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Rocket in position at launch pad in North Korea

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
TONGCHANG-RI, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean space officials have moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing Sunday to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban on missile activity....

Turkish helicopter crashes in Afghanistan; 16 dead

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A Turkish military helicopter crashed into a house near the Afghan capital Friday, killing 12 Turkish soldiers on board and four Afghan civilians on the ground, officials said....

French army ups vigilance after deadly shootings

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- The military on Friday ordered soldiers in a section of southern France to wear civilian clothes when off-base for extra security following deadly, unsolved shootings of paratroopers in the area....

French army ups vigilance after deadly shootings

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- The military on Friday ordered soldiers in a section of southern France to wear civilian clothes when off-base for extra security following deadly, unsolved shootings of paratroopers in the area....

French army ups vigilance after deadly shootings

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- The military on Friday ordered soldiers in a section of southern France to wear civilian clothes when off-base for extra security following deadly, unsolved shootings of paratroopers in the area....

UK experts find 7th-century teen buried in her bed

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
LONDON (AP) -- Archaeologists excavating near Cambridge have stumbled upon a rare and mysterious find: The skeleton of a 7th-century teenager buried in an ornamental bed along with a gold-and-garnet cross, an iron knife and a purse full of glass beads....

Belgium holds day of mourning for crash victims

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Belgium held a national day of mourning Friday for the 28 victims of a school bus crash in Switzerland, ringing church bells and stopping trains and factories to show solidarity with heartbroken parents....

In Afghan killings case, questions over alcohol

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S. military bans alcohol for its troops in Afghanistan, but that doesn't stop some soldiers from having a bottle or two stowed away in their gear - a fact highlighted by investigators probe into whether alcohol played a role when a U.S. sergeant allegedly carried out a killing spree that left 16 Afghans dead....

Nazi-seized art ordered returned to American man

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
BERLIN (AP) -- A Berlin museum must return thousands of rare posters to an American man, part of his Jewish father's unique collection that had been seized by the Nazis, Germany's top federal appeals court ruled Friday....

Nazi-seized art ordered returned to American man

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
BERLIN (AP) -- A Berlin museum must return thousands of rare posters to an American man, part of his Jewish father's unique collection that had been seized by the Nazis, Germany's top federal appeals court ruled Friday....

2nd neutrino team refutes faster-than-light find

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
GENEVA (AP) -- European researchers said Friday they have measured the speed of neutrinos and found the subatomic particles don't travel faster than light after all, refuting another team's measurements that prompted widespread disbelief among scientists last year....

More children injured in Swiss bus crash go home

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
SION, Switzerland (AP) -- Swiss authorities say 12 more children injured in a bus crash that killed 28 people have been repatriated....

Putin's famous encounter with tigress questioned

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
MOSCOW (AP) -- A tiger can't change its stripes - which is leading Russians to wonder if Vladimir Putin needs to change his story about which one he shot....

Anti-terror police join probe into French shooting

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- The military on Friday ordered soldiers in a section of southern France to wear civilian clothes when off-base for extra security following deadly, unsolved shootings of paratroopers in the area....

US documentary pries lid off isolated Myanmar

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- American professor Robert Lieberman went to Myanmar to train local filmmakers and shot his own documentary on the sly. The solo-filmed "They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain," pries the lid off daily life in what has long been one of world's most isolated and repressed places, examining its grinding poverty and tragic decades of military rule....

Rowan Williams to step down as Anglican leader

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
LONDON (AP) -- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is stepping down at the end of the year, calling an end to a tumultuous decade as leader of a global Anglican Communion that has been sharply divided over sexuality and gender....

Rowan Williams to step down as Anglican leader

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
LONDON (AP) -- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is stepping down at the end of the year, calling an end to a tumultuous decade as leader of a global Anglican Communion that has been sharply divided over sexuality and gender....

Rowan Williams to step down as Anglican leader

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
LONDON (AP) -- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is stepping down at the end of the year, calling an end to a tumultuous decade as leader of a global Anglican Communion that has been sharply divided over sexuality and gender....

Rowan Williams to step down as Anglican leader

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
LONDON (AP) -- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is stepping down at the end of the year, calling an end to a tumultuous decade as leader of a global Anglican Communion that has been sharply divided over sexuality and gender....

Rowan Williams to step down as Anglican leader

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 15:51
LONDON (AP) -- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is stepping down at the end of the year, calling an end to a tumultuous decade as leader of a global Anglican Communion that has been sharply divided over sexuality and gender....
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