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Flamethrower drone incinerates wasp nests in China

BEIJING - A drone has been converted into a flying flamethrower in central China in a fiery campaign to eradicate more than 100 wasp nests. Blue Sky Rescue, a volunteer group that conducts search and ...

Dec 12, 2020

Shadowy Ethiopian massacre could be 'tip of the iceberg'

UMM RAKOUBA, Sudan - The only thing the survivors can agree on is that hundreds of people were slaughtered in a single Ethiopian town. Witnesses say security forces and their allies attacked civilians...

Dec 12, 2020

Mortar shells hit Afghan capital, airport; 1 dead

KABUL - An early morning barrage of mortar shells slammed into the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least one civilian and wounding a second, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. Three shells hi...

Dec 12, 2020

Chemical weapons watchdog criticizes Syria over 19 issues

TANZANIA, Tanzania - The global chemical weapons watchdog criticized Syria for failing to declare a chemical weapons production facility and respond to 18 other issues, while Russia accused the watchd...

Dec 12, 2020

Italy's staggering virus toll poses uncomfortable questions

ROME - Italy could soon reclaim a record that nobody wants - the most coronavirus deaths in Europe - after the health care system again failed to protect the elderly and the government delayed imposin...

Dec 12, 2020

Iran executes journalist who encouraged 2017 protests

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Saturday executed a once-exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017, authorities said, just months after he returned to Tehr...

Dec 11, 2020

Vets groups demand Wilkie's dismissal after scathing audit

WASHINGTON - Four of the nation's biggest veterans groups on Friday called for the immediate dismissal of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie following a scathing government audit that found he h...

Dec 11, 2020

Supreme Court rejects Republican attack on Biden victory

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden's election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state ...

Dec 11, 2020

Trump administration plans 2nd execution in as many days

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The Trump administration plans to continue its unprecedented series of post-election federal executions Friday by putting to death a Louisiana truck driver who severely abused his ...

Dec 11, 2020

Trump, Congress avert shutdown, buy time for COVID-19 talks

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed a temporary government-wide funding bill into law on Friday, averting a federal shutdown at midnight and buying Congress time for on-again, off-again talks o...

Dec 11, 2020