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Cyprus lake, mineshaft searched for bodies after 2 found
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Police investigators in Cyprus searched a flooded mineshaft and a lake Monday in their investigation of the killings of two women and the disappearance of the 6-year-old daughter of one of…
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The Latest: Ukraine’s routed leader vows to reclaim office
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Latest on comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s projected landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential election (all times local): 9:15 p.m. The outgoing president of Ukraine is telling supporters he plans to try to…
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Report: Over 4,300 vacate Syria displaced camp
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media is reporting that more than 4,300 residents of a remote displaced people’s camp near the border with Jordan have returned to government-controlled areas over the last month. SANA…
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Jerusalem says it will “fix” bigoted fliers found in schools
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Jerusalem municipality says it will “fix” a wave of fliers that have appeared in kindergartens city-wide forbidding entrance to “minorities,” using a Hebrew term considered code for Arabs. After an anti-racism…
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Microsoft workers join China’s debate over grueling workweek
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tech workers in China protesting a corporate culture of grueling work schedules are getting some support from their U.S. peers. A fast-growing campaign started by Chinese software developers on the code-sharing…
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New Ukrainian leader’s campaign took page from sitcom script
MOSCOW (AP) — The president-elect of Ukraine does not have a political record that foreign governments and companies can search for clues. For now, a 51-episode TV sitcom might offer the clearest view of what…
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Frenchman dies as boat capsizes off Sardinia; partner safe
ROME (AP) — A Frenchman has died after his sailboat capsized off the coast of the Italian island of Sardinia but his female companion has survived. Italian news agency ANSA said strong winds Sunday turned…
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Nigeria oil output to decrease 8 percent daily after fire
WARRI, Nigeria (AP) — An oil company in Nigeria is declaring a “force majeure” shutdown after a fire. The temporary closure is expected to cut Nigeria’s oil production by about 8 percent per day. Aiteo…
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US says no more sanctions waivers for importing Iranian oil
The Trump administration on Monday told five nations — Japan, South Korea, Turkey, China and India — that they will no longer be exempt from U.S. sanctions if they continue to import oil from Iran.
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Homeless activists outside Notre Dame demand ‘a roof too’
Public housing advocates protested outside the gutted Notre Dame in Paris to demand that France’s poorest be remembered after donors pledged $1 billion to rebuild the cathedral and its destroyed roof.
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The Latest: Iran brushes off US decision on sanction waivers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on U.S. sanctions on countries importing Iranian oil (all times local): 12:05 p.m. Iran has brushed off the Trump administration’s decision to stop exempting countries from U.S. sanctions on its…
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Polish church condemns beating of Jewish effigy in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Catholic Church in Poland poured scorn Monday on an anti-Semitic ritual enacted over the Easter holiday that involved an effigy of Judas represented by a stereotypical Jew being hanged, burned…
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US voices disappointment at delay in Afghan talks
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Afghanistan’s president over the weekend to express Washington’s disappointment over the indefinite postponement of Afghan talks with the Taliban, according to a statement released…
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Myanmar Supreme Court to rule on appeal of Reuters reporters
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s Supreme Court is to rule Tuesday on the appeal of two Reuters journalists who were sentenced to seven years in prison for their reporting on the military’s brutal crackdown on…
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Darfur justice could prove elusive despite al-Bashir’s fall
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, driven from power and now languishing in a prison where his opponents were once jailed and tortured, is more vulnerable than ever to a decade-old international arrest…
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