U.S. women shot in leg after rejecting a man’s advances
ATLANTA — A romantic getaway for a young couple took a violent, almost deadly turn in broad daylight Friday. “I was sleeping it was so early I just heard like …
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Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes southwestern Iran
TEHRAN, IRAN — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook southwestern Iran along the Persian Gulf on Sunday, followed by over a dozen aftershocks, state TV reported. At least five people were …
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Japanese leader asks Pfizer for additional vaccine supply
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga asked the U.S. drug maker Pfizer Inc. for additional supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine to speed up the inoculation drive that lags behind …
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Myanmar pardons prisoners, unclear if coup foes among them
YANGON, MYANMAR — Myanmar’s junta on Saturday announced it pardoned and released more than 23,000 prisoners to mark the traditional Thingyan New Year holiday, but it wasn’t immediately clear if …
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Russia detains Ukrainian consul over classified information
MOSCOW — Russia detained a Ukrainian diplomat for allegedly receiving classified information from a database of the country’s main security agency. The Federal Security Service, or FSB, said Saturday that …
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Coast Guard: 2 more capsize victims recovered off Louisiana
PORT FOURCHON, LA. — Divers searching the site of a capsized lift boat off Louisiana recovered two more unresponsive crewmembers late Friday, the Coast Guard said after another day of …
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Raul Castro confirms he’s resigning, ending long era in Cuba
HAVANA — Raul Castro said Friday he is resigning as head of Cuba’s Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by he and his brother Fidel Castro that began …
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Pakistan briefly blocks social media amid anti-France rally
LAHORE, PAKISTAN — Pakistan briefly blocked access to all social media on Friday, after days of anti-French protests across the country by radical Islamists opposed to cartoons they consider blasphemous. …
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Coronavirus: Australia, N.Z. behind on vaccine rollouts after initial pandemic successes
Over the past year, New Zealand has been celebrated for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. As other countries battled months-long lockdowns and hospital systems on the brink of collapse, …
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Greek, Turkish ministers clash at heated news event
ANKARA, TURKEY — The foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey on Thursday clashed on a wide range of issues during a heated news conference that underscored the trouble the two …
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