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HUDDERSFIELD, England | Salah scores in Liverpool’s 1-0 win at Huddersfield in EPL
HUDDERSFIELD, England — Mohamed Salah scored for just the second time since August to earn Liverpool a 1-0 win at Huddersfield in the English Premier League on Saturday. With Salah’s fourth goal of the season, Liverpool kept pace with Manchester … Continue reading
WASHINGTON | US commander confident in ability of Afghan security forces
WASHINGTON — The assassination of Afghan leaders in Kandahar province won’t lessen U.S. support for the war in Afghanistan or deter local security forces in the fight against the Taliban, the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East said … Continue reading
LAS VEGAS | Biden rallies union for Democrats in tight Nevada races
LAS VEGAS — Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke of working class struggles and said President Donald Trump is shredding American values as the Democrat rallied union members in Las Vegas to support Jacky Rosen and other Nevada Democrats. Rosen, … Continue reading
MEXICO CITY | Tropical Storms Willa and Vicente swirling off Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Two tropical storms are swirling in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico, and one is forecast to become a hurricane and approach the country’s west coast late next week. Tropical Storm Willa is the 21st named storm of … Continue reading
LEIPZIG, Germany | Enthusiasts re-enact bloody 19th-century Battle of Leipzig
LEIPZIG, Germany — Hundreds of history buffs have re-enacted the 19th-century Battle of Leipzig, which saw the defeat of Napoleon I’s army by combined forces from Prussia, Austria, Russia and Sweden. Enthusiasts from across Europe, dressed in period costumes, fired … Continue reading
KABUL, Afghanistan | The Latest: Afghanistan deploys 20k more troops to polls
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Latest on parliamentary elections in Afghanistan (all times local): 11 a.m. Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry says it has increased its deployment of Afghan National Security Forces to 70,000 from a previous 50,000 military personnel across the country … Continue reading
ISTANBUL | The Latest: Germany says hold Khashoggi’s killers to account
ISTANBUL — The Latest on the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist who vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this month (all times local): 7:45 p.m. The German government is condemning the killing … Continue reading
KABUL, Afghanistan | Former Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok dies at 80
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Latest on parliamentary elections in Afghanistan (all times local): 6:05 p.m. Police say a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a polling station in a school in the northern Kabul neighborhood of Khair Khana, … Continue reading
LEADING OFF: Dodgers-Brewers in Game 7 of NLCS, Red Sox wait
A look at what’s happening around the majors today: GAME 7 The Dodgers and Brewers meet in an all-or-nothing matchup at Miller Park to decide the NL Championship Series. Los Angeles will start 24-year-old rookie Walker Buehler, who showed flashes … Continue reading
Tracing the Flow of Nigeria’s Stolen Oil to Cameroon
[Deutsche Welle] The theft of crude oil in Nigeria has cost the country ?9 billion in the last two years. DW’s Fred Muvunyi traced the illicit flow of ‘fungue’ to a port across the border in Cameroon.
