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Court suspends Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to investigate leaked phone call
July 01, 2025 - 12:28 AM

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office Tuesday pending an ethics investigation over a leaked phone call with a senior Cambodian leader.
The suspension of Thailand's prime minister over a leaked phone call stirs familiar turmoil
July 01, 2025 - 12:08 AM

BANGKOK (AP) — The Constitutional Court's suspension of Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has raised questions about whether her family's political comeback last year would end with another downfall.
In Senegal, luxury sheep shine at a beauty contest and fetch a high price
June 30, 2025 - 11:59 PM

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The regal creatures are led into the open arena, stamping their groomed hooves as if to acknowledge the cheers, music and fireworks from the crowd of spectators. Their majestic figures embody pride and status, their towering size, prominent muzzle, curved horns and polished skin on full display as night falls.
PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Tuesday, July 1, 2025
June 30, 2025 - 11:54 PM

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Death toll rises to 36 after explosion at a pharmaceutical factory in southern India
June 30, 2025 - 11:31 PM

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — The death toll from Monday's massive explosion and fire at a pharmaceutical factory in India’s southern state of Telangana has risen to at least 36 while about three dozen were left injured, authorities said Tuesday.
Philadelphia city workers strike after contract talks fail
June 30, 2025 - 11:07 PM

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia who collect trash, answer 911 calls, maintain city pools and perform other jobs went on strike Tuesday after contract negotiations broke down.
Bryan Kohberger to plead guilty to murder in Idaho student stabbings to avoid death penalty
June 30, 2025 - 10:57 PM

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty, an attorney for one victim's family said.
Flossie becomes a hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast after rapidly strengthening
June 30, 2025 - 10:57 PM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Flossie has strengthened into a hurricane off Mexico’s southwestern Pacific coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Flossie became a Category 1 hurricane Monday night and has maximum sustained winds of 130 kph (80 mph).
The man accused of killing 2 Idaho firefighters had once aspired to be one
June 30, 2025 - 10:49 PM

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A 20-year-old man’s life appeared to have begun to unravel in the months before authorities say he fatally shot two firefighters and severely wounded a third as they responded to a wildfire near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
74 killed in Gaza as Israeli forces strike a cafe and fire on people seeking food
June 30, 2025 - 10:32 PM

CAIRO (AP) — Israeli forces killed at least 74 people in Gaza on Monday with airstrikes that left 30 dead at a seaside cafe and gunfire that left 23 dead as Palestinians tried to get desperately needed food aid, witnesses and health officials said.
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Court suspends Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to investigate leaked phone call

The suspension of Thailand's prime minister over a leaked phone call stirs familiar turmoil

In Senegal, luxury sheep shine at a beauty contest and fetch a high price

PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Death toll rises to 36 after explosion at a pharmaceutical factory in southern India

Philadelphia city workers strike after contract talks fail

Bryan Kohberger to plead guilty to murder in Idaho student stabbings to avoid death penalty

Flossie becomes a hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast after rapidly strengthening

The man accused of killing 2 Idaho firefighters had once aspired to be one

74 killed in Gaza as Israeli forces strike a cafe and fire on people seeking food

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