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Diplomat: Russia might discuss swap for jailed US reporter

Diplomat: Russia might discuss swap for jailed US reporter

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia might be willing to discuss a potential prisoner swap with the U.S. involving jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich after his trial on espionage charges, a top Russian diplomat said Thursday.
Police: Inmate who escaped by faking death back in S. Africa

Police: Inmate who escaped by faking death back in S. Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A man serving a life sentence for murder and rape who escaped from a top-security prison with help from guards by faking his own burning death was brought back to South Africa early Thursday after going on the run with
Australia's most powerful cyclone in 8 years to cross coast

Australia's most powerful cyclone in 8 years to cross coast

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A tropical cyclone nearing Australia is forecast to be the most powerful storm in eight years to hit the country, bringing wind gusts of up to 315 kilometers (196 miles) per hour as it crosses the northwest coast, meteorolo
Florida mops up after floods close Fort Lauderdale airport

Florida mops up after floods close Fort Lauderdale airport

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
Trump will answer questions in NY fraud lawsuit, lawyer says

Trump will answer questions in NY fraud lawsuit, lawyer says

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump arrived at the offices of New York's attorney general Thursday for his second deposition in a legal battle over his company's business practices , with his lawyer signaling that he intends to answer quest
Women's tennis tour ends Peng Shuai-inspired China boycott

Women's tennis tour ends Peng Shuai-inspired China boycott

The women’s professional tennis tour will bring its events back to China later this year, announcing on Thursday the end of a boycott instituted in late 2021 over concerns about the safety of former player Peng Shuai after she accused a high-ranking
Norway expels 15 Russian diplomats suspected of spying

Norway expels 15 Russian diplomats suspected of spying

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway's government said Thursday that it was expelling 15 Russian diplomats from the country, saying they were suspected of spying while working at the Russian Embassy in Oslo.
North Korea fires ICBM that may have been new type of weapon

North Korea fires ICBM that may have been new type of weapon

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile launch in a month, possibly testing a new type of more mobile, harder-to-detect weapons system, its neighbors said, in an extension of the North’
Pet arrives home, dog-tired, after Alaskan sea-ice odyssey

Pet arrives home, dog-tired, after Alaskan sea-ice odyssey

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 1-year-old Australian shepherd took an epic trek across 150 miles (241 kilometers) of frozen Bering Sea ice that included being bitten by a seal or polar bear before he was safely returned to his home in Alaska.
Florida executes 'ninja killer' for couple's 1989 death

Florida executes 'ninja killer' for couple's 1989 death

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida executed a man known as the “ninja killer” on Wednesday for the 1989 slayings of a couple visiting the state from New Jersey. Louis Bernard Gaskin, 56, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m.