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Standout moments from the hearing on the Biden classified documents probe by special counsel Hur
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a now-familiar ritual in Washington: a federal prosecutor being summoned to Capitol Hill to discuss the findings of a politically explosive investigation. Tuesday's hearing with special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated President Joe Biden's handling of...
Death toll in southwestern China landslide rises to 39, with 5 people still missing
BEIJING (AP) — The death toll from a landslide in a remote, mountainous part of southwestern China rose to 39 on Thursday, while five people remained missing, Chinese state media reported. The disaster struck early Monday in the village of Liangshui in the northeastern part of...
Collision of gas truck and car in Mongolia sets off explosions that kill 3 firefighters
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — A truck carrying 60 tons of liquefied natural gas and a car collided at an intersection in the Mongolian capital early Wednesday, causing a massive fireball and a series of explosions that killed three firefighters and injured 11 people, officials said. ...
Death toll in southwestern China landslide rises to 31 while more remain missing
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities raised the confirmed death toll to 31 on Tuesday in a landslide in a remote, mountainous part of China's southwestern province of Yunnan, Chinese state media reported. The disaster struck just before 6 a.m. on Monday in the village of Liangshui in the...