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Ex-cop convicted of killing St Lucian Botham Jean gets 10 years imprisonment

Published:Wednesday | October 2, 2019 | 4:29 PM

DALLAS (AP) — A former Dallas policewoman was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for killing her neighbour in his apartment, which she said she mistook for her own unit one floor below. Amber Guyger didn’t appear to...

Boris Johnson delivers Brexit deal to EU

Published:Wednesday | October 2, 2019 | 9:59 AM

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Britain has sent its proposals for a Brexit deal to leaders of the European Union, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging “rapid negotiations towards a solution.” The proposals submitted on Wednesday...

EU jobs chief says no plan for common minimum wage

Published:Tuesday | October 1, 2019 | 3:30 PM

BRUSSELS (AP) — The official set to become the European Union’s employment chief has no plan to create a minimum wage that would apply in every country of the 28-nation bloc. Laying out his priorities during a hearing by European...

Jury in Texas convicts ex-cop who fatally shot St Lucian neighbour

Published:Tuesday | October 1, 2019 | 11:37 AM

DALLAS (AP) — A former Dallas police officer who said she fatally shot her unarmed, neighbour after mistaking his apartment for her own was found guilty of murder on Tuesday. A jury reached the verdict in Amber Guyger’s high-...

UK set to submit Brexit deal proposals

Published:Tuesday | October 1, 2019 | 11:10 AM

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — After months of Brexit stalemate, Britain is finally about to play its hand, setting out Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s proposals for a last-minute divorce deal with the European Union. It’s a crucial...

New protest amid demands that president resign

Published:Tuesday | October 1, 2019 | 12:25 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Demonstrators set fires ON Monday and chanted calls for Haiti’s president to resign as the opposition to Jovenel Moïse tried to increase pressure for him to leave office. Schools, businesses and government offices were closed...

We can’t be ordered to investigate Biden – Zelenskiy

Published:Tuesday | October 1, 2019 | 12:24 AM

KIEV (AP): Ukraine’s president says his country can’t be pressured into opening an investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden or his son. And both Ukraine and rival Russia are pushing back at the White House for releasing a...

Storm in central Europe kills 3, disrupts travel and power

Published:Monday | September 30, 2019 | 4:26 PM

BERLIN (AP) — High winds swept across parts of central Europe on Monday, leaving three people dead, disrupting transport and causing power outages. Slovak police said a 14-year-old boy was killed by a fallen tree in Nitra, east of Bratislava...

Forever 21 files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Published:Monday | September 30, 2019 | 1:44 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Low-price fashion chain Forever 21, a once-hot destination for teen shoppers that fell victim to its own rapid expansion and changing consumer tastes, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The privately held company...

Ukraine’s leader says his country can’t be ordered to investigate Biden

Published:Monday | September 30, 2019 | 1:06 PM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president says his country can’t be pressured into opening an investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden or his son. And both Ukraine and rival Russia are pushing back at the...

Boris Johnson denies wrongdoing as allegations mount

Published:Monday | September 30, 2019 | 9:22 AM

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced political opposition and personal allegations Monday as he tried to fulfil his pledge to lead Britain out of the European Union in just over a month. As he tried to energise...

UK's Johnson denies any wrongdoing in ties with US tech exec

Published:Sunday | September 29, 2019 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied wrongdoing today over his links to an American businesswoman who allegedly received money and favourable treatment because of their friendship during his time as mayor of London. Asked...

Nearly 8000 Malaria cases in Sudan province

Published:Friday | September 27, 2019 | 9:50 AM

CAIRO (AP) — Doctors in Sudan say the number of malaria cases in North Darfur province has climbed to nearly 8,000 people in less than a month. They are warning that the outbreak in the country’s far-flung west may persist if the...

Asylum seeker released from US custody after hunger strike

Published:Friday | September 27, 2019 | 9:39 AM

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — One of two Indian nationals who refused to eat for more than 70 days while seeking asylum in the U.S. has been released after a year in immigration detention. Ajay Kumar left a detention processing center near an...

Marijuana vaping product sales sink amid lung disease scare

Published:Friday | September 27, 2019 | 12:00 AM

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP): Vaping products, one of the fastest-growing segments of the legal marijuana industry, have taken a hit from consumers as public health experts scramble to determine what’s causing a mysterious and sometimes fatal lung disease...

Johnson uses fiery strategy with election in mind

Published:Friday | September 27, 2019 | 12:15 AM

LONDON (AP): Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come out fighting after a string of defeats, including a bruising blow from the country’s highest court, and while his combative stance is offending some, that may well be the point. His strategy...

Voters are anxious and wary as Democrats pursue impeachment

Published:Friday | September 27, 2019 | 12:14 AM

EXTON, Pennsylvania (AP): Evie Burt has long thought Donald Trump deserved to be impeached, even before the allegations that the president tried to squeeze a foreign leader for damaging information about a political opponent. But that doesn’t mean...

US House passes bill giving marijuana businesses access to banking

Published:Thursday | September 26, 2019 | 1:29 PM

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would grant legal marijuana businesses access to banking, a measure that would clear up a longstanding headache for the industry. The bill, called the SAFE Banking Act, passed 321-103...

British couple convicted of drug smuggling blames Jamaican man

Published:Thursday | September 26, 2019 | 1:42 PM

LISBON (AP) - A Portuguese court has convicted an elderly British couple of drug trafficking after police apprehended them on a cruise ship with nine kilogrammes of cocaine hidden in their suitcases. The court sentenced the pair, who are in their...

Zimbabwe drama around Mugabe’s burial place continues

Published:Thursday | September 26, 2019 | 12:50 PM

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe now will be buried at his rural home, a government spokesman said Thursday, the latest twist in the drama around the ex-strongman’s final resting place. Nick...

Whistleblower claims White House tried to ‘lock down’ call details

Published:Thursday | September 26, 2019 | 10:11 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The secret whistleblower complaint at the center of Congress’ impeachment inquiry alleges that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office to “solicit interference from a foreign country” in next...

Earthquake shakes eastern Indonesia, kills at least 20

Published:Thursday | September 26, 2019 | 9:26 AM

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong earthquake Thursday killed at least 20 people and damaged a bridge, a hospital and other buildings on one of Indonesia’s less populated islands. Parts of a building at an Islamic university collapsed...

‘We’re all in big trouble’: Climate panel sees a dire future

Published:Thursday | September 26, 2019 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned in a grim new report Wednesday. Sea levels are rising at an ever-faster rate as ice and snow shrink, and oceans are getting...

Johnson urges opposition to call confidence vote

Published:Thursday | September 26, 2019 | 12:25 AM

LONDON (AP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged opposition parties to try to topple his government with a no-confidence vote. In an extremely unusual move, Johnson said the government would welcome a no-confidence motion from any of the...

Iran’s leader: US committing ‘merciless economic terrorism’