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With roads often blocked by rebels in Congo, boats — the only alternative — have become death traps
Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — The overcrowded boat that capsized in eastern Congo last week killed eight members of Serge Nzonga’s family along with 70 others. One week later, as authorities continued to investigate the accident, families of those killed last week protested at the port of Kituku, accusing officials of negligence in failing
Continue ReadingHan Kang wins the Nobel Prize for literature. She’s the first South Korean to do so
Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for a poetic and unsettling body of work that the Nobel committee said “confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” A slow-burning international literary star who has won multiple awards in South
Continue ReadingChina will lift 4-year ban on Australian lobster imports, Australia’s prime minister says
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says China will resume importing Australian live lobsters by the end of the year. Albanese made the announcement Thursday after meeting Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian summit in Laos. The ban on lobsters is the last of a series
Continue Reading2 Pakistani police and 4 insurgents killed in the restive north west ahead of Asian security summit
Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants riding on a motorcycle have opened fire on a vehicle carrying police officers in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, killing two of them and wounding two others. The attack came ahead of a summit of Asian security grouping in the capital. A local police official said
Continue ReadingActing or hosting, Travis Kelce wants to continue to pursue a showbiz career. But first, football
Associated Press Travis Kelce is the host of “Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?”, a spin-off of “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” The game show was taped during Kelce’s NFL off-season from the Kansas City Chiefs. He also has a supporting role in the new Ryan Murphy series called “Grotesquerie” on FX. Kelce
Continue ReadingSuspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels target ship in Red Sea
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A series of suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have targeted a ship in the Red Sea. The ship found itself struck first Thursday by a projectile that damaged the vessel but sparked no fire and caused no injuries. That’s according to the British military’s United Kingdom
Continue ReadingLithuania votes in a weekend general election with many looking for change despite good economy
Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s center-right coalition could be replaced by the opposition Social Democrats and smaller center-left parties when voters in the Baltic country go to the polls on Sunday. That’s despite recent economic successes. Strict COVID-19 measures and a migration influx from neighboring Belarus have cast shadows over conservative Prime Minister
Continue ReadingChina defiant over South China Sea skirmishes in ASEAN talks and blames meddling by foreign forces
Associated Press VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders have stepped up pressure on China to respect international law following clashes in the disputed South China Sea, but Chinese Premier Li Qiang remained defiant during annual summit talks as he blamed “external forces” for interfering in regional affairs. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations’
Continue ReadingPilot of helicopter that crashed on Australian hotel roof was affected by alcohol, probe finds
Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An investigation has found the pilot of the helicopter that crashed on top of an Australian hotel two months ago was affected by alcohol and was not qualified to fly at night. The pilot was killed in the unauthorized, nighttime crash in the tropical tourist city of Cairns. Two
Continue ReadingHurricane Milton spawns destructive, deadly tornadoes before making landfall
Associated Press Tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Milton caught many Floridians by surprise as they prepared for heavy wind, rain, and storm surges. Several dozen twisters were reported by eyewitnesses, which is notable since the state typically sees 50 tornadoes in an entire year. The number of confirmed tornadoes is expected to rise in the coming
Continue ReadingCambodian fishermen turn to raising eels as Tonle Sap lake runs out of fish
Associated Press KAMPONG PHLUK, Cambodia (AP) — Em Phat, 53, studies his eel tanks with the intensity of a man gambling with his livelihood. For millennia, fishermen like him have relied on the bounty of the Tonle Sap in Cambodia, Southeast Asia’s largest lake and the epicenter of the world’s most productive inland fishery. But
Continue ReadingRays say it may take ‘weeks’ to fully assess damage at Tropicana Field, after Milton struck region
AP Sports Writer The Tampa Bay Rays say it may take weeks to fully assess how much damage was done to Tropicana Field, which saw its roof ripped to shreds by the force of Hurricane Milton as the deadly storm barreled across much of Florida. The team said no one was injured when the St.
Continue ReadingMali’s traditional theater gives psychiatric patients the stage
Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — In the courtyard of a psychiatric ward in Mali’s capital, a small group of patients acts out scenes of a village dispute to the beat of a djembe, a traditional West African drum. One patient, Mamadou Diarra, cries out to another in the Bambara language, mocking: “You don’t know
Continue ReadingAdvocates in Georgia face barriers getting people who were formerly incarcerated to vote
Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — A new report from The Sentencing Project estimates that the number of people who cannot vote because of prior convictions has decreased slightly, but advocates still struggle to turn this population out. In Georgia, almost 250,000 individuals with past convictions still can’t vote, the eighth highest rate in
Continue ReadingSean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial set for May
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A May 5 trial date was set Thursday in Sean “Diddy” Combs’sex trafficking case, and a prosecutor argued that the jailed hip-hop mogul’s lawyers were trying to exclude a “damning piece of evidence” by claiming it was leaked by the government. Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson struck back against
Continue ReadingTakeaways from an AP investigation of Russia recruiting Africans to make drones for use in Ukraine
Associated Press About 200 women ages 18-22 from across Africa have been recruited to work in a factory alongside Russian vocational students assembling thousands of Iranian-designed attack drones to be launched into Ukraine. In interviews with The Associated Press, some of the women said they were misled that it would be a work-study program, describing
Continue ReadingSocial Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living boost in 2025, smaller than in recent past
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for retirees translates to an average increase of more than $50 for retirees every month, agency officials said. About 72.5 million
Continue ReadingTrump’s small-dollar donor fundraising is beset by confusion and fatigue
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s contributions from small-dollar donors have plummeted since his last bid for the White House, presenting the former president with a financial challenge as he attempts to keep pace with Democrats’ fundraising machine. Fewer than a third of the Republican’s campaign contributions have come from donors who gave less
Continue ReadingAfricans recruited to work in Russia say they were duped into building drones for use in Ukraine
Associated Press The social media ads promised the young African women a free plane ticket, money and a faraway adventure in Europe. Just complete a computer game and a 100-word Russian vocabulary test. But instead of a work-study program in fields like hospitality and catering, some of them learned only after arriving on the steppes
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