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Last charge dropped in Vegas case against ex-GOP consultant
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The last remaining criminal charge has been dropped in Las Vegas against a former Republican political consultant who had been accused of imprisoning and battering his girlfriend. Benjamin Sparks' attorney, Joshua Tomsheck, on Tuesday dismissed as a fabrication the misdemeanor battery...
Spain's top court says separatist politician stays in prison
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an imprisoned Catalan politician must remain behind bars despite a European court ruling that his election to the European Parliament gave him immunity. Oriol Junqueras’ lawyer had requested his release so the separatist...
Putin, Ukraine's leader talk about natural gas, prisoners
MOSCOW (AP) — The presidents of Russia and Ukraine have spoken by telephone to express satisfaction with a newly signed contract on natural gas transit and the recent exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and Russia-backed rebels in Ukraine's east. A Kremlin statement says the Tuesday call between Russian...
Spain: Socialists pin future government on Catalan's release
MADRID (AP) — Two left-wing parties striving to form Spain's first coalition government in decades joined forces Monday announcing plans to hike taxes on the rich and boost social spending if they take office with the key acquiescence of a Catalan pro-independence party. But the final go-ahead to a...
Ukraine, eastern rebels swap prisoners in move to end war
MAIORSK CHECKPOINT, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine on Sunday exchanged 200 prisoners in a move aimed at ending their five-year war. The swap at a checkpoint near the rebel-held city of Horlivka was part of an agreement brokered this month at a summit of the...
Ukraine, separatists expected to swap prisoners on Sunday
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Kyiv expects to swap prisoners with Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Saturday. The exchange was brokered by the Russian and Ukrainian presidents at peace talks in Paris earlier this month. Zelenskiy and Russian...
Ukraine, rebels agree on prisoner exchange before year's end
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's envoy at talks between Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists said Monday that they agreed on conditions for a prisoner exchange following a deal reached by the two nations' presidents. Boris Gryzlov, who represents Russia in the so-called Contact Group on the conflict in eastern...
Uzbekistan elects new parliament with no opposition
MOSCOW (AP) — Election officials in the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan on Monday announced the preliminary results of a parliamentary vote that offered no real opposition, with pro-government political parties taking 128 seats out of 150 and certain eventually to win the rest. The remaining 22 seats...
Uzbekistan holds parliamentary vote without real opposition
MOSCOW (AP) — Voters in the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan are choosing a new parliament in an election that presents no genuine opposition. The vote is the first parliamentary election since the death of longtime strongman leader Ismail Karimov three years ago. But the five parties in Sunday's...
As Trump shuns US multilateralism, China ups diplomatic ante
GENEVA (AP) — Chinese leaders have long been sensitive about their communist country’s international image. Now, they are battling back — investing in diplomacy and a courtship of hearts and minds, just as the United States digs in on the Trump administration’s “America...
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