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A Popular Ardern Poised To Win 2nd Term In New Zealand Vote
In the final days of campaigning before New Zealand holds an election on Saturday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is being greeted like a rock star.
Mexico Experts Find 2,000 Ruin Sites Near Maya Train Route
Experts in Mexico said Wednesday they have detected more than 2,000 preHispanic ruins or clusters of artefacts along the proposed route of the presidents controversial Maya Train project on the Yucatan peninsula.
Factbox: From War To The Coronavirus: Curfews In France And Its Territories
France will put Paris and eight other big cities under nightly curfews for at least a month to slow the spread of the coronavirus, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday.
Jury Finds Nebraska Woman Guilty Of Dismembering Tinder Date
A jury found a woman guilty Wednesday of the killing another woman who disappeared after a Tinder date and whose dismembered remains were later found in trash bags along rural Nebraska roads.
France To Restore State Of Health Emergency After 3 Months
French President Emmanuel President Macrons office says France will restore a state of health emergency that expired on July 10.
Russia, U.S. Remain Divided Over Extending Last Nuclear Arms Pact
Russia and the United States on Wednesday remained at odds over extending the last major arms control pact between the world's largest nuclear weapons powers, with Moscow denying U.S. assertions of an agreement in principle.
Xi Jinping Asks Chinese Troops to 'Put Minds and Energy on Preparing for War'
Xi made these remarks while visiting a Marine Corps base in the Guangdong province, where he made an important speech, Xinhua reported.
Wisconsin Police Shooting Protest Ends With Chaotic Arrest
Police in Wisconsin arrested a bicyclist after a physical struggle during another night of protests over a prosecutor's decision not to charge an officer who fatally shot a Black teen in February.
Norway Says Russia Is Behind Hacker Attack On Parliament
Norway's foreign minister said Russia is behind a breakin into the Norwegian Parliaments email system in August, calling the intrusion a serious incident that affects our most important democratic institution.
Lebanon, Israel To Begin Indirect Talks Over Maritime Border
Lebanon and Israel are to begin indirect talks Wednesday over their disputed maritime border, with American officials mediating the talks that both sides insist are purely technical and not a sign of any normalization of ties.
McConnell Sets Senate Vote On Coronavirus Aid, Pelosi Spurns White House Bid
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday the Republicanled U.S. Senate would vote next week on a targeted, $500 billion coronavirus economic aid bill of the type Democrats already have rejected as they hold out for trillions in relief.
Report: US Agents Working In Guatemala Violated Agreement
U.S. immigration agents assigned to Guatemala to advise local authorities violated terms of their funding by helping officials deport Hondurans traveling in a migrant caravan early this year, the Democratic staff of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Commi...
Tied To Trump Fate, Ernst Walks Tightrope In Dead Heat Iowa
Joni Ernst burst onto national politics in 2014 as a guntoting, hogcastrating, motorcycleriding candidate who was going to shake up Washington.
Trump Rally Comes To Iowa As Virus Hospitalizations Climb
Hospitalizations, virus spread and deaths continued at high levels Tuesday in Iowa on the eve of a campaign rally by President Donald Trump, where Gov. Kim Reynolds and thousands of other Trump supporters will likely defy the governor's own emergency proc...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s Distortions On WHO And Lockdowns
President Donald Trump is claiming the World Health Organization shifted its stance on lockdown measures to control COVID-19 and has now acknowledged he was right to say such restrictions are harmful.