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PARIS (AP) — Voters are going to the polls Sunday in the first round of municipal elections to choose leadership teams across France, from small villages to the biggest cities — a test for political parties’ electoral machines before next year’s presidential election for the successor to President Emmanuel Macron. Although largely focused on grassroots …
MOSCOW, March 15 (Reuters) – A fire broke out at an oil facility in Russia’s Krasnodar region after debris from a downed drone fell on it, Russian authorities said on Sunday. According to preliminary reports, there were no casualties. The damaged oil facility is located near Tikhoretsk, where Ukrainian drones struck an oil pumping station …
CAIRO (AP) — At least four Palestinians, including a boy and his pregnant mother, were killed Sunday by an Israeli airstrike in the war-torn Gaza Strip, hospital authorities said. The strike hit a house in Nuseirat, an urban refugee camp in central Gaza, killing a couple and their young son, according to the nearby Al-Aqsa …
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the northern West Bank, killing four people including two children, the Palestinian Authority’s Health Ministry said. The official Palestinian news agency said the family was shot late Saturday after going out to buy new clothes for the coming Eid al-Fitr …
SHANGHAI (AP) — Kimi Antonelli is seeking to convert his record-breaking pole position into a first career Formula 1 win but will have to stay ahead of his Mercedes teammate George Russell at Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix. Antonelli became the youngest driver to qualify on pole position for an F1 Grand Prix race Saturday. The …
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Teyana Taylor, Mick Jagger, Kristen Stewart and Wagner Moura were just a few of the stars mingling on the patio of the storied Polo Lounge on the Saturday night before the Oscars. They gathered at the iconic spot at The Beverly Hills Hotel for the 17th annual pre-Oscar dinner co-hosted …
MIAMI (AP) — Wilyer Abreu hit a go-ahead, three-run homer after Maikel Garcia sparked the comeback with a two-run shot, and Venezuela beat Shohei Ohtani and defending champion Japan 8-5 in the World Baseball Classic on Saturday night to advance to the semifinals. Venezuela reached its first WBC semis since 2009 and clinched a spot …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Time and time again, Cameron Boozer attacked the paint with an Atlantic Coast Conference championship on the line. And Duke’s star freshman repeatedly found himself meeting an unusual outcome. Seeing his shots batted out of the air by Virginia’s Ugonna Onyenso. “Well,” Boozer admitted, “I definitely got frustrated.” That battle between …
JERUSALEM, March 15 (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed four Palestinians, including a mother, father and two children, as they drove in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian health authorities said. A mother and father, ages 35 and 37, and two of their children, ages 5 and 7, were shot in the head in the …
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Russell Westbrook had 12 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for his 209th career triple-double and DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points to lead the Sacramento Kings to a 118-109 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night. Kawhi Leonard scored 31 points before leaving with a sprained left ankle for …