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Iran opens registration for the June presidential election after Raisi died in a helicopter crash 05/30/2024 12:13pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran opened a five-day registration period Thursday for hopefuls wanting to run in the June 28 presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash earlier this month with seven others. The election comes as Iran grapples Stockholm accuses Iran of using criminals in Sweden to target Israel or Jewish interests 05/30/2024 12:02pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden's domestic security agency on Thursday accused Iran of using established criminal networks in Sweden as a proxy to target Israeli or Jewish interests in the Scandinavian country. The accusations were raised at a news conference by Daniel Stenling, the head of the Gift registries after divorce offer a new way to support loved ones 05/30/2024 11:39am • NEW YORK (AP) — Monogrammed towels. A toothbrush holder for four, rather than three. Shared bedding. For people putting a life back together after divorce, mundane household objects can be painful marital reminders. Also difficult can be the absence of items that departed with the ex-spouse. Olivi One Tech Tip: Want to turn off Meta AI? You can't — but there are some workarounds 05/30/2024 11:16am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If you use Facebook, WhatsApp or Instagram, you've probably noticed a new character pop up answering search queries or eagerly offering tidbits of information in your feeds, with varying degrees of accuracy. It's Meta AI, and it's here to help, at least according to Meta Plat Pakistan's former prime minister Khan tells court that recently held vote was stolen from his party 05/30/2024 11:14am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan addressed court officials Thursday and said that parliamentary elections held earlier this year were stolen from his party, which he claimed is being victimized. There was no immediate comment from the government about Khanâ The 'soft edges' of panda diplomacy at work in DC 05/30/2024 10:39am • It may not be the biggest development in diplomacy since Nixon went to China. But nonetheless, there's been a breakthrough with China that's resulting in giant pandas returning to the National Zoo. Mario Mancuso is a visiting senior fellow at Hudson Institute, who focuses on national security, Being an MLB catcher is grueling work. That's not slowing this year's best on offense 05/30/2024 10:11am • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Slowed by stiff knees and bruised by foul balls and backswings, major league catchers have long been defined by what they do defensively — even if it hinders them on offense. Perhaps because of the universal designated hitter and strategic changes like one-knee squatting, that m SEC gathers to sort through consequences of settlement, comes away with more questions than answers 05/30/2024 09:50am • DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference gathered on the Gulf Coast for its annual spring meetings this week with news of a landmark $2.8 billion settlement that will transform how athletes are compensated still reverberating through college sports. After two days of discussions with coache Schools in basketball-centric leagues face different economic challenges with NCAA settlement 05/30/2024 09:31am • Bernadette McGlade leads an Atlantic 10 Conference built around basketball and focused on getting multiple bids to the NCAA men’s tournament much more than anything tied to big-time football. Yet her league is among dozens conferences and scores of schools that will feel the impact from the NCAA a Kompany to stick with same footballing principles after swapping Burnley for Bayern Munich 05/30/2024 09:19am • MUNICH (AP) — Vincent Kompany insists his footballing principles will not change after swapping the Championship for the Champions League by making the unlikely move from Burnley to Bayern Munich. Kompany led Burnley to promotion to the Premier League in his first season at the northwest English c From electric vehicles to deciding what to cook for dinner, John Podesta faces climate challenges 05/30/2024 09:03am • WASHINGTON (AP) — John Podesta was two months into his new role as President Joe Biden’s top climate diplomat when he faced his first international crisis — what to serve for dinner. He had invited his Chinese counterpart, Liu Zhenmin, over to his house but learned that his guest — perhaps n Syria's main insurgent group blasts the US Embassy over its criticism of crackdown on protesters 05/30/2024 08:45am • IDLIB, Syria (AP) — The main insurgent group in rebel-held northwest Syria blasted the U.S. on Thursday over its criticism of a crackdown on protesters in areas outside government control. The group said Washington should instead respect protesters at American universities who have demonstrated ag 14 pro-democracy activists convicted, 2 acquitted in Hong Kong's biggest national security case 05/30/2024 07:17am • HONG KONG (AP) — Fourteen pro-democracy activists were convicted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case on Thursday by a court that said their plan to effect change through an unofficial primary election would have undermined the government’s authority and created a constitutional crisi Stuck at sea for years, a sailor's plight highlights a surge in shipowner abandonment 05/30/2024 07:04am • Abdul Nasser Saleh says he rarely got a good night’s sleep during the near-decade he spent working without pay on a cargo ship abandoned by its owner at ports along the Red Sea. By night, he tossed and turned in his bunk on the aging Al-Maha, he said, thinking of the unpaid wages he feared he’d 'Just to live their life': Volunteer engineers are matched with people who need adaptive devices 05/30/2024 06:59am • At the recent unveiling of a modified wheelchair — one that allows a little girl with cerebral palsy to play lacrosse — Michael Zimmerman looked on, smiling. "It's really exciting. It's great to see projects get put into place where they're actually helping people and you can actually see how