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Rwandan genocide suspect appears in court holding Bible after 22 years on the run 05/26/2023 11:07am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — One of Rwanda's most wanted suspects for the country's 1994 genocide appeared in a South African courtroom Friday, clutching a Bible and another book inscribed with “Jesus First” on the cover. Fulgence Kayishema was a police officer with the rank of inspector whe UN peacekeeping on 75th anniversary: successes, failures and challenges ahead in a divided world 05/25/2023 06:40pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — On the 75th anniversary of U.N. peacekeeping, the United Nations chief said Thursday that peacekeepers are increasingly working in places where there is no peace and praised the more than 4,200 who have given their lives to the cause of peace since the U.N. authorized its fir Business Highlights: The threat of a US credit downgrade, the launch of summer travel season 05/25/2023 04:58pm • ___ Threat of US credit downgrade looms over debt ceiling talks WASHINGTON (AP) — With one of three major rating agencies warning that America’s AAA credit is at risk, the stakes are growing in the standoff in Washington over raising the nation’s debt limit. The rating agency Fitch has put the Head of Russian private army Wagner says his forces are handing control of Bakhmut to Moscow 05/25/2023 04:27pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the Russian private military contractor Wagner claimed Thursday that his forces have started pulling out of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and handing over control to the Russian military, days after he said Wagner troops had captured the ruined city. Yevgeny Prigozhin Twitter's launch of DeSantis' presidential bid underscores platform's rightward shift under Musk 05/25/2023 03:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Two years ago, signing a bill intended to punish Twitter and other major social media companies, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted the platforms as "suppressing ideas” during the COVID-19 pandemic and silencing conservative voices. What a turnaround. The new Elon Musk-owned versi Turkish voters weigh final decision on next president, visions for future 05/25/2023 02:38am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two opposing visions for Turkey's future are on the ballot when voters return to the polls Sunday for a runoff presidential election that will decide between an increasingly authoritarian incumbent and a challenger who has pledged to restore democracy. President Recep Tayyip 9 Ways to Be an Incredibly Likable Interviewee 05/24/2023 08:00pm • In a lot of ways, the workplace is a lot like school. Because much of whether you get hired for a job will depend on your likability. Obviously, job experience and skills matter. But if you're going to land a job, it certainly won't help you if you come off as unlikable in the interview. People want Wisconsin trial over fake electors set to start just before 2024 presidential election 05/24/2023 05:58pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A jury trial in a lawsuit seeking $2.4 million in damages from Republicans who attempted to cast Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes for Donald Trump in 2020 even though he lost is scheduled to begin just two months before the 2024 presidential election. Dane County Circuit Judge F Former cast member of 'Basketball Wives LA' admits to 15 federal crimes 05/24/2023 03:22pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former cast member of the reality TV show “Basketball Wives LA” admitted to more than a dozen federal felonies in a court appearance Wednesday in St. Louis. Brittish Williams, 33, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty to five counts of misuse of a Social Security number, four counts Nepal prosecutors accuse 30 people, including prominent politicians, of selling fake refugee papers 05/24/2023 10:46am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Prosecutors filed a case in a Nepal court on Wednesday against 30 people, including a former deputy prime minister, a former home minister and a prominent rights activist, for allegedly taking money from Nepalese citizens in exchange for promises to provide fake documents i Canadian appointee rejects probe into China election interference; opposition blasts decision 05/23/2023 03:53pm • TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian government appointee on Tuesday rejected holding a public inquiry into leaked intelligence that alleged China interfered in Canada’s federal elections, drawing allegations of a cover-up from the Conservative opposition. Opposition lawmakers have demanded a full public FACT FOCUS: Fake image of Pentagon explosion briefly sends jitters through stock market 05/23/2023 02:02pm • An image of black smoke billowing next to a bureaucratic-looking building spread across social media Monday morning, with the claim that it showed an explosion near the Pentagon. The posts sent a brief shiver through the stock market as they were quickly picked up by news outlets outside the U.S., The cyber gulag: How Russia tracks, censors and controls its citizens 05/23/2023 08:20am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Yekaterina Maksimova can't afford to be late, the journalist and activist avoids taking the Moscow subway, even though it's probably the most efficient route. That's because she's been detained five times in the past year, thanks to the system's pervasive security came Father, son sentenced for decadelong, $20 million lottery fraud scheme 05/23/2023 07:52am • BOSTON (AP) — A father and son from Massachusetts have both been sent to prison for running an elaborate lottery fraud scheme designed to enrich themselves and help prize winners avoid paying taxes on their windfall, prosecutors said. Ali Jaafar, 63, and Yousef Jaafar, 29, both of Watertown, cashe All eyes on rookie QBs and Aaron Rodgers as NFL teams kick off practices 05/22/2023 06:23pm • Rookie quarterbacks will get much of the attention this week when most NFL teams hit the field for non-contact practices. Twenty teams kicked off their voluntary organized team activities on Monday and 10 more will do so on Tuesday. Only the defending NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles and the AFC