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Taylor Swift's Eras tour returns in London, with assist from Ed Sheeran, after foiled terror plot 08/16/2024 07:01am • LONDON (AP) ��� Taylor Swift���s history-making Eras Tour made a triumphant return, accompanied by Ed Sheeran, in London Thursday night. He joined the headliner on stage at Wembley Stadium for the acoustic section, playing on two of their collaborations, ���Everything Has Changed��� and ���Endgame,� Ed Sheeran buys minority share in Ipswich ahead of Premier League return 08/16/2024 06:48am • IPSWICH, England (AP) ��� Lifelong Ipswich fan Ed Sheeran has bought a small stake in the club ahead of its return to the Premier League. Ipswich said Thursday that the British musician has acquired a 1.4% ownership stake, but will be a passive investor and not part of the club's board of directors Pick Six: Central Missouri's Zach Zebrowski among 2024 small-college stars after passing for 61 TDs 08/16/2024 06:10am • Zach Zebrowski more than made up for lost time in his first season at Central Missouri. After spending three years mostly on the bench at Southern Illinois in the Football Championship Subdivision, Zebrowski turned in one of the greatest seasons by a college quarterback in any division. He passed f New urgency to find a missing Manassas Park mother 08/16/2024 05:41am • A Manassas Park, Virginia, woman has been missing now for two weeks, and there's a stepped-up effort to find her. Police and dozens of volunteers searched the trails at Blooms Park Thursday night, but there's still no sign of 28-year-old Mamta Kafle Bhatt ��� a pediatric nurse. She has an 11-mont Croatia to reintroduce compulsory military draft as regional tensions soar 08/16/2024 05:41am • ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) ��� Croatia will reintroduce a two-month compulsory military service starting January 1 next year, the country's Defense Minister Ivan Anusic announced late Thursday. The move comes amid heightened tensions in Europe following the Russian aggression against Ukraine as well as an Thailand's new prime minister renews the legacy of her divisive father, Thaksin Shinawatra 08/16/2024 05:40am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� The election of Paetongtarn Shinawatra as Thailand���s prime minister represents a remarkable comeback for the political dynasty founded by her billionaire father, Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted by a military coup in 2006. Paetongtarn, 37, a former executive in a hotel business Pakistan's health ministry confirms a case of mpox but more tests are being done for its variant 08/16/2024 04:59am • PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) ��� Pakistan���s health ministry said Friday it has identified a case of mpox, but sequencing is being done to determine whether it is a new variant, days after the World Health Organization declared the spread of mpox a global health emergency. The case, in a man who had rec British judge on Hong Kong's top court, facing criticism, quits media freedom group's advisory panel 08/16/2024 04:15am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� A British judge who was part of a Hong Kong court panel that unanimously dismissed an appeal from imprisoned prominent publisher Jimmy Lai and six former pro-democracy lawmakers has quit his position on an advisory board to an international media freedom group because of concerns Kim Dotcom loses 12-year fight to halt deportation from New Zealand to face US copyright case 08/16/2024 01:48am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ��� Kim Dotcom, founder of the once wildly popular file-sharing website Megaupload, lost a 12-year fight this week to halt his deportation from New Zealand to the U.S. on charges of copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering. New Zealand���s Justice Minis Mediators hold new Gaza cease-fire talks and hope to head off a wider war 08/16/2024 01:29am • DOHA, Qatar (AP) ��� International mediators held a new round of talks Thursday aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war and securing the release of scores of hostages, with a potential deal seen as the best hope of heading off an even larger regional conflict. The United States, Qatar and Egypt met wi US-Russian dual national jailed for 12 years on treason charges for $52 donation to Ukraine 08/16/2024 01:08am • YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) ��� U.S.-Russian dual national Ksenia Khavana was convicted Thursday of treason in a Russian court and sentenced to 12 years in prison on charges stemming from a donation of about $52 to a charity aiding Ukraine. Khavana, identified by Russian authorities by her maiden Yemen rivals threaten to resume war as hunger and cholera worsen in the poor nation, UN envoy warns 08/16/2024 12:32am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Yemen���s rival parties are making military preparations and threatening to return to war as hunger and cholera are increasing in the Arab world���s poorest nation, U.N. officials said Thursday. U.N. special representative Hans Grundberg told the Security Council that despite She fought to become a midwife. Now she���s fighting to save mothers and their babies in South Sudan 08/16/2024 12:11am • BENTIU, South Sudan (AP) ��� Elizabeth Nyachiew was 16 when she watched her neighbor bleed to death during childbirth. She vowed to become a midwife to spare others from the same fate in South Sudan, a country with one of the world's highest maternal mortality rates. ���If I saw people dying, I want Families of hostages in Gaza hope cease-fire talks will end their nightmare 08/16/2024 12:08am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� Some families of hostages held in Gaza believe the latest round of cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas could be the last best chance to set their loved ones free after more than 300 days of captivity. The families have advocated tirelessly to secure the release of the Lynx beat the Mystics 08/15/2024 11:50pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Napheesa Collier had 17 points and 12 rebounds for her 13th double-double of the season, Courtney Williams added 14 points and five assists, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Washington Mystics 79-68 on Thursday night. Williams broke a tie at 63-all on a 3-pointer with 4:24 remain