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Venezuela revokes invitation for European Union mission to observe presidential election in July

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s electoral authorities have revoked an invitation to a European Union mission to observe the upcoming presidential election in July. Elvis Amoroso, the head of the National Electoral Council, on Tuesday cited economic sanctions imposed by the bloc as the reason for withdrawing the invitation.

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Algeria proposes Security Council resolution demanding Israel halt offensive in Rafah

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Algeria is circulating a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution that would demand an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and order Israel to halt its military offensive in the southern city of Rafah immediately. The draft resolution, obtained Tuesday evening by The Associated Press, also demands that

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Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367, when Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated Tuesday after a three-year research project. Gibson’s .466 average for the 1943 Homestead Grays became the season

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Prosecutor says Trump tried ‘to hoodwink voters’ while defense attacks key witness in last arguments

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Attorneys in Donald Trump’s hush money trial have finished their closing arguments after a marathon day in court. A prosecutor told jurors that Trump engaged in a conspiracy “to hoodwink voters” in 2016. Meanwhile, a defense lawyer branded

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South Africans are voting in an election that could send their young democracy into the unknown

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans began voting Wednesday in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years, and one that could put their young democracy in unknown territory. At stake is the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress party, which led South Africa out of apartheid’s brutal white minority rule in

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Insurance company Sura withdraws from Colombia’s health system as government pushes for control

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian insurance company Sura has announced that it will withdraw from the nation’s health system because the resources it receives from Colombia’s government to manage more than 5 million patients, are not enough to cover its growing costs. Opposition leaders in Colombia regretted the company’s decision

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The Latest | Closing arguments continue into the late hours in Trump’s hush money trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Closing arguments in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial have begun, giving prosecutors and defense lawyers one final opportunity to convince the jury of their respective cases before deliberations begin. Arguments are expected to last all day Tuesday, even stretching into the evening hours, with jury deliberations starting as early as

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Cohen’s credibility, campaigning at court and other takeaways from Trump trial’s closing arguments

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JILL COLVIN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers and Manhattan prosecutors made their final pitches Tuesday to jurors who will decide whether the Republican will be the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime, squaring off over the strength of the

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Venezuela revokes invitation for EU mission to observe presidential election in July

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s election authorities have revoked an invitation to a European Union mission to observe the upcoming presidential election. Elvis Amoroso, head of the National Electoral Council. On Tuesday, he cited economic sanctions imposed by the bloc as the reason for withdrawing the invitation. The European Union had not yet accepted the

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European-Japanese climate research satellite launched from California aboard SpaceX rocket

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A European-Japanese climate research satellite designed to study Earth’s temperature balance was launched into orbit from California on Tuesday. The EarthCARE satellite lifted off from coastal Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 3:20 p.m. The satellite was successfully deployed about 10 minutes later,

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Venezuela revokes invitation to EU’s mission to observe presidential election in July

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s election authorities have revoked an invitation to a European Union mission to observe the upcoming presidential election. Elvis Amoroso, head of the National Electoral Council. On Tuesday, he cited economic sanctions imposed by the bloc as the reason for withdrawing the invitation. The European Union had not yet accepted the

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Transitional council in Haiti selects new prime minister for a country under siege by gangs

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.N. development specialist Garry Conille was named Haiti’s new prime minister Tuesday evening, nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council sought to choose someone else for the position. The long-awaited move comes as gangs continue to terrorize the capital of

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