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Blinken hasn't seen any evidence on AP Gaza building strike
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he has not seen any Israeli evidence of Hamas operating in the Gaza office building hit by airstrike over the weekend. Blinken says he has asked Israel for ...
May 17, 2021

AT&T, Discovery join media houses as cord-cutting encroaches
NEW YORK (AP) - AT&T will combine its massive media operations that include CNN HBO, TNT and TBS in a $43 billion deal with Discovery, the owner of lifestyle networks including the Food Network an...
May 17, 2021

India braces for powerful cyclone amid deadly virus surge
NEW DELHI (AP) - A powerful cyclone roaring in the Arabian Sea was moving toward India's western coast on Monday as authorities tried to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people and suspended COVID-19...
May 17, 2021

Afghans who helped the US now fear being left behind
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - He served as an interpreter alongside U.S. soldiers on hundreds of patrols and dozens of firefights in eastern Afghanistan, earning a glowing letter of recommendation from an...
May 17, 2021

Dogged by Mideast crisis, US envoy Blinken visits Denmark
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Denmark on Monday for talks on climate change, Arctic policy and Russia as calls grew for the Biden administration to take a to...
May 17, 2021

Israel says Gaza tunnels destroyed in heavy airstrikes
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Israeli military unleashed a wave of heavy airstrikes on the Gaza Strip early Monday, saying it destroyed 15 kilometers (nine miles) of militant tunnels and the homes ...
May 17, 2021

Eurovision Song Contest returns despite coronavirus pandemic
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Pounding beats? Check. Uplifting lyrics? Check. Huge, backlit white wings? Check. After last year's Eurovision Song Contest was canceled amid the global COVID-19 pandemic...
May 17, 2021

Canada to get 4.5M vaccine doses as questions swirl around immunization effort
OTTAWA - Canada is set to receive a large infusion of COVID-19 vaccines this week, even as questions swirl around how the immunization drive will be affected by the sudden departure of the man tasked ...
May 17, 2021

Boys born prematurely and very small age faster as men, study suggests
Canadian researchers who tracked a group of men who were born prematurely at a weight of less than 2.2 pounds are finding they tend to age more quickly than male babies with average birth weights. The...
May 17, 2021

Lindholm OT winner gives Flames 6-5 win over Canucks despite blowing four-goal lead
VANCOUVER - In a game with little to play for besides pride, the Vancouver Canucks felt they did enough to hold their heads high despite losing in overtime. The Canucks overcame a four-goal deficit in...
May 17, 2021