MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Another three members of the Iran’s women’s soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to their homeland, an Australian government minister said on Sunday.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey’s powerful foreign minister said Saturday that there is no serious initiative to resume negotiations between the United States and Iran but that he believes Iran is open to back-channel talks.
BERLIN (AP) – Prominent Belarus opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova on Saturday picked up a prize for contributions to European unity that she was unable to collect while in prison in her homeland four years ago. Kolesnikova was presented with the International Charlemagne Prize at a ceremony in Aachen, Germany. She won the prize in 2022.
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistan’s president on Saturday warned neighboring Afghanistan’s Taliban government that it had ” crossed a red line ” by launching drone attacks on civilian areas in Pakistan and said the administration in Kabul has brought “grave consequences upon itself.”
CHELTENHAM, England (AP) – The deaths of four horses at the Cheltenham Festival – including one after the prestigious Gold Cup – underline the need for the racing industry to provide better equine care, a leading animal welfare charity said Saturday.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema acknowledges having a romantic relationship with a member of her security detail that began while she was a lawmaker, according to legal documents. But she also contends she shouldn’t be subject to a lawsuit by the man’s ex-wife who blames Sinema for the marriage breakup.
SHANGHAI (AP) – Formula 1 and its governing body FIA canceled Grand Prix races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia on safety grounds related to the Iran war. Both countries have been struck during Iran’s response after the United States and Israel launched a wave of attacks on Iran. The announcement was made early Sunday morning in Shanghai.
BEIJING (AP) – Air China will resume flights flying between Beijing and North Korea from March 30, the airline’s website said Saturday, after passenger train services running between the two nations restarted earlier this week .
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Math nerds and dessert enthusiasts unite to celebrate Pi Day every March 14, the date that represents the first three digits of the mathematical constant pi. Representing the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, pi is approximately equal to 3.14159 – but its digits go on forever.
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