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US military says Gaza Strip pier project is completed, aid to soon flow as Israel-Hamas war rages on
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war. The final,...
The top UN court is holding hearings on the Israeli military's incursion into Rafah
THE HAGUE (AP) — The United Nations’ top court opens two days of hearings on Thursday into a request from South Africa to make sure Israel halts its military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where more than half of Gaza’s population has sought shelter. It is the...
Slovakian leader is in stable but serious condition after assassination attempt, hospital says
BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is in stable but serious condition on Thursday after being shot multiple times in an assassination attempt a day earlier, a hospital official said. Doctors are continuing to treat Fico in an attempt to improve...
Putin expresses gratitude to Xi for China’s initiatives to resolve the Ukraine conflict
BEIJING (AP) — Russia’s Putin expressed gratitude to Xi Jinping for China’s initiatives to resolve the Ukraine conflict at their Beijing summit Thursday where the Chinese leader said China hopes Europe will return to peace and stability soon and that China will play a constructive role. ...
Will jurors believe Michael Cohen? Defense keys on witness' credibility at Trump hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) — With prosecutors' hush money case against Donald Trump barreling toward its end, their star witness will be back in the hot seat Thursday as defense lawyers try to chip away at Michael Cohen's crucial testimony implicating the former president. The trial, now in...
The Commission on Presidential Debates faces an uncertain future after Biden and Trump bypassed it
PHOENIX (AP) — The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, which has planned presidential faceoffs in every election since 1988, has an uncertain future after President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump struck an agreement to meet on their own. The Biden and Trump...
Florida deputy's killing of Black airman renews debate on police killings and race
WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2020, the top enlisted leader of the Air Force went public with his fear of waking up to the news that a Black airman had been killed by a white police officer. Then four years later, a Florida deputy shot and killed Senior Airman Roger Fortson in his...
Topeka was at the center of Brown v. Board. Decades later, segregation of another sort lingers
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The lesson on diversity started slowly in a first-grade classroom in Topeka, where schools were at the center of the case that struck down segregated education. “I like broccoli. Do you like broccoli?” Marie Carter, a Black school library worker, asked...
As countries tighten anti-gay laws, more and more LGBTQ+ migrants seek safety and asylum in Europe
RIETI, Italy (AP) — Ella Anthony knew it was time to leave her native Nigeria when she escaped an abusive, forced marriage only to face angry relatives who threatened to turn her in to police because she was gay. Since Nigeria criminalizes same-sex relationships, Anthony fled a...
All eyes are on Coppola in Cannes. Sound familiar?
CANNES, France (AP) — Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival a film on which he has risked everything, one that's arriving clouded by rumors of production turmoil. Sound familiar? On Thursday, Coppola's self-financed opus “Megalopolis” will...
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A Palestinian converted to Judaism. An Israeli soldier saw him as a threat and opened fire
JERUSALEM (AP) — At first, it seemed like the kind of shooting that has become all too common in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. A Palestinian aroused suspicions and an Israeli soldier killed him. But then the deceased was identified as David Ben-Avraham, a Palestinian who had made...
4 migrants die in Croatia when their car slams into wall as driver attempts to flee police
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A car carrying migrants on Thursday skidded off road and hit a wall in southern Croatia, killing four people and injuring several others, police said. Croatian media reported that the driver was trying to escape police to avoid being caught for people...
Fire at a residential building in Germany leaves 3 people dead and 2 with grave injuries
BERLIN (AP) — A fire at a residential building in western Germany left three people dead and two others with life-threatening injuries Thursday, authorities said. The blaze broke out during the night in a kiosk that was part of the building in Duesseldorf and spread to the entrance...
As countries tighten anti-gay laws, more and more LGBTQ+ migrants seek safety and asylum in Europe
RIETI, Italy (AP) — Ella Anthony knew it was time to leave her native Nigeria when she escaped an abusive, forced marriage only to face angry relatives who threatened to turn her in to police because she was gay. Since Nigeria criminalizes same-sex relationships, Anthony fled a...
UN resolution to commemorate the Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia sparks opposition from Serbs
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. resolution sponsored by Germany and Rwanda to establish an annual day to commemorate the 1995 genocide of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs has sparked protests and a strong lobbying campaign against its adoption by Serbia’s president and the Bosnian...
The Latest | US military finishes pier for delivering aid into Gaza as Israel presses in Rafah
The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip on Thursday for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war. Israel has been pressing its military operations in Rafah, a...
Slovakian leader is in stable but serious condition after assassination attempt, hospital says
BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is in stable but serious condition on Thursday after being shot multiple times in an assassination attempt a day earlier, a hospital official said. Doctors are continuing to treat Fico in an attempt to improve...
Putin expresses gratitude to Xi for China’s initiatives to resolve the Ukraine conflict
BEIJING (AP) — Russia’s Putin expressed gratitude to Xi Jinping for China’s initiatives to resolve the Ukraine conflict at their Beijing summit Thursday where the Chinese leader said China hopes Europe will return to peace and stability soon and that China will play a constructive role. ...
Russia's Putin has expressed gratitude to Chinese leader Xi for China's initiatives to resolve Ukraine conflict
BEIJING (AP) — Russia's Putin has expressed gratitude to Chinese leader Xi for China's initiatives to resolve Ukraine conflict.
Stock market today: Asian shares advance after another round of Wall St records
Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday after U.S. stocks rallied to records on hopes that inflation is heading back in the right direction. The optimism came from a report showing U.S. consumers had to pay prices for gasoline, car insurance and everything else in April that were...
