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Spain lifts arrest warrant for Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont
October 06, 2026 - 9:30 AM

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A Spanish Supreme Court judge lifted the arrest warrant for Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont on Tuesday, clearing the way for him to return home without fear of detention for the first time in nearly a decade.
Arkansas campaign ad sparks conservative backlash for portraying lazy welfare recipient as white
October 06, 2026 - 9:27 AM

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A new video from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was standard issue Republican messaging for promoting her state's stricter rules for people on Medicaid. No more could able-bodied people lounge around while receiving taxpayer-funded healthcare, she said — they needed to work.
3 alleged Iranian spies on trial in London for targeting Persian journalists in UK
October 06, 2026 - 9:15 AM

LONDON (AP) — Three Iranian spies conducted surveillance of journalists at a Persian news channel critical of the theocratic government in Tehran and the group plotted to violently harm at least one of their targets, a British prosecutor said Tuesday.
Jim Bakker, who lost his ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire in sex and money scandals, dies at 86
October 06, 2026 - 8:48 AM

Jim Bakker, who built a huge TV following and evangelical empire with his first wife, Tammy Faye, which later collapsed in a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died. He was 86.
UK police arrest a 7th man in connection with a security incident at a US-run air base
October 06, 2026 - 8:39 AM

LONDON (AP) — British police on Tuesday arrested a 22-year-old man in London on suspicion of a terror offense over a security incident at a U.S.-run military air base in England that authorities have linked to Iran.
Saudi Arabia says 2 airports were hit in renewed fighting with Houthis and other Mideast news
October 06, 2026 - 8:32 AM

Saudi Arabia said three people were injured in the latest attacks on its airports since fighting with Yemen’s Houthi rebels reignited. Meanwhile, Palestinian officials said Israeli airstrikes

Ukraine fires nearly 900 drones at Russia as Kyiv braces for expected huge aerial attack
October 06, 2026 - 8:13 AM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian air defenses intercepted nearly 900 Ukrainian drones overnight over multiple regions of the country, as well as the occupied Crimean Peninsula and the Sea of Azov, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Tuesday.
Laos names veteran diplomat with international outlook to be new prime minister
October 06, 2026 - 8:13 AM

BANGKOK (AP) — Laos has a new prime minister after the communist country’s National Assembly elected veteran diplomat Saleumxay Kommasith to the post, state-run media reported Tuesday.
Kilmar Ábrego Garcia is set to be back in court as he battles deportation to Liberia
October 06, 2026 - 8:13 AM

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Kilmar Ábrego Garcia on Tuesday will be back in federal court, where the federal government will continue its attempt to deport him in an 18-month saga that began when he was mistakenly sent to El Salvador last year.
Details heard in trial of British father whose son took fatal fall in Cyprus hotel
October 06, 2026 - 7:51 AM

PAPHOS, Cyprus (AP) — Details were presented on Tuesday in the trial of a British man who pleaded guilty to a charge of negligence regarding the fatal fall of his 3-year-old son from a hotel window in Cyprus.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
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Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
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The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
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World News

Spain lifts arrest warrant for Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont

Arkansas campaign ad sparks conservative backlash for portraying lazy welfare recipient as white

3 alleged Iranian spies on trial in London for targeting Persian journalists in UK

Jim Bakker, who lost his ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire in sex and money scandals, dies at 86

UK police arrest a 7th man in connection with a security incident at a US-run air base

Saudi Arabia says 2 airports were hit in renewed fighting with Houthis and other Mideast news

Ukraine fires nearly 900 drones at Russia as Kyiv braces for expected huge aerial attack

Laos names veteran diplomat with international outlook to be new prime minister

Kilmar Ábrego Garcia is set to be back in court as he battles deportation to Liberia

Details heard in trial of British father whose son took fatal fall in Cyprus hotel

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