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Police search the European Parliament over suspected Russian interference, prosecutors say

BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgium's federal prosecutor's office said on Wednesday that police carried out searches at the residence of an employee of the European Parliament and at his office in the Parliament'...

May 29, 2024

South Africans begin voting in an election seen as their country's most important in 30 years

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - South Africans began voting Wednesday in an election seen as their country's most important in 30 years, and one that could put their young democracy in unknown territor...

May 28, 2024

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for royal defamation, prosecutors say

BANGKOK (AP) - Thai prosecutors on Wednesday said former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy, three months after he was freed on parole on other charges. Thaks...

May 28, 2024

Texas runoffs put Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales, state's GOP House speaker in middle of party feud

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas is out to save his job Tuesday in a GOP primary runoff that has put rifts within the party on display. Gonzales, who has clashed with some of his ...

May 28, 2024

Transitional council in Haiti selects new prime minister for a country under siege by gangs

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Garry Conille was named Haiti's new prime minister Tuesday evening, nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council had chosen someone else for th...

May 28, 2024

A Kentucky family is left homeless for a second time by a tornado that hit the same location

BARNSLEY, Ky. (AP) - Devin Johnson's life was uprooted for a second time when a tornado flattened his home over the Memorial Day weekend - on the same lot in Kentucky where another twister left him ho...

May 28, 2024

US condemns loss of life, but says no policy changes after civilian deaths in Israeli strike

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House on Tuesday condemned the loss of life of dozens of civilians as a result of an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, but said it is not planning any policy changes as a result ...

May 28, 2024

Democrats plan to nominate Biden by virtual roll call to meet Ohio ballot deadline

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will be formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee through a virtual roll call ahead of the party's official convention in Chicago in August - a ma...

May 28, 2024

Aid deliveries suspended after rough seas damage US-built temporary pier in Gaza, 3 US officials say

WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. built temporary pier that had been used to deliver additional humanitarian aid into Gaza was damaged by rough seas and has temporarily suspended operations. That's according t...

May 28, 2024

Judge nixes bid to restrict Trump statements that could endanger officers in classified records case

WASHINGTON (AP) - The judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida on Tuesday denied prosecutors' request to bar the former president from making public statements that could e...

May 28, 2024