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Iraqi parliament confirms 3 new ministers, 5 seats unfilled
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s parliament confirmed three ministers to Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi’s government Tuesday but left other key posts, including ministers of Defense and Interior, vacant as an impasse over the appointments threatened to…
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South Africa eatery ad spoofs colonialism; regulators miffed
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African restaurant chain has been ordered to withdraw a television commercial deemed to have trivialized the brutal history of colonial rule in Africa. The ad for Chicken Licken turned the…
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The Latest: 3,500 troops to be on standby if no-deal Brexit
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain’s exit from the European Union (all times local): 2:30 p.m. British Defense Secretary says around 3,500 troops will be on standby in support of the government to help…
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Chinese internment camp factory sends sportswear to US
HOTAN, China (AP) — Barbed wire and hundreds of cameras ring a massive compound of more than 30 dormitories, schools, warehouses and workshops in China’s far west. Dozens of armed officers and a growling Doberman…
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Norway allows cleric to face court in Italy
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An Iraqi-born cleric suspected of enticing recruits to fight in Iraq and Syria has been given travel documents to travel to Italy where he faces trial, Norway’s justice minister said Tuesday.…
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UK Defense Secretary says some 3,500 service personnel on standby for any no-deal Brexit disruption
LONDON (AP) — UK Defense Secretary says some 3,500 service personnel on standby for any no-deal Brexit disruption .
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Dutch Supreme Court upholds weapon smuggling conviction
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Supreme Court has upheld the war crimes conviction of a timber dealer who was found guilty last year of selling arms to former Liberian leader Charles Taylor and…
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Dutch court upholds ban on branch of Bandidos biker club
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An appeals court has upheld a ban on a Dutch arm of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, agreeing with a lower court’s conclusion that the biker gang forms a threat to…
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EU officials, firms meet African leaders to talk investment
BERLIN (AP) — European officials and companies met with African leaders in Vienna Tuesday for talks intended as a springboard to increase investment in Africa. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, whose country currently holds the rotating…
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British government to ramp up preparations for a no-deal Brexit, says it must get ready for “the default option”
LONDON (AP) — British government to ramp up preparations for a no-deal Brexit, says it must get ready for “the default option”
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Russian cargo ship runs aground off southwest England
LONDON (AP) — A Russian cargo ship with 18 crew members on board has run aground off the coast of Falmouth, Cornwall, in southwest England, following bad weather. A spokeswoman for Britain’s Maritime and Coastguard…
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Sri Lankan lawmakers question Rajapaksa’s parliamentary seat
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Members of Sri Lanka’s Parliament on Tuesday questioned whether Mahinda Rajapaksa, who recently quit as prime minister, can hold his seat after earlier relinquishing membership in the political party he…
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9 migrants trying to reach UK rescued in English Channel
PARIS (AP) — French officials say that nine migrants, including a woman and child, have been rescued off the coast of Dunkirk after two distress calls from their small boat as they tried to sneak…
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For Trump, the economy is a potential 2020 storm cloud
The greatest threat to President Donald Trump’s re-election bid may not be the slew of investigations closing in on his Oval Office but a possible economic slowdown. And the president knows it.
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AP PHOTOS: 2018 a year of discord in Europe
LONDON (AP) — As 2018 draws to a close, Europe is no closer to knowing the final outcome of Brexit, and Russia’s ties with the West show no sign of improving. The streets of France…
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