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Vietnam death toll climbs to 197 as typhoon's aftermath brings flash floods and landslides

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and more than 125 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll, state media reported Thursda...

Sep 11, 2024

Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted for human rights abuses, dies at 86

LIMA, Peru (AP) - Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru's economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace of autocratic excess that later...

Sep 11, 2024

Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted for human rights abuses, dies at 86

LIMA, Peru (AP) - Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru's economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace of autocratic excess that later...

Sep 11, 2024

South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward the North’s eastern waters

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the North's eastern waters on Thursday, South Korea's military said. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a brief statemen...

Sep 11, 2024

Hurricane Francine strengthens into a Category 2 storm ahead of landfall in Louisiana

MORGAN CITY, La. (AP) - Hurricane Francine strengthened Wednesday into a Category 2 storm and is expected to make landfall in Louisiana as forecasters raised threats of potentially deadly storm surge,...

Sep 11, 2024

Soyuz craft heads to space station with 2 Russians and 1 American

MOSCOW (AP) - A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American blasted off Wednesday for an express trip to the International Space Station. The space capsule atop a towering rocket set off at...

Sep 11, 2024

Israeli airstrikes hit UN school and homes in Gaza, killing at least 34 people, hospitals say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight and Wednesday hit a U.N. school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes, killing at least 34 people, in...

Sep 11, 2024

Speaker Johnson pulls a vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) - Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months when the new budget year begins on Oct. ...

Sep 11, 2024

Speaker Johnson pulls a vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) - Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months when the new budget year begins on Oct. ...

Sep 11, 2024

Election officials warn that widespread problems with the US mail system could disrupt voting

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation's mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcomin...

Sep 11, 2024