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Russian artist who protested Ukraine war gets 7 years in prison in latest crackdown on free speech

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press
Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - TALLINN, Estonia - A Russian court on Thursday convicted an artist and musician for swapping supermarket price tags with anti-war messages, sentencing her to seven years...
Xi-Biden meeting seen as putting rocky relations back on course, though main differences remain

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press
Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan - Perhaps just shaking hands and sitting down together can be enough sometimes. At their four-hour meeting Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chi...
Spain's Pedro Sánchez reelected prime minister despite controversy over amnesty for separatists

By CIARÁN GILES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press
Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - MADRID - Spain's Pedro Sánchez was reelected as prime minister by the nation's parliament on Thursday, when he leveraged a controversial amnesty deal to get the critical...
Rep. George Santos won't seek reelection after scathing ethics report cites evidence of lawbreaking

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press
Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The House Ethics Committee in a scathing report Thursday said it has amassed "overwhelming evidence" of lawbreaking by Republican Rep. George Santos of New ...
U.S. applications for jobless claims rise as labor market begins to show some signs of cooling

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer
Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - More Americans filed for jobless claims last week and while the labor market remains broadly healthy, there are growing signs that it may finally be cooling. Application...
Their families wiped out, grieving Palestinians in Gaza ask why

By SAMYA KULLAB and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press
Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - The night a blast struck his family's home in the Gaza Strip, Ahmed al-Naouq was more than 2,000 miles away but he still jolted awake, consumed...
Fire at a coal mining company building in northern China kills 26 and injures dozens

Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - BEIJING - A fire erupted in a coal mining company building in a northern Chinese city on Thursday, killing 26 people and injuring at least 38, Chinese state media report...
Longtime Israeli policy foes are leading US protests against Israel's action in Gaza. Who are they?

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and DAVID CRARY Associated Press
Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - As the Israel-Hamas war rages in Gaza, there's a bitter battle for public opinion flaring in the United States, with angry rallies on many college campuses and disruptiv...
Populist Javier Milei is rallying for the Argentine presidency with chainsaws and Comic-Con costumes

By DANIEL POLITI and RODRIGO ABD Associated Press
Nov 15, 2023 12:00 am - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Batman and the Joker, a man decked out in a full-body lion costume, and another whose head and arms have been replaced by chain saws. This isn'...
Asian economies must ramp up wind and solar power to keep global warming under 1.5C, report says

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press
Nov 15, 2023 12:00 am - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - To meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), nine major Asian economies must increase the share of ...

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