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TOKYO, April 25 (Reuters) – Two forest fires in northern Japan’s Iwate Prefecture burned into a fourth day on Saturday as ground and aerial firefighting efforts expanded to more than 1,000 personnel. The blazes are pushing closer to the residential areas of the town of Otsuchi, where about a third of the town’s residents were …
BUCHAREST, April 25 (Reuters) – Romania recovered drone fragments in the southeastern city of Galati after an overnight Russian attack on neighbouring Ukraine, with an electricity pole and a household annex damaged, its defence ministry said in a statement. There were no casualties, the ministry said. Romania, a member of both NATO and the European …
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Beckett Sennecke and Leo Carlsson scored 42 seconds apart in the third period, Mikael Granlund had a goal and two assists, and the Anaheim Ducks celebrated their first home playoff game in eight years with a 7-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers and a 2-1 series lead on Friday night. Jeffrey …
KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 (Reuters) – Malaysia has named a former judge to head the country’s anti-corruption agency after the current chief, whose long tenure has been marred by allegations of misconduct, leaves next month. Abdul Halim Aman will take the helm of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) effective May 13, the chief secretary to …
April 24 (Reuters) – Georgia Governor Brian Kemp declared an emergency on Friday for 91 counties in his state, where authorities are battling two major wildfires that have caused record property damage as more than 120 homes and other buildings have gone up in flames. The Highway 82 and Pineland Road fires – one sparked …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning to cap a four-RBI performance from the No. 9 spot, rallying the Chicago Cubs past the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Friday night for their 10th consecutive victory. Craig Counsell reached 899th managerial victories. Swanson’s 413-foot shot off Tanner Scott …
Thornell died Thursday at a hospital in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie from complications from kidney disease. He was 86. He worked for the AP from 1964 to 2004 and had a variety of assignments over the years, photographing politicians, natural disasters and crime scenes. But the struggle for racial justice punctuated Thornell’s wire …
ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Harris II is on quite a roll for the Atlanta Braves. Even when he’s ailing, he still finds a way to come up with the biggest hit of the game. After being scratched from the lineup because of tightness in his left quad, Harris delivered as a pinch-hitter against the Philadelphia …
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers had the daunting task of facing the AL and NL Cy Young Award winners in consecutive games. The results were mixed, with both ending in losses for the defending NL Central champions. After having late-inning success against the Tigers’ Tarik Skubal on Thursday in Detroit, the Brewers had to …
LONDON (AP) — The challenge for King Charles III as he embarks on this week’s state visit to the U.S. is, as always, to live up to his mother’s example. The late Queen Elizabeth II wowed Congress in 1991 with a speech that celebrated the shared democratic traditions of Britain and the United States, quoted …