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Month: September 2024

Russia counterattacks against Ukraine in Kursk border region

By Sophie Tanno, Darya Tarasova, Svitlana Vlasova and Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — Russia has launched a counter-attack in the Kursk border region where Ukrainian forces last month launched a surprise cross-border incursion. “The Russians have started counteroffensive actions,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a news conference Thursday, his first comments since reports emerged

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The origins of Trump’s false claim that Democrats want to allow ‘execution’ of babies after birth

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — At Tuesday night’s presidential debate, when former President Donald Trump was asked about his stance on abortion access, he offered a now-familiar explanation for his support for gestational abortion limits early in pregnancy and for overturning Roe v. Wade: the idea that, otherwise, after-birth execution of newborns would be

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Southern California man arrested for allegedly sparking devastating Line Fire in San Bernardino County

By Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story     RIVERSIDE COUNTY, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Authorities have identified and arrested a Riverside County man for allegedly sparking the devastating Line Fire, which has torched nearly 35,000 acres of brush and destroyed at least one home. While details surrounding their investigation remain scarce, Cal Fire

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UAE arrests and turns over suspected child sexual exploiter to the Philippines, officials say

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino man suspected of victimizing more than 100 children in the Philippines with his gang by selling their nude pictures online, including some while being raped by his cohorts, has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates and flown back to Manila. Philippine Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos and

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Construction of Afghan section of Turkmenistan-to-India pipeline starts

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Top officials of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have witnessed the start of construction of the Afghanistan section of the pipeline that will supply Afghanistan, Pakistan and India with natural gas from Turkmenistan’s vast reserves. The Afghanistan section was to have been completed in 2018, but construction was repeatedly postponed because of security

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A tiny village has commemorated being the first Dutch place liberated from World War II occupation

Associated Press MESCH, Netherlands (AP) — Walking arm-in-arm with the Dutch queen, American World War II veteran Kenneth Thayer has returned to the tiny village that he and others in the 30th Infantry Division liberated from Nazi occupation exactly 80 years ago. Thayer, now 99, visited Mesch on Thursday. He was greeted by King Willem-Alexander

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How some of the biggest right-wing social media stars became unwitting mouthpieces of Russian propaganda

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — They’re not on any of the major television networks, but they have millions of viewers. Now, the Justice Department is alleging that some of the biggest stars in right-wing social media were, unwittingly, part of a sinister Russian operation to influence the 2024 US election. The personalities weren’t directly named or accused of wrongdoing by the Justice Department,

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