nobel winner, dies at 100

ATLANTA (AP) - Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who tried to restore virtue to the White House after the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, then rebounded from a landslide defeat to become a global adv...

Dec 29, 2024

Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100

ATLANTA (AP) - Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life af...

Dec 29, 2024

Israeli hospital says Netanyahu has undergone successful prostate surgery

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - An Israeli hospital says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has undergone successful prostate surgery. Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center said his prostate was removed late Sun...

Dec 29, 2024

Syria's de facto leader says it could take up to 4 years to hold elections

BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's de facto leader said Sunday it could take up to four years to hold elections in Syria, and that he plans to dissolve his Islamist group that led the country's insurgency at an an...

Dec 29, 2024

A plane crashes and bursts into flames while landing in South Korea, killing 179

A passenger plane skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport Sunday, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames after its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy. All but two of th...

Dec 29, 2024

What we know about the deadly passenger jet crash in South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A passenger jet burst into flames while landing at an airport in South Korea on Sunday, killing 179 people in one of the deadliest air disasters in that nation's history. The...

Dec 29, 2024

What is known about a fiery passenger jet crash landing that claimed 179 lives in South Korea?

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A passenger jet burst into flames while landing at an airport in South Korea on Sunday, killing 179 people in one of the deadliest air disasters in that nation's history. The...

Dec 29, 2024

Azerbaijan's president says crashed jetliner was shot down by Russia unintentionally

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev said Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally, and criticized Moscow for trying to "hush up" the ...

Dec 29, 2024

Azerbaijan's president says crashed jetliner was shot down by Russia, albeit not intentionally

MOSCOW (AP) - Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev said Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally. Aliyev told Azerbaijani state televi...

Dec 29, 2024

South Korean media report 28 people dead after a plane catches fire at an airport

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean media are reporting that 28 people have been confirmed dead after a plane caught fire at an airport in the country's south. South Korea's emergency office said t...

Dec 28, 2024