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Russia and US agree to work toward ending Ukraine war in a remarkable diplomatic shift

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Russia and the U.S. agreed Tuesday to start working toward ending the war in Ukraine and improving their diplomatic and economic ties, the two countries' top diplomats said...

Feb 18, 2025

The pope has bilateral pneumonia but remains in good spirits, the Vatican says

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis has developed bilateral pneumonia, the Vatican said Tuesday, after new tests showed a further complication in the condition of the 88-year-old pope. The Vatican said Francis' ...

Feb 18, 2025

Leader of cultlike Zizians linked to 6 killings ordered held without bail in Maryland

CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) - A Maryland court on Tuesday ordered a blogger known as Ziz who leads a cultlike group connected to six killings held without bail. The blogger, Jack LaSota, 34, of Berkeley, Cal...

Feb 18, 2025

Poland’s president says US assures him it won’t reduce troops in that part of Europe

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's President Andrzej Duda said Tuesday that he has received U.S. assurances that Washington will not reduce its troop presence in Poland and elsewhere along NATO's eastern ...

Feb 18, 2025

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Republican had no right to bring lawsuit challenging mobile voting

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Republican Party official lacked the standing to bring a lawsuit challenging the use of a mobile voting van in 2022. The law...

Feb 18, 2025

Attacks by Sudanese RSF paramilitaries leave hundreds dead in White Nile State

CAIRO (AP) - Insurgent attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Force killed hundreds of civilians, including infants, in White Nile state, Sudanese officials and rights groups said Tuesday. Sudan's ...

Feb 18, 2025

Leonard Peltier released from prison following sentence commutation in FBI killings

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison Tuesday morning, nearly a month after then-President Joe Biden commuted his life sentence in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents....

Feb 18, 2025

Hamas says it will free 6 living Israeli hostages on Saturday

CAIRO (AP) - A top Hamas leader says the militant group will release six living Israeli hostages on Saturday. The six are the last living hostages set to be freed under the first phase of the ceasefir...

Feb 18, 2025

Top Russian and US officials meet for talks on Ukraine war without Kyiv

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Top Russian and American officials met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to begin talks on improving ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. The meeting at the Diriyah ...

Feb 17, 2025

Canadian national anthem booed, but only lightly, at 4 Nations hockey tournament

BOSTON (AP) - The Canadian national anthem was booed, though somewhat tepidly, by the fans at the 4 Nations Face-Off on Monday - apparent payback for the jeering of "The Star-Spangled Banner" during t...

Feb 17, 2025