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Biden will issue an executive order aimed at Israeli settlers who attack Palestinians in West Bank
By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller And Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press on February 1st, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order targeting Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been attacking Palestinians in the occupied territory, according to four people familiar with the matter. A senior administration official, who like the others was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden will issue an executive order targeting Israeli settlers who attack Palestinians in West Bank
By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller And Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press on February 1st, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order targeting Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been attacking Palestinians in the occupied territory, according to four people familiar with the matter. A senior administration official, who like the others was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden will issue executive order targeting Israel settlers who attack Palestinians in West Bank
By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller And Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press on February 1st, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order targeting Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been attacking Palestinians in the occupied territory, according to four people familiar with the matter. A senior administration official, who like the others was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!European Union agrees on a new 50 billion-euro aid package for Ukraine despite Hungary’s veto threat
By Lorne Cook And Samuel Petrequin, The Associated Press on February 1st, 2024
BRUSSELS (AP) – A top European Union official says the 27 EU countries have sealed a deal on new aid for Ukraine just over an hour into a summit of the bloc’s leaders and despite threats from Hungary to veto the move. “We have a deal,” European Council President Charles Michel said in a post ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UK judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit over dossier containing ‘shocking and scandalous claims’
By The Associated Press on February 1st, 2024
LONDON (AP) – A judge in London on Thursday threw out a lawsuit by former U.S. President Donald Trump accusing a former British spy of making “shocking and scandalous claims” that were false and harmed his reputation. Judge Karen Steyn said the case Trump filed against Orbis Business Intelligence should not go to trial. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!3 people killed and 9 injured in hangar collapse on grounds of Boise, Idaho, airport
By The Associated Press on January 31st, 2024
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – A hangar under construction on the grounds of the airport in Boise, Idaho, collapsed Wednesday, killing three people and injuring another nine, officials said. Five of those injured in the collapse at the Boise Airport are in critical condition, the city said in a statement released Wednesday night. Authorities responded at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!About a dozen people hurt in hangar collapse on grounds of Boise airport, officials say
By The Associated Press on January 31st, 2024
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – A hanger under construction on the grounds of the airport in Boise, Idaho, collapsed Wednesday, injuring about a dozen people, officials said. Authorities responded at about 5 p.m. to a private business located at the Boise Airport for a steel framed hangar that collapsed, Boise Fire Department Operations Chief Aaron Hummel ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Multiple people hurt in building collapse near airport in Boise, Idaho, fire officials say
By The Associated Press on January 31st, 2024
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Multiple people have been hurt after a building collapsed Wednesday in Boise, Idaho, fire officials said. Emergency responders were at scene of the reported building collapse near the Boise Airport at West Rickenbacker and Luke streets, the Boise Fire Department said in a post on X Wednesday afternoon. Search and rescue ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Top UN court rejects most of Ukraine’s terror financing and discrimination case against Russia
By Mike Corder, The Associated Press on January 31st, 2024
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The United Nations’ top court on Wednesday rejected large parts of a case filed by Ukraine alleging that Russia bankrolled separatist rebels in the country’s east a decade ago and has discriminated against Crimea’s multiethnic community since its annexation of the peninsula. The International Court of Justice ruled that Moscow ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia and Ukraine swap scores of POWs despite tensions over a plane crash last week
By The Associated Press on January 31st, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia and Ukraine have exchanged about 200 prisoners of war each, the countries said Wednesday, despite tensions stemming from last week’s crash of a military transport plane that Moscow claimed was carrying Ukrainian POWs and was shot down by Kyiv’s forces. After the Jan. 24 crash of the Il-76 plane in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia says it has swapped 195 POWs with Ukraine
By The Associated Press on January 31st, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia’s Defense Ministry says Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 195 prisoners of war each. The Russian Defense Ministry said the swap was conducted on Wednesday. The announcement came a week after Russia alleged that Ukrainian forces shot down a military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war who were to be ... Read More »
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