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Wolverines threatened with extinction as climate change melts their snowy mountain refuges, US says

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed federal protections under a Biden administration proposal released Wednesday in response to scientists warning that climat...

Nov 29, 2023

At least 40 civilians killed by al-Qaida-linked rebels in a Burkina Faso town, UN rights office says

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - At least 40 civilians were killed last weekend by al-Qaida-linked rebels trying to take control of a besieged town in Burkina Faso's hard-hit northern region, the United Nations'...

Nov 29, 2023

US military Osprey aircraft with 8 aboard crashes into the sea off southern Japan

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's coast guard has found a person and debris in the ocean where a U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying eight people crashed Wednesday off southern Japan, officials said. The cause ...

Nov 29, 2023

Pope cancels trip to Dubai for UN climate conference on doctors' orders after getting the flu

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis canceled his trip to Dubai for the U.N. climate conference on doctors' orders Tuesday, even though he is recovering from the flu and lung inflammation, the Vatican sai...

Nov 28, 2023

13 Sierra Leone military officers are under arrest for trying to stage a coup, a minister says

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Attacks on Sierra Leone's main military barracks and prisons were a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government's spokesman said T...

Nov 28, 2023

Indian rescuers reach 41 workers trapped in collapsed tunnel for 17 days, start pulling them out

UTTARKASHI, India (AP) - The Press Trust of India news agency says rescuers have reached workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel and have started pulling them out. One worker has been rescued s...

Nov 28, 2023

Finland plans to close its entire border with Russia over migration concerns

HELSINKI (AP) - Finland will close its last remaining road border with Russia due to concerns over migration, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Tuesday, accusing Moscow of undermining Finland's nationa...

Nov 28, 2023

US tells Israel any ground campaign in southern Gaza must limit further civilian displacement

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration has told Israel that it must work to avoid "significant further displacement" of Palestinian civilians in southern Gaza if it renews its ground campaign aime...

Nov 28, 2023

Israel and Hamas extend their truce, but it seems only a matter of time before the war resumes

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - A truce between Israel and Hamas entered its fifth day on Tuesday, with the militant group promising to release more civilian hostages to delay the expected resumption of the w...

Nov 28, 2023

Minnesota Wild fire coach Dean Evason, assistant Bob Woods after losing 14 of their first 19 games

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Wild fired coach Dean Evason and assistant Bob Woods on Monday after losing seven games and 14 of their first 19 to start to the NHL season. General manager Bill G...

Nov 27, 2023