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South Korea plans to nullify peace deal to punish North Korea over trash-carrying balloon launches

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea announced Monday it'll suspend a rapprochement deal with North Korea to punish it over its launches of trash-carrying balloons, even after the North said it would...

Jun 03, 2024

Puerto Rico Rep. Jesús Manuel Ortiz wins gubernatorial primary. Pro-statehood party still undecided

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Puerto Rico Rep. Jess Manuel Ortiz defeated Sen. Juan Zaragoza in a gubernatorial primary held Sunday by their Popular Democratic Party, which seeks a return to power in t...

Jun 02, 2024

Simone Biles continues Olympic prep by cruising to her 9th U.S. Championships title

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles won her ninth U.S. Championship on Sunday, leaving little doubt that at 27 and a decade-plus into her run atop the sport, she is as good as e...

Jun 02, 2024

Saso wins another U.S. Women's Open, but this one is for Japan

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - Yuka Saso became a U.S. Women's Open champion for the second time Sunday and took her place in history with a rare footnote - the first Filipino to win the Women's Open in 2021, ...

Jun 02, 2024

South Africa's president urges parties to find common ground in talks after election deadlock

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - President Cyril Ramaphosa called Sunday for South Africa's political parties to overcome their differences and find "common ground" to form the first national coalition government ...

Jun 02, 2024

Mexico votes in an election likely to choose the country’s first female president

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexicans will likely choose the first female president in the country's history Sunday between a former academic who promises to further the current leader's populist policies and a...

Jun 02, 2024

A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day

CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) - Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, heralding a week of ceremonies mark...

Jun 02, 2024

Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for June 28 presidential election

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country's top po...

Jun 01, 2024

Zelenskyy urges top defense officials to attend upcoming summit on ending Russia's war on Ukraine

SINGAPORE (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged a group of top defense officials at Asia's premier security conference on Sunday to attend an upcoming conference on ending the Russian w...

Jun 01, 2024

Triple-A catcher who was hit by a backswing is out of the hospital, resting and recovering

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Catcher Payton Henry of the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons was released from the hospital on Saturday, a day after he was struck by a batter's backswing and carted off the field on a st...

Jun 01, 2024