By MICHAEL CASEY and JAMES POLLARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at college campuses across U.S. dug in Saturday and dozens of demonstrators were arrested, some universities moved to shut down encampments after reports of antisemitic activity. With the death toll mounting in the war in Gaza, protesters
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY and JAMES POLLARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at college campuses across U.S. dug in Saturday and dozens of demonstrators were arrested, some universities moved to shut down encampments after reports of antisemitic activity. With the death toll mounting in the war in Gaza, protesters
Continue ReadingBy NQOBILE NTSHANGASE and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has marked 30 years since the end of apartheid with a ceremony in the capital. But any sense of celebration on the momentous anniversary was set against a growing discontent with the current government. President Cyril Ramaphosa presided over Saturday’s
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts may emerge as the pivotal vote in two politically charged cases on abortion and presidential immunity the Supreme Court heard this week, but it was Justice Amy Coney Barrett who owned the arguments. In a pair of high-profile hearings, the 52-year-old former law professor dug
Continue ReadingCNN By Bob Ortega, Kyung Lah, Allison Gordon and Nelli Black, CNN (CNN) — At one campaign rally after another, former President Donald Trump whips his supporters into raucous cheers with a promise of what’s to come if he’s given another term in office: “We will demolish the deep state.” In essence, it’s a declaration
Continue Reading`MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has detained another suspect as an accomplice in the attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people in March, the Moscow City Courts Telegram channel said Saturday. Dzhumokhon Kurbonov, a citizen of Tajikistan, is accused of providing the attackers with means of communication and
Continue ReadingPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s prime minister says 20 soldiers have been killed and several others injured in an ammunition explosion at a base in the west of the country. Hun Manet said in a Facebook post that he was “deeply shocked” when he received the news of the explosion Saturday afternoon at the
Continue ReadingBy Aqeel Najim, Nechirvan Mando and Duarte Mendonca, CNN Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — Iraqi social media star Ghufran Sawadi, better known as Umm Fahad, was shot dead outside her home in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, on Friday night, a Baghdad police source told CNN. The attack took place in the Zayouna area east of
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Even by Donald Trump’s standards, this was a dizzying week. The first criminal prosecution of a former president began in earnest with opening statements and testimony in a lower Manhattan courtroom. But the action quickly spread to involve more than half a dozen cases in
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time. What’s now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so, in what form? Starting in 2017, when the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time. What’s now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so, in what form? Starting in 2017, when the
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and MARCOS MARTÍNEZ CHACÓN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Republican activists gathered in a school lunchroom last month to hear political pitches from candidates and agreed on the top issue in the Denver suburbs these days: immigration. The area has been disrupted by the arrival of largely Venezuelan migrants coming north
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — As university administrators and law enforcement crack down on campus protests over Israel’s war in Gaza, they’re invoking a familiar trope: the “outside agitator.” On April 18, the New York Police Department arrested more than a hundred people in connection with pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, kicking off a wave of
Continue ReadingAMSTERDAM (AP) — Decked in the national orange color, dancing to music, and eating orange-glazed pastries, many in the Netherlands are marking King’s Day, celebrating the monarch’s birthday who is enjoying a slight rise in popularity as per a national poll. As King Willem-Alexander celebrated his 57th birthday with his family on Saturday in the
Continue ReadingAMSTERDAM (AP) — Decked in the national orange color, dancing to music, and eating orange-glazed pastries, many in the Netherlands are marking King’s Day, celebrating the monarch’s birthday who is enjoying a slight rise in popularity as per a national poll. As King Willem-Alexander celebrated his 57th birthday with his family on Saturday in the
Continue ReadingBy MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — If a woman wins Mexico’s presidency on June 2, would she rule with gender in mind? The question has been raised by academics, humans rights organizations and activists ahead of the voting that will likely elect Mexico’s first female president for the term 2024-2030. Out
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The BBC is reporting that British troops may be tasked with delivering aid to Gaza from an offshore pier now under construction by the U.S. military. U.K. government officials declined to comment on the report Saturday. According to the BBC, the British government is considering deploying troops
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Chinese media say a tornado has struck southern China’s Guangzhou city during a severe rain and hail storm. There are no immediate reports on the extent of damage or any injuries. The China Meteorological Administration said the tornado hit about 3 p.m. Saturday in Baiyun district in Guangzhou. Videos posted online showed
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD, NOREEN NASIR and NICK PERRY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at universities across U.S., some of whom have clashed with police in riot gear, dug in Saturday and vowed to keep their demonstrations going as faculty at several schools condemned university presidents who have called in
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD, NOREEN NASIR and NICK PERRY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at universities across U.S., some of whom have clashed with police in riot gear, dug in Saturday and vowed to keep their demonstrations going as faculty at several schools condemned university presidents who have called in
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