BERLIN – A 65-year-old German mother of 13 is getting ready to give birth again — this time to quadruplets. Annegret Raunigk, a Berlin schoolteacher who is due soon to retire, is expected to give birth to the four babies within the next two months, Bild newspaper and RTL television …
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MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities have issued an alert for five states over the theft of a container of hazardous radioactive material used for industrial inspection in the country’s southeast. The container was reported stolen from a truck in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco on April 13, the Interior …
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UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council is calling for $30 million in emergency aid to help Palestinian refugees in the embattled Yarmouk camp in the Syrian capital. The council called for unhindered humanitarian access and protection of civilians inside the U.N. camp, now mainly controlled by Islamic State militants …
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WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s leaders have guardedly accepted words of regret from FBI boss James Comey over remarks that seemed to equal Poland’s role in the Holocaust with that of Germany. The remarks last week sparked protests and demands for an apology from Poland’s leaders, who stressed that Poland was …
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – A Hamas-run court has suspended the results of a rare free union vote in Gaza that ended with a landslide victory by the rival Fatah party. The decision is the latest setback in Palestinian reconciliation efforts between the bitter rivals. The April 6 election in …
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BEIJING – “The purpose of the exercise is to strengthen the friendly exchanges between the two sides … and to improve the capability of the two navies to deal with maritime threats,” Geng said. He said the drills did not target any third parties and were not a response to …
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HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s outgoing top cop has taken a parting shot at pro-democracy protesters who occupied busy streets in parts of the southern Chinese financial city for nearly three months last year. Retiring Police Commissioner Tsang Wai-hung said Monday that he was concerned about “increasing radicalization of protests” …
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CARACAS, Venezuela – A Venezuelan police officer who killed a 14-year-old boy during an anti-government protest in February has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. The public prosecutor’s office announced Friday that 23-year-old officer Javier Mora had admitted to responsibility in the death of Kluiverth Roa. Roa died after …
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PARIS – French police have opened an internal investigation into police actions in the northern city of Calais, after a video was released online that appears to show mistreatment of migrants. The national police said Tuesday that its internal affairs division has opened an investigation “to quickly determine the circumstances …
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MOSCOW – A Russian organization that has restored a Soviet-era forced labor camp as a memorial for the victims of political repression is facing legal action it says is aimed at pressuring the group out of existence. Viktor Shmyrov, director of the Perm-36 association, said Friday it will next week …
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