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United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall ever hits desert nation
April 17, 2024 - 11:11 PM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates struggled Thursday to recover from the heaviest recorded rainfall ever to hit the desert nation, as its main airport worked to restore normal operations even as floodwater still covered portions of major highways and roads.
China-born Zhou Guanyu will be a star regardless of who wins the Chinese Formula 1 race in Shanghai
April 17, 2024 - 11:03 PM

Formula 1 returns to China this weekend after a five-year absence. And no matter who wins on Sunday, the star locally will be China-born driver Zhou Guanyu.
Sydney shopping mall reopens after stabbings. Police make first arrest in riot after church attack
April 17, 2024 - 10:33 PM

SYDNEY (AP) — A Sydney shopping mall opened to the public on Thursday for the first time since a mass stabbing i n which six people died, while the Australian prime minister raised giving citizenship to an immigrant security guard who was wounded while confronting the knife-wielding attacker.
US envoy to the UN vows support for families of Japanese who were abducted and taken to North Korea
April 17, 2024 - 10:26 PM

TOKYO (AP) — America stands with Japan until all the Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago return home to end their painful separation, United States ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Thursday in Tokyo.
Takeaways from this week's reports on the deadly 2023 Maui fire that destroyed Lahaina
April 17, 2024 - 10:12 PM

HONOLULU (AP) — More than half a year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century burned through a historic Maui town, officials are still trying to determine exactly what went wrong and how to prevent similar catastrophes in the future. But two reports released this week are filling in some of the blanks.
China and Indonesia call for ceasefire in Gaza
April 17, 2024 - 10:11 PM

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Chinese and Indonesian foreign ministers called for an immediate and lasting cease-fire in Gaza after a meeting in Jakarta on Thursday, condemning the humanitarian costs of the ongoing war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
How South Africa's former leader Zuma turned on his allies and became a surprise election foe
April 17, 2024 - 10:06 PM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa faces an unusual national election this year, its seventh vote since transitioning from white minority rule to a democracy 30 years ago. Polls and analysts warn that for the first time, the ruling African National Congress party that has comfortably held power since Nelson Mandela became the country's first Black president in 1994 might receive less than 50% of votes.
Attorney general won't file criminal case against LA officer in 2021 shooting that killed teen
April 17, 2024 - 9:57 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Attorney General declined to file criminal charges against a Los Angeles police officer who fired a rifle at a suspect inside a clothing store in 2021, killing a 14-year-old girl in a dressing room, authorities said Wednesday.
Sydney boy accused of stabbing 2 clerics showed no signs of radicalization, Muslim leader says
April 17, 2024 - 9:54 PM

SYDNEY (AP) — A boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics during a Sydney church service might have “anger management and behavioral issues” and a “short fuse” but had shown no signs of being radicalized, a community leader said on Thursday, after authorities declared the stabbing a terrorist attack.
Croatia's ruling conservatives win parliamentary vote, but cannot rule alone
April 17, 2024 - 9:45 PM

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia 's governing conservatives convincingly won a highly contested parliamentary election Wednesday, but will still need support from far-right groups to stay in power, according to the official vote count.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

World News

United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall ever hits desert nation

China-born Zhou Guanyu will be a star regardless of who wins the Chinese Formula 1 race in Shanghai

Sydney shopping mall reopens after stabbings. Police make first arrest in riot after church attack

US envoy to the UN vows support for families of Japanese who were abducted and taken to North Korea

Takeaways from this week's reports on the deadly 2023 Maui fire that destroyed Lahaina

China and Indonesia call for ceasefire in Gaza

How South Africa's former leader Zuma turned on his allies and became a surprise election foe

Attorney general won't file criminal case against LA officer in 2021 shooting that killed teen

Sydney boy accused of stabbing 2 clerics showed no signs of radicalization, Muslim leader says

Croatia's ruling conservatives win parliamentary vote, but cannot rule alone

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