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Police in Bosnia arrest 23 people suspected of being part of global drug kingpin’s ‘inner circle’

April 23, 2024 4:27 AM Associated Press

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Law enforcement authorities say they have arrested 23 people in Bosnia suspected of belonging to a “global drug kingpin’s inner circle,” including police and security officials, in a clampdown on criminal networks controlling much of Europe’s cocaine trade. Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, and Bosnian officials say the suspects

Columbia University sets midnight deadline for talks to dismantle protest encampment

April 24, 2024 9:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Kelly McCleary and Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced Tuesday evening that student organizers face a midnight deadline to reach an agreement to dismantle the pro-Palestinian protest encampment that has escalated tensions at the school and led some students to feel unsafe on campus. If no agreement

Prince Louis photo released to mark sixth birthday

April 23, 2024 8:19 AM CNN Newsource

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s Prince and Princess of Wales have released a new photo of Prince Louis to mark his sixth birthday on Tuesday, the first image to be released by the family since a photo-editing scandal erupted last month. In the photo, Louis – who is fourth in

Modi is accused of using hate speech for calling Muslims ‘infiltrators’ at an Indian election rally

April 23, 2024 4:22 AM Associated Press

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators” — some of his most incendiary rhetoric about the minority faith, days after the country began its weekslong general election. The remarks at a campaign rally Sunday drew

5 migrants have died while crossing the English Channel, hours after UK approved deportation bill

April 23, 2024 4:18 AM Associated Press

PARIS (AP) — Five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K., French authorities said Tuesday, just hours after the British government approved a migrant bill to deport some of those who entered the country illegally to Rwanda. The prefecture responsible for the north of France

‘Catch and kill’ will be described to jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial as testimony resumes

April 23, 2024 3:53 AM Associated Press

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime tabloid publisher was expected Tuesday to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign as testimony resumes in the historic hush money trial of the former president. David

Haiti health system nears collapse as medicine dwindles, gangs attack hospitals and ports stay shut

April 23, 2024 3:49 AM Associated Press

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s capital, a woman began convulsing before her body went limp as a doctor and two nurses raced to save her. They stuck electrodes to her chest and flipped on an oxygen

The UK pledges $620 million in new military aid for Ukraine

April 23, 2024 3:49 AM Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The U.K. has pledged an additional $620 million in new military supplies for Ukraine, including long-range missiles and four millions rounds of ammunition. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday morning. Sunak’s office said he assured Zelenskyy of “the U.K.’s steadfast support for Ukraine’s defense

Germany arrests aide to far-right MEP on suspicion of spying for China

April 23, 2024 7:22 AM CNN Newsource

By Chris Stern, Stephanie Halasz and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — German authorities have arrested an aide to a high-ranking, far-right member of the European Parliament on suspicion of spying for China, the latest in a number of arrests in Europe linked to alleged Chinese espionage. German national Jian G, who worked for AfD MEP

Aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan heads to the Senate for final approval after months of delay

April 23, 2024 3:25 AM Associated Press

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate returned to Washington on Tuesday to vote on $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, the final congressional steps to send the legislation to President Joe Biden’s desk after months of delays and contentious internal debate over how involved the United

The Latest | Tent compound rises in southern Gaza as Israel prepares for Rafah offensive

April 23, 2024 3:22 AM Associated Press

By The Associated Press Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press appear to show a new compound of tents being built near Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip as the Israeli military signals that it plans an offensive on the city of Rafah. Khan Younis has been targeted by repeated Israeli military operations over

2 Malaysian military helicopters collide and crash while training, killing all 10 crew

April 23, 2024 3:15 AM Associated Press

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s navy says two military helicopters collided midair and crashed during a training session, killing all 10 people on board. The navy said in a brief statement that the helicopters were rehearsing Tuesday at a naval base in northern Perak state for the navy’s 90th

The Latest | ‘Catch-and-kill’ strategy to be a focus as testimony resumes in Trump hush money case

April 23, 2024 3:12 AM Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran tabloid publisher David Pecker returned to the witness stand in Donald Trump’s hush money case on Tuesday. Testimony in the case resumed just before midday following a morning hearing on the former president’s alleged gag order violations. Pecker, the National Enquirer’s former publisher and a longtime friend of Trump’s, was

Swedish customs seize around 1.4 tons of cocaine in one of the country’s largest-ever drug busts

April 23, 2024 3:11 AM Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Swedish customs official has told local media the group made one of the country’s biggest-ever cocaine seizures after confiscating around 1.4 tons of the drug last week in a port near Stockholm. The drug was discovered in a container in the Nynashamn port, south of Stockholm, on April 18, Stefan

Wall Street is looking to Tesla’s earnings for clues to Musk’s plan to restore company’s wild growth

April 23, 2024 3:00 AM Associated Press

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer Faced with falling global sales and a diving stock price, Tesla has slashed prices again on some of its electric vehicles and its “Full Self Driving” system in an apparent effort to boost the company’s earnings growth. But Wall Street was unimpressed and will be looking for other answers

Wall Street is looking to Tesla’s earnings for clues to Musk’s plan to restore company’s wild growth

April 23, 2024 3:00 AM Associated Press

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer Faced with falling global sales and a diving stock price, Tesla has slashed prices again on some of its electric vehicles and its “Full Self Driving” system in an apparent effort to boost the company’s earnings growth. But Wall Street was unimpressed and will be looking for other answers

Senate passes $95 billion package sending aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of delay

April 30, 2024 10:16 AM CNN Newsource

By Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Senate on Tuesday passed a long-delayed $95 billion package with wide bipartisan support after both sides of Capitol Hill have struggled for months to send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The final vote was 79-18. Fifteen Republicans voted with three Democrats against the bill. Forty-eight Democrats and

South Korean sentenced to 14 months in jail for killing 76 cats

April 23, 2024 2:59 AM Associated Press

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for killing 76 cats in one of the country’s most gruesome cases of animal cruelty in recent years. The man, who is in his 20s, was convicted of violating South Korea’s animal protection

Police clear out a migrant camp in central Paris. Activists say it’s a pre-Olympics sweep

April 23, 2024 2:51 AM Associated Press

By JADE LE DELEY and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French police evicted migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris a few steps away from the River Seine on Tuesday, the latest operation in what aid groups call a campaign of ‘’social cleansing” ahead of the Summer Olympics. Before dawn on an unusually

A far-right German EU lawmaker’s aide is arrested on suspicion of spying for China

April 23, 2024 2:48 AM Associated Press

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say a man who works for a prominent German far-right lawmaker in the European Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China. The detention came less than 24 hours after three people were arrested for spying for China in a separate German case.