KIEV, Ukraine – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Ukraine to show support for the embattled government as the Obama administration weighs sending arms to Kiev to help it fight Russian-backed separatists. Amid a fast-moving flurry of international diplomacy, Kerry arrived in Kiev on Thursday bringing with him …
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s government is reporting a record year for its tourism industry, with last year’s arrivals and earnings surpassing numbers set the previous year. Tourism Minister Wykeham McNeill says the island attracted 3.5 million visitors in 2014, generating gross foreign exchange earnings of $2.2 billion. That’s an increase …
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Crews from the U.S. and New Zealand are trying to rescue a damaged fishing boat with 27 people aboard that is stuck in ice near Antarctica. The U.S. Coast Guard says Australian boat Antarctic Chieftain suffered damage to three of its four propellers after getting stuck …
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EL-ARISH, Egypt – Police in Egypt say they have thwarted two Islamic militant suicide car bomb attacks on a police station in the restive northern Sinai. Police officials said Saturday the attack in the town of Sheikh Zuweyid wounded two police officers. Police say guards in the police station’s towers …
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ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar – Authorities in Madagascar say a French boy was abducted from outside his school in the southwest of the country. Hajatiana Ralaikoto, a police official in the town of Toliara, said Wednesday that four men grabbed the 12-year-old on Tuesday. Ralaikoto says the motive was not clear. He …
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To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. The witch hunting against Bill Bennett continues. That is the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. Two weeks after Dr. Bennett was embarrassed by his gambling exposure, another …
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CAIRO – An Egyptian border official says some 20,000 Egyptians have fled Libya since the release of a grisly beheading video by Islamic State militants. The video, showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians, prompted Cairo to launch retaliatory airstrikes and ban Egyptians from traveling to the increasingly volatile North …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it has test fired a “new strategic weapon” in the final day of large-scale naval and air defense drills. Adm. Ali Fadavi, the guard’s naval chief, told state TV on Friday that the new weapon would play a “decisive” role in naval wars. …
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TORONTO – The law firm representing the families of 47 people killed in the 2013 Quebec train crash says it has received a financial proposal that would see them split US$61 million in compensation. Chicago-based law firm Meyers & Flowers says it will be closely reviewing the settlement to determine …
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UNITED NATIONS – Jordan has circulated a United Nations resolution aimed at ending the conflict in Yemen, where Houthi Shiite rebels and their allies are fighting supporters of the country’s embattled president. A U.N. diplomat said Tuesday the draft Security Council resolution would condemn aggression by the Houthis, who are …
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