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Former Miss America runs again for North Dakota's only U.S. House seat in a crowded GOP primary
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican primary voters in North Dakota will have an assortment of choices for the state's only U.S. House seat, with candidates ranging from the little-known to a former Miss America. Monday was the candidate filing deadline for the June 11 primary...
How the deadliest attack on Russian soil in years unfolded over the weekend
The auditorium at Crocus City Hall was about three-quarters full, with the crowd waiting to see Picnic, a band popular since the Soviet days of the early 1980s. But the concert was sold out in the 6,200-seat hall, so some of the audience was still likely getting food or were shedding their heavy...
Krystyna Pyszková from Czech Republic crowned Miss World 2024
MUMBAI, India (AP) — Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic was crowned Miss World at a glittering contest held in India on Saturday night. Yasmina Zaytoun of Lebanon was the first runner-up among 112 contestants in the competition held in Mumbai, India’s financial and...
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
March 1-7, 2024 A family member of a passenger on missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 attended the 10th annual remembrance event in Malaysia, Chinese leader Xi Jinping drank a cup of tea during the opening session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People...
UN experts accuse Nicaragua's government of abuses 'tantamount to crimes against humanity'
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A panel of U.N.-backed human rights experts on Thursday accused Nicaragua ’s government of systematic human rights abuses “tantamount to crimes against humanity," implicating a range of high-ranking officials in the government of President Daniel Ortega. The...
Ukrainian-born Miss Japan gives up her title after an article reveals her affair with a married man
TOKYO (AP) — The Ukrainian-born winner of this year's Miss Japan beauty pageant and the contest's organizers say she has renounced her title after a magazine published an article about her affair with a married man. Karolina Shiino was crowned Miss Japan on Jan. 22, setting off...
El Salvador's Bukele has everyone's attention as he seeks reelection in spite of the constitution
SAN SALVADOR (AP) — Love him or hate him, all eyes are on Nayib Bukele. To many, El Salvador’s president is a national hero who took on the country's violent gangs with an unrelenting hand. To others, the populist is a 21st century autocrat who has committed mass human rights...
Ukrainian-born Miss Japan rekindles an old question: What does it mean to be Japanese?
TOKYO (AP) — Crowned Miss Japan this week, Ukrainian-born Carolina Shiino cried with joy, thankful for the recognition of her identity as Japanese. But her Caucasian look rekindled an old question in a country where many people value homogeneity and conformity: What does it mean to be Japanese? ...
