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Month: August 2023

Water inundates a roadway in the Tongass National Forest in Juneau

Glacier basin flooding destroys two structures in Alaskan capital of Juneau and prompts local emergency declaration

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Record-breaking river flooding has destroyed at least two structures in Juneau, Alaska, and prompted local evacuations after a sudden outburst from a glacier-dammed lake inundated the region, officials say. City officials declared a local emergency on Sunday as the flooding made the banks of the Mendenhall

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Iran opens registration for candidates in next year’s parliament election, the first since protests

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has begun registering candidates for parliamentary elections in March, which will be the first since nationwide protests rocked the country last year. Iran has held regular presidential and parliamentary elections since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. But a clerical body vets candidates for the 290-seat parliament, disqualifying any seen

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Prison probably isn’t the end of the political road for Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan

By RIAZAT BUTT and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan’s popular opposition leader, is now an inmate at a high-security prison after being convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years. It’s the most dramatic twist yet in months of political and legal wrangling between Khan and his

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Philippines summons Chinese ambassador over water cannon incident in disputed South China Sea

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government has summoned China’s ambassador to convey a strongly worded diplomatic protest over the Chinese coast guard’s use of water cannons against Philippine vessels in a confrontation in the disputed South China Sea. The tense standoff occurred Saturday near Second Thomas Shoal, which is

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India’s Modi faces a no-confidence vote over silence on ethnic violence tearing at remote Manipur

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — His social media accounts suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is launching high-speed trains and rubbing shoulders with foreign leaders as a powerhouse on the global stage and the face of an ascendant India. But that carefully crafted image, followed by millions, sits uncomfortably at odds

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Trump and team seek to destroy credibility of his election subversion trial before a date is even set

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump and his legal team are escalating efforts to discredit and delay a trial over his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election, as his fight to avert criminal convictions becomes ever more indistinguishable from his presidential campaign. The former president’s attorney Sunday vowed to petition to

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Trump’s attack on ‘filth and decay’ in nation’s capital just the latest in his personal feud with DC

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington has never been a particularly friendly place for Donald Trump. And after pleading not guilty to federal charges he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Trump was quick to show the feeling was mutual. Trump told reporters he was “very sad” to see “the filth

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