Nation and World
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Africa urged to propose action on climate at conference
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) - Africa's nations must develop strategies to address climate change which poses an existential threat to the continent's megacities, Gabon's Preside...
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Saudi woman gets 45 years in prison for social media use
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A Saudi court has sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for allegedly damaging the country through her social media activity, accord...
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Reported sexual assaults across US military increase by 13%
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to...
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High-stakes year begins for kids still learning to read
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Five of the 19 students in teacher Chelsea Grant's third grade classroom are reading below grade level. When it's time to read aloud on a recent Friday, t...
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Burkina Faso bishop says American nun freed by captors
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - An 83-year-old American nun kidnapped from her bed in Burkina Faso earlier this year has been released by her captors unharmed, Catholic...
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For Pakistan flood victims, waters hit swiftly and brutally
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - CHARSADDA, Pakistan (AP) - Rubina Bibi was cooking food for her family in her mudbrick home in her village in northwest Pakistan when the nearby mosque blared a warning ...
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Leaky battleship in Texas completes trip for $35M repairs
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - LA PORTE, Texas (AP) - It's the only surviving battleship that served in both world wars, having fought in Europe during World War I and against the Nazis and the Japane...
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Russia temporarily stops gas flow through Nord Stream 1
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Russia's Gazprom stopped the flow of natural gas through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe early Wednesday, a temporary move to it announced in advanc...
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Olympics attack victims' families agree on deal with Germany
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The families of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian attackers at the 1972 Munich Olympics have reached a deal with Germany over a long-disputed compe...
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Over Chinese objections, UN rights chief releases politically charged report on Xinjiang with minutes left in her term
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Over Chinese objections, UN rights chief releases politically charged report on Xinjiang with minutes left in her term. ...