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Bangladesh security forces fire bullets and sound grenades as protests over government jobs escalate

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Police and security officials in Bangladesh fired bullets and tear gas at protesters Friday and banned all gatherings in the capital as internet and mobile services were cut o...

Jul 19, 2024

Biden's campaign chair acknowledges support 'slippage' but says he's staying in the race

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden 's campaign is insisting anew that he is not stepping aside as he faces the stark reality that many Democrats at the highest levels want him to consider how stepp...

Jul 19, 2024

The top UN court convenes to deliver advisory opinion on Israel's policies in occupied territories

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The top United Nations court has opened a hearing to deliver a non-binding advisory opinion on the legality of Israel's 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestini...

Jul 19, 2024

Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country's most powerful leader, dies at age 80

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party and the country's most powerful politician, has died following months of ill health, official media said F...

Jul 19, 2024

Majority of Democrats think Kamala Harris would make a good president, AP-NORC poll shows

WASHINGTON (AP) - As President Joe Biden faces a growing drumbeat of pressure to drop his reelection bid, a majority of Democrats think his vice president would make a good president herself. A new po...

Jul 18, 2024

Air attack leaves 1 dead, at least 10 injured in Tel Aviv

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - A large explosion rumbled through the streets of central Tel Aviv early Friday morning, raining down shards of shrapnel and injuring at least 10 people, first responders said. ...

Jul 18, 2024

Trump describes assassination attempt with personal details as he accepts Republican nomination

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Donald Trump, defiant and bandaged, accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday at the Republican National Convention in a speech that largely ignored his most divisive plans...

Jul 18, 2024

Alabama has executed man convicted of killing delivery driver during a 1998 robbery attempt

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - A man convicted of fatally shooting a delivery driver during a robbery attempt in 1998 was executed Thursday evening in Alabama. Keith Edmund Gavin was pronounced dead at 6:32 p.m....

Jul 18, 2024

South Korea restarts propaganda broadcasts across border in reaction to North's balloon launches

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea says it has restarted anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border in response to North Korea's resumption of trash-carrying balloons launches. South Ko...

Jul 18, 2024

Dan Brown makes late birdies for a 1-shot lead over Shane Lowry in wind-challenged British Open

TROON, Scotland (AP) - The wind caught just about everyone off guard Thursday in the British Open. It came from the opposite direction off the Irish Sea, accompanied by occasional rain, and made Royal...

Jul 18, 2024