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(Bloomberg) — It’s 10 a.m. and the high-speed train leaves Belgrade’s new, glass-and-steel station right on time. Thirty-six minutes later it pulls into Serbia’s northern city of Novi Sad, the first completed section of a 350 kilometer-long (217 mile) upgrade going up to Budapest in Hungary. Most Read from Bloomberg The route is the kind […]

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Qantas Airways agreed to pay 120 million Australian dollars ($79 million) in compensation and a fine for selling tickets on thousands of cancelled flights, the airline and Australia’s consumer watchdog said on Monday. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission sued the Sydney-based airline in the Federal Court last year. The commission […]

A man is dead after a shooting in North Braddock. Allegheny County dispatchers say police were called to the 500 block of Stokes Avenue at 8:15 p.m. on Sunday. When police arrived they found a man who had been shot dead inside a house. Police say witnesses told them that Bernard Junior Polite lives in […]

May 5—Kit Standridge has a special skill. Inside her Spanish classroom at the Academy for Technology and the Classics, everyone is accepted and appreciated, said Jason Morgan, the school’s principal. “She’s at the top of teachers who are just welcoming and caring and considerate of every student who walks through the door — making sure […]

May 5—Chalk up a win for fans of Fort Marcy park and its tree-lined arroyo. Public Service Company of New Mexico, the electric company with a designated easement in the park, has dropped its plan to cut down a swath of Siberian elms. The utility decided on a milder approach in which it will remove […]

JOPLIN, Mo. — Hundreds of families and friends filled the stands of the Leggett and Platt Athletic Center to celebrate the Four-State area’s newest physicians. KCU-Joplin held its commencement today for 154 medical students beginning the next step in their careers. Graduates will move on to residency programs ranging in length from three to seven […]

Exactly one year ago Friday, Madeira schools were closed. The elementary school principal, Chris Flanagan, had died, suddenly leaving behind his wife, four children and hundreds of grieving students. “He was the all-in principal,” Superintendent Kenji Matsudo said. “He was the one throwing water balloons off the roof.” But this Friday was different. Not because […]

(Bloomberg) — Panama elected investor favorite Jose Raul Mulino as its new president drawing voters with his pledge to revive the once-stellar economy, crack down on drug cartels and shut down migration routes to the US. Most Read from Bloomberg Mulino ran as the substitute for fugitive former leader Ricardo Martinelli, who was banned from […]

Just over a week after more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested on Northeastern’s campus., one person who attempted to disrupt Sunday’s commencement ceremony was arrested, school officials tell Boston 25. “At Northeastern University’s undergraduate commencement ceremony this afternoon, nearly 30,000 people celebrated the achievements of the Class of 2024. An individual who attempted to […]

After three full days of fun, food, and learning, A World A’Fair wrapped up its 2024 festival in Greene County. Thousands of people went to the Greene County Expo Center to experience the second-oldest international festival in Ohio this weekend. >RELATED: Heavy traffic expected this weekend due to A World A’Fair in Greene County;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link […]

MANILA (Reuters) -Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Monday the country will not use water cannons or any offensive weapons in the South China Sea. The last thing the Philippines wants to do is to raise tensions in the strategic waterway, Marcos told reporters. “We will not follow the Chinese coast guard and Chinese […]