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Dutch adopt US war graves to harbor memories of the country's liberation 80 years ago
MARGRATEN, Netherlands (AP) — In the rolling hills of the southern Netherlands, locals have vowed to never forget the American and other Allied soldiers who gave their lives in the fight to liberate towns and villages from the Nazi occupation in World War II. Nowhere is the...
Argentina ends Brazil's dominance in blind football and advances to Paralympic final against France
PARIS (AP) — The streak is over for the Brazilian men’s blind football team. The Brazilians had never lost in 20 years of Paralympic competition — until rival Argentina beat them 4-3 in a penalty shootout Thursday night to reach the final. After a goalless draw,...
11th victim found after a boat carrying migrants capsized on a river on the Serbia-Bosnia border
BRATUNAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A man's body was pulled out of the Drina River on the border between Serbia and Bosnia on Friday, bringing to 11 the number of people who drowned when a boat carrying migrants capsized a day earlier, Serbian police said. The body of an...
Baby among at least 10 people who drowned after migrant boat overturned on Serbia-Bosnia border
BRATUNAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A boat carrying migrants from the Middle East overturned while crossing the Drina River from Serbia to Bosnia, drowning at least 10 people, officials in the two Balkan countries said Thursday. Serbian police received a call around 5 a.m. from...
School employee kills at least 3 people in a Bosnian town, police say
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A school employee shot and killed three people Wednesday in a town in northwestern Bosnia, police said. The shooter was severely injured after trying to kill himself. The shooting took place around 10 a.m. local time at a secondary school in...
Lawmakers from 6 countries say Beijing is pressuring them not to attend conference in Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) — Lawmakers from at least six countries said Chinese diplomats were pressuring them not to attend a China-focused conference in Taiwan, in what they described as efforts to isolate the self-governed island. Politicians in Bolivia, Colombia, Slovakia, North Macedonia,...
Serbian police say they have killed man suspected of fatally shooting 1 policeman, wounding another
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Following a search, Serbian police have caught up with and killed a man suspected of shooting one policeman and wounding another, Serbia’s interior minister said Friday. The man, identified as being from Kosovo, had been on the run since early Thursday...
Serbian police searching for assailant who shot and killed 1 police officer and wounded another
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An assailant stopped by a patrol in a Serbian border town opened fire on police officers early Thursday, killing one and wounding another, the interior minister said. The shooting happened just before 1 a.m. in the western town of Loznica, near the border...
Thousands mark 1995 Srebrenica genocide which is denied by Serbs, fueling ethnic tensions in Bosnia
SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Thousands of people from Bosnia and abroad gathered in Srebrenica on Thursday for the annual ritual of commemorating the 1995 genocide which Serb officials continue to deny, fueling ethnic tensions and deep divisions within the war-ravaged state. ...
