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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — 5 former Memphis police officers plead not guilty to murder, other charges in violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

TOKYO (AP) — Former leaders from Australia, Britain and Belgium called Friday for a tougher international approach to China to reduce the possibility of war over Taiwan and respond to human rights violations. Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison linked human rights violations in China with security in the Indo-Pacific as he spoke at an Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China conference in Tokyo. He was joined by two other former leaders […]

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona, the team that once awed the soccer world with its beautiful style on the field and its social commitment to being “more than a club,” is in danger of tarnishing its reputation with a scandal of its own making. Although the club denies doing anything wrong, a Spanish state prosecutor is probing Barcelona’s payment of millions of dollars over several years to a company that […]

Floodwaters in West Virginia forced some high school students to hunker down for the night in an impromptu slumber party complete with pizza, board games and football tosses in the gymnasium. All schools in Lincoln County, in the southern part of the state, were dismissed two hours early on Thursday because of high water, which made many roads impassable. Parents who were able to drive to the schools were allowed […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A top prosecutor in Jamaica has ruled that Prime Minister Andrew Holness won’t face charges over possible conflict of interest in contracts awarded to a construction company in 2007-2009 while he was education minister. Jamaica’s director of public corruption issued the ruling Thursday after reviewing a report on the case by the country’s Integrity Commission. The commission investigated the case after a news report […]

COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Swiss skier Marco Odermatt won the men’s giant slalom Friday for his second gold medal at the world championships. Odermatt, who is the Olympic giant slalom champion, was second after the opening run but beat Swiss teammate Loic Meillard by 0.32 seconds. First-run leader Marco Schwarz of Austria finished 0.40 seconds behind to take the bronze medal. “I actually didn’t expect to win,” Odermatt said. “Marco […]

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Europe’s youngest country, Kosovo, on Friday launched festivities for the 15th anniversary of its independence from neighboring Serbia with a military parade, wreath-laying ceremonies and a special Parliament session. But the celebrations are overcast by revived tension with Serbia, despite yearslong Western efforts to reconcile the former foes. Both want into the European Union, and have been told they must first overcome their differences. Speaking in […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted neighboring ally Belarus’ leader on Friday for talks on expanding military and economic cooperation amid the fighting in Ukraine. Russia used Belarusian territory to send troops into Ukraine nearly a year ago at the start of what the Kremlin calls its “special military operation.” Russia has maintained troops and weapons in Belarus and the two countries have regularly conducted joint drills as […]

Lebanese Lawmakers From Change Bloc Press Parliament To Elect President Change bloc MPs have spent the last month staging a sit-in at the Lebanese parliament building to pressure fellow lawmakers to fill the power vacuum left by the end of Michel Aoun’s term and the lack of a Cabinet By Andrea López-Tomàs/The Media Line (Beirut) Najat Saliba shivers under her ski jacket in the cavernous, dark and unheated parliament building […]