Saturday, October 18, 2025

Afghan president appears to win new term in initial results

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RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appears to have narrowly won a second term, according to preliminary results from...

Race for Croatia’s presidency goes to runoff election

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JOVANA GEC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia's conservative president will face a liberal former prime minister in a runoff election after no candidate...

Banksy takes politically charged Nativity scene to Bethlehem

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MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH Associated Press BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The mysterious street artist known as Banksy has displayed a politically charged Nativity scene in Bethlehem,...

UK charges US diplomat’s wife over teen’s death in crash

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JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An American diplomat's wife who left the U.K. after being involved in a road accident that killed...

What crackdown? Migrant smuggling business adapts, thrives

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MARIA VERZA and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) — The heavy-set man swept through a curtain into the reserved area of a...

It’s sizzling: Australia experiences hottest day on record

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SYDNEY (AP) — Australia experienced its hottest day on record and temperatures are expected to soar even higher as heatwave conditions embrace most of...

Macron, under pressure, mulling changes to pension plan

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SYLVIE CORBET  Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is ready to make changes to his unpopular pension reform plans, an official said Wednesday,...

Police gird for separatist protest at Barcelona soccer match

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JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Thousands of police and private security personnel were deployed Wednesday in and around Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium...

Archaeologists in Greece find 3,500-year-old royal tombs

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NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — American archaeologists have discovered two monumental royal tombs dating from about 3,500 years ago near a major...

UN AIDS agency fires whistleblower after misconduct probe

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MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer TORONTO (AP) — The United Nations' AIDS agency has fired two staffers for financial and sexual misconduct, including a whistleblower...