Powerful super typhoon takes aim at remote U.S. islands in Pacific

Super Typhoon Sinlaku is closing in on remote U.S. territories in the western Pacific Ocean, threatening to bring extremely powerful winds, thunderstorms and widespread flooding when it barrels over the northern Marianas Islands on Tuesday, forecasts show. Sinlaku’s inner eyewall came ashore on the Marianas islands of Tinian and Saipan at around 10:15 p.m. local …

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Reader’s guide for “Go Gentle” by Maria Semple, Oprah’s book club pick

Oprah Winfrey named her newest book club pick: Maria Semple’s “Go Gentle.” Here are a couple of questions to guide you as you read the novel. Reader’s Guide Questions When Adora hits her lowest point, Stoicism feels “obvious and reasonable.” How much did you read her philosophical turn as a genuine intellectual awakening or as …

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Former Chinese Defence, Auto Executive Liu Weidong Handed 13-Year Prison Sentence Over Graft

BEIJING, April 14 (Reuters) – ⁠Liu ⁠Weidong, a ⁠former deputy general manager of ​China South Industries Group Corporation ‌and an auto ‌industry veteran, was ⁠sentenced ⁠to 13 years in prison on Tuesday ​for taking bribes, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. ($1 = 6.8158 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting ​by Beijing Newsroom; Editing ​by Hugh Lawson) Copyright …

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Pope Leo’s Visit Revives Priest’s Hopes for Peace in Anglophone Cameroon

By Amindeh Blaise Atabong DAKAR, April 14 (Reuters) – Armed with pistols and an AK-47 assault rifle, the rebels ambushed ⁠Rev. ⁠Killian Ndonui Nshamikara in January as he was driving ⁠through a village in western Cameroon, kidnapping him and demanding a ransom of more than $25,000. For the 40-year-old Catholic priest, the scene was stressful …

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No Discussions Between Qatar and Iran Over Payment of Funds to Stop Iranian Attacks, Qatari Official Says

DOHA, April ⁠14 (Reuters) – ⁠There have ⁠been no ​discussions between Qatar ‌and Iran over ‌the ⁠payment ⁠of funds to stop Iranian ​attacks on Qatar and ​any suggestions that such ⁠discussions took ⁠place ⁠are untrue, ​the Qatari foreign ministry ​spokesperson ⁠said on Tuesday. “There is a ⁠high level of coordination with Pakistan ⁠and the Unites …

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Los Angeles Schools Avoid a Strike as a Last-Minute Deal Is Reached With Staff

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles schools avoided a strike that would have impacted nearly 400,000 students in Southern California as the school district and the union representing support staff reached a tentative deal early Tuesday. Local 99 of the Service Employees International Union announced on social media that it won a tentative agreement with …

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