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Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching, regulating food

Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people. The no...

Apr 01, 2025

Myanmar earthquake death toll surpasses 2,700 as hope fades for finding more survivors

BANGKOK (AP) - The death toll from the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit Myanmar has surpassed 2,700, with thousands more injured, Myanmar media reported Tuesday. The head of Myanmar's mil...

Apr 01, 2025

A colossal fire erupts in Malaysia, apparently from a burst gas pipe

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A colossal fire erupted Tuesday in a Malaysian suburb outside Kuala Lumpur, prompting evacuations of nearby homes. The towering inferno near a gas station in Putra Height...

Mar 31, 2025

South Korea’s Constitutional Court will rule Friday on whether to dismiss impeached President Yoon

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's Constitutional Court will rule Friday on whether to dismiss impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. The opposition-controlled National Assembly in December voted to ...

Mar 31, 2025

Judge pauses Trump administration plans to end temporary legal protections for Venezuelans

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge on Monday paused plans by the Trump administration to end temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, a week before they were scheduled t...

Mar 31, 2025

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen barred from seeking office for 5 years, a political earthquake

PARIS (AP) - A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years - a hammer blow to the far-right leader's presidential hopes and ...

Mar 31, 2025

UAE court sentences 3 people to death in killing of Israeli-Moldovan rabbi Zvi Kogan

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced three people to death for the killing of Israeli-Moldovan Zvi Kogan, state media reported Monday. The state-run WAM...

Mar 31, 2025

French court finds far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty in embezzlement case

PARIS (AP) - A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty Monday in an embezzlement case but didn't immediately say what her sentence might be and how it might impact the far-right leader's political fut...

Mar 31, 2025

Israeli military orders evacuation of most of Rafah

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Israeli military has issued sweeping evacuation orders covering most of the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. The orders issued Monday come after Israel en...

Mar 31, 2025

Deaths from devastating earthquake in Myanmar climb past 1,700

MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) - The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar has risen to more than 1,700 as more bodies have been pulled from the rubble, the country's military-led government said Mo...

Mar 30, 2025