By Rachel Clarke, CNN (CNN) — Kept in the dark. Forced to sit in silence. Fed only meager rations. These and even more chilling scraps of information are beginning to show how hostages survived in Hamas captivity. Around 240 people, from infants to octogenarians, were taken hostage during Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7.
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ, AARON FAVILA and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press THITU ISLAND, South China Sea (AP) — The Philippines inaugurated a new coast guard monitoring base Friday on an island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea and plans to expand joint patrols with the United States and Australia to counter China’s
Continue ReadingBy SARAH TETAUD Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar’s top court has ratified the victory of incumbent President Andry Rajoelina in last month’s election. It gives him a third term as leader following a boycott of the Nov. 16 vote by opposition candidates. The High Constitutional Court said Rajoelina received 58.96% of votes in
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court is set to announce whether it will order Venezuela to halt parts of a referendum planned for Sunday on the future of a disputed territory that makes up two-thirds of Guyana. Venezuela does not recognize the International Court of Justice’s
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN The House voted Friday to expel GOP Rep. George Santos, a historic vote that makes the New York congressman the sixth lawmaker ever to be expelled from the chamber. The vote brings an end to a scandal-plagued and tumultuous tenure on Capitol Hill for the freshman New York
Continue ReadingBy Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — A blind golden mole that glides through sand has been rediscovered in South Africa, 87 years after wildlife experts feared it had gone extinct. After a two-year search relying on DNA samples and a sniffer dog, a team of conservationists and geneticists from the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) and
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson wrote the foreword and publicly promoted a 2022 book that spread baseless and discredited conspiracy theories and used derogatory homophobic insults. Written by Scott McKay, a local Louisiana politics blogger, the book, “The Revivalist Manifesto,” gives credence to unfounded conspiracy
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top government spokesperson has expressed concern that the U.S. military is continuing to fly Osprey aircraft in the country without providing adequate information about a fatal crash this week in southwestern Japan despite repeated requests that it do so. Japanese officials say they have asked the
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — World shares were mixed on Friday after Wall Street closed out its best month of the year with big gains in November. Germany’s DAX rose 0.6% to 16,309.89 and the CAC 40 in Paris added 0.5% to $7,348.88. Britain’s FTSE 100 was up 0.8% at
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News Channel 3 has an exclusive first look at the new modernized fire station 41 in North Shore ahead of a planned grand opening set for Saturday, December 2 at 11:00 a.m. which is open to the public. The new station is located at 99064 Sea View Drive, right next to the old 2,500 square
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Update: The suspect was arrested at around 9:30 p.m. A standoff is underway in a neighborhood in Bermuda Dunes due to wanted felon, authorities told News Channel 3. The incident started at around 5:15 p.m. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office told News Channel 3 that deputies were dispatched to the 78000 block of Avenue 42
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As a 27-year-old man convicted in the 2020 murder of a father of four in Cathedral City is set to be sentenced Friday, the Riverside County District Attorney’s office today asked for the public’s help in locating the gunman who fired the fatal shots. Jose Sanchez-Casas was found guilty Oct. 18 of one felony
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, BASSEM MROUE, JULIA FRANKEL and DAVID RISING The Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli fighter jets hit targets in the Gaza Strip minutes after a weeklong truce expired on Friday, as the war with Hamas resumed in full force. Black smoke billowed from the besieged territory and Israel dropped
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, BASSEM MROUE and JULIA FRANKEL The Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli fighter jets hit targets in the Gaza Strip minutes after a weeklong truce expired on Friday, as the war with Hamas resumed in full force. Black smoke billowed from the besieged territory and Israel dropped leaflets over
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ, AARON FAVILA and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press THITU ISLAND, South China Sea (AP) — The Philippine coast guard inaugurated a new monitoring base Friday on a remote island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea as Manila ramps up efforts to counter China’s increasingly aggressive actions in the strategic
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Security officials say 11 people have been killed in an attack by a group armed with explosives and guns in eastern Iraq. The attacks took place Thursday night in the area of Muqdadiyah in Diyala province. A roadside bomb exploded and gunmen then opened fire on rescuers
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, BASSEM MROUE and JULIA FRANKEL The Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Residents say Israel has dropped leaflets over parts of southern Gaza, urging people to leave homes east of the town of Khan Younis. The leaflets also warned that Khan Younis was now a “dangerous battle zone.” The leaflets
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Conservationists have discovered two kiwi chicks in Wellington, the first wild births recorded for the bird in the New Zealand capital in over 150 years. The two new chicks come just a year after the Capital Kiwi Project reintroduced the country’s iconic national bird to the city
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Dylan Andrews scored 17 points, including a driving layup with 3.2 seconds left, and UCLA, minus coach Mick Cronin who missed the game with COVID, pulled out a 66-65 win over UC Riverside on Thursday night. The Bruins, who had an 11-point lead with 8 1/2 minutes to play, fell behind
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — There was no trace of Hanan Yablonka — not on the 42-year-old Israeli’s social media accounts nor on his phone, found in the bullet-riddled car he and four friends tried to flee in after Hamas militants attacked the music festival they were attending in southern Israel. The
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