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BRAZZAVILLE, March 15 (Reuters) – Congo Republic votes on Sunday in a presidential election widely expected to extend 82-year-old Denis Sassou Nguesso’s decades-long rule by another five years, with limited active opposition and little uncertainty about the result. Two of the country’s best‑known opposition leaders remain in prison, while others are in exile. Several opposition …
SYDNEY, March 15 (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that troops would be deployed to help communities hit by a days-long flood emergency in the country’s north. Albanese said the centre-left government had approved deployment of Australian Defence Force personnel to help communities around the flood-hit Northern Territory town of Katherine, …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Arizona guard Jaden Bradley had just emerged from the locker room, his left wrist tightly taped after a collision left him holding it in pain. Koa Peat was mired in foul trouble, and Houston was making a big run in the Big 12 Tournament title game All season long, the …
Since the Department of Homeland Security shut down last month, Transportation Security Administration employees have been working without pay. Travelers around the U.S. saw long lines and delays as the agency grappled with staffing shortages and resignations.
TAIPEI, March 15 (Reuters) – Taiwan on Sunday reported the return of large-scale Chinese air force activities around the island after an unexplained absence of more than two weeks that prompted speculation in Taipei as to Beijing’s motives. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, normally sends fighter jets, drones and other …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Isaiah Evans scored 20 points, Cameron Boozer made two free throws with 3.9 seconds to seal the game and No. 1 Duke defeated No. 10 Virginia 74-70 on Saturday night for its second straight Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship under coach Jon Scheyer and its third title in the past four …
NEW YORK (AP) — With another St. John’s championship salted away, Zuby Ejiofor walked slowly to the sideline with seconds remaining, tears trickling down the senior forward’s face as he lowered his 6-foot-9 frame for multiple hugs. Moments later, in a fitting scene, he and Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino climbed a ladder together …
By Ingrid Melander and Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS, March 15 (Reuters) – French voters head to the polls on Sunday to elect their mayors in a closely watched ballot seen as a test of the strength of the far-right and the resilience of mainstream parties ahead of next year’s presidential election. Heading nearly 35,000 municipalities – …
Lead homicide detective Mark Biondolino began the investigation into Jocelyn Peters’ murder on March 24, 2016. Since then, he has remained connected to the case even though he’s now retired from the St. Louis, Missouri, Police Department. Mark Biondolino: I think you have a responsibility to do that. Anne-Marie Green: You wanted to see it …
Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey called NCAA language covering tampering rules “archaic,” but stopped short of urging the oversight body to halt tampering investigations, the way the Big Ten did earlier this week. Speaking to reporters Saturday at the SEC basketball tournament in Nashville, Tennessee, the commissioner said the new landscape in college sports, which …