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Senate backs bill blocking deal with Chinese telecom firm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday approved a defense policy bill that includes a pay raise for the military and would block a White House plan to allow Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. to…
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The Latest: Senate backs bill blocking deal with firm ZTE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a defense policy bill that would block a White House plan to allow Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. to buy component parts from the U.S. (all times local): 6:40…
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Geraldine McCaughrean wins Carnegie children’s book prize
LONDON (AP) — British writer Geraldine McCaughrean on Monday won the prestigious Carnegie Medal for children’s literature for “Where the World Ends.” McCaughrean was named the winner for her novel about two Scottish boys marooned…
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UN says over 25,000 people fled Yemen fighting at Hodeida
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The U.N. spokesman said Monday that tens of thousands of residents have fled the fighting along Yemen’s western coastline where Yemeni fighters backed by a Saudi-led coalition are engaged in fierce…
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Turkey charges father of NBA’s Kanter as terror group member
ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court has accepted an indictment charging the father of NBA player Enes Kanter with “membership in a terror group,” the country’s official news agency reported Monday. The indictment followed an…
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Gunfire injures 5 in Sweden, police tell public not to worry
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish police say several people were injured when shots were fired Monday in Malmo, Sweden’s third-largest city. Swedish news agency TT said the incident happened in Malmo just after 8 p.m.…
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Top Russian and US diplomats discuss Syria, North Korea
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday to discuss Syria, North Korea and plans for future U.S.-Russian contacts. The Russian Foreign…
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H. Clinton: Separating families at border a ‘moral crisis’
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday called the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that has separated children from their parents at the southern U.S. border “a moral and humanitarian…
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Romania: Criminal justice revisions worsen graft worries
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian lawmakers approved revised criminal justice statutes Monday that critics called a setback for prosecuting corruption, votes that took place hours after an American diplomat urged Romania to keep fighting official…
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Lawyers, family seek release of detained pizza deliveryman
NEW YORK (AP) — The family and attorneys of an Ecuadorean pizza shop worker who was arrested while trying to make a delivery submitted a formal request to immigration officials Monday demanding his immediate release.…
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Doubts loom over Colombia peace deal with hawk’s election
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Uncertainty loomed over Colombia’s fragile peace deal on Monday with the victory of one of its most hawkish critics in a bruising presidential runoff that laid bare deep divisions in the…
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The Latest: Mob boss trial deliberations to start Tuesday
BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on the case against an elderly former Mafia boss (all times local): 5:15 p.m. Jurors are expected to begin deliberations Tuesday in the case of a former New England Mafia…
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Warned 30 years ago, global warming ‘is in our living room’
SALIDA, Colo. (AP) — We were warned. On June 23, 1988, a sultry day in Washington, James Hansen told Congress and the world that global warming wasn’t approaching — it had already arrived. The testimony…
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AP PHOTOS: European teams sweep Day 5 of World Cup
MOSCOW (AP) — Day 5 of the World Cup was a European sweep. Three favored teams from Europe — Sweden, Belgium and England — won their World Cup openers over squads from elsewhere. England’s win…
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The Latest: Hungary asked to delay vote on ‘Stop Soros’ bill
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the immigration debate in Europe (all times local): 9:00 p.m. Experts within the Council of Europe are asking Hungarian lawmakers to delay passage of a bill that would penalize…
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