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ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has condemned the public flogging of more than 60 people, including more than a dozen women, by the Taliban in northern Sari Pul province. Taliban’s supreme court in a statement confirmed the flogging of 63 people accused of crimes including sodomy, theft and immoral relations.
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER, RANDALL CHASE, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s ex-wife was called Wednesday to testify in his federal gun trial as prosecutors sought to show the depths of his drug problem, which they say was still going on when he filled out a form to buy
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER, RANDALL CHASE, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s ex-wife was called Wednesday to testify in his federal gun trial as prosecutors sought to show the depths of his drug problem, which they say was still going on when he filled out a form to buy
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The warden of a maximum-security prison in Wisconsin was jailed Wednesday hours before a scheduled news conference where officials planned to discuss the findings of investigations into multiple deaths at the facility. Waupun Correctional Institution Warden Randall Hepp was booked into the Dodge County Jail around
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A brutal heat dome is ramping up and sending temperatures to dangerous levels in California and the West in what is the region’s first significant heat wave of the year. And heat hasn’t peaked yet. July-like high temperatures will top out at 20 to 25 degrees above normal
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has appeared for the first time since an assassination attempt three weeks ago. Fico posted a prerecorded speech on his Facebook page on Wednesday, ahead of the European Parliament election. Fico said the attack on him caused serious damage to his health and “it will
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine has used U.S weapons to attack inside Russia in recent days. That’s according to a Western official familiar with the matter. The weapons were used under recently approved guidance from President Joe Biden allowing American arms to be used to strike inside Russia for the limited
Continue ReadingBy TERRY CHEA Associated Press STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford University said 13 people were arrested as law enforcement removed pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied a campus building early Wednesday that houses the university president and provost offices, with the school saying there was damage inside and outside the building. The takeover began near dawn on
Continue ReadingBy TERRY CHEA Associated Press STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford University said 13 people were arrested as law enforcement removed pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied a campus building early Wednesday that houses the university president and provost offices, with the school saying there was extensive damage inside and outside the building and an officer was lightly
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Alexandra Ferguson Berlín (CNN) — Pavlo Kushnirov pertenecía a los soldados ucranianos que luchaban en la ciudad oriental de Bakhmut con la 114° brigada de defensa territorial en un soleado día del pasado invierno, cuando los bombardeos rusos cambiaron su vida para siempre. “Durante dos días, nuestra unidad estuvo sometida a intensos bombardeos de artillería
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — One of Donald Trump’s leading super PACs told donors it raised nearly $70 million in May and shared plans to spend $100 million this summer in key battleground states, according to a copy of a memo sent Tuesday and obtained by CNN. Taylor Budowich, the CEO
Continue ReadingBy Christian Olaniran Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A dental assistant at a Columbia dental office has been indicted after allegedly recording inappropriate videos of women and illegally accessing private media of patients and coworkers, according to police. According to Howard County Police, a 16-year-old girl reported that she
Continue ReadingSTANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested after occupying Stanford University president’s office, school says.
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s birth rate fell to a new low for the eighth straight year in 2023, according to Health Ministry data released on Wednesday. A government official described the situation as critical and urged authorities to do everything they can to reverse the trend. The data underscores Japan’s
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Sports and gambling are once again in the spotlight following lifetime bans handed to San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano and Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter. MLB said Marcano placed 387 baseball bets totaling more than $150,000 with a legal sportsbook in 2022 and 2023. The 24-year-old Venezuelan with 149 games
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Hourly retail security workers are now wearing police-like body cameras at major stores. Retail giant TJX, the parent of TJ Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods, said it’s equipping some store employees with body cameras to thwart shoplifting and keep customers and employees safe. TJX finance chief John Klinger
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El Tribunal Supremo de Israel debatió este miércoles por primera vez el cierre del campo de detención desértico de Sde Teiman, donde presuntamente se ha recluido a detenidos palestinos de Gaza en condiciones de abuso extremo. La audiencia se produce en respuesta a una petición de la Asociación para los
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Rahimi and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — A famous waterfall in China has drawn even more attention than usual – after a video revealed that its majestic falls may be artificially supplied by a water pipe. The Yuntai Waterfall is located in Yuntai Mountain Park, a major tourist attraction in China’s north-central Henan province. The park has
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin prison warden has been jailed just hours ahead of a news conference scheduled to detail investigations into multiple deaths at his facility. Online records indicate Waupun Correctional Institution Warden Randall Hepp was booked into the Dodge County Jail on Wednesday morning. The records didn’t
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board has censured Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the agency. It called on Tehran on Wednesday to provide answers in a long-running investigation and reverse its decision to bar several experienced U.N. inspectors. The vote by the 35-member board
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