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Guatemalan court overturns order that freed journalist José Rubén Zamora, orders his return to jail

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A Guatemalan appeals court on Friday overturned the order freeing journalist Jos Rubn Zamora and ordered his return to jail. Zamora, founder of El Peridico newspaper, had spent m...

Nov 15, 2024

Regulators approve North Dakota section of planned 5-state Midwest carbon dioxide pipeline

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota utility regulators granted approval on Friday for a span of a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that would cross five Midwestern states - a key victory for the compan...

Nov 15, 2024

A French student who was arrested and detained in Tunisia returns to Paris

PARIS (AP) - A French doctoral student detained in Tunisia returned to Paris on Friday after weeks of top-level diplomatic discussions. Victor Dupont, a 27-year-old pursuing a Ph.D. at Aix-Marseille U...

Nov 15, 2024

Germany's Scholz discusses Ukraine with Russia's Putin in first such call in 2 years

BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the war in Ukraine in a phone call Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the German government said, in the first such conversation in two...

Nov 15, 2024

Fire breaks out at a Spanish nursing home, killing at least 10 people

MADRID (AP) - At least 10 people died in a blaze at a nursing home in Zaragoza, Spain, before firefighters managed to extinguish it , local authorities reported on Friday. Authorities were alerted of ...

Nov 15, 2024

South Korean opposition leader gets a suspended jail term for violating election law

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was convicted of violating election law and sentenced to a suspended prison term Friday by a court that ruled he made false state...

Nov 14, 2024

South Korean opposition leader gets a suspended jail term for violating election law

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was convicted of violating election law and sentenced to a suspended prison term Friday by a court that ruled he made false state...

Nov 14, 2024

Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president takes large lead in parliamentary vote

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took a large lead Friday in early results from the parliamentary elections, in an apparent sol...

Nov 14, 2024

Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president takes large lead in parliamentary vote

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took a large lead Friday in early results from the parliamentary elections, in an apparent sol...

Nov 14, 2024

The world's tallest teenager, 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux, plans to redshirt at Florida this season

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The world's tallest teenager might have to wait a year to become the world's tallest college basketball player. Florida coach Todd Golden said Thursday that Olivier Rioux, a 7...

Nov 14, 2024