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Report: Welding at water slide caused huge fire in …

5/15/2024
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A welding operation sparked a huge fire in February at a water park that was under construction at one of Sweden’s biggest amusement centers, causing the death of one …

Swiss court convicts a former interior minister of …

5/15/2024
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s top criminal court on Wednesday convicted a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity over his role in repression committed by the west African …

A Dutch anti-Islam party is on the verge of forming …

5/15/2024
BRUSSELS (AP) — Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders is on the verge of brokering a four-party coalition in the Netherlands six months after coming in first in national elections, opening the …

India's parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of …

5/14/2024
MALAPPURAM, India (AP) — Preventing Muslim migrants from gaining citizenship. Revoking the semi-autonomy of the country’s only Muslim-majority region. Building a Hindu temple where a violent mob …

South Africa braces for what may be a milestone …

5/14/2024
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — After 30 years of dominating South African politics, the ruling African National Congress will face its toughest election this month as most opinion polls predict it …

YouTube blocks Hong Kong protest anthem after court …

5/14/2024
YouTube has blocked access to videos of a protest song in Hong Kong to comply with a removal order, days after a court approved an injunction to ban the song in the city. YouTube has blocked access …

Wong will be sworn in as Singapore's prime minister, …

5/14/2024
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s deputy leader Lawrence Wong is set to be sworn in Wednesday as the nation’s fourth prime minister in a carefully planned political succession designed …

Biden administration is moving ahead on $1 billion …

5/14/2024
The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel. That's according to three congressional aides who spoke of …

Sweltering heat across Asia was 45 times more likely …

5/14/2024
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year's destructive swelter was made 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent because …

German court finds that prominent far-right politician …

5/14/2024
HALLE, Germany (AP) — A court ruled on Tuesday that one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party knowingly used a Nazi slogan in a speech and ordered him to pay a …

Argentina reports its first single-digit inflation in …

5/14/2024
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s monthly inflation rate eased sharply to a single-digit rate in April for the first time in half a year, data released Tuesday showed, a closely watched …

The US is wrapping up a pier to bring aid to Gaza by …

5/14/2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the coming days, the U.S. military in the eastern Mediterranean is expected to jab one end of a hulking metal dock — the length of five U.S. football fields — into a beach …