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Spain's prime minister calls early elections as pressure mounts over housing crisis
October 05, 2026 - 2:21 AM

MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced early general elections Monday after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the country’s housing crisis.
South Korea blames North Korean mines for border blast injuries and urges apology
October 05, 2026 - 2:35 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military said Monday it concluded North Korea planted mines that injured three South Korean soldiers at their heavily fortified border last month, urging the North to apologize and remove other mines.
Former Prince Andrew files a legal action to quash warrants that led to searches of his residence
October 05, 2026 - 1:09 AM

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s former Prince Andrew has filed a legal action to quash warrants that led to searches of his residences.
Brisbane 2032 launches a cockatoo emblem for Olympics and Paralympics after an accidental leak
October 05, 2026 - 12:58 AM

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The cockatoo has won out over the kangaroo, the koala and the bin chicken to become the emblem of the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics — after a bit of an embarrassing social media leak.
The Nobel Prize week is kicking off in Stockholm with the medicine award
October 05, 2026 - 12:02 AM

STOCKHOLM (AP) — This year's Nobel Prizes will kick off on Monday with the awarding of the medicine prize at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
FBI arrests a woman accused of spying on Taiwan leader's family for China
October 04, 2026 - 11:51 PM

BANGKOK (AP) — The FBI arrested a woman at Los Angeles International Airport as she was leaving the country and accused her of spying on the Taiwan president's family for China.
On a remote Greek island, empty classrooms signal a crisis across Europe
October 04, 2026 - 11:33 PM

KALAMOS, Greece (AP) — Chryssa Ntalaka's classroom has become an object lesson in subtraction.
2 killed, dozens hurt as gunfire erupts at homecoming block party in south Georgia
October 04, 2026 - 10:48 PM

VIENNA, Ga. (AP) — Law enforcement officials are still working to determine just what happened when a chaotic homecoming party spanning a four-block radius of a southern Georgia town erupted in gunfire early Sunday, leaving two people dead and nearly three dozen others injured.
Samoa prime minister apologizes for Nazi gesture and saying 'Heil Hitler' in 2007 video
October 04, 2026 - 10:09 PM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa’s Prime Minister La?auli Leuatea Schmidt apologized Monday for a video from 19 years earlier in which he said “Heil Hitler” and made a Nazi gesture during what he described as a family gathering.
Trump heads to Nebraska on Monday, where his plan to import more beef has angered ranchers
October 04, 2026 - 9:15 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking his Republican midterm rescue mission to Nebraska on Monday, campaigning alongside GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts, who is running against an independent candidate backed by national Democrats.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

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Spain's prime minister calls early elections as pressure mounts over housing crisis

South Korea blames North Korean mines for border blast injuries and urges apology

Former Prince Andrew files a legal action to quash warrants that led to searches of his residence

Brisbane 2032 launches a cockatoo emblem for Olympics and Paralympics after an accidental leak

The Nobel Prize week is kicking off in Stockholm with the medicine award

FBI arrests a woman accused of spying on Taiwan leader's family for China

On a remote Greek island, empty classrooms signal a crisis across Europe

2 killed, dozens hurt as gunfire erupts at homecoming block party in south Georgia

Samoa prime minister apologizes for Nazi gesture and saying 'Heil Hitler' in 2007 video

Trump heads to Nebraska on Monday, where his plan to import more beef has angered ranchers

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