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• The Latest: China’s foreign minister criticizes US tariffs

  01-08-2019 22:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs beginning Sept. 1 on the $300 billion in Chinese imports he hasn’t already hit with taxes (all times local):
  midnight
  Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has criticized President Donald Trump’s proposed tariff hike.
  “Imposing tariffs is definitely not the right way to resolve trade frictions,” Wang told reporters in Bangkok, where he was attending a meeting of the Association of South
  
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• The Latest: Trump tears into Democrats at raucous rally

  01-08-2019 21:37
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s rally in Cincinnati (all times local):
  9:30 p.m.
  President Donald Trump has used a revved-up rally in Cincinnati to tear into the Democrats he has been elevating as his new political foils.
  But the president mostly avoided the racial controversy that has dominated recent weeks as he basked in front of the raucous crowd for nearly 90 minutes on Thursday, unleashing broadside after broadside on his political foes.
  Trump had faced
  
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• Pakistan’s Senate chairman survives no-confidence motion

  01-08-2019 14:47
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — The chairman of Pakistan’s Senate survived an unexpected no-confidence vote proposed by the opposition.
  The opposition, which holds a majority in the 104-member Senate, failed to remove Sadiq Sanjrani from office in Thursday’s balloting. The vote was a boost for Prime Minister Imran Khan, who came to power in 2018.
  Senate opposition leader Raja Zafarul Haq had proposed the motion against Sanjrani but when the secret balloting was held, only 50 senators backed i
  
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• Jury to get case against woman accused of duping investors

  01-08-2019 14:39
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal jury in Maryland will soon begin deliberating in the case against an Israeli woman charged with orchestrating a scheme to defraud tens of thousands of investors out of tens of millions of dollars.
  Jurors are expected to hear closing arguments Thursday in the trial of 38-year-old Lee Elbaz before deliberations begin. Elbaz is charged with three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
  Elbaz was CEO of Israel-based Yukom Communica
  
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• Ex-Philadelphia sheriff facing prison over $675k in bribes

  01-08-2019 14:30
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s longest-serving sheriff will be sentenced Thursday for using bribes from a businessman to help buy two homes and then awarding him millions in city contracts.
  Federal prosecutors say John Green took kickbacks from businessman James Davis during his 22 years in office while awarding him $35 million in contracts.
  Authorities say the $675,000 in bribes included more than $300,000 for a Florida retirement home.
  Green faces up to five years in prison aft
  
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• Isolated storms today

  01-08-2019 14:28
  TUCSON – Most stay dry today with isolated storms expected to the south and east or for higher elevations! Today: Partly cloudy, Isolated P.M. thunderstorms (20%). High: 97°
  Tonight: Partly cloudy and seasonable. Low: 78°
  Tomorrow: Partly cloudy, Isolated P.M. thunderstorms (20%). High: 102°
  The Monsoon is taking a break for the next few days! Best chance for storms will be the south and east of Tucson and for higher elevat
  
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• Somalia’s president gives up US citizenship, but unclear why

  01-08-2019 14:19
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The office of Somalia’s president says he is giving up his United States citizenship but it is not immediately clear why.
  A statement posted on Twitter on Thursday says President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed made the decision voluntarily, with lawyers involved. It says Somalia’s constitution allows for dual citizenship. Many in Somalia’s diaspora have it after fleeing the country long gripped by conflict.
  Mohamed lived for many years in the United States,
  
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• Cyprus’ top lawyer: Police to probe bishop’s remarks on gays

  01-08-2019 14:17
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ attorney general says he has instructed police to launch an investigation into whether an Orthodox Christian bishop has committed a criminal offense over his remarks on homosexuals.
  Costas Clerides said he instructed the chief of police on Thursday.
  The bishop said in a June lecture citing the views of an Orthodox Christian saint that homosexuality could be transferred to unborn children if a pregnant woman has anal sex, a claim with no scientific basis
  
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• The Latest: Sea-Watch gets migrant safety reprieve

  01-08-2019 14:15
  SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The Latest on migration issues in Europe (all times local):
  2:10 p.m.
  A Dutch court has given Mediterranean migrant rescue organization Sea-Watch until the end of the year to ensure that its Sea-Watch 3 ship complies with beefed-up safety regulations.
  Thursday’s ruling by The Hague Court of Appeal came in a case brought by Sea-Watch against the Dutch government after authorities in the Netherlands introduced stricter regulations in April and a judg
  
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• Atlanta to add context about racism to historic monuments

  01-08-2019 13:58
  ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta will soon add lessons about the South’s racist history on markers placed next to four historic monuments.
  Officials say the first of the panels could be installed as early as Friday.
  In Atlanta’s Piedmont Park, a 1911 Peace Monument commemorating post- Civil War reconciliation will get context noting that its inscription promotes a narrative centered on white veterans, while ignoring African Americans.
  Georgia law bars the removal of such monuments. Other
  
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• EU tells new UK envoy there’s no renegotiating Brexit deal

  01-08-2019 13:57
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has told Britain’s new Europe adviser that it isn’t prepared to renegotiate the Brexit agreement, three months before the country is due to leave the 28-nation bloc.
  European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said adviser David Frost held “introductory meetings” Wednesday and Thursday with senior officials from the EU’s executive body, which manages Brexit negotiations on behalf of EU member countries.
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• Mozambique’s last rebel fighters finally lay down their arms

  01-08-2019 13:56
  GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambique’s president and the leader of the Renamo opposition have signed a peace accord to end years of hostilities that followed a 15-year civil war.
  Thousands of the former rebel group’s remaining fighters are disarming just weeks before a visit by Pope Francis and a national election that will test the now-political rivals’ new resolve.
  President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo leader Ossufo Momade shook hands and embraced after Thu
  
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• Mozambique president, Renamo opposition leader sign peace accord ending years of hostilities that followed civil war

  01-08-2019 13:52
  GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambique president, Renamo opposition leader sign peace accord ending years of hostilities that followed civil war.
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• Experts disappointed with Hungary’s anti-corruption efforts

  01-08-2019 13:45
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A body of international experts says that Hungary’s efforts to implement anti-corruption recommendations for lawmakers and the judiciary are “globally unsatisfactory.”
  The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption, knows as GRECO, said Thursday that Hungary has adopted only five of its 18 anti-graft proposals.
  GRECO said “determined measures” were needed to improve transparency in parliament, including better asset d
  
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• New suspect detained in Russia over LGBT activist killing

  01-08-2019 13:41
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian investigators say they have arrested a suspect in the killing of an LGBT rights activist in St. Petersburg, and that the person initially detained for the crime is no longer a suspect.
  Yelena Grigorieva’s body was found on a St. Petersburg street in July with eight stab wounds and signs of strangling. Activist colleagues said she had repeatedly received threats for her work.
  The Investigative Committee’s St. Petersburg division said Thursday that the now-c
  
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• Stood up in Bangkok: Pompeo regrets NKorea meeting unlikely

  01-08-2019 13:37
  BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the Trump administration is ready to resume talks with North Korea now, although he regrets a meeting between the two sides is unlikely at an Asian security conference this week in Bangkok.
  Pompeo says he and his chief negotiator had hoped to meet with a senior North Korean official while in the Thai capital for the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum. But he said Thursday that it looked like they would not ha
  
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• Chicago spent $33,600 on hunt for alligator in city park

  01-08-2019 13:37
  CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago’s efforts to wrangle an alligator who was found living in a park lagoon this summer cost more than $33,600.
  Most of the costs arose from city workers putting up and removing barricades to keep people away from the lagoon in Humboldt Park after the male reptile was first spotted there last month.
  Florida trapper Frank Robb captured the 4- to 5-foot long (1.2- to 1.5-meter) alligator on July 16. Officials say a $2,500 fee went to Robb. He also receive
  
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• Bank of England keeps key interest rate on hold at 0.75%

  01-08-2019 13:09
  LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has kept its main interest rate on hold at 0.75% and warned that mounting fears of a no-deal Brexit at the end of October is increasingly weighing on the country’s short-term economic growth.
  The decision, announced Thursday, was unanimous among the nine-member policymaking panel.
  Minutes accompanying the decision showed that rate-setters think growth has slowed this year to a rate below potential, “reflecting both the impact of intensifying Br
  
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• Bank of England keeps key interest rate on hold at 0.75%, warns that Brexit uncertainties weighing on near-term growth

  01-08-2019 13:05
  LONDON (AP) — Bank of England keeps key interest rate on hold at 0.75%, warns that Brexit uncertainties weighing on near-term growth.
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• Impossible Whopper goes nationwide at Burger King

  01-08-2019 12:55
  MIAMI (AP) — Burger King will begin selling the plant-based Impossible Whopper nationwide next week after a successful run in six regions.
  The rollout to 7,000 U.S. locations will be for a limited time, a typical practice in the fast food industry for new products. The chain won’t say how many of the burgers it’s sold since first introducing them in April, but did say it’s enticing more people to enter its stores.
  Impossible Foods, the company that makes the burgers for B
  
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• Kentucky: 1 dead, 5 hospitalized in gas line rupture, fire

  01-08-2019 12:43
  JUNCTION CITY, Ky. (AP) — A regional gas pipeline ruptured early Thursday in Kentucky, causing a massive explosion that killed 1 person, hospitalized five others, destroyed railroad tracks and forced the evacuation of a nearby mobile home park, authorities said.
  The explosion was so huge that it showed up on radar, according to a tweet from WKYT-TV meteorologist Chris Bailey.
  County Emergency Management Director Don Gilliam said the flames reached about 300 feet in the air and could be see
  
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• US decries Chinese disruption of Mekong River

  01-08-2019 12:39
  BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed concern over Chinese activities on the Mekong River in Southeast Asia, calling them troubling trends.
  He spoke Thursday in Thailand’s capital with his counterparts from countries through which the river flows, including Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
  Pompeo’s concerns include the building of upstream dams, plans to blast river beds, and the staging of river patrols outside Chinese borders. He noted findings
  
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• London Stock Exchange acquires Refinitv in $27 billion deal

  01-08-2019 12:36
  LONDON (AP) — The London Stock Exchange Group says it has agreed to acquire financial data and analytics company Refinitiv for $27 billion in stock and assumed debt in a deal that will help the exchange compete with the likes of Bloomberg as demand for real-time market information expands.
  LSE says the current owners of Refinitiv, including investment firm Blackstone and Thomson Reuters, will receive 37% of the group’s stock, valued at $14.5 billion. The stock exchange will also take
  
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• Host A.J. Calloway exiting ‘Extra’ after allegations

  01-08-2019 12:36
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A.J. Calloway is leaving the syndicated entertainment news show “Extra” in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations.
  Warner Brothers issued a statement on Wednesday saying the company has investigated the claims into Calloway’s conduct and he and the company “have mutually agreed to part ways.” The statement did not say when the agreement was made.
  The company had investigated prior accusations against Calloway and found no suggestion
  
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• Emergency director: 1 dead, 5 hospitalized in huge explosion from gas line rupture in Kentucky

  01-08-2019 12:31
  JUNCTION CITY, Ky. (AP) — Emergency director: 1 dead, 5 hospitalized in huge explosion from gas line rupture in Kentucky.
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• Congo’s health ministry says the 1-year-old daughter of the man who died of Ebola this week in Goma has the disease.

  01-08-2019 12:30
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s health ministry says the 1-year-old daughter of the man who died of Ebola this week in Goma has the disease.
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• 5 years on, Yazidis still live with IS massacre, enslavement

  01-08-2019 12:04
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Yazidi community leaders and Iraqi politicians say that despite the military defeat of the Islamic State group, the religious minority attacked and enslaved by the extremists still lives in disarray, mostly in camps and with no security in their still-ruined hometowns.
  The speakers gathered in Baghdad on Thursday to commemorate five years since IS carried out coordinated attacks on a number of Yazidi villages in Iraq, massacring men and enslaving women and children in what h
  
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• UN nuclear watchdog to appoint new head in October

  01-08-2019 12:00
  BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog aims to name a new leader in October following the death last month of Yukiya Amano, its director general for the past decade.
  The International Atomic Energy Agency said as its board of governors met in Vienna Thursday that nominations for the job should be submitted by Sept. 5 and the new director general is expected to be appointed in October. The new leader should take office by Jan. 1.
  Cornel Feruta, a Romanian diplomat and the
  
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• Columbus officers face discipline in Stormy Daniels arrest

  01-08-2019 11:53
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Columbus police say five officers from the department’s now-disbanded vice unit face discipline for a raid on a strip club last year that resulted in the arrest of Stormy Daniels. The department said Wednesday that the officers could face punishment ranging from a reprimand to firing. The officers include a commander, lieutenant, sergeant and two of the arresting officers.
  Daniels was arrested at Sirens in July 2018 on suspicion of inappropriately touching an un
  
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• India’s ruling party expels lawmaker accused of rape

  01-08-2019 11:52
  NEW DELHI (AP) — A prominent politician in India has been expelled from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party amid waves of public outrage after a deadly car crash left a woman who accused him of rape in critical condition.
  The expulsion came Thursday after the BJP came under fire for not taking stern action against Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the accused lawmaker from the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
  India’s Central Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday that it is investigating Se
  
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• Indonesia steps up response to massive forest fires

  01-08-2019 11:47
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Forest fires burning throughout Indonesia have prompted six provinces to declare a state of emergency and deploy thousands of security forces.
  Indonesia’s Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Agus Wibowo said Thursday that firefighting measures went full force including aerial water drops in anticipation of worsening forest fires that each year spread health-damaging haze across much of Southeast Asia.
  He says 6,000 personnel have been deployed to douse the
  
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• Shell says earnings decline amid lower oil prices

  01-08-2019 11:36
  LONDON (AP) — Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell says second-quarter earnings dropped 26% as lower oil and natural gas prices overshadowed an increase in production.
  Earnings based on the current cost of supplies and excluding one-time items — Shell’s preferred measure — fell to $3.46 billion ($4.2 billion) from $4.69 billion in the same period last year. Shell says that reflected lower oil and gas prices, as well as weaker chemical and refining margins. Net incom
  
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• Forest fires spread in remote Siberia, Russian Far East

  01-08-2019 11:29
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say forest fires are spreading in remote areas of Siberia and the Far East that firefighters cannot reach.
  Avialesookhrana, Russia’s aerial forest protection service, said Thursday more than 30,000 square kilometers (11,850 square miles) are on fire, with the vast majority in areas that are hard to reach and where potential damage is likely to be less than the cost of fighting them.
  Although the fires have not hit populated areas, heavy smoke from them
  
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• S. Koreans shun Japanese beer, travel, cars as disputes grow

  01-08-2019 11:20
  BUNDANG, South Korea (AP) — A widespread anti-Japanese boycott is gaining ground in South Korea since Tokyo tightened its exports of materials used to manufacture semiconductors and display screens, key export items for South Korea.
  The boycott could worsen as Japan is expected to expand its trade curbs to other items as early as Friday by removing South Korea from a list of countries granted preferential trade status. In the meantime, South Koreans spoke of canceling travel to Japan while
  
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• Partial Dutch ban on face-covering clothing comes into force

  01-08-2019 11:05
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A new Dutch law has come into force banning face-covering clothing — including the burqa and niqab worn by conservative Muslim women — on public transport, in government buildings and at health and education institutions.
  The Netherlands, long seen as a bastion of tolerance and religious freedom, is the latest European country to introduce such a ban , following the likes of France, Germany, Belgium, Austria and Denmark.
  Muslim and rights groups ha
  
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• Barclays bank 2Q earns down 19% as income stagnates

  01-08-2019 11:03
  LONDON (AP) — London-based Barclays bank says second-quarter earnings fell 19% as income stagnated and it set aside more money to cover bad loans.
  Net income dropped to 1.03 billion pounds ($1.25 billion) from 1.28 billion in the same period last year. Income was largely flat at 5.54 billion pounds. Credit impairment charges and other provisions rose 70% to 480 million pounds.
  The trans-Atlantic bank also warned about continuing uncertainties related to Britain’s departure from the E
  
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• A$AP Rocky to testify on 2nd day of Sweden assault trial

  01-08-2019 10:57
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — American rapper A$AP Rocky is set to testify on the second day of a trial in Sweden, where he is accused of assault in an alleged street fight.
  The trial has created a stir in U.S.-Swedish diplomatic relations after President Donald Trump weighed in on the case in support of the Grammy-nominated recording artist, whose real name is Rakim Mayers.
  Mayers, who has been in custody since July 3, arrived at the Stockholm District Court Thursday wearing an all-green inmates&rsquo
  
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• APNewsBreak: Gun safety groups to host presidential forum

  01-08-2019 10:55
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two prominent gun safety organizations say they’ll host a forum for Democratic presidential candidates in Las Vegas on Oct. 2, the day after the second anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
  March For Our Lives and the Giffords group told The Associated Press on Thursday that the forum focused on gun violence is the first of its kind for presidential hopefuls.
  It’ll be open to those who meet the Democratic National Committee’s
  
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• The Latest: Yemen official says 40 killed in Aden attacks

  01-08-2019 10:51
  ADEN, Yemen (AP) — The Latest on the situation in Yemen (all times local):
  11:35 a.m.
  A Yemen health official and witnesses say at least 40 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a missile attack and coordinated suicide bombings in the southern port city of Aden.
  The official says the missile struck a military parade underway Thursday in Aden, the temporary seat of the U.N.-recognized Yemeni government. They spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to repo
  
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• The Latest: Official: Death toll in Yemen attacks reaches 51

  01-08-2019 10:51
  ADEN, Yemen (AP) — The Latest on the situation in Yemen (all times local):
  1 p.m.
  A Yemeni health official says the death toll in attacks in the southern port city of Aden has climbed to 51.
  The official says 40 people were killed in a missile attack on a military parade in the al-Galaa camp in the city’s neighborhood of Breiqa on Thursday. He says 11 people were killed in coordinated suicide bombings at a police station earlier in the day.
  The al-Galaa camp houses forces loyal to th
  
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• The Latest: Rwanda closes border with Congo over Ebola

  01-08-2019 10:41
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Latest on Congo’s Ebola outbreak (all times local):
  9:40 a.m.
  A Rwandan official says his country has closed its border with Congo because of the deadly Ebola outbreak.
  The state minister for foreign affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe confirmed the border closure to The Associated Press on Thursday.
  The closure comes after a man died of Ebola in Congo’s major city of Goma, which is on the Rwandan border. He was the second confirmed Ebola case in Goma.
  The W
  
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• The Latest: 1-year-old daughter of Goma victim has Ebola

  01-08-2019 10:41
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Latest on Congo’s Ebola outbreak (all times local):
  11:30 a.m.
  Congo’s health ministry says the 1-year-old daughter of the man who died of Ebola this week in the city of Goma now has the disease.
  This is the outbreak’s first direct transmission of Ebola inside Goma, a city of more than 2 million people on the border with Rwanda.
  Rwanda’s government earlier Thursday said it had closed its border with Congo over the outbreak, which is enteri
  
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• Rwandan official says his country has closed its border with Congo because of the deadly Ebola outbreak.

  01-08-2019 10:31
  KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan official says his country has closed its border with Congo because of the deadly Ebola outbreak.
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• Bosnia: Migrant hit by train, another one’s body found

  01-08-2019 10:29
  SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A migrant has died in Bosnia after he was hit by a train reportedly while sleeping on railway tracks.
  Police say the accident happened early Thursday in the northwestern town of Bihac where thousands of migrants have been stuck while trying to move toward Western Europe.
  Bosnian Klix news portal reports that the approaching train sounded its siren and attempted to stop but the man didn’t move. Police say they are investigating what happened.
  Police
  
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• Yemen health official, witnesses: 40 killed, scores wounded in missile attack, suicide bombing in port city of Aden

  01-08-2019 10:27
  ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Yemen health official, witnesses: 40 killed, scores wounded in missile attack, suicide bombing in port city of Aden.
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• Boris Johnson’s government faces test in special election

  01-08-2019 10:21
  LONDON (AP) — New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing his first electoral test — a special election that could see the Conservative government’s working majority in Parliament cut to just one vote.
  Voters are electing a new lawmaker for the seat of Brecon and Radnorshire in Wales on Thursday after Conservative incumbent Chris Davies, was ousted. He was dumped by a petition of electors after being convicted of expenses fraud.
  Davies is running to regain the seat but f
  
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• Suspected Ebola case in Congo had contact with 2nd Goma case

  01-08-2019 10:15
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A Congolese official says a person who had contact with the second confirmed Ebola case in the city of Goma is at an Ebola treatment center after showing signs of the disease.
  The Ebola coordinator for North Kivu province. Dr. Aruna Abedi, tells The Associated Press that this is a suspected case. It is not immediately clear whether the person is a family member of the man who died on Wednesday. He had spent several days at home with his family while showing symptoms.
  
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• Siemens earnings slip on lower demand from auto industry

  01-08-2019 10:15
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Industrial equipment and technology company Siemens says net profit slipped 6% in the company’s most recent quarter as weaker demand for factory automation from the auto and machine-building sectors hit profits.
  The company said Thursday that net profit eased to 1.134 billion euros ($1.252 billion) in the April-June quarter, the company’s fiscal third, from the year-earlier period. Revenue rose 4% to 21.27 billion euros.
  The company’s order backl
  
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• Time To Vote!

  01-08-2019 10:00
  OK, time's up! You have until midnight on Sunday, Aug. 4, to cast your ballot in Best of Tucson®!…
  
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• Set To Detonate

  01-08-2019 10:00
  The KXCI benefit show, the eighth annual House Rockin’ Blues Review, happens on Friday, August 2 at El Casino Ballroom.Since when did having the blues become so fun? Fans of KXCI 91.3 FM don't have to listen for long before hearing the groove and twang of a good blues tune, but now the radio station is hosting an event to see the music performed live—and even better, to dance along.…
  
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