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Cold War enemies US and Cuba agree to resume talks on migration issues
HAVANA – A State Department official says the United States and Cuba have agreed to resume bilateral talks on migration issues next month, in the latest evidence of a thaw in chilly relations. The talks will be held in Washington on July 17. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized
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WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama beats German heat wave by going casual at the Brandenburg Gate
BERLIN – President Barack Obama should have felt right at home in his overnight visit to Germany, with summer weather that felt more like Washington than Berlin. Average highs are normally in the 70s in Germany’s capital city in June, but they were in the 90s Tuesday as Obama spoke at the historic Brandenburg Gate
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Obese teens more likely to have hearing loss than slim teens: research
Obese teens are more likely to have hearing loss compared to slim teens, according to scientists at Columbia University.
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Palace officials shed some light on Kate and William’s baby plans as royal birth nears
LONDON – With Prince William and the former Kate Middleton expecting their first child in mid-July — and much of the world interested in the birth of a future monarch — officials at Clarence House have released some of the couple’s plans, although many details are still being kept private. Kate has made several public
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In Berlin, Obama renews calls for reductions to US, Russian nuclear stockpiles
BERLIN – Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called “the global threat of our time.” In a wide-ranging speech that enumerated a litany of challenges facing the
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Magic! Critics praise Daniel Radcliffe’s latest stage role in ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’
LONDON – Daniel Radcliffe has won magical reviews for his latest stage role as a disabled Irish dreamer in Martin McDonagh’s “The Cripple of Inishmaan.” The former “Harry Potter” star plays the title role in a Michael Grandage-directed production of McDonagh’s scabrous tragicomedy at London’s Noel Coward Theatre. First staged in 1996, the play is
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Skagit River Bridge reopened to traffic
The repairs are a temporary fix for the bridge that collapsed on May 23rd. A permanent span will be completed by the fall. The temporary section is narrower, so speed limits are being reduced.
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5 Somali civilians, 7 militants die in bomb and gunfire attack on UN compound in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Al-Qaida-linked militants detonated multiple bomb blasts and breached the main U.N. compound in Mogadishu on Wednesday, sparking gun battles with security forces that killed at least 12 people. U.N. personnel who reached the compound’s secure bunker all survived, though officials hinted not all reached that bunker. An ambulance driver said that five
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UN, US warn of ‘maximum volatility’ in Golan Heights if Philippine peacekeepers withdraw
MANILA, Philippines – The United Nations and the U.S. have separately asked the Philippines not to withdraw its more than 300 peacekeepers from the Golan Heights, warning of “maximum volatility” in the region after several other countries decided to pull out their peacekeeping forces amid escalating violence, the Philippines’ top diplomat said Wednesday. Foreign Secretary
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Turkey’s deputy PM gives ‘standing man’ protest nod of approval
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s deputy prime minister gave a nod of approval to a new form of peaceful resistance that is spreading through Turkey on Wednesday as police were questioning dozens of people rounded up in police raids. Although police dispersed pockets of protesters who set up barricades in two Turkish cities overnight, sometimes violent
