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Month: October 2023

On a US tour, Ukrainian faith leaders plead for continued support against the Russian invasion

By PETER SMITH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Like other Christian, Jewish and Muslim clergy in a delegation of Ukrainian interfaith leaders visiting the United States this week, Bishop Ivan Rusyn has a succinct message: “Please, hear our cry.” The deputy senior bishop of the Ukrainian Evangelical Church, a Protestant denomination, said that since the

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Senior Chinese official meets Myanmar leader for security talks as fighting rages in frontier area

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A high-ranking official from China has made a visit to military-ruled Myanmar to discuss security along the countries’ shared border. Myanmar state media reported Chinese State Council member and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong met Tuesday with Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who heads Myanmar’s military

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Kids return to school, plan to trick-or-treat as Maine communities start to heal from mass shooting

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Children returned to school Tuesday and planned to go trick-or-treating in the evening after spending days locked in their homes while authorities combed the area for the man responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history. Hundreds of students were back in class at Lewiston

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Gallaudet has a history of technological innovation with wide applications. The latest is a helmet

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Gallaudet University and AT&T developed a football helmet for Deaf and hard-of-hearing players that they hope can make the sport more accessible. The innovation is the latest example of the private university being an incubator for technology that can have much wider applications beyond the Deaf

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Bud Light sales keep sinking

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Bud Light continues to drag Anheuser-Busch InBev’s bottom line in the United States, but the world’s biggest brewer’s sales rose because of higher prices. The company reported a 13.5% decline in third-quarter US revenue per 100 liters, a key measure of beer sales, as an ongoing backlash

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Tunisia’s Islamist party leader is sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting terrorism

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The leader of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting terrorism and inciting hatred in the North African country. The Court of Appeal in the capital, Tunis, pronounced the sentence against the Ennahdha leader Rached Ghannouchi late Monday.

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Finland convicts 3 far-right men for plotting racially motivated attacks using 3D printed weapons

HELSINKI (AP) — Three Finnish men who embraced neo-Nazi ideology have been found guilty of committing crimes with terrorist intent including plotting attacks against migrants, critical infrastructure, and their perceived political opponents. A court on Tuesday sentenced the main suspect, a 29 year-old man, to three years and four months in prison on charges of

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