Kenya says it won’t deploy police to fight gangs in Haiti until they receive training and funding | AP News

Kenya says it won’t deploy police to fight gangs in Haiti until they receive training and funding | AP News

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s government said Thursday that its police officers will not be deployed to Haiti until all conditions on training and funding are met in line with last month’s approval from the U.N Security Council to give the eastern African country command of a multinational mission to combat violent gangs in the

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Portugal’s president dissolves parliament and calls an early election after prime minister quit | AP News

Portugal’s president dissolves parliament and calls an early election after prime minister quit | AP News

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said Thursday that he was dissolving the nation’s parliament and calling an early election, the announcement coming two days after Prime Minister António Costa resigned with his government tainted by a corruption scandal.The new election, Rebelo de Sousa said, would be on March 10.Rebelo de

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Shohei Ohtani is donating 60,000 baseball gloves to Japanese schoolchildren | AP News

Shohei Ohtani is donating 60,000 baseball gloves to Japanese schoolchildren | AP News

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Two-way star and coveted free agent Shohei Ohtani is donating about 60,000 baseball gloves to Japanese elementary schools.Ohtani, a free agent who has spent the past six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels, announced Wednesday on Instagram that he’s donating the youth gloves to schools throughout Japan.“I’m happy to announce that

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Independent inquiry launched into shipwreck off Greece that left hundreds of migrants feared dead | AP News

Independent inquiry launched into shipwreck off Greece that left hundreds of migrants feared dead | AP News

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s state ombudsman said Thursday that it’s launching an independent investigation into the coast guard’s handling of a maritime tragedy in June in which hundreds of migrants trying to reach Europe in an overloaded boat are feared to have drowned.The independent authority said that it took the decision following “the expressed

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Puerto Rico declares flu epidemic as cases spike. 42 dead and more than 900 hospitalized since July | AP News

Puerto Rico declares flu epidemic as cases spike. 42 dead and more than 900 hospitalized since July | AP News

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico health officials on Thursday declared an influenza epidemic in the U.S. territory.At least 25,900 cases have been reported since July, with 42 deaths and more than 900 hospitalizations on the island of 3.2 million people, Health Secretary Carlos Mellado said.Epidemiologist Melissa Marzán noted that officials have seen

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Iceland’s Blue Lagoon spa closes temporarily as earthquakes put area on alert for volcanic eruption | AP News

Iceland’s Blue Lagoon spa closes temporarily as earthquakes put area on alert for volcanic eruption | AP News

HUSAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The Blue Lagoon geothermal spa — one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions — closed temporarily as a swarm of earthquakes put the island nation’s most populated region on alert for a possible volcanic eruption.Guests rushed to leave the spa’s hotels in the early hours of Thursday, after they were rattled awake

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