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Deadly protests over Kenya finance bill prompt President William Ruto to drop support for tax hikes President of Kenya William Ruto addresses journalists during a press conference at the State House in Nairobi, June 26, 2024. SIMON MAINA/AFP/GETTY Human rights groups say at least 22 protesters were killed and scores more wounded on the streets of Kenya Tuesday as they clashed with police in chaotic demonstrations over a contentious finance bill laden with tax hikes that was passed by the country's parliament. With the deaths and injuries still being counted, the protesters' message appeared to have convinced Kenya's president to back down, and he said Wednesday that he would not sign the bill into law. Protesters in the capital...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, June 27, 2024 12:39pm |
South Korea says apparent North Korean hypersonic missile test ends in mid-air explosion A suspected North Korean hypersonic missile flight wake is seen from the seaside in Yantai, China, June 26, 2024, at 5:36 am North Korean time. COSTFOTO/NURPHOTO VIA GETTY North Korea test-fired what appeared to be a hypersonic missile on Wednesday, but the launch ended in a mid-air explosion, an official from Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The early morning launch came just hours after Pyongyang sent another flurry of trash-bearing balloons southward, this time forcing a three-hour halt to flights in and out of South Korea's Incheon airport. The missile took off from an area in or around North Korea's capital Pyongyang...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, June 27, 2024 12:51pm |
Bolivian army leader arrested after apparent coup attempt Crowd is seen as Bolivian President Luis Arce addresses it in La Paz after alleged coup attempt on June 26, 2024. BOLIVIAN PRESIDENCY / HANDOUT / ANADOLU VIA GETTY IMAGES Led by a top general vowing to "restore democracy," armored vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia's government palace Wednesday in what the president called a coup attempt, then quickly retreated - the latest crisis in the South American country facing a political battle and an economic crisis. Within hours, the nation of 12 million people saw a rapidly moving scenario in which the troops seemed to take control of the government of President Luis Arce. He vowed to stand firm and named a new army commander,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, June 27, 2024 1:35pm |
Kenya protests resume as President William Ruto's tax hike concession fails to quell anger Kenyan anti riot police detain a young man during a planned demonstration called after nationwide protests against a controversial, now-withdrawn tax bill left over 20 people dead, in downtown Nairobi, June 27, 2024. SIMON MAINA/AFP/GETTY Protesters took to the streets again in Kenya Thursday morning, two days after human rights groups said more than 20 people were killed as demonstrators clashed with security forces. The protests on Thursday did not draw the same huge numbers as Tuesday's chaos, which prompted the country's president to back down and say on Wednesday that he would not sign a controversial finance bill, with major tax hikes, that has...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, June 27, 2024 4:45pm |
U.S. soldier in Japan charged with sexually assaulting teenage girl in Okinawa The U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is seen from Kakazutakadai Park in Ginowan, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, August 23, 2022. PHILIP FONG/AFP/GETTY Japan's government is calling for stricter oversight of U.S. troops stationed in the country after a soldier was charged over the alleged sexual assault of a Japanese teenager in Okinawa. Prosecutors in the southern island region charged the U.S. soldier in March, top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters on Tuesday. Local media said the 25-year-old man had been accused of assault, adding that he knew the girl was under 16, the age of consent in Japan. The government...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, June 28, 2024 2:38pm |
Princess Anne, King Charles III's sister, leaves hospital after treatment for concussion, minor injuries Princess Anne, the 73-year-old sister of King Charles III, returned home Friday morning after spending five nights in a hospital with minor injuries and a concussion. Anna was hurt on Sunday during a walk on her Gatcombe Park country estate in Gloucestershire, England. Her medical team said her injuries were consistent with being hit in the head by a horses leg or head, but details of the incident were not clear. She has returned to her Gatcombe Park estate and is expected to spend time rehabilitating and going through standard concussion protocols, Britain's Press Association news agency...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, June 28, 2024 2:43pm |
Second U.S. service member in months charged with rape in Japan's Okinawa: "We are outraged" Japan's government protested Friday to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American servicemembers on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa that were only recently made public. In one case, an Air Force member is accused in March of assaulting a teenage girl in December, while the other, which dates from May, involves a Marine accused of assaulting a 21-year-old woman. The case involving the assault of the teenager is a reminder to many Okinawans of the high-profile 1995 rape of a 12-year-old girl by three U.S. servicemembers, which sparked massive protests against the heavy U.S. troop presence on...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, June 28, 2024 2:46pm |
Massive roof section at Delhi international airport collapses in storm, crushing cars and killing one driver Cars are seen crushed under part of a roof that collapsed outside Terminal 1 of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, June 28, 2024. ANI/REUTERS One person was killed and six others injured early Friday morning when a large section of an exterior roof at Delhi's main international airport collapsed as heavy rain and strong wind lashed the Indian capital. The canopy roof and massive metallic support beams that held it up crumpled onto the Terminal 1 departure forecourt at Indira Gandhi International Airport at around 5:00 a.m. local time, landing on at least four parked cars and killing a taxi driver in one of...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, June 28, 2024 3:19pm |
Hurricane Beryl, currently a chart-topping Category 5, expected to head for Jamaica Hurricane Beryl as seen from space early on July 2, 2024. NOAA / NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER Hurricane Beryl strengthened to scale-topping Category 5 status late Monday after it ripped doors, windows and roofs off homes across the southeastern Caribbean with devastating winds and storm surge fueled by the Atlantic's record warmth and was still a Cat 5 early Monday as it started to put Jamaica in its sights, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Beryl could bring "life-threatening winds and storm surge" to the island, the center stressed. Beryl's center is expected to move quickly across the southeastern and central Caribbean Sea...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 02, 2024 11:09am |
France's far right takes strong lead in first round of high-stakes elections A voter casts their ballot at a polling station during the first round of parliamentary elections on June 30, 2024 in Paris, France. OWEN FRANKEN - CORBIS/GETTY IMAGES French voters propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections Sunday and plunged the country into political uncertainty, according to polling projections. French President Emmanuel Macron, who called the surprise elections just three weeks ago, urged voters to rally against the far right in the second round of balloting. French far-right leader Marine Le Pen called on voters to give the National Rally an "absolute majority" at...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 02, 2024 1:05pm |
Israel releases head of Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital after 7-month detention without charge Al-Shifa hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya is welcomed by relatives after his release alongside other detainees, at Nasser hopsital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip July 1, 2024. BASHAR TALEB/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Israel released the director of Gaza's main hospital on Monday after holding him for seven months without charge or trial over allegations the facility had been used as a Hamas command center. He said he and other detainees were held under harsh conditions and tortured. The decision to release Mohammed Abu Selmia, apparently taken in order to free up space in overcrowded detention centers, sparked uproar from across the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 02, 2024 1:18pm |
Palestinians ordered to flee Khan Younis, signaling likely new Israeli assault on southern Gaza city Wastewater, rubble and completely destroyed residential buildings are seen after Israeli army withdrew from the regions following its attacks in Khan Yunis, Gaza on July 1, 2024. ABED RAHIM KHATIB/ANADOLU VIA GETTY IMAGES The Israeli army ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from much of Khan Younis on Monday, a sign that troops are likely to launch a new ground assault in the Gaza Strip's second largest city. The order suggested Khan Younis will be the target in the latest of Israel's repeated raids into parts of Gaza it had previously invaded during the past nearly nine months, pursuing Hamas militants as they regroup. Much of...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 02, 2024 1:38pm |
Hurricane Beryl leaves damage strewn across southeast Caribbean islands: "Continue to pray" Fishing vessels damaged by Hurricane Beryl at the Bridgetown Fisheries in Barbados, Monday, July 1, 2024. RICARDO MAZALAN / AP Hurricane Beryl ripped off doors, windows and roofs in homes across the southeastern Caribbean on Monday after making landfall on the island of Carriacou as the earliest storm of Category 4 strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters. NBC Radio in St. Vincent and the Grenadines reported one death on the island of Bequia, as well as extensive damage to schools, homes, buildings and farmland nationwide. Communications remained largely down across the region. Streets from St. Lucia island south to...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 02, 2024 1:50pm |
Stampede at religious gathering in India leaves at least 116 people dead Women mourn next to the body of a relative outside the Sikandrarao hospital in Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh state, India, July 2, 2024, after dozens of people were killed and scores injured in a stampede at a religious gathering. MANOJ ALIGADI/AP At least 116 people were killed in a stampede at a religious gathering in central India's Uttar Pradesh state Tuesday, police said. Most of the victims appeared to have been women, but authorities were still racing to confirm the number of casualties brought in to different hospitals in the region. The stampede occurred during a "satsang," a prayer meeting hosted by a Hindu guru, in the village of Rati...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 03, 2024 1:20pm |
9 killed in overnight strike in Gaza's Khan Younis, hours after Israel ordered mass evacuation Palestinians evacuate Khan Younis on July 2. CBS/ODAI AL-GHOUL An Israeli strike has killed at least nine people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Palestinian health officials said Tuesday, within a day of Israel ordering parts of the city to evacuate ahead of a likely ground operation. The overnight strike hit a home near the European Hospital, which is inside the zone that Israel said should be evacuated. Records at Nasser Hospital, where the dead and wounded were taken, show that three children and two women were among those killed. Associated Press reporters at the hospital counted the bodies. After the initial evacuation orders,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 03, 2024 1:24pm |
Hurricane Beryl severely damages or destroys 90% of homes on Union Island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, prime minister says Hurricane Beryl's historic rampage across the Caribbean left "immense destruction" when it passed St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the prime minister said. On the Caribbean country's Union Island, 90% of the houses have been "severely damaged or destroyed." "Union Island has been devastated," Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said during a press briefing Monday. "Their roofs ... the Union Island airport's roof is gone. It's no more." The tiny island is just 3 miles long and about a mile wide, with roughly 3,000 residents, according to the island's information center — a size that can only be...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 03, 2024 1:29pm |
U.S. military heightens security alert level at European bases in response to threats The U.S. military has raised the security protection measures it is taking at its bases throughout Europe, asking service members to be more vigilant and keep a lower profile due to a combination of threats it is seeing across the region. U.S. European Command said in a statement Sunday that a "variety of factors play into the safety of U.S. military community abroad." Increasing the threat level to Charlie — the second-highest of five levels for service members — is the result of a combination of events occurring across Europe, including elections in France and the U.K., the upcoming Olympics and other major sporting events, and the ongoing wars in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 03, 2024 1:52pm |
2024 U.K. election is set to overhaul British politics. Here's what to know. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks during a live TV debate with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, seen in the background, in Nottingham, England, on June 26, 2024, in the build-up to the U.K. general election. PHIL NOBLE / POOL / AFP / GETTY British voters will head to the polls Thursday to vote in the country's first general election since 2019. Here's what to know. Who is up for election in the U.K.? British voters will not be directly electing a new leader on Thursday. Under the United Kingdom's parliamentary system, voters choose their local representatives for the lower house of Parliament, the House of Commons. On Thursday,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 03, 2024 2:25pm |
| Sierra Leone outlaws child marriage. Even witnesses to such weddings can face jail time. A bill that bans child marriage in Sierra Leone has been signed into law, President Julius Maada Bio said late Tuesday, in an effort to protect girls in the West African nation where about a third are married before adulthood. The law is being celebrated widely. It criminalizes marrying any girl who is under 18 years old. Offenders face up to 15 years in prison or a fine of around $4,000 or both. Witnesses to such marriages will also face jail or a fine. "I have always believed that the future of Sierra Leone is female," Bio said on social media. "This and future generations of girls must thrive in Sierra Leone in which they're protected, equal and empowered." Sierra Leone is home to 800,000 child brides, with half of them married before age 15, according to the U.N. children's...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 04, 2024 1:43pm |
Russia says forces seize part of key Ukraine town of Chasiv Yar as deadly airstrikes continue Medics help a wounded Ukrainian serviceman at a triage station of the 5th Separate Assault Kyiv Brigade, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, near the town of Chasiv Yar, in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, July 1, 2024. ALINA SMUTKO/REUTERS Russia said Wednesday its forces had captured a district in the key hilltop town of Chasiv Yar near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, where Moscow has been pressing for months. The claim from Moscow came just after Kyiv said Russian strikes on the industrial city of Dnipro had killed five people and wounded nearly three dozen more, including a 14-year-old girl. The Russian defense ministry said its troops...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 04, 2024 2:02pm |
Hurricane Beryl leaves "Armageddon-like" destruction in Grenada, "field of devastation" on Union Island, Caribbean leaders say Caribbean leaders are taking to social media in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, sharing shocking images and video of widespread destruction. Grenada's prime minister described sweeping destruction on the Caribbean nation's island of Carriacou as "almost Armageddon-like," while the prime minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines called the damage to Union Island "a devastating spectacle." The storm made landfall on the tiny island of Grenada on Monday as a Category 4, wiping out much of the island's electrical infrastructure, homes and agriculture. "Almost...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 04, 2024 3:08pm |
Fear of war between Israel and Hamas ally Hezbollah grows after Israeli strike kills commander in Lebanon Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defense system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, July 3, 2024. JALAA MAREY/AFP/GETTY Fear of a possible full-scale war between Israel and the Hamas-allied militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon was stoked Thursday after an Israeli airstrike killed a senior Hezbollah commander. Israel said the commander it killed Wednesday, Mohammad Naameh Nasser, was responsible for firing rockets into Israel. Hezbollah — a group which, like Hamas, is backed by Iran but believed to be larger and much better armed — responded...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 04, 2024 4:01pm |
Russia sentences U.S. man Robert Woodland to prison on drug charges Robert Woodland, who was interviewed by Russian media in 2020, is seen in a Facebook profile photo. FACEBOOK A Russian court has sentenced an American man to 12 and a half years in prison on drug charges, his lawyer told the Reuters news agency on Thursday. Robert Woodland, who's believed to be a U.S.-Russian dual national who was living outside Moscow and working as a teacher, was detained in January and has been in custody ever since. Russia's state-run media said Woodland was found guilty of attempted trafficking of large quantities of illegal drugs and being part of an organized criminal group. Reuters quoted Woodland's lawyer, Stanislav Kshevitsky, as saying he had...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, July 05, 2024 4:30pm |
Israel considers Hamas response to cease-fire proposal An Israeli army vehicle leaves the Gaza Strip as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on July 3, 2024, in southern Israel. AMIR LEVY / GETTY IMAGES Israel's Cabinet was expected to discuss Hamas' latest response to a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire in Gaza, as diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the nine-month war stirred back to life after a weekslong hiatus. Fighting, meanwhile, intensified between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah, with the militant group saying it fired more than 200 rockets and exploding drones into northern Israel to avenge the killing of a senior commander in an Israeli airstrike the day before. The relatively...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, July 05, 2024 4:34pm |
Keir Starmer becomes U.K. prime minister after his Labour Party wins huge majority in general election Labour leader Keir Starmer reacts after winning the constituency of Holborn and St Pancras during the U.K. general election on July 5, 2024, in London, England. LEON NEAL / GETTY IMAGES Britain's Labour Party swept to power Friday after more than a decade in opposition, as a jaded electorate handed the party a landslide victory — but also a mammoth task of reinvigorating a stagnant economy and dispirited nation. Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer officially became prime minister later Friday, leading his party back to government less than five years after it suffered its worst defeat in almost a century. In the merciless...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, July 05, 2024 4:51pm |
Spanish anti-tourism protesters take aim at Barcelona visitors with water guns An anti-tourism placard is seen during the demonstration. More than 3,000 people demonstrated against the tourist overcrowding suffered by the city of Barcelona and in favor of tourism reduction policies. The demonstration involved symbolically closing hotel establishments, bars and restaurants while heading towards Barceloneta, one of the neighborhoods that suffers the most from the presence of tourism. PACO FREIRE/SOPA IMAGES/LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES Thousands of protesters marched through Barcelona over the weekend to express anger at mass tourism and its impacts on Spain's most visited city. Bystanders dining in restaurants in the popular La Barceloneta...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 09, 2024 12:46pm |
2024 French election results no big win for far-right, but next steps unclear. Here's what could happen. French President Emmanuel Macron casts his ballot flanked by French First Lady Brigitte Macron at a polling station, to vote in the second round of French parliamentary elections in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France, July 7, 2024. MOHAMMED BADRA/POOL Election results show French voters have chosen to give a broad leftist coalition the most parliamentary seats in pivotal legislative elections, keeping the far right away from power. Yet no party won an outright majority, putting France in an uncertain, unprecedented situation. President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance arrived in second position. The far-right, led by Marine Le...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 09, 2024 1:02pm |
Doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie goes on trial after deaths of over 400 followers in Kenya Mortuary personnel pull a cart with the remains of a victim of a Kenyan starvation cult at the Malindi Sub-County Hospital Mortuary in Malindi on March 26, 2024. LUIS TATO/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES The leader of a doomsday cult in Kenya went on trial on Monday on charges of terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in a macabre case that shocked the world. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie appeared in a packed courtroom in the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa along with 94 co-defendants. Principle magistrate Leah Juma ordered the removal of journalists from the court shortly after the start of the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 09, 2024 1:31pm |
French airport worker unions call for strike right before Paris Olympics CEO of Paris airports Group ADP Augustin de Romanet, French President of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Organising Committee Tony Estanguet and France's Minister for Sports and Olympics Amelie Oudea-Castera pose near Phryge mascots and in front of the Olympic rings on Terminal 1 at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport, during a presentation of preparations for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games, April 23, 2024 in Paris, France. MARC PIASECKI/GETTY Unions representing workers at Paris' airports said Monday they had called for a strike the week before the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics over a dispute about bonuses for staff. The CGT, CFDT,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 09, 2024 2:00pm |
Biden slams "Russia's brutality" in Ukraine as videos appear to show missile strike on Kyiv children's hospital People watch as rescuers work at Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital that was damaged during a Russian missile strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 8, 2024. GLEB GARANICH/REUTER The United Nations on Tuesday said there was a "high likelihood" a children's hospital in Kyiv suffered "a direct hit" from a Russian missile Monday. Ukrainian officials accused Russia of hitting the Okhmatdyt children's hospital with a cruise missile — part of a wave of daytime strikes that killed at least 40 people across the country on Monday. President Biden also put the blame squarely on Russia...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 09, 2024 4:17pm |
Russia issues arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexey Navalny Yulia Navalnaya outside the Russian Embassy in Berlin, Germany, March 17, 2024. ANNEGRET HILSE/REUTERS Russia on Tuesday announced an arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, the exiled widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. The country accused Navalnaya of participating in an "extremist organization." A court said it had "approved the request of the investigators and decided a preventive measure in the form of detention for two months." Little information about the charges was shared. Navalnaya derided the decision on social media, calling Putin a killer and a war criminal and...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 10, 2024 2:09pm |
Dyson to cut 1,000 jobs in the U.K. Dyson is planning to lay off 1,000 workers in the U.K., the home appliance maker told employees on Tuesday. Best known for its high-end vacuum cleaners, fans and other appliances, Dyson announced the cuts as it faces growing competition, including from manufacturers that release copycat designs in Asia, the company's largest market. In a statement to CBS MoneyWatch, Dyson CEO Hanno Kirner cited increased competition as a reason for the layoffs. "We have grown quickly and, like all companies, we review our global structures from time to time to ensure we are prepared for the future," he said. "As such, we are proposing changes to our organization, which may result in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 10, 2024 2:45pm |
Deepfake targets Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenksa with false claim she bought Bugatti A new deepfake video that falsely claims the first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, purchased a $4.8 million Bugatti sports car has racked up millions of views on social media, CBS News has found. The video is part of a Russian disinformation campaign aimed at degrading Western support for Ukraine, researchers said. CBS News determined the video was created using artificial intelligence. It shows a man claiming to be a French luxury car dealership employee sharing "exclusive" information about the fabricated sale. The man doesn't move his neck, rarely blinks and his head barely moves — telltale signs of being manipulated using AI. The video...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 10, 2024 2:53pm |
What Iran's moderate new President Masoud Pezeshkian might try to change — and what he definitely won't Supporters cheer as newly-elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrives at the shrine of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran, July 6, 2024. ATTA KENARE/AFP/GETTY At 69, Masoud Pezeshkian is the oldest man ever to be elected president of Iran. During decades as a member of Parliament and a cabinet minister, he's had plenty of time to hone his political survival skills. As a moderate in a system dominated by hardliners, he will need them. Pezeshkian was elected president last Friday, beating his conservative opponent by a comfortable margin, but it was hardly a ringing endorsement....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 10, 2024 3:02pm |
Europe launches maiden flight of Ariane 6 rocket Liftoff! A powerful new Ariane 6 rocket blasts off on its long-awaited maiden flight, ending a European launch drought and restoring access to space for the European Space Agency's 13 member states. ESA WEBCAST Running years behind schedule, Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket blasted off on its maiden flight Tuesday, thundering away from the European Space Agency's jungle launch site in French Guiana in a bid to restore independent European access to space. Facing increasingly stiff international competition, Europe's space agencies see the Ariane 6 as critical to re-establishing and maintaining their foothold in low-Earth orbit and beyond, launching European military satellites, science missions,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 10, 2024 3:11pm |
Hamas says Israel's deadly strike on a Gaza school could put cease-fire talks back to "square one" A youth wounded during Israeli bombardment is carried to the emergency ward at Al-Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, July 9, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. BASHAR TALEB/AFP/GETTY A surge of hope for a breakthrough in Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks drew CIA Director William Burns back to the Middle East this week, but the hopes have been tempered by a blistering Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza. The attack killed at least 29 people at the Al Awda school in Khan Younis, according to an official at the nearby...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 10, 2024 3:34pm |
Manhunt underway after BBC commentator's wife, 2 daughters killed in crossbow attack in U.K. A forensic officer at the scene in Ashlyn Close, Bushey, Hertfordshire, where three women, who police believe to be related, were found with serious injuries and died at the scene a short time after police and paramedics were called just before 7 p.m. on July 9, 2024. JAMES MANNING/PA IMAGES/GETTY Police in England were searching Wednesday for a 26-year-old man they believe could be armed with a crossbow in connection with a triple murder. CBS News' partner network BBC News said the victims of the murder were the wife and two adult daughters of John Hunt, a commentator on the network's horse racing radio channel, BBC Racing. The...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 10, 2024 3:39pm |
NATO nations agree Ukraine is on "irreversible path" to membership UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg at the 2024 NATO Summit on July 10, 2024, in Washington, D.C. KEVIN DIETSCH/GETTY IMAGES NATO nation leaders, in a Washington summit declaration released Wednesday, said Ukraine is on an "irreversible path" to NATO membership. The summit declaration, signed by all 32 NATO nations, offers some of the strongest language yet about the organization's intent to eventually include Ukraine in its membership. Ukraine and its protection are a central part of this year's NATO summit in Washington, D.C., hosted by President Biden. The declaration, which encompasses NATO's beliefs...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, July 12, 2024 1:18pm |
Multiple Chinese warships spotted near Alaska, U.S. Coast Guard says The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball off the coast of Japan in 2023. U.S. COAST GUARD Multiple Chinese military ships were spotted by the U.S. Coast Guard in the waters off Alaska, officials said in a news release on Wednesday. Three vessels were detected about 124 miles north of the Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands, and a fourth ship was spotted about 84 miles north of the state's Amukta Pass. The ships were seen on Saturday and Sunday. All four ships were in international waters, the Coast Guard said, but were inside the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, which extends 200 nautical miles from the U.S. shoreline. In these areas, the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, July 12, 2024 3:44pm |
U.S. says it will deploy more long-range missiles in Germany, Russia vows "a military response" President Biden and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg greet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on stage before a group photo during the 2024 NATO summit on July 10, 2024, in Washington, D.C. ANDREW HARNIK / GETTY IMAGES The U.S. and Germany have announced together that the U.S. military will deploy more — and more advanced — long-range missiles in Germany in 2026, plans the countries say demonstrate the American "commitment to NATO and its contribution" to European defense. Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov vowed that his country would respond, calling the planned deployment "damaging" to Russia's security. The new...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, July 12, 2024 4:01pm |
Hungary's far right Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visits Trump in Mar-a-Lago after NATO summit Hungary's nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, traveled to Florida on Thursday and met with former President Donald Trump following the NATO summit in Washington, a move likely to aggravate frustrations among Western allies over similar secretive trips he made to Russia and China in recent days. Orbán met with Trump at the former president's beachside compound Mar-a-Lago and shared a photo of the two on social media with the caption: "We discussed ways to make peace. The good news of the day: he's going to solve it!" Later, in a post with video from his visit, he said, "We continued the peace mission in Mar-a-Lago. President...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, July 12, 2024 4:10pm |
Nigeria school collapse kills at least 22 students as they take exams Rescue workers gather next to heavy machinery at the site of a school that collapsed in Jos, in Nigeria's central Plateau State, July 12, 2024. MUHAMMAD TANKO SHITTU/AFP/GETTY At least 22 students were killed on Friday when a school in central Nigeria collapsed on pupils taking exams, the Associated Press reported. Trapped students were heard crying for help under the rubble after the Saint Academy school in Jos North district of Plateau State fell in on classrooms. Mechanical diggers tried to rescue the victims while parents desperately looked for their children. A total of 154 students were initially trapped in the rubble, but Plateau...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 15, 2024 9:31am |
Israeli attack on southern Gaza Strip leaves at least 90 dead, the Health Ministry in Gaza says Palestinians hold the bodies of their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Saturday, July 13, 2024. ABDEL KAREEM HANA / AP Israel said it targeted Hamas' shadowy military commander in a massive strike Saturday in the crowded southern Gaza Strip that killed at least 90 people including children, according to local health officials. Hamas immediately rejected the claim that Mohammed Deif was targeted. Israeli officials confirmed that he and a second Hamas commander, Rafa Salama, were the targets. In a statement Saturday night, Israeli Prime Minister...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 15, 2024 9:41am |
French sports minister takes a dip in the Seine weeks before the 2024 Paris Olympics begin In this photo provided by the Ministry Of Sport, Olympic And Paraolympic Games, France's Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games Amelie Oudea-Castera, left and Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Triathlon gold medalist Alexis Hanquinquant gesture as they swim, in the River Seine, in Paris, Saturday, July 13, 2024. Oudéa-Castéra took a symbolic dip in the Seine on Saturday, less than two weeks before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Ministry Of Sport, Olympic And Paraolympic Games via AP) AP French sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra took a symbolic dip in the Seine on Saturday in a bid to ease concerns about water quality before the start...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 15, 2024 10:31am |
Barbora Krejcikova beat Jasmine Paolini in thrilling women's Wimbledon final for second Grand Slam trophy Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic reacts after winning a game as she plays against Jasmine Paolini of Italy. MOSA'AB ELSHAMY / AP Barbora Krejcikova won Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam title with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Jasmine Paolini in the final on Saturday. Krejcikova is a 28-year-old from the Czech Republic who adds this trophy to her championship at the French Open in 2021. She was unseeded in Paris back then and was only the 31st of 32 seeds at the All England Club after illness and a back injury this season limited her to a 7-9 record entering this...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 15, 2024 10:47am |
Shots fired at Trump rally: Trump opponents and allies condemn violence Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. EVAN VUCCI / AP Both political allies and opponents of Donald Trump are responding with serious concern after shots were fired toward the former president at a rally in Pennsylvania. The Secret Service said Trump is "safe" after agents rushed him off the stage. The former president pumped his fist in the air in a show of strength, blood streaming across his face and ear. He later said a bullet "pierced the upper part of my right ear." One rally attendee was killed and two more were...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 15, 2024 12:59pm |
North Korean leader's sister hints at resuming flying trash balloons toward South Korea FILE PHOTO: May 29, 2024. Yonhap via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo YONHAP NEWS AGENCY The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed Sunday to respond to what she called a fresh South Korean civilian leafleting campaign, signaling North Korea would soon resume flying trash-carrying balloons across the border. Since late May, North Korea has floated numerous balloons carrying waste paper, scraps of cloth, cigarette butts and even manure toward South Korea on a series of late-night launch events, saying they were a tit-for-tat action against South Korean activists scattering...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 15, 2024 1:08pm |
Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon men's final to win fourth Grand Slam title Carlos Alcaraz won his fourth major championship Sunday after beating Novak Djokovic, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 in the men's Wimbledon final. It was a rematch of last year's championship match on the grass of the All England Club, which Alcaraz won in five sets. This one was much easier for Alcaraz, at least until he stumbled while holding three match points as he served for the victory at 5-4 in the third set. Still, Alcaraz regrouped and eventually picked up a second major trophy in a row after last month's triumph on the clay at the French Open. The Spaniard won his first Slam title at the 2022 U.S. Open as a teenager, and no man ever...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 15, 2024 1:24pm |
Hamas says Gaza cease-fire talks haven't paused and claims military chief survived Israeli strike An Israeli soldier moves on the top of a tank near the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, July 14, 2024. SAFRIR ABAYOV / AP Hamas said Sunday that Gaza cease-fire talks continue and the group's military commander is in good health, a day after the Israeli military targeted Mohammed Deif with a massive airstrike that local health officials said killed at least 90 people, including children. Deif's condition remained unclear after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday night "there still isn't absolute certainty" he was killed. Hamas representatives gave no evidence to back up their assertion about the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 15, 2024 1:37pm |
King Charles to visit Australia and Samoa in first international royal trip since cancer diagnosis Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla wave as they formally bid farewell to Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on the final day of their state visit to Britain at Buckingham Palace, London, June 27, 2024. CHRIS JACKSON/POOL PHOTO VIA AP King Charles and Queen Camilla will travel to Australia and Samoa in October for a meeting with the Commonwealth heads of government, Buckingham Palace announced Sunday. The trip will mark the king's first international royal trip since disclosing his cancer diagnosis in February. According to Buckingham Palace, the two royals will visit Australia at the invitation of the country's...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 15, 2024 2:11pm |
Spain clinches record 4th European Championship title, beating England 2-1 Spain won a record fourth European Championship title on Sunday after Mikel Oyarzabal's 86th-minute goal clinched a 2-1 victory over England, whose painful decades-long wait for a major trophy goes on. Oyarzabal slid in to poke home Marc Cucurella's cross, just when the game at Berlin's Olympiastadion seemed destined for extra time after the latest show of resilience by England at the tournament. Substitute Cole Palmer equalized for England in the 73rd minute to cancel out Nico Williams' opener in the 47th from 17-year-old prodigy Lamine Yamal's pass. Spain also won the title in 1964, 2008 and 2012. "I did my job and what I had to and was lucky...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 15, 2024 2:16pm |
Olympic flame arrives in Paris ahead of 2024 Summer Games French soccer star Thierry Henry, the first bearer of the Olympic Torch in Paris ahead of the Paris 2024 Summer Games, carries the torch as it is lit, July 14, 2024 on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, France. MAJA HITIJ/GETTY The torch relay ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics reached the French capital for the first time on Sunday, with organizers hoping to build enthusiasm for the Games among the city's skeptical residents. The flame was first glimpsed during the traditional military parade held every year on the July 14 national holiday, largely known outside the country as Bastille Day, and then began its tour around the city from the Champs-Elysees. World...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 16, 2024 9:20am |
After Donald Trump shot at rally, Russia, China and other foreign powers weigh in on assassination attempt Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be calling former President Donald Trump after he was shot at at a campaign rally over the weekend, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday, as the Russian government accused the Biden administration of creating an atmosphere that led to the attack. "We do not at all think or believe that the attempt to eliminate presidential candidate Trump was organized by the current government, but the atmosphere that this administration created during the political struggle, the atmosphere around candidate Trump provoked what America is faced with today," Peskov said on...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 16, 2024 10:57am |
Shooting attack at Oman mosque leaves 6 people dead, dozens wounded A screengrab from video obtained and verified by the Reuters news agency shows people running during a shooting at the Imam Bargah Ali bin Abu Talib mosque in Wadi Kabir, Muscat, Oman, July 15, 2024. OBTAINED BY REUTERS A shooting attack late Monday at a mosque in Oman left at least six people dead and others wounded, the country's state-run news agency said Tuesday. Two Pakistanis were among the dead, according to their country's government. The Royal Oman Police said in a statement posted online that the shooting happened in the Wadi Kabir neighborhood of Muscat, the Omani capital. According to the Omani News Agency, three gunmen were killed by police...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 17, 2024 4:29pm |
Afghanistan floods blamed for dozens of deaths as severe storms wreak havoc in the country's east Afghan residents shovel mud following flash floods after heavy rainfall at Pesgaran village, in Dara district, Panjshir province, July 15, 2024. AFP VIA GETTY Flash floods, high winds and heavy rain brought by a series of storms have devastated eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 40 people and causing widespread destruction, according to officials and aid workers. The hardest-hit area has been in and around Jalalabad city, the capital of Nangarhar province. As of Tuesday evening, the Taliban-run Afghan government's Ministry of Public Health put the death toll at 40 and said almost 350 others had been...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 17, 2024 4:35pm |
What JD Vance has said about U.S. foreign policy amid the war in Ukraine Former President Donald Trump has named Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate. Below is a look at what Vance has said about some of the major international issues he and Trump would have to deal with if they win in November. U.S. aid for Ukraine Vance said at the Munich Security Conference in February that the United States' ability to support Ukraine's ongoing battle to fend off Russia's invasion is "limited" due to America's weapons manufacturing capacity. He said it wouldn't be realistic for the U.S. to continue providing the same level of assistance to Ukraine moving forward. "Given the realities that we face, the very real constraints in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 17, 2024 5:01pm |
U.S. intelligence detected Iranian plot against Trump, officials say U.S. intelligence recently detected an Iranian plot against former President Donald Trump, U.S. officials tell CBS News — although intelligence officials haven't found any ties between Saturday's failed attempt on Trump's life by 20-year-old shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks and any foreign or domestic accomplice. Upon learning about the heightened threat, the National Security Council contacted the Secret Service. In response, the Secret Service increased resources and assets for Trump's protection in June. Additional resources including Counter Assault Team personnel, counter sniper team personnel, drones and robotic dogs were provided. CBS News has learned the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 17, 2024 5:51pm |
U.S. decides to permanently dismantle pier helping deliver aid into Gaza, official says The reinstallation of the U.S.-built floating pier on the coast in the Wadi Gaza area of central Gaza, on July 10, 2024. AHMAD SALEM/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES The United States has decided to permanently dismantle the Gaza pier, a U.S. official told CBS News. The pier is currently in port in Ashdod, Israel, and will not be reattached to the shore in Gaza, according to this official, who said "the mission is over." The decision follows a recommendation by the U.S. Central Command not to reinstall the pier. CBS News learned of the military's recommendation Tuesday from two U.S. officials. Bedeviled by bad weather and mechanical...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 18, 2024 12:29pm |
King Charles opens new, left-leaning U.K. Parliament in major public address after cancer diagnosis Britain's King Charles III, wearing the Imperial State Crown and the Robe of State, sits alongside Britain's Queen Camilla, wearing the George IV State Diadem, are seen before reading the King's Speech from the The Sovereign's Throne in the House of Lords chamber, during the State Opening of Parliament, at the Houses of Parliament in London, July 17, 2024. HENRY NICHOLLS/AP King Charles III donned a ceremonial crown and robe Wednesday to give a speech formally opening the session of the new British parliament. After a national election earlier this month, the U.K. legislature is decisively left-leaning for the first time in 14...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 18, 2024 12:38pm |
NASA plans for space station's demise with new SpaceX "Deorbit Vehicle" An artist's impression of SpaceX's ISS Deorbit Vehicle pushing the lab toward a controlled re-entry and breakup in the 2030 timeframe, after a formal decision to retire the lab complex after three decades of operation. SPACEX SpaceX is building a souped-up version of its cargo Dragon spacecraft to drive the International Space Station out of orbit for a controlled re-entry and breakup over an uninhabited stretch of ocean when the lab is finally retired in the 2030 timeframe, NASA and company officials said Wednesday. The ISS Deorbit Vehicle, or DV, will be a custom-built, one-of-a-kind spacecraft needed to make sure the space station re-enters the atmosphere at the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 18, 2024 1:10pm |
| Pastor Prays that Assassination Attempt Will Be ‘Turning Point’ for Trump’s Faith Pastor and author Greg Laurie says he is praying that Saturday’s assassination attempt will mark a “turning point” in former President Donald Trump’s life, leading him to a deeper faith. The senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in California made the remarks on TBN’s Stakelbeck Tonight, saying he believes God intervened to save Trump’s life. The bullet clipped Trump’s ear and was less than half an inch from piercing his skull. “I just watched a documentary on President Reagan. And as you recall, not long after he became our president, he was shot,” Laurie said. “... And he went into the hospital, and he came very close to dying. And that was a turning point in Reagan’s life, where he made a commitment to peace and abolishing nuclear weapons. And he had a new determination. And...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 18, 2024 1:25pm |
6 people, including a boy, shot dead in Mexico as mass killings of families persist Six members of two families were killed in Mexico's violent state of Guanajuato, marking at least the third massacre of family members in the country since last month, authorities confirmed Wednesday. An increasing number of women, children and entire families have fallen victim to the increasingly indiscriminate violence in Guanajuato and other states where drug cartels are fighting bloody turf battles. The killings in the Guanajuato town of Yuriria claimed six victims - three members of one family and three of another - including an adolescent boy and a woman, state prosecutors said. Yuriria's mayor, María De Los Ángeles López, said...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 18, 2024 1:29pm |
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich's trial resumes in Russia on spying charges roundly denounced as sham Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, on trial on spying charges, is seen in an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia on June 26, 2024. EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA / REUTERS Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared in court in Russia Thursday for the second hearing in his trial on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny. The court said Gershkovich appeared Thursday for his trial, which is taking place behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg, a city in the Ural Mountains where the 32-year-old...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 18, 2024 2:04pm |
Airlines, government and businesses rush to get back on track after global tech disruption Travelers walk past a monitor displaying a blue error screen, also known as the "Blue Screen of Death" inside Terminal C in Newark International Airport, after United Airlines and other airlines grounded flights due to a worldwide tech outage caused by an update to Crowdstrike's "Falcon Sensor" software which crashed Microsoft Windows systems, in Newark, New Jersey, July 19, 2024. BING GUAN / REUTERS Transport providers, businesses, hospitals and governments on Saturday are rushing to get all their systems back online after long disruptions following a widespread technology outage. The biggest...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 22, 2024 1:10pm |
U.S. travel advisory level to Bangladesh raised after police impose "shoot-on-sight" curfew amid protests Anti-job quota supporters clash with police and Awami League supporters in the Rampura area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 18, 2024. MOHAMMAD PONIR HOSSAIN/REUTERS The U.S. State Department has raised the travel advisory level for Bangladesh amid civil unrest in the South Asia country. Police have imposed a strict curfew with a "shoot-on-sight" order, and military forces are patrolling parts of the capital after scores were killed and hundreds injured in clashes over the allocation of civil service jobs. The travel advisory urges Americans to reconsider travel to the South Asian country. "Ongoing demonstrations and...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 22, 2024 2:32pm |
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 13 people in Gaza refugee camps as cease-fire talks grind on A Palestinian baby boy, not yet named, who was delivered prematurely after his mother Ola al-Kurd was killed in an Israeli strike, lies in an incubator at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Friday, July 19, 2024. ABDEL KAREEM HANA / AP At least 13 people were killed in three Israeli airstrikes that hit refugee camps in central Gaza overnight into Saturday, according to Palestinian health officials, as cease-fire talks in Cairo appeared to make progress. Among the dead in Nuseirat Refugee Camp and Bureij Refugee Camp were three children and one woman, according to Palestinian ambulance teams that transported the bodies to the nearby Al-Aqsa Martyrs...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 22, 2024 2:46pm |
Israeli military airstrikes hit Houthi targets in Yemen in retaliation to attacks In this image from video, smoke and flames rise from a site in Hodeidah, Yemen, on Saturday, July 20, 2024. (AP Photo) / AP Israel retaliated for the Houthi drone attack in Tel Aviv with airstrikes in Yemen on Saturday that reportedly struck storage facilities for oil and diesel at a port. A media outlet controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen reported the airstrikes in the port city of Hodeidah, which also hit a local electricity company. Al-Masirah TV said the strikes caused deaths and injuries but gave no details, the Associated Press reported. It said there was a large fire at the port and power cuts were...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 22, 2024 3:10pm |
New wave of North Korean trash balloons hits U.S. Army base and Seoul presidential compound A woman cycles down a sidewalk past pieces of North Korean food packaging, sweet wrappers and paper suspected to be from trash balloons sent from North Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, July 24, 2024. ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/GETTY North Korea sent another wave of trash-filled balloons drifting into South Korea Wednesday, but this time, some of the garbage landed on the grounds of the South Korean presidential compound in Seoul and a U.S. military base nearby, seemingly disrupting some operations there. The office of President Yoon Suk Yeol said it monitored the balloons' flight path in real-time and "accurately measured the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 24, 2024 4:02pm |
Salt Lake City voted as host of 2034 Olympic Winter Games – with a doping investigation caveat The Winter Games are coming to the U.S. Leaders of the 142nd International Olympic Committee Session announced on Wednesday that Salt Lake City, Utah, will be the host of the Olympic Winter Games 2034, promising "an exceptional experience for athletes and visitors, in state-of-the-art venues." Officials decided on the host in an 83-6 vote, a photo of the tally released by the IOC shows. The committee also voted that the French Alps will host the Winter Games in 2030. The last time the Winter Games were held in the U.S. was in 2002, bringing nothing but excitement to U.S. athletes. The country's ski and snowboard team said on X that...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 24, 2024 4:37pm |
Netanyahu to give historic 4th address to Congress today amid divide over support for Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday afternoon, hoping to shore up support for Israel's 10-month war against Hamas in Gaza. He is scheduled to speak to lawmakers at 2 p.m. ET. Netanyahu will be the first world leader to address a joint meeting of Congress four times. He last addressed both chambers in 2015 as he sought to convince lawmakers to torpedo negotiations between the Obama administration and Iran over the regime's nuclear program. His address coincides with a period of unusual upheaval in U.S. politics. Former President Donald Trump survived an assassination...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 24, 2024 4:43pm |
Israel retrieves bodies of 5 hostages believed killed during Oct. 7 Hamas attack, military says Maya Goren, a 56-year-old kindergarten teacher believed to have been killed during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on southern Israel whose body was being held hostage in southern Gaza. Israeli military said on July 25, 2024 that her body had been recovered by Israeli forces. THE HOSTAGES FAMILIES FORUM / HANDOUT VIA REUTERS Israeli forces recovered the bodies of five people believed to have been killed during the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants on southern Israel and brought into the Gaza Strip, where they were being held hostage, the military said Thursday. The army said the bodies of hostage Maya Goren as well as four soldiers had been returned to...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 25, 2024 4:44pm |
U.S. intercepts Russian, Chinese bombers off Alaskan coast <><>FTupolev Tu-95 bomber and missile platforms take part in a rehearsal for a 2020 Victory Day parade in Moscow's Tverskaya Street, Russia on June 20, 2020. SEFA KARACAN/ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES<>The U.S. military intercepted several Russian and Chinese bombers in international airspace near the coast of Alaska Wednesday. Two Russian Tu-95s and two Chinese H-6s entered what is known as the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement Wednesday night. The aircraft were "detected, tracked and intercepted," NORAD said. They remained in the Alaska ADIZ and did not enter U.S. airspace. The bombers were...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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