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Wild bison with TB may have to be killed in Poland

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A herd of 25 wild European bison infected with tuberculosis should be killed to prevent the disease from spreading to other herds in southeastern Poland, officials said Monday....

Wild bison with TB may have to be killed in Poland

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A herd of 25 wild European bison infected with tuberculosis should be killed to prevent the disease from spreading to other herds in southeastern Poland, officials said Monday....

Trial sharpens focus on Breivik's mental state

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik vehemently defended his sanity Monday after a forensic panel found flaws in a psychiatric report that declared him sane in the eyes of the law....

AP Interview: Palestinian doubts 2-state solution

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
ABU DIS, West Bank (AP) -- With gloom deepening over prospects for peace, a leading Palestinian is suggesting they might drop the "two-state solution" that has underpinned two decades of negotiations, aiming for Israel and a Palestinian state next to each other....

Official: Sudan bombs 3 areas in South Sudan

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
RUBKONA, South Sudan (AP) -- Sudanese warplanes bombed a market and an oil field in South Sudan on Monday, killing at least two people after Sudanese ground forces had reportedly crossed into South Sudan with tanks and artillery, elevating the risk of all-out war between the two old enemies....

Euro setup is unsustainable, ECB chief warns

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The setup of the 17-country euro currency union is unsustainable, the head of the European Central Bank has told EU leaders, warning they must quickly come up with a broad vision for the future to get the bloc through the current financial crisis....

EU imposes new sanctions on Syrian regime

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
LUXEMBOURG (AP) -- The European Union on Monday banned the sale of luxury goods and products to Syria that can have military as well as civilian uses as the U.N. political chief demanded that the Syrian government stop using heavy weapons and comply with a cease-fire....

Coroner opens inquest into death of UK spy

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
LONDON (AP) -- A British codebreaker had complained of friction at the country's overseas spy agency before his naked and decomposing body was found inside a padlocked sports bag, his family told an inquest Monday....

Fringes cast shadow over French election

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
PARIS (AP) -- Socialist Francois Hollande and conservative Nicolas Sarkozy are going head-to-head in France's presidential runoff, but a third figure looms large in the campaign: the leader of the nation's far-right National Front....

Sanctions lifting could revive Myanmar industry

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Looking across a sea of young workers perched behind rows of buzzing sewing machines, factory owner Myint Soe has one main hope for Monday's suspension of European sanctions on Myanmar - the restoration of some of the 80,000 garment industry jobs lost here over the past 10 years....

Sanctions lifting could revive Myanmar industry

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Looking across a sea of young workers perched behind rows of buzzing sewing machines, factory owner Myint Soe has one main hope for Monday's suspension of European sanctions on Myanmar - the restoration of some of the 80,000 garment industry jobs lost here over the past 10 years....

Official: Sudan bombs South Sudan, killing a boy

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
BENTIU, South Sudan (AP) -- Sudanese warplanes bombed a major town Monday in South Sudan, hitting a market and killing a boy while wounding at least 10 people. South Sudanese troops fired back as the threat of full-scale war between the two nations loomed....

Breivik claims 'racist' plot to cast him as insane

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Anxious to prove he's not insane, confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik told a court Monday that questions about his mental health are part of a racist plot to discredit his extreme anti-Muslim ideology....

Breivik claims 'racist' plot to cast him as insane

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Anxious to prove he's not insane, confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik told a court Monday that questions about his mental health are part of a racist plot to discredit his extreme anti-Muslim ideology....

UN: Crime generates trillions of dollars each year

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
VIENNA (AP) -- Criminality worldwide generates proceeds in the trillions of dollars each year, making crime one of the world's "top 20 economies," a senior U.N. official said Monday...

Italy: body of German tourist found in Lake Garda

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
ROME (AP) -- Italian Coast Guard searchers on Monday found the body of one of three German tourists who went missing after they took a sailboat out on Lake Garda a few hours before a storm developed, authorities said....

Coroner opens inquest into death of UK spy

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
LONDON (AP) -- A British codebreaker had complained of friction at the country's overseas spy agency before his naked and decomposing body was found inside a padlocked sports bag, his family told an inquest Monday....

Israeli leader plays down gas dispute with Egypt

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister on Monday scrambled to contain the damage from Egypt's decision to cut off natural gas exports, dismissing the matter as a mere "business dispute" as he tried to prevent a full-fledged diplomatic crisis....

NKorean military warns of 'special actions' soon

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea promised Monday to reduce South Korea's conservative government "to ashes" in less than four minutes, in an unusually specific escalation of recent threats aimed at its southern rival....

3 US soldiers, 18 Afghans killed in suicide attack

Wed, 2025-05-14 13:36
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber attacked U.S. and Afghan forces at a checkpoint Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan, killing 21 people, including three U.S. soldiers, U.S. and Afghan officials said....