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Thailand's former PM Thaksin Shinawatra to serve one-year prison term for previous convictions

BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand's Supreme Court said former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve a one-year prison term for previous convictions on graft and abuse of power charges, after investigatin...

Sep 08, 2025

Workers' daily commute to Mexico City ends in tragedy in fatal train-bus collision

ATLACOMULCO, Mexico (AP) - The freight train's horn rang out shortly before it cleaved in two a double-decker bus carrying domestic and construction workers to Mexico's capital on Monday morning, leav...

Sep 08, 2025

Democrats release suggestive letter to Epstein purportedly signed by Trump, which he denies

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released on Monday a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly signed by President Donald Trump, which he has denied. Trump...

Sep 08, 2025

Freight train slams into a bus outside Mexico City and kills at least 8 people

MEXICO CITY (AP) - A freight train slammed into a double-deck bus northwest of Mexico City early Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring 45, authorities said. The accident took place in an ...

Sep 08, 2025

Warming seas threaten key phytoplankton species that fuels the food web, study finds

SEATTLE (AP) - For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic bacter...

Sep 08, 2025

Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations in Los Angeles, the latest victory for President Donald Trump's administrati...

Sep 08, 2025

Appeals court upholds E. Jean Carroll's $83.3 million defamation judgment against President Trump

NEW YORK (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a civil jury's finding that President Donald Trump must pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll for his repeated social media attacks against the longti...

Sep 08, 2025

Trump asks Supreme Court for emergency order to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid frozen

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid frozen. The crux of the legal fight is over nearly $5 bil...

Sep 08, 2025

France's prime minister pleads for lawmakers’ support to reduce France’s debts ahead of key vote

PARIS (AP) - French Prime Minister Franois Bayrou is making a last-ditch effort to save his job, urging lawmakers expected to topple him in a confidence vote later Monday to back his plans to curb Fra...

Sep 08, 2025

Israel demolishes high-rise building in Gaza City as part of ramped-up offensive

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military said Monday that it demolished a 12-story office building in Gaza City, 90 minutes after warning residents to evacuate the area. Over the past several days, Israel h...

Sep 08, 2025