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Daughter of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be nominated as new prime minister

BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand's populist Pheu Thai party on Thursday said it will nominate its party leader, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, in a Parliament vote for the country's new leader after former Prime Mini...

Aug 15, 2024

More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, the territory’s Health Ministry says

DOHA, Qatar (AP) - The Health Ministry in Gaza says more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war. Thursday's announcement comes during new efforts to broker a cease-fire to t...

Aug 15, 2024

More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, the territory’s Health Ministry says

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the territory's Health Ministry said Thursday. Israel's offensive has also wounded 92,4...

Aug 15, 2024

Australian Olympic Committee hits out at criticism of controversial breaker Rachael Gunn

SYDNEY (AP) - The Australian Olympic Committee has criticized an anonymous online petition attacking controversial Paris Games breaking competitor Rachael Gunn, saying the petition was "vexatious, mis...

Aug 14, 2024

The president of Columbia University has resigned, effective immediately

NEW YORK (AP) - Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned Wednesday after a brief, tumultuous tenure that saw the head of the prestigious New York university grapple with protests over th...

Aug 14, 2024

Ruling: Fetus can be referred to as 'unborn human being' in Arizona abortion measure voter pamphlet

PHOENIX (AP) - An informational pamphlet for Arizona voters who will decide in the fall whether to guarantee a constitutional right to an abortion can refer to a fetus as an "unborn human being," the ...

Aug 14, 2024

Ernesto has intensified into a hurricane and is on a path toward Bermuda, forecasters say

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Ernesto intensified Wednesday into a hurricane over the Caribbean and is on a path toward Bermuda, forecasters said. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 120 kph (75 m...

Aug 14, 2024

Judge rejects Donald Trump's latest demand to step aside from hush money criminal case

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump has lost his latest bid for a new judge in his hush money case as it heads toward a key ruling and potential sentencing next month. Judge Juan M. Merchan on Wednesday decl...

Aug 14, 2024

Thai Prime Minister Srettha is removed from office by a court order over an ethics violation

BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Thailand on Wednesday removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over an ethical violation, further shaking up Thai politics after the court-ordered dissolution of t...

Aug 14, 2024

Confusion over new legislative district leads to ballot error in northern Wisconsin Assembly primary

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A local election clerk failed to realize that Wisconsin's new legislative maps moved a rural town into a new district, leading to an administrative error that could disenfranchise...

Aug 13, 2024