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KARACHI, Pakistan | After attack on Chinese consulate, Pakistan points to India
KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistani police say the suicide bomber that struck the country’s Chinese consulate used foreign-made C-4 plastic explosive and suggested the attack was orchestrated in India. Counter-terrorism officer Umar Khitab said Saturday that authorities are investigating whether Baluch … Continue reading
BRUSSELS | Spain to back Brexit deal after UK agrees to Gibraltar terms
BRUSSELS — The European Union removed the last major obstacle to sealing an agreement on Brexit after Spain said it had reached a deal Saturday with Britain over Gibraltar on the eve of an EU summit. British Prime Minister Theresa … Continue reading
PARADISE, Calif | Rain slows search for remains but helps ease California fire
PARADISE, Calif. — Rain helped extinguish a deadly wildfire in Northern California’s Gold Rush country, but the moisture also turned ash into thick paste and hindered the hunt for telltale fragments of bone that could indicate a body. Searchers resumed … Continue reading
BRUSSELS | The Latest: Brexit: Boris Johnson slams UK’s Brexit deal
BRUSSELS — The Latest on Brexit negotiations (all times local): 4:20 p.m. Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has slammed the proposed Brexit deal and urged the Democratic Unionist Party not to abandon the Conservative Party. Johnson told the DUP … Continue reading
BEIRUT | US, Britain mourn loss of Syrian activists
BEIRUT — U.S. and British officials mourned the loss a Syrian anti-government activist seen as a “symbol” of the uprising who was shot dead along with his colleague by unidentified gunmen in a rebel-held area in the country’s northwest, where … Continue reading
LANSING, Mich. | Outgoing Michigan governor pushing for Great Lakes pipeline
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder hopes to use the final weeks of his tenure to lock in a deal allowing construction of a hotly debated oil pipeline tunnel beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes — … Continue reading
TAIPEI, Taiwan | Taiwan votes in local elections amid pressure from China
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese began voting in midterm local elections Saturday seen as a referendum on the independence-leaning administration of President Tsai Ing-wen, amid growing pressure from the island’s powerful rival China. The elections that follow Tsai’s landslide victory in … Continue reading
Fires, floods and other disasters await new governors
Governors have a wide range of priorities they want to tackle in the coming year, from tax reform to education. Yet it’s a topic that receives less attention on the campaign trail and in their speeches that could determine their … Continue reading
LAS VEGAS | No. 11 Mich. St. escapes big hole, beats Texas in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS— Michigan State dug itself a deep hole early against Texas. But Joshua Langford, Cassius Winston and the rest of the Spartans did not panic. Trailing by 19 points eight minutes into the Las Vegas Invitational championship game, the … Continue reading
LONDON | Son says UK film director Nicolas Roeg has died aged 90
LONDON — The son of Nicolas Roeg says the prominent British film director has died. He was 90. Nicolas Roeg Jr. told Britain’s Associated Press that the director of “The Man Who Fell to Earth” and “Don’t Look Now” died … Continue reading
