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ALMATY, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Adilet, a newly-formed pro-government party in Kazakhstan, has won just over 71% of the vote in a parliamentary election held on Sunday, the electoral commission said on Monday, in a result likely to consolidate President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s power. Adilet was founded in the Central Asian country earlier this year and is led by top aides to Tokayev. Shortly after its founding, it incorporated the previous […]

(AP) – Ian Happ and Pedro Ramirez hit grand slams as the Chicago Cubs poured it on late in a 19-2 shellacking of the host Seattle Mariners Sunday afternoon. Pete Crow-Armstrong and Michael Conforto also homered and right-hander Aaron Civale (6-7) pitched four innings of scoreless relief as the Cubs snapped a three-game losing streak. Chicago brought home nine runs in the eighth inning and tallied 17 hits in the […]

BERLIN, Aug 24 (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul plans to speak to his U.S. counterpart, Marco Rubio, by phone on Monday to urge him to become more personally involved in diplomatic efforts related to the war in Ukraine, he told radio broadcaster Deutschlandfunk. Wadephul, who was recently in Ukraine, told the broadcaster that U.S. diplomacy had so far been handled largely by presidential envoys Jared Kushner and Steve […]

By John Geddie, Yukiko Toyoda, Ben Blanchard and Aftab Ahmed TOKYO/TAIPEI/NEW DELHI, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s olive branch to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un at the expense of a long-standing ally comes at a pivotal moment for U.S. security ties in Asia, as partners from Japan to India reassess how much they can rely on Washington. The U.S. president’s abrupt decision to cut back military exercises with South Korea […]

AMSTERDAM, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Multiple people were injured in a coach crash in the east of the Netherlands early on Monday, Dutch police said. The coach was carrying around 50 people including a large number of school children, a police spokesman said, when it crashed near the town of Wezep, some 100 km (62 miles) east of Amsterdam around 4.00 a.m. (0200 GMT) due to a collision with a […]

SEOUL, Aug 24 (Reuters) – The United States cancelled a joint amphibious landing drill scheduled for next month with South Korea, Seoul’s Marine Corps said on Monday, after Washington cited constraints on the availability of U.S. forces due to the war in Iran. The U.S. Marine Corps formally notified its South Korean counterpart in June that force availability would be constrained for the division-level exercise, known as Ssangyong, a South […]

BANGKOK, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Suspected insurgents set fire to government buildings, shops, cars and utility poles in more than 70 locations across four of Thailand’s southernmost provinces over the weekend, injuring at least three people in a coordinated series of arson attacks, authorities said. More than 7,800 people have been killed in provinces bordering Malaysia since 2004, when the latest round of a long-running insurgency led mainly by the […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers added depth at linebacker by acquiring Deion Jones in a trade with the New Orleans for running back Zamir White. The two sides reached the deal Sunday night, a person familiar with the trade told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade hadn’t been announced. ESPN first reported the deal. The trade came a week […]

“The Whisper Man” film adaptation and a new album from the Alabama Shakes are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: a new tactical “Star Wars” game, the Netflix adaptation of “The Whisper Man” and Season 2 of the comedy series “Leanne.” — Based […]