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Month: November 2023

Israel searches for Hamas in raid of key Gaza hospital packed with patients and stranded families

By NAJIB JOBAIN, JACK JEFFERY and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops on Wednesday stormed into Gaza’s largest hospital, searching for traces of Hamas inside and beneath the facility, where newborns and hundreds of other patients have suffered for days without electricity and other basic necessities as fighting raged

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A Moroccan cobalt mine denies claims of arsenic-contaminated local water. Automakers are concerned

By SAM METZ Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A German newspaper investigation is raising questions about the future of a Moroccan mine that was meant to supply carmakers a mineral critical for electric vehicle batteries. The mining company controlled by Morocco’s royal family is denying claims that operations at the site are causing hazardous

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Greece fines local branches of J&J and Colgate-Palmolive for allegedly breaching a profit cap

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have announced fines totaling 1.67 million euros ($1.81 million) on the local branches of two U.S.-based health care and consumer products giants for alleged breaches of a profit cap imposed amid the country’s cost-of-living crisis. The Development Ministry says Johnson & Johnson Hellas has been fined 1 million euros

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Advocates scramble to aid homeless migrant families after Massachusetts caps emergency shelter slots

By STEVE LeBLANC and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Advocates scrambling to find shelter for homeless migrant families newly arrived in Massachusetts say families are relying on a patchwork of airport lounges, Uber rides, hospital waiting rooms and walk-in church shelters after the state capped the number of family shelter spots and created

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Spain’s leader defends a controversial amnesty deal for Catalan separatists in parliament

By JOSEPH WILSON and CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has defended his controversial amnesty deal for Catalonia’s separatists in parliament. The defense Wednesday came as part of a debate a day before the Socialist leader seeks the endorsement of the chamber to form a new government. Sánchez

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