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Cardinal Zen, 5 others stand trial in Hong Kong over fund

Cardinal Zen, 5 others stand trial in Hong Kong over fund

HONG KONG (AP) — A 90-year-old Catholic cardinal and five others stood trial in Hong Kong on Monday for allegedly failing to register a now-defunct fund set up to assist people arrested in the mass anti-government protests in the city three years ago
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Building collapses outside Kenyan capital, deaths reported

Building collapses outside Kenyan capital, deaths reported

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A multi-story building collapsed outside Kenya's capital Monday, and rescuers are picking through the debris in search of several people reported missing.
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Italy voters shift sharply, reward Meloni's far-right party

Italy voters shift sharply, reward Meloni's far-right party

ROME (AP) — Italian voters shifted sharply, rewarding a party with neo-fascist roots and bolstering prospects the country could have its first far-right-led government since World War II, partial results Monday from the election for Parliament indica
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South Korea says North Korea test-fired missile toward sea

South Korea says North Korea test-fired missile toward sea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Sunday toward its eastern seas, extending a provocative streak in weapons testing as a U.S.
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Palace reveals ledger stone at queen's final resting place

Palace reveals ledger stone at queen's final resting place

LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace released a photo Saturday giving the first public glimpse of the new ledger stone installed at the final resting place of Queen Elizabeth II .
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Amended autopsy: Black man died due to sedative, restraint

Amended autopsy: Black man died due to sedative, restraint

DENVER (AP) — A Black man died after a police encounter in a Denver suburb in 2019 because he was injected with a powerful sedative after being forcibly restrained, according to an amended autopsy report publicly released Friday.
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Arizona judge: State can enforce near-total abortion ban

Arizona judge: State can enforce near-total abortion ban

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been blocked for nearly 50 years, a judge ruled Friday, meaning clinics statewide will have to stop providing the procedures to avoid the filing of criminal charges against doc
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Roger Federer's last match is doubles loss with Rafael Nadal

Roger Federer's last match is doubles loss with Rafael Nadal

LONDON (AP) — This day, this match, had to come, of course, for Roger Federer , and for tennis, just as it inevitably must for every athlete in every sport.
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Wily seal that cruised to pond surrenders at police station

Wily seal that cruised to pond surrenders at police station

BEVERLY, Mass. (AP) — A gray seal that wandered into a Massachusetts pond and evaded authorities’ attempts to capture him turned himself in Friday after waddling up to the local police station.
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New twist in Pogba extortion probe, with brother's videos

New twist in Pogba extortion probe, with brother's videos

PARIS (AP) — A police investigation into allegations that France soccer star Paul Pogba was targeted by extortionists took a bizarre new twist Friday with the release by one of the suspects, his elder brother Mathias, of a long string of videos takin
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