Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Chad’s presidency says unidentified assailants have killed at least 40 soldiers during an overnight attack on a military base in the country’s west. Chad’s president Idriss Deby visited the base in Barkaram, an island in Chad’s Lake region Monday morning and announced the launch of a military operation to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament has passed two laws that severely restrict the U.N. agency responsible for distributing aid in Gaza. The first bill passed Monday bans the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, from conducting “any activity” or providing any service inside Israel. The second cuts ties with the main U.N.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — On a recent weekday afternoon, an Amish man in a horse-drawn buggy navigated through a busy intersection of auto traffic in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County, past a billboard proclaiming: “Pray for God’s Mercy for Our Nation.” The billboard featured a large image of a wide-brimmed straw hat often worn by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Cori Bush went from helping to lead an informal movement for racial justice to winning two terms as a congresswoman from Missouri, with an office decorated with photographs of families who lost loved ones to police violence. One picture is of Michael Brown. Brown’s death 10 years ago in Ferguson,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least seven people have died when a building collapsed in Nigeria’s capital Abuja over the weekend. Police in Abuja say the building had already been partly demolished and its structure was further compromised by scavengers looking for scrap metal. The police spokesperson said five people were rescued from
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Otto and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A manhunt is underway in northern Austria after a hunter allegedly fatally shot two people and fled the scene, local police said Monday. Franz Hofer, mayor of Kirchberg ob der Donau, was killed in the village of Altenfelden in Austria’s rural Muhlviertel region, near the border
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and likely fight against Ukraine within “the next several weeks,” the Pentagon said Monday, in a move that Western leaders say will intensify the almost three-year war and jolt relations in the Indo-Pacific region. Some of the North Korean
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden slammed Elon Musk for hypocrisy on immigration after a published report that the Tesla CEO once worked illegally in the United States. The South Africa-born Musk denies the allegation. “That wealthiest man in the world turned out to be an illegal worker here. No, I’m serious. He was
Continue ReadingVIENNA (AP) — Police say two people have been fatally shot in a rural area of northern Austria. The suspected shooter is on the run. The body of a man was found early Monday in in a field in a village in an area near the Czech and Austrian borders. Police didn’t identify the victim
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The head of Volkswagen’s works council says the company has informed employee representatives that it wants to close at least three plants in Germany. Employee council chief Daniela Cavallo said at a meeting with Volkswagen workers Monday that management also plans cuts at other sites. She said that “all German VW plants
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At soccer games in Ukraine, crowd sizes are determined by the capacity of the nearest bomb shelter. For the first time since the full-scale war began in 2022, the Ukrainian Premier League is holding a full season with fans present, as martial-law bans on public gatherings have been eased.
Continue ReadingBy Shawn Deng and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Five people, including three children, have been injured in a stabbing attack in Beijing, Chinese police reported Monday. The incident occurred at around 3.20 p.m. local time (3.20 a.m. ET) in the upmarket Haidian district of China’s capital, local police said in a statement. “The suspect,
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — A British lawmaker has been suspended by the governing Labour Party after footage appeared to show him punching a man repeatedly on the street. Police are investigating the alleged attack by Mike Amesbury on Friday night, which first came to light after social media footage showed a brawl in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in southern Thailand has dropped a case against former state security personnel and officials over the deaths of 85 Muslim protesters in 2004, saying none of the suspects had been apprehended. Families of the victims of what is known as the Tak Bai massacre in April accused seven
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — For five years after two teenage girls were killed and their bodies left along an Indiana trail, Richard Allen’s name sat unnoticed in a box with thousands of other tips about the mystery, until it was rediscovered by chance. Stashed in a box of tips from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has told a Senate inquiry that he maintained a “death squad” of criminals to kill other criminals when he was mayor of a southern city. Duterte denied authorizing police to gun down thousands of alleged drug suspects while he was president — allegations the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — As communities devastated by Helene in western North Carolina work toward a post-storm recovery and dare to picture a return to normalcy, students in the Asheville area have started returning to classrooms. The Asheville City Schools district reopened on a modified schedule Monday. Asheville operates an independent city school
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s center-left opposition parties celebrated victory after prevailing over the center-right ruling coalition in the final round of national elections. With all votes counted from Sunday’s polls, the Social Democrats won 52 seats in the 141-seat parliament, known as the Seimas, ending the four-year rule of the Homeland Union
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Tens of thousands of Georgians massed outside parliament, demanding the annulment of the weekend parliamentary election that the president has alleged was rigged with the help of Russia. The rally deepened the political crisis in the South Caucasus country, where the governing Georgian Dream party has become increasingly authoritarian
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Kate Paye walked into the Stanford women’s basketball office on a recent Friday morning moments after hanging up the phone with former star and Seattle Storm forward Nneka Ogwumike and who does she see but another former star in WNBA rookie Cameron Brink. This is a regular day
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