Thursday, March 19, 2026

Huge explosions rock Beirut with widespread damage, injuries

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BEIRUT (AP) — Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as...
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Report: Retired Pope Benedict XVI ill after visit to Germany

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BERLIN (AP) — Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has fallen ill after his return from a trip to his native Bavaria to visit his brother,...

HSBC says net profit plunged 96% in 2Q as pandemic took hold

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LONDON (AP) — Europe's biggest bank, HSBC, said Monday that its net profit plummeted 96% in the second quarter of this year as lower...

Outbreak hits Norway cruise ship, could spread along coast

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JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Norwegian cruise ship line halted all trips and apologized Monday for procedural errors after a...

Iran says it detains leader of California-based exile group

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AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Saturday said it detained an Iranian-American leader of a little-known California-based militant...

Eurozone economy suffers record drop during lockdown months

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JOHN LEICESTER and DAVID McHUGH Associated PressPARIS (AP) — The economy of the 19-country eurozone shrank by a devastating 12.1% in the April-June period from...

Sleepy lions, empty bars, lost jobs: A world without tourism

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JOHN LEICESTER, ROD McGUIRK and ARNO PEDRAM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — With no American visitors to show around the D-Day beaches or the Loire...

Britain delays easing of lockdown as virus spread speeds up

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DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson put some of the country's next steps out of lockdown...

Moscow demands that Belarus free 33 detained Russians

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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin demanded Friday that Belarus quickly release 33 Russian private security contractors it detained on terrorism charges,...

EU leaders extend summit as they haggle over budget, virus

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RAF CASERT and MIKE CORDER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Saturday extended their summit by an extra day, convinced they were...