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New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing the project announced Friday....

Ex-Senegalese president denies he stole cars, art

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- The ex-president of Senegal won praise from around the world earlier this year when he gracefully conceded defeat, even picking up the phone to congratulate his longtime rival, a move that momentarily erased the memories of a violent election season....

Ex-Senegalese president denies he stole cars, art

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- The ex-president of Senegal won praise from around the world earlier this year when he gracefully conceded defeat, even picking up the phone to congratulate his longtime rival, a move that momentarily erased the memories of a violent election season....

Ex-Senegalese president denies he stole cars, art

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- The ex-president of Senegal won praise from around the world earlier this year when he gracefully conceded defeat, even picking up the phone to congratulate his longtime rival, a move that momentarily erased the memories of a violent election season....

Syria blames rebels for Houla massacre

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria on Thursday blamed up to 800 rebel fighters for the massacre in central Syria last week that killed more than 100 people, nearly half of them children, in its most comprehensive explanation to date of the bloodshed....

UN agency finds higher enrichment at Iranian site

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
VIENNA (AP) -- Inspectors have located radioactive traces at an Iranian underground bunker, the U.N. atomic agency said Friday - a finding that could mean Iran has moved closer to reaching the uranium threshold needed to arm nuclear missiles....

UN agency finds higher enrichment at Iranian site

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
VIENNA (AP) -- Inspectors have located radioactive traces at an Iranian underground bunker, the U.N. atomic agency said Friday - a finding that could mean Iran has moved closer to reaching the uranium threshold needed to arm nuclear missiles....

VOA correspondent reported detained in Ethiopia

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Voice of America says it is investigating reports that a correspondent in Ethiopia's capital has been detained by authorities....

VOA correspondent reported detained in Ethiopia

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Voice of America says it is investigating reports that a correspondent in Ethiopia's capital has been detained by authorities....

VOA correspondent reported detained in Ethiopia

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Voice of America says it is investigating reports that a correspondent in Ethiopia's capital has been detained by authorities....

Is China poor? Key question at climate talks

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
BONN, Germany (AP) -- Another round of U.N. climate talks closed Friday without resolving how to share the burden of curbing man-made global warming, mainly because countries don't agree on who is rich and who is poor....

Breeze of Arab Spring felt on Cannes red carpet

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
CANNES, France (AP) -- The ripples of the Arab Spring are being felt in summery Cannes, where films from Egypt and Syria, as well as a passionate documentary about the overthrow of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, are being screened alongside the latest features from the world's heavyweight directors....

French president: All combat troops out in 2012

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- French President Francois Hollande for the first time provided details of his plan to pull France's combat troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the year, saying Friday he would leave around 1,400 soldiers behind to help with training and logistics....

Israeli archaeologists find rare ancient jewelry

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Israeli archaeologists have discovered a rare trove of 3,000-year-old jewelry, including a ring and earrings, hidden in a ceramic jug near the ancient city of Megiddo, where the New Testament predicts the final battle of Armageddon....

Israeli archaeologists find rare ancient jewelry

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Israeli archaeologists have discovered a rare trove of 3,000-year-old jewelry, including a ring and earrings, hidden in a ceramic jug near the ancient city of Megiddo, where the New Testament predicts the final battle of Armageddon....

Greek euro exit would be a recipe for hardship

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- As Greece creaks under its untenable debt and a shrinking economy, the possibility that it could stop using the euro is becoming increasingly likely. The effects of such a move would be as quick as they would be brutal for ordinary Greeks, who would essentially take a 50-percent pay cut just as prices soar....

Egypt results point to deeply divisive runoff race

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
CAIRO (AP) -- The candidate of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won a spot in a runoff election, likely against a veteran of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's regime in what would be a deeply divisive battle to become the new president of Egypt, according to partial results Friday from the first round of voting....

Thai king makes 1st trip outside Bangkok in years

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
BANGKOK (AP) -- Thousands upon thousands of devoted Thais feted their 84-year-old monarch Friday on his first trip outside the capital in almost three years, a period marked by his ailing health and national political turmoil...

AU, Somali forces capture town outside Mogadishu

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- African Union and Somali troops seized a town on the outskirts of Mogadishu on Friday from Islamist militants after three days of fighting, marking the biggest victory over al-Shabab since the pro-government forces took control of the capital last August....

Everest climber skips summit, rescues friend

Sat, 2026-04-25 12:57
ISTANBUL (AP) -- An Israeli who rescued a distressed climber on Mount Everest instead of pushing onward to the summit said Friday that the man he helped, an American of Turkish origin, is like a brother to him....