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AP News in Brief at 6:09 a.m. EDT

AP News in Brief at 6:09 a.m. EDT

North Korea stays silent on its apparent detention of a US soldier who bolted across the border SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday was silent about the highly unusual entry of an American soldier across the Koreas' heavily fortified b
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China prepares for naval drills with Russia in sign of continuing support amid Ukraine conflict

China prepares for naval drills with Russia in sign of continuing support amid Ukraine conflict

China said Wednesday it has dispatched navy ships in preparation for joint exercises with Russia’s sea forces, in a sign of Beijing’s continuing support for Moscow’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
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15 die by electrocution after transformer explodes in northern India

15 die by electrocution after transformer explodes in northern India

NEW DELHI (AP) — Fifteen people including six policer officers died Wednesday by electrocution after a transformer exploded near a sewage treatment plant in northern India, police said.
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11 dead after a wall collapses near an under-construction bridge in Pakistan during monsoon rains

11 dead after a wall collapses near an under-construction bridge in Pakistan during monsoon rains

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Eleven workers were killed early Wednesday after a portion of the outer wall of a sprawling compound collapsed after being weakened by rains near an under-construction bridge on the outskirts of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, police
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36 years later, London's Met Police apologizes to family of murdered private investigator

36 years later, London's Met Police apologizes to family of murdered private investigator

LONDON (AP) — London's Metropolitan Police apologized Wednesday to the family of private investigator Daniel Morgan, who was killed with an ax in a pub car park 36 years ago, for the force's failure to bring those responsible to justice.
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UK’s governing Conservatives face a reckoning with voters in 3 special elections

UK’s governing Conservatives face a reckoning with voters in 3 special elections

LONDON (AP) — Bad things may come in threes for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose Conservative Party faces a trio of unwanted verdicts from voters this week. The U.K.
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IRS whistleblowers to testify to Congress as they claim 'slow-walking' of Hunter Biden case

IRS whistleblowers to testify to Congress as they claim 'slow-walking' of Hunter Biden case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Whistleblowers claiming the Justice Department improperly interfered with a yearslong investigation into Hunter Biden will testify before Congress on Wednesday as House Republicans accelerate their probes into the president and his
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FIFA can't guarantee federations will pay promised $30,000 per player at Women's World Cup

FIFA can't guarantee federations will pay promised $30,000 per player at Women's World Cup

FIFA President Gianni Infantino could make no guarantee Wednesday that the member federations will distribute the $30,000 payments promised to every player at the Women's World Cup.
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Russia launches intense night attacks across Ukraine and targets the southern port city of Odesa

Russia launches intense night attacks across Ukraine and targets the southern port city of Odesa

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched an intense series of nighttime air attacks sending drones and missiles toward places across Ukraine, targeting the southern port city of Odesa for a second night in a row, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday.
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A look at other Americans who have crossed into North Korea over the years

A look at other Americans who have crossed into North Korea over the years

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. and U.S.-led United Nations Command say they are working to resolve the situation involving a U.S. soldier who ran into North Korea at a border village.
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