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Ex-President Gbagbo back in Ivory Coast after acquittal

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Former President Laurent Gbagbo returned home to Ivory Coast on Thursday, a decade after his refusal to concede defeat in a presidential election sparked months of violence...

Jun 17, 2021

China launches first three-man crew to new space station

JIUQUAN, China (AP) - China launched the first three-man crew to its new space station in its first crewed mission in five years Thursday. The astronauts are traveling in the Shenzhou-12 spaceship lau...

Jun 16, 2021

Southern Baptists vote to probe leaders' sex abuse response

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to create a task force to oversee an independent investigation into the denominatio...

Jun 16, 2021

Face to face: Biden, Putin meet for long-anticipated summit

GENEVA (AP) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin have arrived on Wednesday at the lush lakeside Swiss mansion for their highly anticipated summit, a moment of consequential diplomacy...

Jun 16, 2021

The Latest: Biden and Putin open summit with a handshake

GENEVA (AP) - GENEVA - President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are starting their diplomatic talks in Geneva. The two were first greeted by the Swiss president before sitting down for...

Jun 16, 2021

Malaysia court rules against coroner verdict in teen's death

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian High Court found Wednesday that a coroner erred in ruling that the death of a French-Irish teenager whose body was found near a jungle resort was likely due t...

Jun 16, 2021

Southern Baptists resist push from right in divisive vote

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Southern Baptist Convention tamped down a push from the right at its largest meeting in decades on Tuesday, electing a new president who has worked to bridge racial divides...

Jun 15, 2021

Former student guilty of murder in Colorado school shooting

DENVER (AP) - One of two former students accused of a fatal shooting at a suburban Denver school in 2019 was convicted Tuesday of over 40 criminal charges, including murder, attempted murder and consp...

Jun 15, 2021

People hurt by parachuting protestor at Euro 2020 game

MUNICH - Several spectators were treated in the hospital for injuries caused by a protestor who parachuted into the stadium before France played Germany at the European Championship, UEFA said Tuesday...

Jun 15, 2021

Oldest party wins most seats in voting for 'new Algeria'

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Algeria's oldest party, previously thought to be on the wane, won the largest number of seats in weekend legislative elections, the country's electoral authority announced Tues...

Jun 15, 2021