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Tensions run high in Northern Ireland after contentious march given go-ahead
September 27, 2026 - 8:23 AM

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for calm in Northern Ireland on Sunday after a contentious parade was given the go-ahead by the High Court in Belfast in a late-night sitting.
5 men arrested near air base used by US in Iran war on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act
September 27, 2026 - 8:21 AM

LONDON (AP) — U.K. police said Sunday that five men arrested in the middle of the night near an air base used by the United States during its war against Iran are being held on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act that appeared to involve three trucks.
Trump's golf tour takes him back to the Presidents Cup
September 27, 2026 - 8:17 AM

MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — President Donald Trump returns to the Presidents Cup for the second time as the honorary chairman, making Sunday in the Chicago suburbs his fourth visit to a golf tournament this year.
Pope blasts assisted dying as 'false compassion' at French shrine known for miraculous cures
September 27, 2026 - 8:17 AM

LOURDES, France (AP) — Pope Leo XIV blasted the legalization of medically assisted death as immoral “false compassion,” as he doubled down on Catholic teaching about life during a visit Sunday to Lourdes, the French Catholic shrine associated with miraculous cures of the sick.
UN speakers' go-to quotes: Ancient texts, modern greats and a little Talking Heads
September 27, 2026 - 7:58 AM

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Presidents, premiers, monarchs and cabinet ministers have plenty to say at their annual gathering at the U.N. General Assembly. Still, sometimes they borrow a few words, quoting from a range of sources.
Powerful nor’easter floods Northeast, leaves over 130,000 without power as high tides threaten coast
September 27, 2026 - 7:56 AM

BOSTON (AP) — A powerful nor’easter battered the Northeast again on Sunday, flooding coastal communities and leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power as forecasters warned that another round of high tides could inundate vulnerable shorelines.
Afghanistan says 28 fighters killed, 32 captured after crossing from Pakistan
September 27, 2026 - 7:42 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan said on Sunday that its forces killed 28 fighters and captured 32 others, including alleged members of the Islamic State group said to have crossed from neighboring Pakistan.
Strikes kill 6 in Ukraine after Moscow rejects German calls to de-escalate
September 27, 2026 - 7:30 AM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Strikes across Ukraine killed at least six people overnight and on Sunday, officials said, hours after Moscow rejected German calls to ease off its escalation toward NATO.
Eviction of 87-year-old sparks encampment protest in Madrid over housing crisis
September 27, 2026 - 7:27 AM

MADRID (AP) — Protesters outraged by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman camped overnight in Madrid’s historic Puerta del Sol plaza, where more demonstrators — including multigenerational families — joined them on Sunday for a second day of protests over Spain’s housing crisis.
Bus carrying Filipino tourists overturns on way to Germany's Oktoberfest, killing 2
September 27, 2026 - 7:24 AM

BERLIN (AP) — A bus carrying tourists from the Philippines toward the Oktoberfest festival in Munich veered off a highway and overturned on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring at least eight others, Germany 's dpa news agency reported.
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The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
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Tensions run high in Northern Ireland after contentious march given go-ahead

5 men arrested near air base used by US in Iran war on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act

Trump's golf tour takes him back to the Presidents Cup

Pope blasts assisted dying as 'false compassion' at French shrine known for miraculous cures

UN speakers' go-to quotes: Ancient texts, modern greats and a little Talking Heads

Powerful nor’easter floods Northeast, leaves over 130,000 without power as high tides threaten coast

Afghanistan says 28 fighters killed, 32 captured after crossing from Pakistan

Strikes kill 6 in Ukraine after Moscow rejects German calls to de-escalate

Eviction of 87-year-old sparks encampment protest in Madrid over housing crisis

Bus carrying Filipino tourists overturns on way to Germany's Oktoberfest, killing 2

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