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School bus catches fire outside Bangkok and 25 on board are feared dead, government officials say
BANGKOK (AP) - A bus carrying young students with their teachers caught fire in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday with 25 of those on board feared dead, according to officials and rescuers. The bus was carr...
Oct 01, 2024
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange says he pleaded 'guilty to journalism' in order to be freed
LONDON (AP) - In his first public remarks since he was released from prison, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday that he has been freed after years of incarceration because "I pled guilty to...
Oct 01, 2024
Honzek, Kadri help hot Flames beat Kraken 4-3 in OT
CALGARY - Rookie Samuel Honzek continued his scoring tear on Monday with a brilliant short-handed effort as the Calgary Flames beat the Seattle Kraken 4-3 in overtime. The 19-year-old Slovak, who was ...
Sep 30, 2024
Humberto Ortega, Nicaragua's ex-military chief who later turned critic of his brother, dies at 77
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Nicaraguan guerrilla fighter Humberto Ortega, a Sandinista defense minister who later in life became a critic of his older brother President Daniel Ortega, has died at age 77, Nicar...
Sep 30, 2024
Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida steps down as planned before likely successor Ishiba takes office
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida resigned with his Cabinet, paving the way for his likely successor Shigeru Ishiba to take office. Ishiba was chosen as the governing Liberal Democrati...
Sep 30, 2024
Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida steps down as planned before likely successor Ishiba takes office
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida resigned with his Cabinet, paving the way for his likely successor Shigeru Ishiba to take office. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi announced ...
Sep 30, 2024
Humberto Ortega, Nicaragua's ex-military chief who later turned critic of his brother, dies at 77
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Nicaraguan guerrilla fighter Humberto Ortega, a Sandinista defense minister who later in life became a critic of his older brother President Daniel Ortega, has died at age 77, Nicar...
Sep 30, 2024
Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at age 83
NEW YORK (AP) - Pete Rose, baseball's career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. ...
Sep 30, 2024
Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at age 83
NEW YORK (AP) - Pete Rose, baseball's career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. ...
Sep 30, 2024
B.C. condo owners' group ordered to repay owner for cockroach control bill
VANCOUVER - The Civil Resolution Tribunal has ruled that a British Columbia condominium owner should be repaid thousands of dollars she was charged to eradicate a cockroach infestation in her building...
Sep 30, 2024