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Month: January 2024

Protesting farmers tighten squeeze on France’s government with ‘siege’ of Olympic host city Paris

PARIS (AP) — Protesting farmers are vowing to encircle Paris with tractor barricades and drive-slows in a battle with the government over their industry’s future. Traffic blockages were starting to be put in place on Monday on major highways heading for the French capital — host of the Summer Olympics in six months. The disruptions

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Ex-Philippine leader Duterte assails Marcos, accusing him of plotting to expand his grip on power

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is throwing allegations at his successor, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and even raising the prospect of removing him from office, bringing into the open a long-rumored split between the two. In an expletive-laden speech late Sunday, the former populist leader alleged that

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Pakistan and Iran agree to work together to improve security after tit-for-tat airstrikes

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and Iran on Monday agreed to work together to improve security cooperation in the wake of deadly airstrikes by Tehran and Islamabad earlier this month that killed at least 11 people, marking a significant escalation in fraught relations between the neighbors. The development came after the

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Somali pirates are suspected of hijacking a Sri Lankan fishing boat and abducting its 6 crew

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s diplomats are talking with Somali authorities trying to ascertain the whereabouts of a fishing vessel and its six crewmembers suspected of being abducted by Somali pirates. The abduction Saturday came two weeks after Sri Lanka said it would join a U.S.-led operation to

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Manchester United star Casemiro backs under pressure manager Erik ten Hag to ‘grow’ beleaguered club

By Amanda Davies and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Manchester United star midfielder Casemiro believes manager Erik ten Hag can still “grow” the English club, despite enduring a turbulent season so far. “I’m not the person who decides who should be manager,” the Brazil international recently told CNN’s Amanda Davies in Dubai. “We have qualified

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‘You feel like you get your heart ripped out’: With first-ever Super Bowl appearance on the line, Detroit Lions fell short

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The Detroit Lions are used to all kinds of disappointment. From failed draft picks and winless seasons to playoffs misses and long-term injuries, supporting the team has not made for a charmed existence. But before Sunday, playoff collapse wasn’t something Lions fans were accustomed to – they are now.

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Russian election officials register Putin to run in March election he’s all but certain to win

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s election commission on Monday formally registered President Vladimir Putin as a candidate for the March presidential election, a vote in which he’s all but certain to win another six-year term in office. Putin, 71, is running as an independent, although he relies on the tight control over Russia’s political system that

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Brock Purdy’s epic comeback etches his name in 49ers lore as Detroit’s hero Jared Goff is left wondering what could have been

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Santa Clara, California (CNN) — Brock Purdy waited for the better part of three days to hear his name called dead last in the 2022 NFL Draft. It earned him the less-than-complimentary designation of ’Mr. Irrelevant’ – given to the last player taken in each year’s draft. The names on that list are often

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Russia boasts it is beating sanctions, but its longer-term prospects are bleak

Analysis by Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken to gloating about Russia’s resistance to international sanctions and its supposed economic resilience, despite the best efforts of the United States and its G7 partners to choke off Moscow’s oil revenues and starve it of military technology. Scoffing at Europe’s economies, Putin

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