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New Orleans takes down white supremacist monument

Published:Monday | April 24, 2017 | 12:00 AM

A monument to a deadly white-supremacist uprising in 1874 was removed under cover of darkness by workers in masks and bulletproof vests yesterday as New Orleans joined the movement to take down symbols of the Confederacy and the Jim Crow South.The...

271 sanctions in response to Syrian President Bashar Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons

Published:Monday | April 24, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) :The United States has issued 271 sanctions in response to Syrian President Bashar Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons. It's one of the largest...

Remote Oregon town for sale for US$3.5 million

Published:Monday | April 24, 2017 | 12:00 AM

TILLER, Ore. (AP):Almost an entire Oregon town is for sale for $US3.5 million - or about $US3.9 million if you also want the local elementary school, which is a separate deal.The tiny community of Tiller...

Country shows off new air assets for Boko Haram fight

Published:Monday | April 24, 2017 | 12:00 AM

MAKURDI, Nigeria (AP):Nigeria's air force has shown off new assets it says will be used to combat the Boko Haram insurgency in its north and oil militants in its south.The West African nation's...

Unique US Declaration of Independence copy found

Published:Monday | April 24, 2017 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):A unique copy of the US Declaration of Independence has been discovered in an unexpected place - England.The copy, similar to the one viewed by millions each year at the National Archives...

NKorea detains US citizen, the 3rd American being held there

Published:Sunday | April 23, 2017 | 12:00 AM

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP):North Korea has detained a United States citizen, officials said yesterday, bringing to three the number of Americans now being held there.Tony Kim, who also goes by his Korean name Kim Sang-duk, was detained on Saturday...

US carrier heading for Korea trains with Japanese destroyers

Published:Sunday | April 23, 2017 | 12:00 AM

TOKYO (AP):An American aircraft carrier heading towards the Korean Peninsula began joint exercises yesterday with Japanese naval ships in the Philippine Sea.Two Japanese destroyers joined the USS Carl Vinson and two other US warships as they...

American monitor killed in Ukraine when mine hits vehicle

Published:Sunday | April 23, 2017 | 12:00 AM

MOSCOW (AP):An American member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation's (OSCE) monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine died yesterday and two others were wounded when their vehicle was blown up by a mine in the separatist Luhansk region.The...

Obama meets with at-risk youth ahead of Chicago speech

Published:Sunday | April 23, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Former United States President Barack Obama met yesterday with at-risk young men and boys in his hometown of Chicago before his first major post-presidency speech.The former president spent time at a round table with youth from the...

Centrist Macron vs far-right Le Pen

Published:Sunday | April 23, 2017 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP):Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right populist Marine Le Pen advanced yesterday to a runoff in France's presidential election, remaking the country's political landscape and setting up a showdown over its participation in the European...

Bloomberg to world leaders: Ignore Trump on climate

Published:Sunday | April 23, 2017 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg urged world leaders not to follow President Donald Trump's lead on climate change and declared his intention to help save an international agreement to reduce carbon emissions.Bloomberg, who...

Pollsters project Macron vs. Le Pen in French runoff

Published:Sunday | April 23, 2017 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP) -- Pollsters projected that pro-Europe centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right populist Marine Le Pen advanced Sunday to France's presidential runoff on May 7 - igniting wild cheering and singing at their respective headquarters...

French vote for president is litmus test for Europe's future

Published:Sunday | April 23, 2017 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP) -- Amid heightened security, French voters began casting ballots for their next president Sunday in a first-round poll that's being seen as a litmus test for the future of Europe and the spread of populism around the world. More than...

Trump awards first Purple Heart

Published:Saturday | April 22, 2017 | 1:59 PM

BETHESDA, Maryland (AP):President Donald Trump yesterday awarded a Purple Heart to an army sergeant who was recently wounded in Afghanistan, the first of many Trump likely will award during his service as commander-in-chief of the United States...

Pope comforts sister of French priest slain by extremists

Published:Saturday | April 22, 2017 | 12:00 AM

ROME (AP):Pope Francis yesterday comforted the sister of an elderly French priest who was slain by Islamic militants in a church in Normandy as the pontiff paid tribute with a special prayer service to the courage of 20th- and 21st-century Christian...

More than 700 medical workers killed in Syrian conflict

Published:Saturday | April 22, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BEIRUT (AP):Missiles struck a medical centre in Syria's northern rebel-held province, putting the facility built underground for protection out of service and killing a number of its staff, opposition activists said yesterday.The Britain-based...

Social media time out as voters go to the polls

Published:Saturday | April 22, 2017 | 2:24 PM

PARIS (AP):The final hours of many electoral campaigns are frantic affairs, dominated by last-minute pitches, late-breaking polls and massive social media campaigns aimed at drumming up turnout.Not so in France.Rules dating back more than half a...

Protesters cross into western Caracas

Published:Saturday | April 22, 2017 | 12:00 AM

CARACAS (AP) - For the first time in three weeks of protest, demonstrators in Venezuela yesterday crossed from the wealthier eastern side of the nation's capital to the west without encountering resistance from state security.Opposition lawmaker...

US flight attendant grounded after verbal clash taking stroller from passenger

Published:Saturday | April 22, 2017 | 12:00 AM

HOUSTON (AP): American Airlines says it has grounded a flight attendant who got into a verbal confrontation with a passenger after the flight attendant took a baby stroller away from another passenger. Spokeswoman Leslie Scott says the airline is...

Officials: at least 12 people killed overnight in Venezuela

Published:Friday | April 21, 2017 | 12:00 AM

CARACAS (AP):At least 12 people were killed overnight following looting and violence in Venezuela's capital amid a spiralling political crisis in the South American country, authorities said yesterday.The Public Ministry confirmed the deaths...

Assets Justice Dept threatens sanctuary cities

Published:Friday | April 21, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):The Trump administration has intensified its threats to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to comply with federal immigration authorities, sending letters yesterday to...

Arkansas conducts first execution since 2005, plans 3 more

Published:Friday | April 21, 2017 | 12:00 AM

VARNER (AP):Arkansas carried out its first execution in nearly a dozen years despite a flurry of legal challenges that spared three convicted killers, but courts still could scuttle the...

Cop killer gunman had note defending IS group

Published:Friday | April 21, 2017 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP):The Champs-Elysees gunman who shot and killed a Paris police officer just days before France's presidential election had a note with him defending the Islamic State group, France's anti-...

Slain journalist had reported attacks before

Published:Thursday | April 20, 2017 | 12:00 AM

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (AP):A prominent Russian journalist who died on Wednesday after being attacked had previously been targeted for his work, his editor said yesterday.Before his death, Nikolai...

Arkansas officials ask courts to clear path for executions

Published:Thursday | April 20, 2017 | 12:00 AM

LITTLE ROCK, Ark (AP):Arkansas prepared again yesterday to conduct its first executions since 2005, wary and weary after a series of court decisions gutted its unprecedented plan to put eight...

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