6 miners killed, 15 trapped underground in collapse of a gold mine in Zimbabwe, state media reports | AP News

6 miners killed, 15 trapped underground in collapse of a gold mine in Zimbabwe, state media reports | AP News

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Six people have died in the collapse of a gold mine in Zimbabwe, and 15 others are still trapped underground, according to state media reports.State-run Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation quoted deputy mines minister Polite Kambamura as saying 34 miners had been caught in Friday’s collapse. Thirteen managed to escape.The broadcaster on Saturday

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The Flying Scotsman locomotive collided with another train in Scotland. Several people were injured | AP News

The Flying Scotsman locomotive collided with another train in Scotland. Several people were injured | AP News

LONDON (AP) — Several people were injured after the Flying Scotsman, the historic steam locomotive, was involved in a low-speed crash with another heritage train in the Scottish Highlands on Friday, authorities said.The National Railway Museum said the “shunting incident” took place at Aviemore Station in the Cairngorms National Park. The station is home to

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Italy and Libya resume commercial flights after 10-year hiatus, officials say | AP News

Italy and Libya resume commercial flights after 10-year hiatus, officials say | AP News

CAIRO (AP) — Italy and war-torn Libya on Saturday resumed commercial flights for the first time in a decade, authorities in the Libyan capital said.Flight MT522, operated by the Libyan carrier Medsky Airways, departed Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli for Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, according to Libyan airport authorities.A return flight was scheduled to

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Almost all of Nagorno-Karabakh’s people have left, Armenia’s government says | AP News

Almost all of Nagorno-Karabakh’s people have left, Armenia’s government says | AP News

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — An ethnic Armenian exodus has nearly emptied Nagorno-Karabakh of residents since Azerbaijan attacked and ordered the breakaway region’s militants to disarm, the Armenian government said Saturday. Nazeli Baghdasaryan, the press secretary to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, said 100,417 people had arrived in Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh, which had a population of

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Putin marks anniversary of annexation of Ukrainian regions as drones attack overnight | AP News

Putin marks anniversary of annexation of Ukrainian regions as drones attack overnight | AP News

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday insisted that the residents of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed a year ago “made their choice — to be with their Fatherland.”In an address released in the early hours to mark the first anniversary of the annexation, Putin insisted that it was carried

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Death toll from Pakistan bombing rises to 54 as suspicion falls on local Islamic State group chapter | AP News

Death toll from Pakistan bombing rises to 54 as suspicion falls on local Islamic State group chapter | AP News

QUETTTA, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a bombing in southwestern Pakistan as people celebrated the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday rose to 54 after two critically wounded patients died in hospitals overnight, officials said Saturday. A suspected suicide bomber or bombers blew themselves up Friday among a crowd in the Mastung district. It was one

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Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk seeks to boost his election chances with a rally in Warsaw | AP News

Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk seeks to boost his election chances with a rally in Warsaw | AP News

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk is facing an uphill battle to win new hearts in his efforts to unseat the nationalist conservative government in Poland’s upcoming parliamentary election.The ex-prime minister and former European Union leader returned to Polish politics several years ago, seeking to breathe new life into his languishing party

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Cyprus hails Moody’s two-notch credit rating upgrade bringing the country into investment grade | AP News

Cyprus hails Moody’s two-notch credit rating upgrade bringing the country into investment grade | AP News

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus on Saturday hailed a two-notch upgrade by credit ratings agency Moody’s to bring the east Mediterranean island nation back into investment-grade territory a decade after a financial crisis left the country on the brink of bankruptcy.President Nikos Christodoulides said he was “deeply satisfied” with the upgrade that he said was

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