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Probe of Southern Baptist sex abuse response moves forward
By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — A new Southern Baptist Convention task force is overseeing a third-party investigation…
Continue Reading Festival season returns to Nepal amid declining COVID cases
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tens of thousands of devotees have packed the old palace courtyard in the heart of…
Continue Reading Capsized river boat leaves 10 dead in southwest China
BEIJING (AP) — State media says that a capsized river boat in southwest China has left at least 10 people dead, with another five still missing.…
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France’s Macron to talk to Biden amid crisis over submarines
By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s government spokesman says President Emmanuel Macron will speak in the coming days…
Continue Reading France’s Macron to talk to Biden amid crisis over submarines
By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s government spokesman says President Emmanuel Macron will speak in the coming days…
Continue Reading Thousands march in Ukraine for LGBT rights, safety
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Some 7,000 people have gathered in Ukrainian capital for the annual March for Equality in support of the rights of the…
Continue Reading Boxer-senator Manny Pacquiao to run for Philippine president
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine boxing icon and senator Manny Pacquiao says he will run for president in the 2022 elections. Pacquiao…
Continue Reading Biden pitching partnership after tough stretch with allies
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden goes before the United Nations this week to address the coronavirus…
Continue Reading Democrats push to retool health care programs for millions
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dental work for Medicare recipients. An end to sky’s-the-limit…
Continue Reading Democrats push to retool health care programs for millions
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dental work for Medicare recipients. An end to sky’s-the-limit…
Continue Reading First edition copy of ‘Frankenstein’ sells for over $1 million at auction
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN A first edition copy of the classic novel “Frankenstein” sold for $1.17 million at a recent auction in New York.…
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This is what happens to all the rats when cities flood
By Amanda Schupak, CNN In the wake of Hurricane Ida, the pummeling rain that hit cities up and down the East Coast at the start of September…
Continue Reading Taliban-run Kabul municipality to female workers: Stay home
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The interim mayor of Afghanistan’s capital says female employees in the Kabul city…
Continue Reading Volcano erupts on Atlantic island; lava destroys some homes
By JONATHAN RODRÍGUEZ and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Spain (AP) — A volcano on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La…
Continue Reading Gunmen release 10 Nigerian students after collecting ransom
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An official says gunmen have released 10 more students abducted earlier in July in…
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Peter forms over the Atlantic Ocean
MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Peter has formed over the Atlantic Ocean early Sunday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says…
Continue Reading Australia says France knew of ‘grave’ submarine concerns
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says France would have known Australia had…
Continue Reading Australia says France knew of ‘grave’ submarine concerns
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says France would have known Australia had…
Continue Reading Gunmen kill constable protecting polio team in Pakistan
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot dead a police constable guarding polio…
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