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Journalists imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia win EU's top human rights award
October 22, 2025 - 3:35 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — Two journalists, one imprisoned in Belarus and the other in Georgia, have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced on Wednesday.
More than 40 people killed in a crash of buses and other vehicles in western Uganda
October 22, 2025 - 3:14 AM

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Two buses and two other vehicles crashed early Wednesday on a highway in western Uganda, killing at least 46 people, police said, in one of the worst motor accidents in the East African country in recent years.
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT
October 22, 2025 - 3:05 AM

What to know about efforts to block National Guard deployments in Chicago, Portland, other US cities
Israel identifies two more hostages' bodies as Vance meets Netanyahu
October 22, 2025 - 2:47 AM

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has completed the identification of the bodies of two more hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Wednesday, as U.S. Vice President JD Vance held high-level meetings in Israel to nudge forward Gaza’s fragile ceasefire.
A major Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine kills at least 6 people, officials say
October 22, 2025 - 2:24 AM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A large-scale Russian drone and missile attack across Ukraine killed at least six people, including a woman and her two young daughters, officials said Wednesday, as U.S.-led efforts to end the war floundered and Ukraine’s president appealed for more military help.
6 arrested after protesters clash with police outside Dublin hotel housing asylum seekers
October 22, 2025 - 2:18 AM

LONDON (AP) — Six people were arrested after a crowd outside a hotel housing migrants near Dublin threw bricks, bottles and fireworks at officers and burned a police van, Ireland’s national police force said Wednesday.
Japan says it plans to tell Trump it will build up military and upgrade security strategy
October 22, 2025 - 2:00 AM

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's new foreign minister said Wednesday his country plans to show its determination to further build up its defense to rapidly adapt to changing warfare realities and growing tension in the region when U.S. President Donald Trump visits Tokyo next week.
A Cuban man deported by the US to Africa is on a hunger strike in prison, his lawyer says
October 22, 2025 - 1:22 AM

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A Cuban man deported by the United States to the African nation of Eswatini is on a hunger strike at

Finding the jewels and the brazen thieves in the Louvre heist is now a race against time
October 22, 2025 - 1:22 AM

PARIS (AP) — The glittering sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds that once adorned France's royals could well be gone forever, experts say after a brazen, four-minute heist in broad daylight left the nation stunned and the government struggling to explain a new debacle at

Pinto Balsemão, ex-Portugal leader and media tycoon, dies at 88
October 22, 2025 - 1:07 AM

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Francisco Pinto Balsemão, a former prime minister of Portugal in a turbulent post-coup period who withdrew from front-line politics and created a national media empire, has died. He was 88.
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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
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Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
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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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Journalists imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia win EU's top human rights award

More than 40 people killed in a crash of buses and other vehicles in western Uganda

AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT

Israel identifies two more hostages' bodies as Vance meets Netanyahu

A major Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine kills at least 6 people, officials say

6 arrested after protesters clash with police outside Dublin hotel housing asylum seekers

Japan says it plans to tell Trump it will build up military and upgrade security strategy

A Cuban man deported by the US to Africa is on a hunger strike in prison, his lawyer says

Finding the jewels and the brazen thieves in the Louvre heist is now a race against time

Pinto Balsemão, ex-Portugal leader and media tycoon, dies at 88

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