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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s private Cham Wings Airlines says it’s suspending flights between Damascus and the Belarus capital of Minsk because of the “critical circumstances” along the border between Belarus and Poland where thousands of migrants have been trying to cross into the European Union. The company said on Saturday that most of its

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israeli and Polish government officials have condemned an antisemitic incident that occurred in Poland this week involving Polish nationalists on Independence Day. Participants at the gathering in the central Polish city of Kalisz on Thursda chanted “Deaths to Jews” and burned a copy of a medieval document that offered Jews protection.

By GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A prolonged gun battle between rival gangs inside Ecuador’s largest prison has left at least 68 inmates dead in the latest violence to hit the Litoral Penitentiary, which recently saw the country’s worst prison bloodbath. The fighting lasted for almost eight hours in the lockup in

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s most famous dolphin Winter died of twisted intestines. The Clearwater Marine Aquarium said Saturday that necropsy results revealed the dolphin’s intestines were impossible to reach through surgery. Winter died Thursday. The star of the 2011 movie “Dolphin Tale,” which chronicled the amputation of her tail and struggle to swim with

By GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A prolonged gun battle between rival gangs inside Ecuador’s largest prison has left at least 58 inmates dead in the latest violence to hit the Litoral Penitentiary, which recently saw the country’s worst prison bloodbath. The fighting lasted for almost eight hours in the lockup in

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Deere & Co. and union officials have reached a third preliminary contract agreement that workers who began striking four weeks ago will vote on soon. The United Auto Workers said in a statement Friday night that the proposed contract with the agricultural machinery giant “includes modest modifications” to the latest

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s army says an Islamic State-linked extremist group has killed four of its personnel, including a general. An army spokesperson said Saturday that the insurgents killed the security personnel during an attack in the Askira Uba area of Borno state. The development is another sign that

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two boys have been killed and two men have been seriously injured in a shooting in Richmond. Police who responded to a report of shots fired at the OMG Convenience Store on Friday about 7:30 p.m. found four people with life-threatening gunshot wounds. The victims were taken to a local hospital,

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Indian brothers Vihaan and Nav Agarwal have won a prestigious children’s prize for a project they launched that aims to reduce waste and pollution and plant trees in New Delhi. Vihaan, 17, and his 14-year-old brother Nav were handed the International Children’s Peace Prize by

By GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Clashes inside Ecuador’s largest prison have left at least 52 inmates dead in the latest violence to hit the Litoral Penitentiary, which recently saw what authorities said was the country’s worst ever prison bloodbath. Residents living near the prison in the coastal city of Guayaquil had

By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Almost 200 nations are poised after 15 days of contentious climate talks to adopt a compromise on how to curb climate change and to try to keep a key global warming target alive During nearly three hours of discussions, nation after nation said

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Nearly two years after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Carnival Cruise Lines is restarting operations in Mobile. Al.com reports Carnival said Thursday that all 22 of its U.S.-based ships will be back in operation by March 2022, with the Carnival Sensation sailing out of Mobile on March 5, the first

By KARL RITTER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — In the run-up to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, host Britain announced one of its goals of the conference was to consign coal to history. That has turned out to be easier said that done. Government negotiators in Glasgow wrote and rewrote a paragraph that

By FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudanese security forces have fired live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protesters denouncing the military’s tightening grip on the country, killing at least five and wounding several. Saturday’s violence came as pro-democracy protesters yet again took to the streets across Sudan to

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say a woman charged two years ago with trespassing near the lion exhibit and taunting the animals at the Bronx Zoo is wanted again for doing the same thing. Police asked for the public’s help Friday night in locating Mayh Autry. She is accused of trespassing in

By FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudanese security forces have fired live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protesters denouncing the military’s tightening grip on the country, killing at least three and wounding several. Saturday’s violence came as pro-democracy protesters yet again took to the streets across Sudan to

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A fire at a gasoline storage at the largest oil refinery on Indonesia’s Java island near Jakarta has prompted the evacuation of at least 80 residents living nearby. The national oil company Pertamina says the fire at the Cilacap refinery started at one of the 228 gasoline tanks used to accommodate

By ALEX SANZ Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida on Saturday. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:19 a.m. EST and deployed the satellites about 16 minutes after launch. The rocket’s reusable first stage, which has been used

KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities say a roadside bombing in a district that borders Afghanistan has killed two policemen. The district police chief says they were on security duty near a dam when unknown assailants detonated the bomb remotely, killing both. He says a search for those involved in Saturday’s attack is underway. No

By FRANK JORDANS and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — U.N. talks to curb global warming have run into last-minute problems because of cold hard cash. Negotiators in Glasgow, Scotland, held last-minute huddles and pored over fresh proposals for sealing a deal that they hoped could be credibly said to advance worldwide efforts