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Month: August 2023

Hungary’s Orbán urges US to ‘call back Trump’ to end Ukraine war in Tucker Carlson interview

By BELA SZANDELSZKY Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s nationalist prime minister says in a sprawling interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the only path to ending the war in Ukraine would be Donald Trump’s reelection as U.S. president. In the interview Carlson posted Wednesday, Orbán praised Trump’s foreign policy while

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Russia says major Ukraine drone attack reaches deep into its territory while Kyiv barrage kills 2

By SUSIE BLANN and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine sent waves of drones deep into western Russia in nighttime attacks that lasted more than four hours and struck military assets, Russian officials and media reports said Wednesday. The drones hit an airport near Russia’s border with Estonia and Latvia, causing a

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The security of the southern border has been a political sticking point between Republicans and the Biden administration.

Exclusive: Smuggler with ties to ISIS helped migrants enter US from Mexico, raising alarm bells across government

By Katie Bo Lillis, Evan Perez, Priscilla Alvarez and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The FBI is investigating more than a dozen migrants from Uzbekistan and other countries allowed into the US after they sought asylum at the southern border with Mexico earlier this year, a scramble set off when US intelligence officials found that

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Gabon’s leader calls on people to ‘make noise’ after mutinous soldiers detain him in attempted coup

By YVES LAURENT and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon’s president called on his citizens to “make noise” after a coup attempt in the Central African country, saying he was speaking from detention in his residence. Mutinous soldiers said Wednesday they were seizing power to overturn the results of a presidential election,

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Kremlin says ‘Deliberate wrongdoing’ among possible causes of plane crash that killed Prigozhin

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin said Wednesday that “deliberate wrongdoing” is among the possible causes of the plane crash that killed mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin last week. Speaking to reporters during his daily conference call, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov noted that “different versions” of what happened exist and “are being considered,” including “let’s put this

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Dos hombres ugandeses podrían enfrentarse a la pena de muerte tras ser acusados de “homosexualidad agravada”

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Dos hombres en Uganda enfrentan cargos separados de “homosexualidad agravada”, un delito castigado con la muerte según las nuevas y controvertidas leyes antigay del país. Un hombre de 20 años del distrito de Soroti, en el este de Uganda, fue acusado el 18 de agosto después de que supuestamente “realizó

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176 global leaders and Nobel laureates urge Bangladesh to halt cases against Peace Prize winner

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — More than 170 global leaders and Nobel laureates are urging Bangladesh to suspend legal proceedings against Muhammad Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering the use of microcredit to help impoverished people. The leaders, including former U.S. President Barack Obama, former U.N. Secretary-General

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