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Power restored to 840K customers in Puerto Rico after outage
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority says electricity has been restored to all 840,000 customers affected by a large power outage in the U.S. territory. Executive sub-director Justo Gonzalez said…
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1,000 bodies of militant fighters buried in Mosul mass grave
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Authorities in Mosul have buried more than 1,000 bodies in a mass grave in a desert valley outside the city, most of them believed to be Islamic State group militants, according…
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In Greek city, Syrian refugees line up _ to get arrested
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Several hundred refugees and migrants have gathered outside a police station in Greece’s second largest city, waiting for hours to be formally arrested and gain temporary residence in the European Union…
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The Latest: Gaza ministry says Palestinian killed in protest
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Latest on the situation along the Israeli-Gaza border (all times local): 7:30 p.m. Gaza’s Health Ministry says a 28-year-old Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli fire in…
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Yemen officials: Coalition strikes kill 2 film crew members
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Suspected Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed two people part of crew filming a local television series in western Yemen, officials said on Friday. The airstrikes, which took place a day earlier, wounded…
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Britain’s UN ambassador calls Russian military assertion that the UK staged a chemical attack in Syria “a blatant lie.”
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Britain’s UN ambassador calls Russian military assertion that the UK staged a chemical attack in Syria “a blatant lie.”
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Battle to save Africa’s elephants is gaining some ground
MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK, Tanzania (AP) — The elephant staggered and keeled over in the tall grass in southern Tanzania, where some of the world’s worst poaching has happened. It wasn’t a killer who targeted her…
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Health officials say a 28-year-old Palestinian has been killed by Israeli fire in protests on the Gaza-Israel border
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Health officials say a 28-year-old Palestinian has been killed by Israeli fire in protests on the Gaza-Israel border.
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21 sentenced to life over Turkey’s 1997 ‘post-modern coup’
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court on Friday sentenced 21 people — including former top military officers — to life terms in prison over the ouster of an Islamic-oriented government in 1997. Another 68…
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Taiwan leader inspects navy as China prepares drills
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen reviewed military drills Friday ahead of planned war games by China amid rising tensions between the rivals. Tsai went aboard a U.S.-made destroyer in the port of…
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Congo boycotts pledging conference, says crisis exaggerated
GENEVA (AP) — Congo on Friday took the extraordinary step of boycotting an international conference that reaped hundreds of millions of dollars to help its people, saying the Central African country’s humanitarian crisis has been…
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UK says Russia monitored daughter of former spy for years
LONDON (AP) — Russian intelligence agencies monitored the emails of former spy Sergei Skripal’s daughter Yulia for at least five years before the two were poisoned, Britain’s national security adviser said in a letter made…
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Leading elephant conservationist Daphne Sheldrick dies at 83
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenya-based wildlife organization says prominent conservationist Daphne Sheldrick has died at age 83. A statement by The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust says she died Thursday evening after a long battle…
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Missing German billionaire’s family gives up hope of rescue
BERLIN (AP) — The family of a German billionaire has given up hope of finding him alive a week after he went missing in the Swiss Alps, his company said Friday. Karl-Erivan Haub, the 58-year-old…
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Hezbollah chief: Israeli airstrike on Syria air base that killed 7 Iranians was ‘historic mistake.’
BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah chief: Israeli airstrike on Syria air base that killed 7 Iranians was ‘historic mistake.’
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