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Witness recalls harrowing moment of Seoul crowd surge

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - As he watched a dozen or more unconscious partygoers carried out from a narrow backstreet packed with youngsters dressed like movie characters, an overwhelmed Ken Fallas coul...

Oct 30, 2022

Brazil’s polarizing Bolsonaro-Lula contest goes to voters

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazilians began voting Sunday morning in a polarizing presidential runoff election that pits an incumbent vowing to safeguard conservative Christian values against a former pres...

Oct 30, 2022

Somalia's leader says at least 100 killed in Saturday attack

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's president says at least 100 people were killed in Saturday's two car bombings at a busy junction in the capital and the toll could rise. President Hassan Sheikh Moh...

Oct 29, 2022

S. Korea in shock, grief as 151 die in Halloween crowd surge

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Concerned relatives raced to hospitals in search of their loved ones Sunday as South Korea mourned the deaths of at least 151 people, mostly in their teens and 20s, who got t...

Oct 29, 2022

Congo expels Rwandan ambassador after new rebel advance

GOMA, Congo (AP) - Congo's government ordered the Rwandan ambassador to leave the country within 48 hours Saturday after a rapid advance by M23 rebels near their shared border led two more towns to fa...

Oct 29, 2022

Officials: Dozens in cardiac arrest after Seoul crowd surge

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean officials said around 50 people were in cardiac arrest and a number feared dead after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Ha...

Oct 29, 2022

Russia says it will suspend UN-brokered Ukraine export deal

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that Moscow has moved to suspend its implementation of a U.N.-brokered grain export deal which has seen more than 9 million tons of grai...

Oct 29, 2022

Two explosions rock Somalia's capital, leaving "scores" dead

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Two car bombs exploded Saturday at a busy junction in Somalia's capital near key government offices, leaving "scores of civilian casualties," police told state media. The att...

Oct 29, 2022

US judge in Arizona lets group monitor ballot drop boxes

PHOENIX (AP) - A federal judge Friday refused to bar a group from monitoring outdoor ballot boxes in Arizona's largest county, saying that to do so could violate the its constitutional rights. U.S. Di...

Oct 28, 2022

Deaths of 8 in Oklahoma home investigated as murder-suicide

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) - The deaths of eight people - including six children - found in a burning Oklahoma home are being investigated as a murder-suicide, authorities said Friday. The children rang...

Oct 28, 2022