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German prosecutors to search Daimler offices in diesel probe
FRANKFURT – German automaker Daimler AG says prosecutors will search several of its offices in…
Extra work and time leads to jump in Canada Summer Jobs funding requests
OTTAWA – Almost 42,000 businesses have applied to hire a student through the Canada Summer…
Macron tries to sell plan to reform France’s labour market
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron is holding meetings with unions and business organizations to…
Stephen King calls Islamic State ‘rogue cult’ on Twitter
BANGOR, Maine – Horror author Stephen King says Islamic State is a “rogue cult” and…
AP Exclusive: Outgoing WHO head practiced art of appeasement
LONDON – As the World Health Organization struggled to co-ordinate vaccine production during the 2009…
2 men in Indonesia caned dozens of times for gay sex
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia – Two men in Indonesia’s Aceh province were publicly caned dozens of…
New roller coaster replaces the one Sandy plunged into sea
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. – Nearly five years after Superstorm Sandy plunged a roller coaster into…
2 held in Greek border region for illegal herb harvesting
THESSALONIKI, Greece – Greek police say they have arrested two Albanian men in a border…
Rapper Drake says he had ‘real fear’ of attacks during European tour
Attacks such as the deadly bombing that killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert…
Man crawls to safety 4 days after falling from cliff
ELYRIA, Ohio – Ohio police say a man who fell down a cliff and spent…
Austria: Syrian war victims’ names read in 48-hour session
VIENNA – The names of thousands of Syrian war victims are being read out in…
Trump budget slashes money of clean air and water programs
WASHINGTON – The Trump Administration budget released Tuesday slashes funding for the Environmental Protection Agency…
Congo opens probe into ex-minister’s role in Kasai violence
KINSHASA, Congo – Authorities in Congo said Tuesday they have opened an investigation into whether…
Putin says whistleblowing on doping echoes Stalin’s purges
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that plans to encourage athletes to give…
Roger Moore had prouder achievements than playing James Bond
LONDON – Sir Roger Moore saw more to life than a well-mixed martini. “I felt…
Traffic moving after truck fire closed Coquihalla Highway for a full day
MERRITT, B.C. – More than a day after traffic on a busy British Columbia highway…
Supreme Court urged to clarify law on journalist source protection
TORONTO – Protection for a journalist’s sources currently exists in legal void that needs filling…
The Latest: Leaders attack lawsuit over schools for blacks
JACKSON, Miss. – The Latest on a lawsuit alleging that Mississippi is breaking federal law…
Police: Woman caused $350K in damage at ex-husband’s home
WOODSTOCK, N.Y. – State police have charged a 61-year-old New York woman with causing more…
Turkey arrests academic, teacher on hunger strike
ISTANBUL – Turkey’s state-run news agency says two dismissed public employees on a hunger strike…
Dina Merrill, heiress and actress, dead at 93
NEW YORK – Dina Merrill, the rebellious heiress who defied her super-rich parents to become…
Injured Eugenie Bouchard withdraws from Nuremberg Cup
NUREMBERG, Germany – Eugenie Bouchard has withdrawn from the Nuremberg Cup tennis tournament with a…
Court denies appeal for egg executives in salmonella case
DES MOINES, Iowa – A father and son whose Iowa-based egg production company caused a…
Nielsen’s top programs for May 15-21
NEW YORK – Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for May 15-21. Listings include the…