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Germany's Scholz discusses Ukraine with Russia's Putin in first such call in 2 years

BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the war in Ukraine in a phone call Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the German government said, in the first such conversation in two...

Nov 15, 2024

Fire breaks out at a Spanish nursing home, killing at least 10 people

MADRID (AP) - At least 10 people died in a blaze at a nursing home in Zaragoza, Spain, before firefighters managed to extinguish it , local authorities reported on Friday. Authorities were alerted of ...

Nov 15, 2024

South Korean opposition leader gets a suspended jail term for violating election law

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was convicted of violating election law and sentenced to a suspended prison term Friday by a court that ruled he made false state...

Nov 15, 2024

South Korean opposition leader gets a suspended jail term for violating election law

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was convicted of violating election law and sentenced to a suspended prison term Friday by a court that ruled he made false state...

Nov 15, 2024

Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president takes large lead in parliamentary vote

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took a large lead Friday in early results from the parliamentary elections, in an apparent sol...

Nov 14, 2024

Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president takes large lead in parliamentary vote

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took a large lead Friday in early results from the parliamentary elections, in an apparent sol...

Nov 14, 2024

The world's tallest teenager, 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux, plans to redshirt at Florida this season

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The world's tallest teenager might have to wait a year to become the world's tallest college basketball player. Florida coach Todd Golden said Thursday that Olivier Rioux, a 7...

Nov 14, 2024

Trump expected to choose vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, AP sources say

NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting him in charge of a massive ...

Nov 14, 2024

Trump expected to choose vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, AP sources say

NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, according to two p...

Nov 14, 2024

Tropical Storm Sara threatens to bring flash floods and mudslides to Central America

MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Sara formed Thursday in the Caribbean Sea and was expected to cause life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides across portions of Central America, including Honduras, fo...

Nov 14, 2024