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Turkish lira plummets after Erdogan fires central bank chief
ANKARA, Turkey - The Turkish currency plummeted against the U.S. dollar on Monday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired his third central bank head in less than two years, raising concerns about ...
Mar 22, 2021
Saudi Arabia offers cease-fire plan to Yemen rebels
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia announced a plan Monday to offer Yemen's Houthi rebels a cease-fire in the country's yearslong war and allow a major airport to reopen in its capital, the ki...
Mar 22, 2021
Former deputy NORAD commander leaving military after having affair while in U.S.
OTTAWA - A senior military officer who had an affair while deputy commander of North America's early-warning system is leaving the military. Lt.-Gen. Christopher Coates announced his pending departure...
Mar 22, 2021
Acclaimed Polish poet Adam Zagajewski dies at age 75
WARSAW, Poland - Adam Zagajewski, one of Poland's greatest poets who wrote a poem that came to symbolize the world's sense of shock and loss after the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States, has died i...
Mar 22, 2021
UK judge says newspaper can delay statement on Meghan case
LONDON - A British newspaper doesn't have to run a front-page statement about the Duchess of Sussex's legal victory until it has had the chance to challenge the order, a judge ruled Monday. The former...
Mar 22, 2021
EU targets 11 Myanmar officials over coup, crackdown
BRUSSELS - The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on 11 officials in Myanmar, mostly top military officers, accused of involvement in last month's coup and the violent crackdown on peaceful pr...
Mar 22, 2021
Colten Boushie's family to respond to watchdog report that found discrimination
REGINA - First Nations leaders and relatives of a young Indigenous man shot and killed on a Saskatchewan farm are expected to address findings today from a watchdog's review that concluded RCMP racial...
Mar 22, 2021
Court could reimpose Boston marathon bomber's death sentence
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider reinstating the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, presenting President Joe Biden with an early test of his opposi...
Mar 22, 2021
Court could reimpose Boston marathon bomber's death sentence
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider reinstating the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, presenting President Joe Biden with an early test of his opposi...
Mar 22, 2021
Putin to get coronavirus vaccine shot in Russia on Tuesday
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said he will get a coronavirus vaccine shot on Tuesday, months after widespread vaccination has started in Russia. Speaking at a meeting with government officials on ...
Mar 22, 2021