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Blinken to meet Xi, State Department says, in bid to ease US-China tensions

BEIJING (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at 4:30 p.m. Monday, the State Department said, as America's top diplomat wrapped up a two-day visit t...

Jun 19, 2023

Gunbattle in Jenin: 3 Palestinians killed, 29 others wounded in Israeli raid in West Bank

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli troops killed 3 Palestinians, including a minor, and wounded at least 29 others during a massive gunbattle with militants in the streets of the occupied West Bank city of Jeni...

Jun 19, 2023

Netanyahu says Israel will move ahead on contentious judicial overhaul plan after talks crumble

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday his government intends to move ahead on contentious plans to change the country's judicial system after talks aimed at fin...

Jun 18, 2023

Fowler, Clark share U.S. Open lead, major champs chasing them

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rickie Fowler made his biggest birdie when no one expected it with a 70-foot putt. Wyndham Clark responded with a bold play for a birdie on the final hole to catch him Saturday and ...

Jun 17, 2023

Blinken arrives Beijing on high-stakes mission to cool soaring US-China tensions

BEIJING (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing early Sunday on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to try to cool exploding U.S.-China tensions that have set many around the wor...

Jun 17, 2023

Vegas Golden Knights victory parade expected to rival New Year's Eve on Strip, planners say

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Tens of thousands of Vegas Golden Knights fans, maybe more, are expected at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday for a Stanley Cup victory parade and a rally to mark the team'...

Jun 17, 2023

Saudi FM in Tehran as part of restoration of diplomatic ties after a 7-year rift

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Saudi Arabia's top diplomat arrived in the Iranian capital on Saturday, the latest step in the restoration of diplomatic ties between the two Mideast rivals, Iranian state media re...

Jun 17, 2023

Sudan officials say airstrike kills 17, including 5 children, in capital Khartoum

CAIRO (AP) - An airstrike in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Saturday killed at least 17 people, including five children, health officials said, as fighting continued between rival generals seeking to con...

Jun 17, 2023

At least 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, who were burned, shot or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a secondary school near th...

Jun 17, 2023

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92

NEW YORK (AP) - Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliati...

Jun 16, 2023