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Ex-President Michel Temer arrested in Brazil for corruption
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was arrested on Thursday on corruption charges, a dramatic development in a sprawling graft probe that has roiled Latin America’s largest nation and shows no…
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Ichiro walks off into history in ‘sayonara’ at Tokyo Dome
TOKYO (AP) — At times, it seemed as if he’d go on hitting forever. But on Thursday night, a player who defined baseball at its very best on two continents for a generation, took his…
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Ethiopian airline defends its pilots’ training standards
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian Airlines said Thursday that its pilots went through all the extra training required by Boeing and the U.S. aviation regulators to fly the 737 Max 8 jet that crashed…
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Call to speed Italian citizenship for boy who made SOS call
MILAN (AP) — The leader of Italy’s 5-Star Movement says the country should grant citizenship to a 13-year-old Egyptian boy hailed as a hero for alerting police that he and his middle school classmates had…
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The Latest: EU leaders look at resetting Brexit for May 22
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on Brexit (all times local): 6:00 p.m. Leaders of European Union countries are considering whether to give the U.K. an extension that would postpone Brexit until May 22. Two sources…
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Ukraine, US bicker over corruption fight ahead of election
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and the United States are having a diplomatic spat after Washington criticized the Ukrainian government’s anti-corruption efforts ahead of the nation’s March 31 presidential election. Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko…
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The Latest: Trump says Israel sovereign over Golan Heights
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the United States and Israel (all times local): 1:05 p.m. President Donald Trump says that it’s time to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. In a tweet Thursday,…
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Pompeo visits Jerusalem holy site with Israeli PM Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a solemn visit Thursday to Jerusalem’s Western Wall along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an apparent sign of support for Israel’s control of…
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Analysis: Victory over Islamic State may be short-lived
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a campaign that spanned five years and two U.S. presidencies, unleashed more than 100,000 bombs and killed untold numbers of civilians, the U.S. military engineered the destruction of the Islamic State…
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The Latest: Zimbabwe raises cyclone death told to 259
CHIMANIMANI, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in southern Africa (all times local): 6:45 p.m. Zimbabwe’s defense minister says more than 120 bodies were washed into neighboring Mozambique by flooding…
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Germany questions ex-Stasi agents on Lockerbie plane bombing
BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors in Berlin and the neighboring German state of Brandenburg are interviewing former members of East Germany’s secret police about the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing, according to officials and media reports. All…
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River ferry sinks in Tigris near Iraq’s Mosul, killing 71
BAGHDAD (AP) — A ferry overloaded with people celebrating the Kurdish new year and Mother’s Day capsized in the Tigris River near the Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, killing at least 71 people, officials…
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Ichiro says goodbye to adoring fans; Mariners beat A’s in 12
TOKYO (AP) — The magnitude of the moment — of sharing the field with the towering Ichiro Suzuki in his farewell — left Seattle Mariners teammate Yusei Kikuchi in reverential silence. Asked what that experience…
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Chinese visit to Italy seeks closer ties, stirs suspicions
MILAN (AP) — At the heart of Chinese Premier Xi Jingping’s visit to Rome beginning Thursday is a key prize: A deal to make Italy the first major democracy to join China’s ambitious Belt and…
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APNewsBreak: Police say Salvadoran suspect killed for meth
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A detective says a Salvadoran immigrant charged with four Nevada murders told police he robbed and killed his elderly victims during a 10-day rampage in January because he needed money to…
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