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Magnitude 6.8 earthquake recorded off Guatemalan coast
GUATEMALA CITY - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit off Guatemala’s Pacific coast Thursday, shaking much of the country and neighbouring El Salvador. Officials said four people were injured and only...
Jun 22, 2017
Greek municipal workers' strike hinders trash collection
ATHENS, Greece - Thousands of striking Greek municipal workers marched through Athens on Thursday to press for better employment status, in the latest of a series of protests that have hindered trash ...
Jun 22, 2017
Investigators obtain data recorder in US warship collision
TOKYO - Japanese authorities said Thursday they have obtained a data recording device from a container ship to help determine why it collided with a U.S. destroyer, killing seven American sailors. Jap...
Jun 22, 2017
Turkey, Saudi Arabia to try to reduce tensions over Qatar
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and the new crown prince to “increase efforts” to end tensions in the region...
Jun 22, 2017
Applications for US jobless aid tick up to still-low 241,000
WASHINGTON - Slightly more people sought US unemployment benefits last week, but the number of applications remained at a historically low level that suggests the job market is healthy. THE NUMBERS: T...
Jun 22, 2017
German parliament remembers former Chancellor Helmut Kohl
BERLIN - Germany’s parliament honoured former Chancellor Helmut Kohl in a memorial on Thursday, remembering him as the architect of German reunification but also as someone who wasn’t with...
Jun 22, 2017
Russia fires missiles from Mediterranean at IS in Syria
MOSCOW - Russia has fired cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea on positions of the Islamic State group in Syria, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, Moscow’s latest show of strength in th...
Jun 22, 2017
Pelosi defends leadership following special election loss
WASHINGTON - Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi defended her leadership, and her job, on Thursday in the face of needling from President Donald Trump and grumbling from fellow House Democrats exasperated af...
Jun 22, 2017
Police: Father arrested after beating daughter over Snapchat
PEABODY, Mass. - Police say a Massachusetts man grabbed his 11-year-old daughter by the neck and beat her with a belt after she installed the Snapchat app on her cellphone. Sean Nguyen, of Peabody, ha...
Jun 22, 2017
Fake quake: Report of major California temblor a false alarm
LOS ANGELES - The only tremors from a reported major earthquake off the California coast came on the internet. Seismologists said Wednesday’s automatically generated report of a magnitude 6.8 qu...
Jun 22, 2017