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American Airlines Didn't Let Musician Fly With $30,000 Cello After She Bought Extra Ticket
11 killed and nearly 70 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
Cambodia's Hun Sen says will give speech to U.N. after 'flawed election'
The Latest: 7 rail cars from freight train derail
Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador over call to free women's rights activists
The Latest: Agency reports progress in fighting twin fires
5 killed after small plane crashes near Southern California mall
59 shot, eight dead in Chicago since Friday
At least 82 killed by 7.0 quake in Indonesia's Lombok, Bali islands
‘We Are Not A Number’: Black Activists Protest At Progressive Convention

American Airlines Didn't Let Musician Fly With $30,000 Cello After She Bought Extra Ticket

Posted: 06 Aug 2018 01:56 PM PDT

A cellist in Chicago is not exactly singing the praises of American Airlines

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11 killed and nearly 70 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings

Posted: 06 Aug 2018 10:14 AM PDT

CHICAGO (AP) — At least 11 people were shot and killed and about 70 others were wounded over the weekend in Chicago, in a spasm of gun violence that police attributed mostly to gangs and that the president's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, used to criticize the city's Democratic leadership.

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Cambodia's Hun Sen says will give speech to U.N. after 'flawed election'

Posted: 06 Aug 2018 07:34 AM PDT

By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday he will give a speech to the United Nations General Assembly after claiming victory in a much-criticized election last month. Although official results won't be announced until mid-August, Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) said it had won all 125 parliamentary seats following the July 29 vote. Critics have said the vote was a sham after the only viable opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was dissolved last year by the Supreme Court and 118 members were banned from politics for five years.

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The Latest: 7 rail cars from freight train derail

Posted: 06 Aug 2018 06:18 AM PDT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Latest on freight train derailment in Pittsburgh (all times local):

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Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador over call to free women's rights activists

Posted: 06 Aug 2018 03:38 AM PDT

Saudi Arabia has ordered the expulsion of Canada's ambassador and frozen trade with the country after it criticised the recent arrest of women's rights activists. Canadian diplomats on Friday said Ottawa was "gravely concerned" about the arrests and called for the activists' immediate release. Saudi Arabia responded on Monday by saying it would "not accept any interference in its internal affairs", ordered the Canadian ambassador to leave within 24 hours and said it would be recalling its own ambassador. "Any further step from the Canadian side in that direction will be considered as acknowledgment of our right to interfere in the Canadian domestic affairs," Saudi's foreign ministry said in the unusually aggressive statement to its ally. "Canada and all other nations need to know that they can't claim to be more concerned than the kingdom over its own citizens." Saudi Arabia's crown prince Prince Mohammed bin Salman is leading an aggressive Saudi foreign policy Credit: AFP The foreign ministry also said it would freeze "all new business" between the kingdom and Canada. Some 10 per cent of Canadian crude oil imports come from Saudi Arabia. The ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom arrested two more women's rights activists last week, including Samar Badawi, whose brother Raif Badawi was arrested in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and later sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for criticising clerics. His wife, Ensaf Haidar, is now living in Canada. Marie-Pier Baril, a spokeswoman for Chrystia Freeland, Canada's foreign minister, said they were "seriously concerned" by Saudi Arabia's actions. "Canada will always stand up for the protection of human rights, very much including women's rights, and freedom of expression around the world," she said in a statement. "Our government will never hesitate to promote these values and believes that this dialogue is critical to international diplomacy." Almost immediately after the news, Saudi Twitter accounts began tweeting similarly phrased messages of their "concern" for Canada's own treatment of First Nation members and the need for Quebec to gain independence. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been praised for pushing through reforms in recent months, which include lifting the ban on women driving in the kingdom. However, more than a dozen prominent rights activists were arrested before the day came in June and accused of illegal contact with "foreign entities". Analysts said the decision to expel Canada's ambassador was likely to have been taken by the Saudi government to send the message that while the once-closed kingdom is beginning to open up to the world it will not tolerate criticism on its human rights. "No one should interpret this as a tantrum from Riyadh," said H A Hellyer, senior research fellow at the Atlantic Council and the Royal United Services Institute in London. "It is far more likely to be a calculated move, designed to establish a new litmus test internationally for continued relations with Saudi Arabia. The question is whether or not everyone will buckle - or refuse." The diplomatic move may be part of the crown prince's aggressive foreign policy, which since his father took the throne in 2015 has seen Saudi intervene in the conflict in neighbouring Yemen and pressure Lebanon's prime minister into resigning. Canada has also previously criticised Riyadh for its blockade in war-torn Yemen, which left millions on the brink of starvation. Germany similarly has found itself targeted by the kingdom in recent months over comments by its officials on the Saudi-led war. It is not immediately clear what new business could be affected between Canada and Saudi . Bilateral trade between the two nations reached $3 billion in 2016, with tanks and fighting vehicles among the top Canadian exports to the kingdom, according to government statistics. Saudi is the Canadian defence industry's biggest client outside of the United States.

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The Latest: Agency reports progress in fighting twin fires

Posted: 06 Aug 2018 12:59 AM PDT

CLEARLAKE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the wildfires raging in California (all times local):

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5 killed after small plane crashes near Southern California mall

Posted: 05 Aug 2018 08:22 PM PDT

Five people were killed when a small plane crashed in a Santa Ana parking lot near a popular shopping mall.

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59 shot, eight dead in Chicago since Friday

Posted: 05 Aug 2018 07:12 PM PDT

Dozens of people were wounded in shootings across Chicago Sunday, police said.

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At least 82 killed by 7.0 quake in Indonesia's Lombok, Bali islands

Posted: 05 Aug 2018 05:15 PM PDT

By Nyimas Laula DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) - At least 82 people were killed when Indonesia's resort island of Lombok was hit by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Sunday. The powerful quake triggered panic among tourists and residents, and was also felt on the neighboring island of Bali. On Lombok, thousands fled from their homes to gather in emergency shelters in open spaces, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said.