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NEW DELHI (AP) — Mulayam Singh Yadav, India’s former defense minister and a veteran socialist leader, has died. He was 82. Yadav was admitted to a private hospital near Delhi for more than two weeks. His death was announced Monday by his son Akhilesh Yadav, the political heir to his Samajwadi Party that holds sway
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN North Korean state media has broken its silence over the country’s recent spate of missile tests, claiming they were part of a series of simulated procedures intended to demonstrate its readiness to fire tactical nuclear warheads at potential targets in South Korea. The Kim regime has
Continue Reading By RIAZAT BUTT and ADIL JAWAD KHAN Associated Press DADU, Pakistan (AP) — Every part of Rajul Noor’s life has been wrecked by this summer’s massive monsoon-driven floods. The 12-year-old girl’s family home is destroyed, as is the school that she loved. The friends she used to walk to school and play with are scattered,
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Continue Reading KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Multiple explosions rocked Kyiv early Monday following months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported explosions in the city’s Shevchenko district, a large area in the center of Kyiv that includes the historic old town as well as several government offices. Lesia Vasylenko, a member of
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October is National Down Syndrome Awareness month. The Filmmakers Gallery hosted its 2nd Annual Palm Springs International Down Syndrome Film Festival at The Mary Pickford Theater in Cathedral City. Locals gathered at the theater to watch documentaries, shorts, and music videos highlighting men and women with down syndrome. “What inspired us the most is my
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — India’s External Affairs minister says Russia’s war on Ukraine “does not serve the interests of anybody.” But Subrahmanyam Jaishankar declined to say whether his government would support a United Nations General Assembly motion condemning Moscow’s annexation of Ukrainian territories. Jaishankar was speaking Monday at a joint
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares slipped on Monday, with Chinese markets logging moderate losses after reopening from a weeklong holiday to news of a fresh set of lockdowns due to rising COVID-19 cases. The declines followed yet another dismal end to the week on Wall Street as a strong
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares slipped on Monday, with Chinese markets logging moderate losses after reopening from a weeklong holiday to news of a fresh set of lockdowns due to rising COVID-19 cases. The declines followed yet another dismal end to the week on Wall Street as a strong
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By Dianne Gallagher and Jamiel Lynch, CNN Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has again been subpoenaed amid an ongoing civil suit in a multimillion-dollar welfare fraud scandal, and this time attorneys want to see communications between the ex-governor and former NFL and Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre. Attorneys for one of the defendants in
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Individual travelers will be able to visit Japan without visas beginning Tuesday, just like in pre-COVID-19 times. Electronics stores, airlines and various tourists spots have big hopes for a revival of their businesses. Japan kept its borders closed to most foreign travelers during much of the pandemic.
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Individual travelers will be able to visit Japan without visas beginning Tuesday, just like in pre-COVID-19 times. Electronics stores, airlines and various tourists spots have big hopes for a revival of their businesses. Japan kept its borders closed to most foreign travelers during much of the pandemic.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Anthony Davis scored 28 points in his return to the Lakers lineup after missing two games due to injury, and Los Angeles defeated Golden State 124-121 Sunday night in the Warriors’ first game since the practice altercation between Draymond Green and Jordan Poole. Matt Ryan made a pair of free throws
Continue Reading By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democrats predicted abortion would be Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s saving grace. But inside Nevada’s crowded union halls, across its sun-scorched desert towns and on the buzzing Las Vegas strip, there are signs that outrage over the Supreme Court’s decision to dismantle abortion rights may
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Marjorie Taylor Greene took her seat directly behind Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy, a proximity to power for the firebrand congresswoman that did not go unnoticed, as he unveiled the House GOP’s midterm election agenda in Pennsylvania. Days later, she appeared on stage warming up the
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, DOJ By Maeve Reston, CNN There is perhaps nowhere in the country where former President Donald Trump had more success elevating his slate of “Make American Great Again” candidates into formidable 2022 contenders than Arizona, a state he narrowly lost in 2020 where he has relentlessly sought to overturn the presidential election results.
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press I crouched onto the damp grass and picked at the weeds sprouting around my dad’s headstone. I struggled for the words — and the courage — to tell him what I couldn’t in his living years. I had flown thousands of miles to Sacramento to visit my dead father
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press I crouched onto the damp grass and picked at the weeds sprouting around my dad’s headstone. I struggled for the words — and the courage — to tell him what I couldn’t in his living years. I had flown thousands of miles to Sacramento to visit my dead father
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — With her home gone and all her belongings trashed by Hurricane Ian, Alice Pujols wept as she picked through soggy clothes, toys and overturned furniture piled head-high outside a stranger’s house, looking to salvage something — anything — for her four
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