BEIJING – Authorities say a chemical leak in northern China has killed eight people and injured two others. A statement from Yangcheng County in Shanxi province said the carbon disulfide leak occurred Saturday morning at a plant belonging to the Ruixing chemical company. It says three rescue workers are also …
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VIENNA – Vienna’s gay-themed pedestrian traffic lights are here to stay. Instead of the usual stick man, the lights show couples — a man and a woman, two women or two men. Set up recently at 47 crossings, they were to be taken down in June, after the end of …
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ISTANBUL – A Turkish television station says it has obtained video showing three missing British teenagers at an Istanbul bus terminal before they boarded a bus to a city near Turkey’s border with Syria. A Haber news, which has close ties to the government, released the footage, which it says …
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Cambodia’s U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal has indicted two more suspects, risking a confrontation with the country’s prime minister, who has warned against adding new defendants. The tribunal announced Tuesday that former Khmer Rouge navy chief Meas Muth and former district commander Im Chaem have been charged …
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KIEV, Ukraine – Authorities in Ukraine say the sole witness in the killing in Moscow of prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov has received death threats since returning to her family home in Ukraine. The General Prosecutor’s office in Kiev said in a statement Friday that Anna Duritskaya, the 23-year …
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STOCKHOLM – Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom says Saudi Arabia has blocked her from speaking to an Arab League meeting in Cairo. Wallstrom was invited to address the meeting on Monday but told Sweden’s public radio her speech was canceled because of Saudi protests. She said “they have reacted strongly …
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NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan official says a drone strike in Somalia is believed to have killed a senior member of the al-Shabab extremist group who allegedly helped plan the 2013 Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi. The official said Thursday that Adan Garar and two others are suspected to have …
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VIENNA – A spokeswoman for Austrian Airlines says the carrier has aborted a flight to the northern Iraqi city of Irbil and canceled another over security concerns. Kurdish fighters are battling IS extremists in the region. Sandra Bijelic says Monday’s flight was canceled “to be on the safe side” after …
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BEIRUT – The main Western-backed Syrian opposition group is calling on the United Nations to send a fact-finding mission to investigate an alleged poison gas attack on a rebel-held town. The Syrian National Coalition and activists inside Syria say the government carried out a chlorine gas attack on the town …
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EDMONTON, Alberta – Royal Canadian Mounted Police say a teen has been arrested in Alberta and charged with terror-related offenses. The 17-year-old was taken into custody Thursday in Beaumont, a bedroom community south of Edmonton. Police said Friday that the teen is charged with trying to leave the country to …
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