SYDNEY – Police say a shark has seriously injured a 20-year-old surfer in an attack off the Australian east coast.…
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Expected heady victory by Myanmar’s opposition party won’t put military on a leash
YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar’s military-backed ruling party appeared set Tuesday for an overwhelming electoral defeat, but a victory by Aung…
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DIAMNIADIO ISLAND, Senegal – The place where Fatou Faye’s kitchen once stood is now outlined with short branches of mangroves,…
Read MoreBritish court says farmer will be jailed if he doesn’t tear down illicit castle
LONDON – The old adage says an Englishman’s home is his castle. But a court says Robert Fidler’s castle can’t…
Read More‘State-supported’ doping: Investigators accuse Russia of sabotaging Olympics, call for bans
In a devastatingly critical report, a World Anti-Doping Agency panel accused Russia on Monday of complicity in widespread doping and…
Read MoreUK foreign secretary warns of ‘Brexit’ unless EU implements fundamental reforms
LONDON – Britain’s foreign secretary says the European Union must implement fundamental reform or British people would vote to leave…
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Missing from flood after dam failure are unlikely to be found alive, Brazilian governor says
RIO DE JANEIRO – The governor of the Brazilian state where a flood of mud and water submerged a village…
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Brazil rescuers search for 23 missing people after dams burst; cause still unknown
MARIANA, Brazil – Brazilian searchers are looking for 23 people still listed as missing following the burst of two dams…
Read MoreChemical weapons watchdog confirms that insurgents in Syria used sulfur mustard
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has confirmed that insurgents in Syria used sulfur…
Read MoreLawyer: Blatter in hospital for medical checkup, ‘expects to be home shortly’
ZURICH – Sepp Blatter’s lawyer says the suspended FIFA president is in hospital for a medical checkup but “expects to…
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