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One dead, dozens injured in fuel tax protests

Published:Saturday | November 17, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP):One protester was killed and 106 others were injured at roadblocks set up around France yesterday as citizens angry at rising fuel taxes rose up in a grass-roots movement and posed a new challenge to President Emmanuel Macron.Police...

May fights back against critics amid Brexit upheaval

Published:Saturday | November 17, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):British Prime Minister Theresa May fought back against critics of her Brexit deal yesterday, telling opponents from within her party that their alternative plans for Britain's departure from the European Union wouldn't work.May is...

Federal judge: Florida is 'laughing-stock of the world'

Published:Thursday | November 15, 2018 | 12:00 AM

TALLAHASSEE, (AP):A federal judge slammed Florida on Thursday for repeatedly failing to anticipate election problems, and said the state law on recounts appears to violate the US Supreme Court ruling that decided the presidency in 2000."We have been...

Fire death toll at 56 and counting in Northern California

Published:Thursday | November 15, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MAGALIA, California (AP):Cool weather helped fire crews gain ground yesterday against the deadliest wildfire in a century in the United States, as the search went on for more bodies in the ashes of Paradise and surrounding communities. At least 56...

Saudi prosecutor seeks death penalty in Khashoggi killing

Published:Thursday | November 15, 2018 | 12:00 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):Saudi Arabia's top prosecutor said on Thursday he would seek the death penalty for five men charged with the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, while the United States moved to sanction 17 Saudi...

UK's May battles to save her Brexit deal and her job

Published:Thursday | November 15, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):British Prime Minister Theresa May was battling yesterday to save both her Brexit deal and her job, as ministers quit her government and a growing list of lawmakers demanded her ouster over the divorce agreement struck between Britain...

Migrants fill Tijuana shelters, more on way to US border

Published:Thursday | November 15, 2018 | 12:00 AM

TIJUANA (AP):Members of a migrant caravan started to meet some local resistance as they continued to arrive by the hundreds in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, where a group of residents clashed with migrants camped out by the US border fence....

Days after ceasefire, Gaza border demonstrations to resume

Published:Thursday | November 15, 2018 | 12:00 AM

GAZA CITY (AP):Palestinian organisers of the weekly demonstrations in the Gaza Strip along the Israeli border said they will hold another protest today - in a key test of this week's ceasefire between Israel and Gaza militant groups.Tuesday's...

After arrest, Michael Avenatti denies LA domestic violence

Published:Thursday | November 15, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP):Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for Stormy Daniels, has denied allegations of domestic violence after his arrest near his ritzy Los Angeles skyscraper apartment."I have never struck a woman, I never will strike a woman," Avenatti told...

Republicans face renewed pressure on Mueller protection bill

Published:Wednesday | November 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Senate Republicans are facing renewed pressure to pass legislation to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller, with a handful of GOP senators urging their leadership to hold a vote now that President Donald Trump has pushed out...

Splintered migrant caravan groups arrive at US border

Published:Wednesday | November 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM

ESCUINAPA (AP):Migrants in a caravan of Central Americans scrambled to reach the US border, catching rides on buses and trucks for hundreds of miles in the last leg of their journey Wednesday as the first sizable groups began arriving in the border...

Police end investigation into former Interpol head disappearance

Published:Wednesday | November 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP):French authorities say they have closed an investigation into the disappearance and subsequent detention in China of the former president of Interpol, and found no evidence to support his wife's claim that she got a threatening call in...

N. California fires death toll now at 48; many still missing

Published:Wednesday | November 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM

CHICO, Calif. (AP) — A message board at a shelter for the many people who fled California's deadliest wildfire is filled with photos of the missing, as well as pleas for any information about relatives and friends. "I hope you are...

Israeli defense minister resigns over Gaza cease-fire deal

Published:Wednesday | November 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman abruptly resigned his post Wednesday in protest over a cease-fire reached with Gaza militants, in a move that rocked the Israeli political scene and seemed likely to bring about...

US hardens border at Tijuana to prepare for migrant caravan

Published:Wednesday | November 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM

IXTLAN DEL RIO, Mexico (AP) — The U.S. government said it was starting work Tuesday to "harden" the border crossing from Tijuana, Mexico, to prepare for the arrival of a migrant caravan leapfrogging its way across western Mexico....

US trial of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' gets under way

Published:Tuesday | November 13, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):The high-security trial of infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman got under way yesterday, with a prosecutor telling jurors how the man who got his start in a modest marijuana-selling business in Mexico ruthlessly turned...

California fire victims come into focus as search ramps up

Published:Tuesday | November 13, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PARADISE, California (AP):Ernest Foss was a musician who gave lessons out of his home when he lived in San Francisco, where an amplifier that ran the length of a wall served as the family's living room couch. Carl Wiley refurbished tires for...

Democrat Kyrsten Sinema wins Arizona US Senate seat

Published:Tuesday | November 13, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PHOENIX (AP) — Democrat Kyrsten Sinema has won Arizona's open U.S. Senate seat in a race that was among the most closely watched in the nation, beating Republican Republican Martha McSally in the battle to replace GOP Senator...

Amnesty International: Panicked civilians fled hospital in Yemen

Published:Monday | November 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

CAIRO (AP):Amnesty International says heavy fighting near a hospital in Yemen forced hundreds of patients to flee across the street, some carrying their own medical equipment, as shrapnel rained down.The rights group described scenes of chaos from...

Israel, Hamas trade heavy fire after deadly incursion

Published:Monday | November 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

GAZA CITY (AP):Palestinian militants bombarded Israel with dozens of rockets and mortar shells Monday, while Israeli warplanes struck targets throughout the Gaza Strip in what appeared to be the most intense exchange of fire since a 2014 war....

Northern California fire death toll at 29

Published:Monday | November 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PARADISE, California (AP):The dead were found in burned-out cars, in the smouldering ruins of their homes, or next to their vehicles, apparently overcome by smoke and flames before they could jump in behind the wheel and escape. In some cases, there...

Human rights commission expresses 'concern'

Published:Monday | November 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP):The Inter-American Com-mission on Human Rights has expressed "deep concern" over human rights in Brazil and says it will monitor what happens when the government of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro assumes office on January 1.The...

Some Southern California fire evacuations lifted

Published:Monday | November 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MALIBU, California (AP) Some of the thousands of people who fled Southern California's huge wildfire were being allowed to return home, and traffic was flowing Monday on the major highway through the area after a closure of several days....

Trump's new move to limit asylum challenged in court

Published:Sunday | November 11, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation to deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally, tightening the border as caravans of Central Americans slowly approach the United States. The plan was immediately...

Death toll from wildfires hits 31 at both ends of California

Published:Sunday | November 11, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PARADISE, California (AP):Authorities called in a mobile DNA lab and anthropologists to help identify the dead as the search went on for victims of the most destructive wildfire in California history. The overall death toll from the outbreak of...

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