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Algeria sets election for September, when military-backed president will vie for 2nd term
By Associated Press, The Associated Press on March 21st, 2024
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) – Algeria will hold its next presidential election on Sept. 7, giving first-term President Abdelmajid Tebboune more than five months to campaign for a second term to lead the oil-rich north African nation. Tebboune’s office announced the date in a statement on Thursday after meeting with high-ranking members of Parliament and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia’s space agency aborts launch of 3 astronauts to the International Space Station; all are safe
By The Associated Press on March 21st, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s Roscosmos space agency aborted the launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station about 20 seconds before they were scheduled to lift off Thursday, but the crew was safe, officials said. The Russian Soyuz rocket was to carry NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and Marina Vasilevskaya of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Swedish appeals court rules space rock should stay with the owner of the property where it landed
By The Associated Press on March 21st, 2024
STOCKHOLM (AP) – A Swedish land owner won a legal battle Thursday to keep a 14-kilogram (31-pound) meteorite when an appeals court ruled that such rocks should be considered “immovable property” and part of the land where they are found. The property on which the meteorite landed contains iron and the meteorite is made of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia fires 31 missiles at Kyiv in the first attack in weeks but Ukraine intercepts them all
By Hanna Arhirova And Anton Shtuka, The Associated Press on March 21st, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia fired 31 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv before dawn Thursday in the first attack on the Ukrainian capital in six weeks, officials said. Air defenses shot down all the incoming missiles, though 13 people including a child were injured by falling wreckage, they said. Residents of Kyiv were woken ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia fires 31 missiles at Kyiv in the first attack in 44 days, and 13 people are hurt
By Hanna Arhirova, The Associated Press on March 21st, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia fired 31 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv before dawn Thursday in the first attack on the Ukrainian capital in 44 days, officials said. Air defenses shot down all the incoming missiles, though 13 people including a child were injured by falling wreckage, they said. Residents of Kyiv were woken ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ukraine’s capital Kyiv attacked by Russia for first time in 44 days with 13 people hurt
By The Associated Press on March 21st, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s capital was attacked by Russia for the first time in 44 days Thursday as Kyiv residents woke early to loud explosions. Ukraine’s Emergency Service said 13 people were wounded, including one child, and that dozens of people were evacuated from their homes. Around 30 cruise and ballistic missiles were shot ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Weeping, weak and soaked, dozens of Rohingya refugees rescued after night on hull of capsized boat
By Reza Saifullah And Edna Tarigan, The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024
MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) – An Indonesian search and rescue ship on Thursday located a capsized wooden boat that had been carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees, and began pulling survivors who had been standing on its hull to safety. An AP photographer aboard the rescue ship said 10 people had been taken aboard local fishing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man put to death for 1993 killing of ex-girlfriend, Georgia’s first execution in years
By Jeff Martin, The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) – A Georgia man convicted of the killing of his former girlfriend three decades ago was put to death Wednesday evening in the state’s first execution in more than four years. Willie James Pye, 59, received an injection of the sedative pentobarbital and was pronounced dead at 11:03 p.m. at the state ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Korea says it will suspend the licenses of striking junior doctors starting next week
By The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea’s government said Thursday it will start suspending the licenses of striking junior doctors next week. Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo made the comments during a briefing as he repeated demands for the doctors to return to work immediately. More than 90% of the country’s 13,000 medical interns and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Korea says it will suspend the licenses of striking doctors starting next week
By The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea’s government says it will start suspending the licenses of striking junior doctors next week. Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo made the comments during a briefing Thursday as he repeated demands for the doctors to return to work immediately. More than 90% of the country’s 13,000 doctors-in-training have been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!California voters pass proposition requiring counties to spend on programs to tackle homelessness
By Trân Nguyễn, The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California voters have passed a measure that will impose strict requirements on counties to spend on housing and drug treatment programs to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis. Proposition 1 marks the first update to the state’s mental health system in 20 years and a win for Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who ... Read More »
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