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Saudi king leaves hospital after pacemaker battery changed

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia's octogenarian monarch underwent medical tests and had the battery of his pacemaker changed, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported Wednesday. King Salman w...

Mar 16, 2022

7.3 magnitude quake hits north Japan, tsunami alert issued

TOKYO (AP) - A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake ...

Mar 16, 2022

9 killed, including 6 college students, in Texas collision

ANDREWS, Texas (AP) - The Texas Department of Public Safety says nine people were killed in a head-on collision in West Texas, including six students and a coach from a New Mexico university's golf te...

Mar 16, 2022

Council of Europe expels Russia from human rights body

STRASBOURG, France (AP) - The Council of Europe on Wednesday expelled Russia from the continent's foremost human rights body in an unprecedented move over Moscow's invasion and war in Ukraine. The 47-...

Mar 16, 2022

Zelenskyy takes center stage in Congress, pleading for help

WASHINGTON (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is addressing the U.S. Congress, the actor-turned-wartime leader's latest video speech as he uses the West's great legislative bodies as a glo...

Mar 16, 2022

Talking to kids about nukes: Parents, experts suggest truth

NEW YORK (AP) - Jillian Amodio went with the truth when her 10-year-old daughter had some pointed questions about the war in Ukraine. "When she asked what nuclear weapons were, I explained in simple t...

Mar 16, 2022

UK lawmaker: Zaghari-Ratcliffe on her way to airport in Iran

LONDON (AP) - A British lawmaker said Wednesday that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been detained in Iran for nearly six years, is on her way to Tehran's airport to leave the country. U.K. lawmake...

Mar 16, 2022

Leaders return safely to EU after visit to Kyiv amid attacks

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - The prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia have returned safely back to Poland on Wednesday after a visit to Kyiv meant to show support for Ukraine as it face...

Mar 16, 2022

Ukraine to appeal to US for more help amid Russian bombing

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's president was preparing to make a direct appeal for more help in a rare speech by a foreign leader to the U.S. Congress, even as Russia continued its bombardment of the ...

Mar 16, 2022

Seoul: North Korean launch apparently ends in failure

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea says North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile but the launch apparently ended in a failure. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says in a statement that t...

Mar 15, 2022