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Hawaii is vowing to protect landowners on Maui from being pressured to sell after wildfires

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press
Aug 17, 2023 1:00 am - LAHAINA, Hawaii - Hawaii's governor vowed to protect local landowners from being "victimized" by opportunistic buyers when Maui rebuilds from deadly wildfires that incin...
Socialist wins key Spanish parliament vote that could pave way for new center-left government

By CIARÁN GILES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press
Aug 17, 2023 1:00 am - MADRID - Spain's newly elected Parliament voted Thursday by a majority to elect a Socialist candidate as chamber speaker, breathing some life into acting Socialist Prime...
At Camp David, Biden aims to nudge Japan and South Korea toward greater unity in complicated Pacific

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press
Aug 17, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden aims to further tighten security and economic ties between Japan and South Korea, two nations that have struggled to stay on speaking te...
First major jihadi attack since coup kills 17 and wounds dozens in Niger, fueling Western fears

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press
Aug 16, 2023 1:00 am - NIAMEY, Niger - Insurgents killed 17 soldiers and wounded nearly 24 in the first major attack in half a year against the army in Niger, where Western powers fear a coup ...
Kansas prosecutor says police should return computers and cellphones seized in raid on newspaper

By JOHN HANNA and JIM SALTER Associated Press
Aug 16, 2023 1:00 am - MARION, Kansas - A Kansas prosecutor said Wednesday that he found insufficient evidence to support the police raid of a weekly newspaper and that all seized material sho...
Ex-FBI counterintelligence official pleads guilty to conspiracy charge for helping Russian oligarch

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press
Aug 16, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to violate sanctions on Russia by going to work, after he retired,...
Small Minnesota town will be without police after chief and officers resign, citing low pay

Aug 16, 2023 1:00 am - GOODHUE, Minn. - A small Minnesota town will soon be without a police department, an exodus spurred by low pay for the chief and his officers. Goodhue Police Chief Josh ...
Offshore drilling rig arrives in Lebanese waters ahead of work near the border with Israel

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press
Aug 16, 2023 1:00 am - BEIRUT - An offshore drilling rig arrived at its destination in the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon's coast and will start operations in the coming weeks to search for gas...
Lithuania to temporarily close two checkpoints with Belarus amid tensions on border

By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press
Aug 16, 2023 1:00 am - VILNIUS, Lithuania - Lithuania on Wednesday decided to temporarily close two of its six checkpoints with Belarus later this week amid growing tensions with its eastern n...
Russia hits Ukrainian grain depots again as a foreign ship tries out Kyiv's new Black Sea corridor

By HANNA ARHIROVA and SUSIE BLANN Associated Press
Aug 16, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Russian drones pounded grain storage facilities and ports along the Danube River that Ukraine has increasingly relied on as an alternative transport rout...

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