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EU nations approve opening of enlargement talks with Ukraine and Moldova next week
By The Associated Press on June 21st, 2024
BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union countries on Friday formally approved the launch of accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova next week, another step in the two nations’ long journey to join the 27-nation bloc. Belgium, which currently holds the presidency of the European Union, said member states have agreed on a negotiating framework. “This opens ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Korea summons Russian ambassador as tensions rise with North Korea
By Kim Tong-hyung, The Associated Press on June 20th, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the country’s new defense pact with North Korea on Friday, as border tensions continued to rise with vague threats and brief, seemingly accidental incursions by North Korean troops. Earlier Friday, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Korean troops fire to repel North soldiers’ 3rd border incursion. Activists fly more leaflets
By Kim Tong-hyung, The Associated Press on June 20th, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued a vague threat of retaliation on Friday, after South Korean activists flew balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets across the border, underscoring rising tensions on the peninsula. The statement by Kim Yo Jong came two days after Moscow and Pyongyang ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Korea says it fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers made 3rd temporary incursion
By Kim Tong-hyung, The Associated Press on June 20th, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea’s military said Friday that it had fired warnings shots the previous day to repel North Korean soldiers who temporarily crossed the rivals’ land border for the third time this month. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said several North Korean soldiers while engaging in unspecified construction work on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Appeals court panel refuses to delay Trump ally Steve Bannon’s 4-month contempt prison sentence
By Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on June 20th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal appeals court panel on Thursday rejected longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon’s bid to stay out of prison while he fights his conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the U.S. Capitol attack. Bannon is supposed to report to prison by July 1 to begin serving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!15 shot after a ‘sideshow’ took over a peaceful Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, police say
By The Associated Press on June 20th, 2024
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Fifteen people were shot after an illegal “sideshow” took over a peaceful Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, California, police said Thursday. Investigators are seeking multiple shooters – more than 50 shell casings were recovered at the scene – following the violence Wednesday night at Lake Merritt, but no arrests had been made ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police say 15 shot during Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, California
By The Associated Press on June 20th, 2024
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Fifteen people were shot during a Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, California, police said Thursday. The violence broke out Wednesday night during an event at Lake Merritt that was largely peaceful, with as many as 5,000 in attendance, until a sideshow involving “motorbikes and vehicles” took place around 8:15 p.m. on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!California voters lose a shot at checking state and local tax hikes at the polls
By Adam Beam, The Associated Press on June 20th, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The California Supreme Court on Thursday removed a measure from the November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes, siding with Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Democratic allies in the state Legislature. The measure would have required voter approval for tax increases passed by the state Legislature. It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!California Supreme Court removes tax measure from November ballot
By Adam Beam, The Associated Press on June 20th, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The California Supreme Court on Thursday removed a measure from the November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes, siding with Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Democratic allies in the state Legislature. The measure would have required voter approval for tax increases passed by the state Legislature. It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Authorities arrest Alabama man wanted in connection with multiple homicides
By The Associated Press on June 20th, 2024
MORRILTON, Ark. (AP) – An Alabama man wanted in connection with multiple homicides in Oklahoma has been apprehended in Arkansas, Arkansas State Police said Thursday. Stacy Lee Drake, 50, was taken into custody around 10 a.m. in a wooded area in Morrilton, Arkansas, the agency said. He was taken into custody “without incident,” state police ... Read More »
1 responseTropical Storm Alberto moves inland over northeast Mexico as season’s first named storm
By Alfredo Peña And Mariana MartÃnez Barba, The Associated Press on June 20th, 2024
TAMPICO, Mexico (AP) – Tropical Storm Alberto, the season’s first named storm, rumbled ashore early Thursday, bringing heavy rains to parched northeast Mexico. The storm was expected to weaken rapidly over land, but carry several inches of desperately needed rain inland to Mexico’s Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon and Coahuila states, as well as south Texas. Alberto ... Read More »
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