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Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike early Thursday on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza killed more than 30 people, including 23 women and children, according to local health officials. The Israeli military said that Hamas militants were operating from...
Israeli settlers in the West Bank were hit with international sanctions. It only emboldened them
SOUTH HEBRON HILLS, West Bank (AP) — For weeks after being sanctioned by the United States, Yinon Levi struggled to pay the bills, living at his farming outpost atop a hill in the occupied West Bank. But the Israeli settler's problems didn’t last. When the banks froze his...
The sun rises over Normandy's beaches on D-Day's 80th anniversary
UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it rose again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought and died exactly 80 years ago Thursday, kicking off intense anniversary commemorations against the backdrop of renewed war in Europe, in Ukraine. ...
Jurors in Hunter Biden's trial hear from the clerk who sold him the gun at the center of the case
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors in Hunter Biden's criminal trial got a look at the .38 caliber Colt revolver he bought back in October 2018. They saw Form 4473, the firearms transaction record at the center of the case. And they're hearing testimony from the former store clerk who watched as the...
Election certification disputes in a handful of states spark concerns over presidential contest
In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board last month refused to sign off on the results of an election that led to the recall of three GOP members of the county commission. They did so only after state officials warned them it was their legal duty to record...
Netherlands kicks off 4 days of European Union elections across 27 nations
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Polls opened in the Netherlands on Thursday to kick off four days of voting in European Union parliamentary elections across the 27 member states that are expected to deliver gains for the hard right. Geert Wilders, of the far-right Party for Freedom,...
India’s opposition, written off as too weak, makes a stunning comeback to slow Modi's juggernaut
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s bruised and battered opposition was largely written off in the lead-up to the national election as too weak and fragmented to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his powerful Hindu nationalist governing party. It scored a stunning comeback, slowing...
South Africa questions its very being. Yet a difficult change has reinforced its young democracy
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa is in a moment of deep soul-searching after an election that brought a jarring split from the African National Congress, the very party that gave it freedom and democracy 30 years ago. In the days after rejecting what was once the...
Tornado hits Michigan without warning, killing toddler, while twister in Maryland injures 5
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A toddler was killed and his mother was injured when a tornado struck suburban Detroit without warning, while five people were injured when a tornado in Maryland collapsed structures and trapped people inside. Officials in Livonia, Michigan, said the tornado...
Migrants are rattled and unsure as deportations begin under new rule halting asylum
DULZURA, Calif. (AP) — Abigail Castillo was about to cross the U.S. border illegally when she heard President Joe Biden was halting asylum. She continued anyway, walking hours through the mountains east of San Diego with her toddler son, hoping it wasn't too late. “I heard that...
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Spain applies to join South Africa’s case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide
MADRID (AP) — Spain will ask a United Nations court for permission to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, its foreign minister announced Thursday. Spain is the first European country to take the step after South Africa filed its case with the...
Spain will ask a U.N. court to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, its foreign minister says
MADRID (AP) — Spain will ask a U.N. court to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, its foreign minister says.
Stock market today: World stocks rise after Wall Street barrels to records
HONG KONG (AP) — Global markets rose Thursday after Wall Street barreled to records Wednesday as the frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology keeps sending stocks higher. European markets opened higher as investors awaited a decision by the European Central Bank. It is...
The Latest | D-Day's 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
World War II veterans are joining heads of state and others Thursday on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The Allied invasion, which began on June 6, 1944, led to the defeat of the Nazis and the end of the war. The assault began with Allied...
Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike early Thursday on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza killed more than 30 people, including 23 women and children, according to local health officials. The Israeli military said that Hamas militants were operating from...
The sun rises over Normandy's beaches on D-Day's 80th anniversary
UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it rose again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought and died exactly 80 years ago Thursday, kicking off intense anniversary commemorations against the backdrop of renewed war in Europe, in Ukraine. ...
At least 4 people killed, 27 injured after trains collide in the Czech Republic, officials say
PRAGUE (AP) — A passenger train collided head-on with a freight train in the Czech Republic, killing at least four people and injuring 27 others, officials said Thursday. Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said the crash took place late Wednesday night in the city of Pardubice, about...
Netherlands kicks off 4 days of European Union elections across 27 nations
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Polls opened in the Netherlands on Thursday to kick off four days of voting in European Union parliamentary elections across the 27 member states that are expected to deliver gains for the hard right. Geert Wilders, of the far-right Party for Freedom,...
Putin warns that Russia could provide long-range weapons to others to strike Western targets
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that Russia could provide long-range weapons to others to strike Western targets in response to NATO allies allowing Ukraine to use their arms to attack Russian territory. Putin also reaffirmed Moscow’s...
Indonesia’s Mount Ibu erupts 3 times, spewing lava and clouds of grey ash
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Ibu erupted three times on Thursday, spewing red lava and clouds of grey ash. No injuries were reported. The volcano, located on an island in the eastern North Maluku province, has been erupting almost every day since early May....
