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White House: No evacuation plans for all Americans in Sudan

White House: No evacuation plans for all Americans in Sudan

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — The Pentagon has deployed forces and is developing options to assist in the possible evacuation of U.S.
Judge scolds 1/6 lawyer, but won't seek disciplinary action

Judge scolds 1/6 lawyer, but won't seek disciplinary action

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Washington reprimanded an attorney whose withdrawal from a Jan.
CBC keeps accounts 'on pause' amid review after Twitter axes 'government-funded' tag

CBC keeps accounts 'on pause' amid review after Twitter axes 'government-funded' tag

The CBC is leaving its Twitter accounts inactive as it evaluates the social media platform's decision to remove the "government-funded media" tag on its accounts.
Credit Suisse investors sue after facing billions in losses

Credit Suisse investors sue after facing billions in losses

LONDON (AP) — A group of Credit Suisse investors have sued Swiss financial regulators after a government-engineered takeover of the struggling bank by rival UBS left them with billions in losses.

Russian dad convicted in antiwar case keeps parental rights

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Russian court has dropped the authorities' lawsuit to restrict the parental rights of a single father convicted of discrediting the army and sentenced to prison following his daughter’s antiwar sketch at school, a prominent
Japan PM sends offerings to controversial Tokyo shrine

Japan PM sends offerings to controversial Tokyo shrine

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida donated religious offerings on Friday to a Tokyo shrine that China and the Koreas consider a symbol of Japan's wartime militarism.

10-year sentence asked for journalist forced down in Belarus

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Prosecutors requested a 10-year prison sentence Friday for a dissident Belarusian journalist who was arrested after a warplane forced down a commercial airliner he was taking to Lithuania.
Brazil's Lula in Portugal amid Ukraine remarks controversy

Brazil's Lula in Portugal amid Ukraine remarks controversy

LISBON (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrived in Portugal on Friday amid heightened tensions with the European Union, following statements suggesting that Kyiv and the West share some responsibility for the conflict in Ukraine.
Burkina Faso investigates alleged abuses by security forces

Burkina Faso investigates alleged abuses by security forces

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso's government has opened investigations into allegations of human rights abuses by its security forces after a video surfaced that appeared to show the extrajudicial killing of seven children in the country’s north.
Japan LGBTQ groups urge government to guarantee equality

Japan LGBTQ groups urge government to guarantee equality

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese LGBTQ activist groups delivered a statement to the government on Friday urging that Japan enact an anti-discrimination law and legalize same-sex marriages ahead of a summit of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations be