BEIJING – Flooding in central China’s Sichuan province has left at least 11 people dead and 13 others missing, and disrupted the lives of more than half a million. State media on Thursday said heavy rains and flooding struck the province beginning Sunday. Worst-hit was Xuyong county, where mud and …
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ROME – Rome’s top security official says police were aware of plans for a flashy funeral send-off for a reputed mafia chieftain, but underestimated how outrageous it would be. Prefect Franco Gabrielli told reporters Monday that for now there will be no sackings over last week’s procession for Vittorio Casamonica, …
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A Zimbabwean tour group says the guide who was mauled to death by a lion, put himself between tourists and the charging animal when it attacked in the same park where Cecil the Lion once roamed. The Camp Hwange tour group said Quinn Swales “bore the full brunt of the …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. forces have launched airstrikes on a district in southern Afghanistan seized by the Taliban the day before. Afghan army Brig. Gen. Mohammad Rasool Zaizai says NATO and Afghan warplanes struck the army and police headquarters in the Musa Qala district in Helmand province Thursday, likely killing …
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – A Burkina Faso court has rejected the chosen presidential candidate of the former ruling party, prompting calls for a boycott of the vote in October. The vote scheduled for Oct. 11 is intended to end one year of transitional rule imposed after longtime President Blaise Compaore …
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PRAGUE – The Czech Republic says it is stopping the practice of detaining Syrian migrants who have applied for asylum in Hungary. The measure will significantly reduce the time the migrants need to reach Germany. Previously, Czech authorities placed such migrants in centers for 42 days. Czech police spokeswoman Katerina …
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JOHANNESBURG – As Swaziland marks its 47th anniversary of independence from Britain on Sunday, a rights group says the country is ruled by a repressive government. Amnesty International says the country, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, uses colonial-era laws to silence critics and detain political opponents. However, a journalist recently detained …
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KATHMANDU, Nepal – Police in Nepal say they’re searching a river where the body of a 27-year-old teacher from Austin, Texas, was thrown after she was hammered to death. Police official Hari Bahadur Pal said Tuesday that police were searching the Seti River for the body of Dahlia Yehia, who …
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Americans to take “enhanced precautions” while traveling to China over an outbreak of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. The agency issued a fresh travel warning this month saying that cases of the illness are rapidly spreading in Guangdong province, with most being …
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When President Donald Trump chose Saudi Arabia for his first foreign trip of the new term — meeting Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in Riyadh — it underscored how closely U.S. interests now track Saudi change. In turn, MBS is set to visit the White House …
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