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Alberto Fujimori, Peru's controversial former president, buried after 3 days of national mourning

Sep. 15, 2024 00:12 AM EDT

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Controversial former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was buried Saturday after three days of national mourning in which thousands of supporters lined up outside a museum in Lima to visit the politician's casket. Peruvian President Dina Boluarte saluted the...

High Court rejects the UK's first new coal mine in 30 years

Sep. 13, 2024 10:25 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — A judge on Friday rejected plans for the United Kingdom’s first new coal mine in three decades, delivering a victory for climate groups who challenged the project's claim it would have zero impact on global emissions. High Court Justice David Holgate's decision...

Smartmatic's suit against Newsmax over 2020 election reporting appears headed for trial

Sep. 12, 2024 20:37 PM EDT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A lawsuit pitting an electronic voting machine manufacturer that was targeted by allies of former President Donald Trump against a conservative news outlet that aired accusations of vote manipulation in the 2020 election appears headed to trial, following a Delaware judge's...

Britain's state-funded health system must 'reform or die,' prime minister says

Sep. 12, 2024 08:25 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s much-loved but overstretched health system is in critical condition and must “reform or die,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday, claiming that years of neglect and botched restructuring had made the United Kingdom an increasingly unhealthy nation. ...

Canada's Conservative leader says his party plans no-confidence motion against Trudeau's government

Sep. 11, 2024 15:41 PM EDT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday his party plans to put forward a no-confidence motion “at the earliest possible opportunity” in hopes of bringing down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government. Poilievre...

UK leader faces unease in his Labour Party after a winter fuel allowance is cut for millions

Sep. 10, 2024 21:51 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced a battle of nerves with his Labour Party on Tuesday, winning a parliamentary vote on a contentious decision to cut a payment that helps millions of pensioners pay winter heating bills — but not ending unease about it among his lawmakers. ...

4 candidates remain in the race to lead the UK's Conservative Party

Sep. 10, 2024 12:44 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — British lawmaker Mel Stride became the second candidate to be kicked out of the Conservative Party leadership contest, leaving four contenders still running to lead the party after its catastrophic election defeat. Stride garnered just 16 votes in a ballot of...

Jimmy McCain, a son of the late Arizona senator, registers as a Democrat and backs Harris

Sep. 04, 2024 22:12 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Jimmy McCain, a son of former Arizona senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, said this week he has registered as a Democrat and will vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, a valuable nod of support for the Democratic nominee in a battleground state. ...

The UK's Conservatives eliminate a former interior minister in their leadership vote

Sep. 04, 2024 12:11 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Priti Patel, who was Britain's interior minister when Boris Johnson was prime minister, has become the first candidate to be eliminated in the Conservative Party's leadership election, two months after the party resoundingly lost power following 14 years in office. In...

Iraqi women fear rise in child marriages as lawmakers consider giving conservative clerics more say

Sep. 04, 2024 01:18 AM EDT

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just after she turned 13. Her impoverished family near the southern Iraqi city of Basra hoped that the dowry of gold and money would help improve their...