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South Africa's top court rules former President Zuma cannot stand in election over criminal record

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - South Africa's highest court ruled Monday that former President Jacob Zuma is not allowed to stand as a candidate for Parliament in a national election next week because...

May 20, 2024

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-line diplomat, dies in helicopter crash

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-liner close to the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who confronted the West while also overseeing i...

May 19, 2024

Iran President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader's protégé, dies at 63 in helicopter crash

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protg of the country's supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the coun...

May 19, 2024

Edwards leads Wolves back from 20-point deficit for 98-90 win over defending champion Nuggets

DENVER (AP) - Anthony Edwards overcame a slow start and the Timberwolves roared back from a 20-point second-half deficit to eliminate the reigning NBA champion Denver Nuggets 98-90 in a Game 7 Minneso...

May 19, 2024

Dominican Republic's president on path to reelection as main opponents concede

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader is on the path to a second term following Sunday's general elections, with his top competitors conceding early in th...

May 19, 2024

Official says rescuers see helicopter that was carrying Iran's president, others at a distance

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Rescuers on Monday found a helicopter that was carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials that had apparently crash...

May 19, 2024

Lai Ching-te inaugurated as Taiwan's president in a transition likely to bolster island's US ties

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan has inaugurated Lai Ching-te as its a new president. It took place in a ceremony Monday after he won an election earlier this year. He is a relative moderate who will cont...

May 19, 2024

Schauffele wins thriller at Valhalla for first major at PGA Championship

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Xander Schauffele cashed in at just the right time Sunday by making a six-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the PGA Championship for his first major with the lowest scor...

May 19, 2024

Biden tells Morehouse graduates that he hears their voices of protest over the war in Gaza

ATLANTA (AP) - President Joe Biden on Sunday told the graduating class at Morehouse College that he heard their voices of protest over the Israel-Hamas war, and that scenes from the conflict in Gaza h...

May 19, 2024

Slovak prime minister's condition remains serious but prognosis positive after assassination bid

BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) - Slovakia's populist prime minister, Robert Fico, remained in serious condition on Sunday but has been given a positive prognosis four days after he was shot multiple t...

May 19, 2024