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Canadian men's university hockey teams provide safe prep for Ukraine's under-25 squad

Ukraine's under-25 men's hockey team needed a safe place to play ahead of an international tournament, and found it in Canada.

Dec 29, 2022 10:33 AM Read more >

Vatican: Benedict XVI lucid, stable, but condition 'serious'

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, alert and stable but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said Thursday, a day after it revealed that the 95-year-old's health had deteriorated recently.

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Brazil's Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil´s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday that Amazon activist Marina Silva will be the country´s next minister of environment.

Dec 29, 2022 8:06 AM Read more >

Israel swears in Netanyahu as PM of hard-line government

JERUSALEM (AP) — Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn into office Thursday, taking the helm of the most right-wing and religiously conservative government in Israel’s history and vowing to enact policies that could cause domestic and regional turmoil and ali

Dec 29, 2022 7:19 AM Read more >

Deadly fire burning at Cambodia hotel casino, report says

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A fire burning through a Cambodian hotel casino on the border with Thailand has killed at least 10, local media reported.

Dec 28, 2022 7:45 PM Read more >

NY Rep.-elect Santos investigated for lying about his past

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep.

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Northern California statue of meat-packing magnate beheaded

SACRAMENTO, Calif.

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Kosovo Serbs to remove barricades that triggered tensions

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic said late Wednesday that Serbs will start removing their barricades in Kosovo on Thursday in a move that could deescalate tensions that triggered fears of new clashes in the Balkans.

Dec 28, 2022 5:41 PM Read more >

Report: Tenn has broken its lethal injection rules since '18

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

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Vatican says health of retired pope Benedict XVI 'worsening'

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 's health has worsened over the past hours due to advanced age and doctors are constantly monitoring his condition, the Vatican said Wednesday, as Pope Francis appealed to the faithful to pray for his “v

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