Nation and World
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Germany: man charged over attempts to hire contract killer
Sep 01, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - A man has been charged in Germany with attempted incitement to murder after allegedly paying thousands of dollars in a series of attempts to engage a contr...
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Czech government faces no-confidence vote over energy prices
Sep 01, 2022 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - The Czech Republic's coalition government on Thursday faced a parliamentary no-confidence vote over its handling of the energy crisis and a scandal involvi...
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Waterborne diseases spread among flood victims in Pakistan
Sep 01, 2022 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistani health officials on Thursday reported an outbreak of waterborne diseases in areas hit by recent record-breaking flooding, as authorities stepp...
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CDC director concurs with advisers, recommends updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters that target newest omicron strains
Sep 01, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - CDC director concurs with advisers, recommends updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters that target newest omicron strains. ...
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French PM warns of potential winter power cuts in homes
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne warned that a worst-case scenario this winter could lead to rolling two-hour power cuts in French homes, amid a broa...
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Statues topple as Europe purges communist monuments
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - In the Latvian capital of Riga, an obelisk that soared high above a park to commemorate the Soviet Army's capture of that nation in 1944 was topple...
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German militants' lawyer and Greens gadfly dies at 83
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Hans-Christian Stroebele, a German lawyer who defended members of the far-left Red Army Faction and later became the Green party's first directly elected c...
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Taiwan forces fire at drones flying over island near China
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - Taiwan's military fired warning shots at drones from China flying over its outposts just off the Chinese coastline, underscoring heightened tensions and the self-ruled i...
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South Korea objects to World Bank's order to pay Lone Star
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea says it plans to challenge a World Bank tribunal's order to pay $216.5 million plus interest to Texas-based Lone Star Funds followi...
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Jackson water crisis forces residents to find alternatives
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The water pressure at James Brown's home in Jackson was so low the faucets barely dripped. He couldn't cook. He couldn't bathe. But he still had to...