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Improvised explosive kills three and wounds seven in Pakistan’s southwest Baluchistan province

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a blast from an improvised explosive device has killed three people and wounded seven in southwestern Baluchistan province. Footage from the scene moments before the attack shows a motorcyclist traveling alongside the car, attaching something to it before riding off. The car exploded, scattering civilians and traffic. Nobody

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Berlin’s government offers to give away villa once owned by Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels

By STEPHEN GRAHAM Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s government is offering to give away a villa once owned by Adolf Hitler’s propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, hoping to end a decades-long debate on whether to repurpose or bulldoze the sprawling, disused site in the countryside north of the German capital. Berlin has repeatedly tried to

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Cambodia’s Supreme Court upholds the 2-year prison sentence of a casino strike leader

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Supreme Court has upheld the two-year prison sentence of a labor union leader who led a long-running strike against the country’s biggest casino. Chhim Sithar, president of the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld, had originally been convicted in May 2023

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Panama Supreme Court rejects challenge to candidacy of presidential frontrunner days before vote

By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s Supreme Court has rejected a constitutional challenge to the candidacy of leading presidential contender José Raúl Mulino. The move removes an element of uncertainty two days before the May 5 vote. The court was ruling on a challenge from lawyer Karisma Etienne Karamañites, who argued

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Metal detectors. No banners, flags or large bags. Expect heightened security at university commencements after protests

By Ray Sanchez, Alisha Ebrahimji and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Madelyn Gamble’s journey to graduation at Indiana University has been bookended by forces beyond her control. Gamble spent freshman year taking online university courses amid the Covid-19 surge. She didn’t meet anyone in her graduating class until sophomore year. And now protests in response

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2 Nigerian military personnel will face court martial over a drone attack that killed 85 villagers

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian military authorities say two military personnel will face a court martial over the killing of 85 villagers in a drone attack in the West African nation’s conflict-battered north four months earlier. Nigeria’s military often conducts air raids as it fights the extremist violence and rebel

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UK’s governing Conservatives set for historic losses in local polls as Labour urges general election

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s governing Conservative Party suffered heavy losses in local election results Friday, further cementing expectations that the Labour Party will return to power after 14 years in a U.K. general election that will take place in the coming months. Labour won control of councils in England it

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Biden to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 politicians, activists, athletes and more

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to a diverse group of 19 individuals. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Vice President Al Gore are among those who will receive the nation’s highest civilian honor from the Democratic president at the White House

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