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Italian cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 9

ROME (AP) - A mountaintop cable car plunged to the ground in northern Italy on Sunday, killing at least nine people and sending two children to the hospital, authorities said. A photo of the wreckage ...

May 23, 2021

Israeli police allow Jews to visit flashpoint Jerusalem site

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli police on Sunday escorted more than 120 Jewish visitors to a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem where police actions in recent weeks had ignited protests and violence that trig...

May 23, 2021

Congo volcano's lava flows short of regional capital

GOMA, Congo (AP) - Congo's Mount Nyiragongo unleashed lava that destroyed homes on the outskirts of Goma, but witnesses said Sunday that the city of 2 million had been mostly spared after the volcano ...

May 23, 2021

India's national carrier says hack leaked passengers' data

NEW DELHI (AP) - Personal data of an unspecified number of travelers has been compromised after a company that serves India's national carrier was hacked, Air India said. The hackers were able to acce...

May 23, 2021

Iran says inspectors may no longer get nuclear sites images

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's parliament speaker said Sunday that international inspectors may no longer access surveillance images of the Islamic Republic's nuclear sites, escalating tensions amid diplo...

May 22, 2021

Drake, The Weeknd poised for big night at Billboard Awards

NEW YORK (AP) - Some of the Grammys' biggest critics, who felt they've been overlooked at the famed awards show, will take center stage at another event: the 2021 Billboard Music Awards. The Weeknd ca...

May 22, 2021

20 die in extreme weather in China cross-country race

BEIJING (AP) - At least 20 people running a mountain marathon cross-country race have died in northwestern China after hail, freezing rain and gale winds hit the high-altitude track, rescuers said Sun...

May 22, 2021

Dua Lipa blasts group that condemned her for Mideast stance

NEW YORK (AP) - Singer Dua Lipa is blasting an organization that paid for a full-page ad in The New York Times that called her antisemitic for her support of Palestinians, saying it used her name "sha...

May 22, 2021

Volcano erupts near Congolese city of Goma; residents flee

GOMA, Congo (AP) - Congo's Mount Nyiragongo erupted for the first time in nearly two decades Saturday, turning the night sky a fiery red and sending lava onto a major highway as panicked residents tri...

May 22, 2021

China's Mars rover touches ground on red planet

BEIJING (AP) - China's first Mars rover has driven down from its landing platform and is now roaming the surface of the red planet, China's space administration said Saturday. The solar-powered rover ...

May 22, 2021