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Albania player Mirlind Daku banned by UEFA for two Euro 2024 games after nationalist chants 06/23/2024 01:43pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� Albania player Mirlind Daku was banned on Sunday for two games after leading fans in nationalist chants at the European Championship, that UEFA said brought soccer into disrepute. Daku took a megaphone after Albania���s 2-2 draw with Croatia on Wednesday in Hamburg and jo Killing of young Cambodian couple by businessman with honorary title revives concerns about impunity 06/23/2024 01:40pm • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) ��� In a case that has sparked widespread public outrage, a court in Cambodia formally charged a real estate entrepreneur who held a royally bestowed title with the premeditated murder of a young couple in the capital Phnom Penh. Social media has been awash for the past wee A year ago, Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin with a mutiny 06/23/2024 04:15am • On a lazy summer weekend a year ago, Russia was jolted by the stunning news of an armed uprising. The swaggering chief of a Kremlin-sponsored mercenary army seized a military headquarters in the south and began marching toward Moscow to oust the Defense Ministry���s leaders, accusing them of starvin Iran overturns death sentence of rapper famous for lyrics about the death of protester Mahsa Amini 06/22/2024 03:07pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Iran's Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a government critic and a popular hip-hop artist, Toomaj Salehi ��� who came to fame over his lyrics about the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini in 2022 ��� his lawyer Amir Raisian said Saturday. In a pos Shiny monolith removed from mountains outside Las Vegas. How it got there still is a mystery 06/21/2024 06:32pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� A strange monolith found jutting out of the rocks in a remote mountain range near Las Vegas has been taken down by authorities. How it got there is still unsolved. ���It remains unknown how the item got to its location or who might be responsible,��� Las Vegas police said Friday Democrats put a spotlight on more than 1 million pensions saved under a 2021 law 06/21/2024 04:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� As the general election nears, Democrats are keen to remind union voters in Pennsylvania that pensions for many workers have been preserved as part of a coronavirus pandemic-era aid package that keeps on giving. As of Friday, the White House said, more than 1 million union worke FACT FOCUS: Associated Press video manipulated to make it appear Slovak flags banned at soccer match 06/21/2024 01:38pm • Manipulated video from an Associated Press report circulated on the eve of the match between Slovakia and Ukraine at this year���s European Championship, with the false claim that Slovak flags had been banned from all games because of their similarity to the Russian flag. ���UEFA has banned the Rus Trump is proposing to make tips tax-free. What would that mean for workers? 06/21/2024 12:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Former President Donald Trump's new proposal to exclude tips from federal taxes is getting strong reviews from some Republican lawmakers, though major questions remain about the impact of the policy and how it would work. What's certain is that a change in the taxation of tips w Peace must be a priority, say Catholic leaders on anniversary of priests' violent deaths in Mexico 06/20/2024 10:20pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Two years have passed since a leader of one of Mexico���s organized crime gangs stormed into a Catholic church in the remote Tarahumara mountains and fatally shot two Jesuit priests. Among many faith leaders nationwide, the pain unleashed on June 20, 2022 ��� when the Revs. Javi The Best Places to Retire Overseas Where English Is Spoken 06/20/2024 08:00pm • Warm weather, beautiful beaches and cosmopolitan culture lure many retirees overseas for their golden years. While some enjoy exploring far-off locations and don't mind navigating language barriers, others may feel more comfortable knowing they can easily communicate with those around them. "It's na TikTok accuses federal agency of 'political demagoguery' in legal challenge against potential US ban 06/20/2024 05:56pm • TikTok disclosed a letter Thursday that accused the Biden administration of engaging in ���political demagoguery��� during high-stakes negotiations between the government and the company as it sought to relieve concerns about its presence in the U.S. The letter ��� sent to David Newman, a top offici Change Healthcare to start notifying customers who had data exposed in cyberattack 06/20/2024 05:04pm • Change Healthcare is starting to notify hospitals, insurers and other customers that they may have had patient information exposed in a massive cyberattack. The company also said Thursday that it expects to begin notifying individuals or patients in late July. Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of heal OpenAI co-founder Sutskever sets up new AI company devoted to 'safe superintelligence' 06/20/2024 03:00pm • The Associated Press (AP) ��� Ilya Sutskever, one of the founders of OpenAI who was involved in a failed effort to push out CEO Sam Altman, said he's starting a safety-focused artificial intelligence company. Sutskever, a respected AI researcher who left the ChatGPT maker last month, said in a soci Russia hammers Ukraine's power grid again and Kyiv's drones target more enemy oil depots 06/20/2024 07:46am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Russia resumed its aerial pounding of Ukraine���s power grid and Kyiv���s forces again targeted Russian oil facilities with cross-border drone strikes, seeking to curb each other's ability to fight in a war that is now in its third year, officials said Thursday. With no major Today in History: June 20, Queen Victoria takes the throne 06/20/2024 12:10am • Today in History Today is Thursday, June 20, the 172nd day of 2024. There are 194 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On June 20, 1837, Queen Victoria acceded to the British throne following the death of her uncle, King William IV. On this date: In 1782, Congress approved the