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Lithuania votes in a weekend general election with many looking for change despite good economy

Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s center-right coalition could be replaced by the opposition Social Democrats and smaller center-left parties when voters in the Baltic country go to the polls on Sunday. That’s despite recent economic successes. Strict COVID-19 measures and a migration influx from neighboring Belarus have cast shadows over conservative Prime Minister

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China defiant over South China Sea skirmishes in ASEAN talks and blames meddling by foreign forces

Associated Press VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders have stepped up pressure on China to respect international law following clashes in the disputed South China Sea, but Chinese Premier Li Qiang remained defiant during annual summit talks as he blamed “external forces” for interfering in regional affairs. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations’

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Advocates in Georgia face barriers getting people who were formerly incarcerated to vote

Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — A new report from The Sentencing Project estimates that the number of people who cannot vote because of prior convictions has decreased slightly, but advocates still struggle to turn this population out. In Georgia, almost 250,000 individuals with past convictions still can’t vote, the eighth highest rate in

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Takeaways from an AP investigation of Russia recruiting Africans to make drones for use in Ukraine

Associated Press About 200 women ages 18-22 from across Africa have been recruited to work in a factory alongside Russian vocational students assembling thousands of Iranian-designed attack drones to be launched into Ukraine. In interviews with The Associated Press, some of the women said they were misled that it would be a work-study program, describing

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Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living boost in 2025, smaller than in recent past

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for retirees translates to an average increase of more than $50 for retirees every month, agency officials said. About 72.5 million

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Trump’s small-dollar donor fundraising is beset by confusion and fatigue

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s contributions from small-dollar donors have plummeted since his last bid for the White House, presenting the former president with a financial challenge as he attempts to keep pace with Democrats’ fundraising machine. Fewer than a third of the Republican’s campaign contributions have come from donors who gave less

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Immigrants brought to the US as children ask judges to keep protections against deportation

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Immigrants who built lives in the United States after being brought here illegally as children were among more than 200 demonstrators who gathered Thursday outside a federal courthouse in New Orleans, where three appellate judges heard arguments over the Biden administration’s policy shielding them from deportation. At stake in

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Helicopter pilot who crashed into a hotel had drunk a ‘significant amount of alcohol,’ report finds

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A pilot who died when he crashed a helicopter into a hotel in Australia had “significant blood alcohol content” during the unauthorized flight, according to an official report into the incident. Hundreds of guests and staff were evacuated from the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Cairns in

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Reportan 192 personas muertas en un mes de violencia entre grupos criminales en Sinaloa

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Un total de 192 homicidios dolosos es el saldo por el conflicto entre grupos criminales en Sinaloa hasta este miércoles, reportó la Coordinación General del Consejo Estatal de Seguridad Pública, que representa a organizaciones civiles. La cifra computa los hechos ocurridos desde el 9 de septiembre, tras un mes de

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Taiwan celebrates its National Day holiday against a background of Chinese threats

Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan celebrated its National Day holiday against the background of threats from China, which claims the self-governing island republic as its own territory. Thursday’s commemorations included military displays, but no heavy military equipment such as those seen in years past. Addressing the threat from China, President Lai Ching-te took

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