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The Latest: Castro says Diaz-Canel may also gain party post
April 19, 2018 HAVANA (AP) — The Latest on Raul Castro's handover of Cuba's presidency (all times local): 11 a.m. more »»
UN health agency: Dengue vaccine shouldn't be used widely
April 19, 2018 LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says the first-ever vaccine for dengue needs to be dealt with in "a much safer way," meaning that the shot should mostly be given to people who have... more »»
Seoul: N. Korean leader removes major nuclear sticking point
April 19, 2018 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that his rival, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, isn't asking for the withdrawal of U.. more »»
Attacker in Berlin skullcap case turns himself in to police
April 19, 2018 BERLIN (AP) — A 19-year-old Syrian asylum-seeker turned himself in to police Thursday after his violent attack on a man wearing a Jewish skullcap in Berlin caused outrage across German. more »»
Egypt exhibiting previously unseen Ptolemaic artifacts
April 19, 2018 CAIRO (AP) — Egypt is exhibiting artifacts from the Ptolemaic period for the first time in The Egyptian Museum in Cairo. more »»
Israel celebrates its 70th birthday with parties and BBQ's
April 19, 2018 JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is celebrating 70 years since the modern Jewish state was established. more »»
Syrian rebels hand over arms, leave another town near Douma
April 19, 2018 BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of Syrian rebels in a town northeast of Damascus handed in their weapons and boarded buses to leave under an evacuation deal, state media reported on Thursday. more »»
Another member quits Nobel literature academy
April 19, 2018 STOCKHOLM (AP) — Another member of the Swedish Academy awarding the Nobel Literature Prize said Thursday she is resigning, bringing the total number of board members who are quitting the... more »»
Trade issues expose the limits of Trump-Abe 'bromance'
April 19, 2018 PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe courted the new American president with a golden driver not long after Donald Trump won the White House. more »»
Calif. governor says deal reached on National Guard mission
April 19, 2018 SACRAMENTO, Calif. more »»
Taiwan calls Chinese military drills a threat to region
April 19, 2018 BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan's government said Thursday that recent Chinese military drills are aimed at intimidating the island and are a threat to regional peace and stability. more »»
The Latest: AP source: Pompeo, Kim discussed held Americans
April 19, 2018 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the United States and North Korea (all times local): 8:15 p.m. CIA Director Mike Pompeo raised the plight of three U.S. more »»
Bureaucrat set to replace Raul Castro as Cuba's president
April 19, 2018 HAVANA (AP) — A 57-year-old bureaucrat will take Raul Castro's place as the president of Cuba on Thursday as a government led by a single family for six decades tries to ensure the long-term... more »»
Quake, at least 5.5 in magnitude, strikes southern Iran
April 19, 2018 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An earthquake of at least magnitude 5.5 struck in southern Iran near the country's sole nuclear power plant on Thursday morning, shaking countries across the Persian Gulf. more »»
2,000 Kachin trapped by Myanmar fighting lack food, medicine
April 19, 2018 BANGKOK (AP) — Community leaders from the Christian ethnic Kachin community have called for urgent medical attention for about 2,000 civilians, including pregnant women and the elderly, trapped i... more »»
First Saudi cinema opens with popcorn and 'Black Panther'
April 19, 2018 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The lights dimmed and the crowd of men and women erupted into applause and hoots as Hollywood's blockbuster "Black Panther" premiered in Saudi Arabia's first movie... more »»
Corruption watchdog: G-20 moving slowly against tax havens
April 19, 2018 BERLIN (AP) — An international corruption watchdog group says two years after the Panama Papers revealed how the rich have stashed wealth in shell companies, the world's Group of 20 industrialize... more »»
Shallow Indonesia quake kills 3, damages hundreds of homes
April 19, 2018 JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A shallow earthquake in central Indonesia has killed three people and damaged more than 300 homes, disaster officials said Thursday as they declared a two-week emergency... more »»
Miguel Diaz-Canel selected as next president of Cuba
April 19, 2018 HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government on Wednesday selected 57-year-old First Vice President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez as the sole candidate to succeed President Raul Castro in a transition... more »» |
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