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LA Council faces uncertainty amid furor over racist remarks

LA Council faces uncertainty amid furor over racist remarks

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Where does the Los Angeles City Council go from here? Three of its members – including the former Council president – are facing calls from President Joe Biden to resign after a recording surfaced of them participating in a closed-
3 Navy officers reprimanded in death of SEAL trainee

3 Navy officers reprimanded in death of SEAL trainee

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy’s Special Warfare Command has reprimanded three officers in connection with the February death of a SEAL candidate who collapsed and died of acute pneumonia just hours after completing the grueling Hell Week test, according
Michelle Obama Award will honor student memoir writers

Michelle Obama Award will honor student memoir writers

NEW YORK (AP) — A literary honor will now carry the name of a uniquely successful author: the Michelle Obama Award for Memoir.
Graft convictions extend Suu Kyi's prison term to 26 years

Graft convictions extend Suu Kyi's prison term to 26 years

BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on two more corruption charges Wednesday, with two three-year sentences to be served concurrently, adding to previous convictions that now leave h
Walker gets boost from GOP leaders after abortion reports

Walker gets boost from GOP leaders after abortion reports

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Myanmar court hands Japanese journalist 3 more years in jail

Myanmar court hands Japanese journalist 3 more years in jail

BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday convicted a Japanese journalist of violating immigration law, adding three years to the seven-year prison sentence he was handed last week for filming an anti-government protest, a Japanes

Putin says Russia could increase gas supplies to Europe

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow is ready to resume gas supplies to Europe via a link of Germany-bound Nord Stream 2 pipeline under the Baltic Sea.
Senior German state official quits over 2021 flood response

Senior German state official quits over 2021 flood response

BERLIN (AP) — A senior German state official announced his resignation Wednesday amid questions over his management of deadly floods that hit his region last year.
Europe turns to Africa in bid to replace Russian natural gas

Europe turns to Africa in bid to replace Russian natural gas

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A new liquefied natural gas project off Africa's western coast may only be 80% complete, but already the prospect of a new energy supplier has drawn visits from the leaders of Poland and Germany.

Let's get serious about a Putin-era strategy for energy, economy, climate: Freeland

WASHINGTON — Canada's deputy prime minister urged the world's democracies Tuesday to confront the hard economic truths of a perilous new world order and seek common cause in the shared values of prosperity, energy security, protecting the planet and