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Surfer murders shock peaceful Mexico community
A booming tourist and expat community is in shock after the campsite murder of three foreign surfers.
6 min read - BusinessThe Canadian Press
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher, though China benchmarks falter
NEW YORK — Asian markets were mostly higher Tuesday after another day of gains on Wall Street, although Chinese shares faltered. U.S. futures and oil prices edged higher. Tokyo's Nikkei 225, reopening after a national holiday, jumped 1.5% to 38,784.91 and the Kospi in South Korea surged 1.9% to 2,728.05. Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.9% to 18,420.38 and the Shanghai Composite index edged 0.1% lower, to 3,136.62. Data on travel, retail spending and home sales during the weeklong Golden Week holida
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China's Xi begins Serbia visit on the 25th anniversary of NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to European ally Serbia on Tuesday falls on a symbolic date: the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade during NATO's air war over Kosovo. U.S. jets dropped five bombs on the Chinese Embassy compound in the Serbian capital on May 7, 1999, setting it ablaze and killing three Chinese nationals. Twenty other people were injured in the incident, which has burdened relations between the two powers ever since. The We
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Macron puts trade and Ukraine as top priorities as China's Xi opens European visit in France
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron held talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday that focused on trade disputes — including lifting immediate tariff threats on Cognac exports — and Ukraine-related diplomatic efforts. Xi was in France for a two-day state visit to open his European tour. Speaking alongside Xi after their meeting at the Elysee presidential palace, Macron said that France hopes China's influence on Moscow would help to move Russia toward ending the war in Ukraine. “
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North Macedonia holds presidential and parliamentary elections Wednesday
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Voters in Northern Macedonia go to the polls Wednesday for a double election — parliamentary and presidential — following a campaign in which the country's aspirations to join the European Union have played a central role. The office of prime minister wields the real power, and the president is largely ceremonial, so the parliamentary election is the more important of the two contests. The opposition center-right coalition, which is pushing back against neighboring
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Erin Patterson: Mushroom lunch cook pleads not guilty to murder
Three people died after they were allegedly served poisonous mushrooms in regional Australia in 2023.
2 min read - CelebrityThe Canadian Press
Jeannie Epper, epic stuntwoman behind feats of TV's 'Wonder Woman,' dies at 83
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeannie Epper, a groundbreaking performer who did stunts for many of the most important women of film and television action of the 1970s and '80s, including star Lynda Carter on TV's “Wonder Woman,” has died. She was 83. Epper died of natural causes Sunday at her home in Simi Valley, California, family spokesperson Amanda Micheli told The Associated Press. Considered one of the greatest at her craft — Entertainment Weekly in 2007 called her “the greatest stuntwoman who ever li
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