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The year of the North? Ireland and France threaten southern hemisphere hold on the Rugby World Cup 09/05/2023 04:12am • PARIS (AP) — There's a good chance — two very good chances, actually — that the 2023 Rugby World Cup will be the year of the North. Top-ranked Ireland and host nation France both provide compelling reasons to believe that the southern hemisphere's 16-year hold on the Webb Ellis Cup might be ov High water sweeps fire truck into a river, leaving 5 missing, as tropical storm hits China 09/04/2023 10:43pm • BEIJING (AP) — High waters swept a fire truck into a river in southeastern China early Tuesday, leaving five crew members missing, local authorities said, as the second tropical storm in recent days hit the mainland. Haikui weakened to a tropical storm as it scraped along the coastline of Fujian a Putin says he won't renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has 09/04/2023 09:11pm • Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that a landmark deal allowing Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea amid the war won’t be restored until the West meets Moscow's demands on its own agricultural exports. Ukraine and its Western allies have dismissed the Kremlin’s demand Japan announces emergency relief for seafood exporters hit by China's ban over Fukushima water 09/04/2023 09:04pm • TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Monday a 20.7 billion yen ($141 million) emergency fund to help exporters hit by China's ban on Japanese seafood over the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. The discharge of the w 'Definitely broke some highs' in DC region during unofficial end of summer 09/04/2023 07:00pm • Hold off on the pumpkin spice latte, because the D.C. area is experiencing a heat wave that shows no signs of letting up until Thursday. Here's what you need to know. "We definitely broke some highs today," National Weather Service meteorologist Kevin Witt said. New records were set at D.C.-ar Vice President Harris will face doubts and dysfunction at the Southeast Asian nations summit 09/04/2023 06:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will deepen her outreach to Southeast Asia this week at an international summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, where she'll try to erase doubts about U.S. commitment to the region stirred by President Joe Biden's absence. It’s Harris’ third trip to South UAW's clash with Big 3 automakers shows off a more confrontational union as strike deadline looms 09/04/2023 06:36pm • DETROIT (AP) — A 46% pay raise. A 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay. A restoration of traditional pensions. The demands that a more combative United Auto Workers union has pressed on General Motors, Stellantis and Ford — demands that even the UAW's own president calls “audacious” — are edg A massive wildfire in northeastern Greece is gradually abating, with over 700 firefighters deployed 09/04/2023 03:34pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A massive wildfire that destroyed vast tracts of forest in northeastern Greece over 17 days was in abeyance on Monday, although hundreds of firefighters were still tackling pockets that continued to burn, the fire department said. Authorities also warned that parts of the cou Pakistani premier claims US military equipment left behind in Afghanistan is now in militant hands 09/04/2023 02:58pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's caretaker prime minister claimed on Monday that U.S. military equipment left behind during the American withdrawal from Afghanistan has fallen into militant hands and ultimately made its way to the Pakistani Taliban. The equipment — which includes a wide variety of i What to know about September's National Preparedness Month in the DC region 09/04/2023 02:50pm • September is National Preparedness month, and this year's campaign, sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is focused on making sure older Americans are ready for when natural disasters strike. Officials across the D.C. region are offering updated planning resources and in-person e NC State's Ashford won't play against No. 13 Notre Dame after leaving opener on stretcher 09/04/2023 02:49pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State safety Rakeim Ashford won't play this weekend against No. 13 Notre Dame after he was taken off the field on a stretcher during the season-opening win at Connecticut, coach Dave Doeren said Monday. Ashford spent Thursday night in the hospital for tests befo Putin has dashed global hopes for reviving the Ukraine grain deal. This is why it matters 09/04/2023 01:26pm • ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Vladimir Putin on Monday, hoping to persuade the Russian leader to rejoin a deal allowing Ukraine to safely export grain. Moscow withdrew from the agreement in July. But Putin made it clear that the initiative would not be restored ri Pope insists Vatican-China relations are on track but says more work is needed 09/04/2023 11:19am • ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis insisted Monday that the Vatican's relations with China were going well but said work must still be done to show Beijing that the Catholic Church isn’t beholden to a foreign power. Francis spoke about the Holy See’s dealings with China during a press A drone attack on Myanmar border police reportedly kills 5. A resistance group claims responsibility 09/04/2023 10:16am • BANGKOK (AP) — A drone attack on a police headquarters in a major border town in eastern Myanmar has killed at least five officials including a senior army officer and a district administrator, members of two emergency rescue teams and media reports said Monday. The attack, carried out Sunday even France's waning influence in coup-hit Africa appears clear while few remember their former colonizer 09/04/2023 03:22am • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Gabon’s longtime leader was detained in the latest coup in Africa last week, France condemned the takeover but did little to intervene — despite having hundreds of troops in the country. It was a striking break from the past. African and French observers say that Fra