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Month: July 2024

Imprisoned Kremlin critic Kara-Murza transferred to a prison hospital, his wife and lawyers say

Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The wife and lawyer of imprisoned Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza say he has been transferred to a prison hospital, where his attorneys have been unable to visit him since Thursday. The development comes as the Kremlin continues its unrelenting crackdown on dissent. Kara-Murza was convicted of treason last

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Marine Le Pen promises French far right will rein in aid to Ukraine, slams soccer star Mbappé

By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — As Ukraine bleeds territory to Russia, support from one of Kyiv’s strongest backers looks set to falter if the far right sweep to power in Sunday’s French parliamentary elections. Marine Le Pen, figurehead of the French far-right National Rally (RN) party, vowed a prime minister from her party would prevent Kyiv

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Biden ramps up unscripted events, travel and plans $50 million ad buy amid intense scrutiny

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s team is telegraphing a strategy to put the president forth for more casual, unscripted events and an accelerated public schedule as he seeks to shift the narrative away from his poor debate performance. Biden’s reelection campaign on Friday announced an “aggressive travel schedule” this month that

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Rishi Sunak’s campaign in the UK election showed his lack of political touch

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Rishi Sunak’s campaign to remain Britain’s prime minister showed a lack of political touch. The Conservative Party’s problems were grave before Friday’s resounding election defeat but missteps by Britain’s richest prime minister contributed to its defeat. Predecessors such as Tony Blair and Boris Johnson were more politically astute and able

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Pope to preside over interfaith meeting in Indonesian mosque during longest, most challenging trip

Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis will preside over an interfaith meeting in a mosque in the world’s largest predominantly Muslim country during a four-nation Asian visit in September. The Vatican released the itinerary Friday for Francis’ Sept. 2-13 trip that will be the longest and most complicated foreign trip of his pontificate. He’ll

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World Aquatics confirms US government has opened criminal investigation into doping case involving Chinese swimmers

By Homero de la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Swimming’s international governing body says its executive director Brent Nowicki has been ordered to testify in a US criminal investigation into a case involving 23 Chinese swimmers who failed doping tests in 2021 but were allowed to continue competing and won medals in the Tokyo Olympics. In a

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Candidates in pivotal French legislative elections make final push in torrid campaign ahead of vote

PARIS (AP) — Candidates in France’s pivotal and polarizing legislative elections were making their last pushes on Friday for the second and decisive round of voting after a three-week campaign marked by hate speech, verbal abuse and physical attacks. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said his ministry has registered 51 verbal and physical attacks against

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Fierce fighting breaks out as militias launch new attacks against regime in Myanmar’s civil war

Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered cease-fire and putting pressure on the military regime as it faces attacks from resistance forces on multiple fronts in the country’s civil war. The Ta’ang National Liberation Army, one of three powerful militias that launched a

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Hungary’s Orbán meets Putin for talks in Moscow in a rare visit by a European leader

Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has visited Moscow for a rare meeting by a European leader with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed peace proposals for Ukraine. The visit Friday triggered condemnation from Kyiv and some European officials that he had no mandate for discussions beyond bilateral relations. The visit

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