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Israel’s military says it’s taken control of a strategic corridor along Egypt’s border with Gaza
By Melanie Lidman, Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on May 29th, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – Israel’s military said Wednesday it has seized control of a strategic corridor that runs along the length of Gaza’s border with Egypt. The corridor, known as Philadelphi, stretches along the border with neighboring Egypt, near the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where Israeli forces have been fighting recently. Smuggling tunnels ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Latest | Jury begins deliberating in Trump’s criminal hush money trial
By The Associated Press on May 29th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Jury deliberations in Donald Trump ‘s criminal hush money trial began Wednesday after the panel received instructions from the judge on the law governing the case and what they can take into account in evaluating the former president’s guilt or innocence. The historic deliberations followed Tuesday’s whirlwind of closing arguments, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury deliberations begin in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker And Michelle L. Price, The Associated Press on May 29th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Jury deliberations began Wednesday in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, putting the outcome of the historic case in the hands of a dozen New Yorkers who have vowed to be fair and impartial in the face of their unprecedented task. The jury of seven men and five women was sent to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blinken pledges $135 million in US aid to Moldova to counter Russian influence
By Matthew Lee And Vadim Ghirda, The Associated Press on May 29th, 2024
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday pledged $135 million in aid to Moldova for energy security and to counter Russian disinformation as the Western-leaning nation struggles to blunt Moscow’s push for influence buoyed by recent successes in its war in neighboring Ukraine. Opening a short visit to eastern Europe ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brazil president withdraws his country’s ambassador to Israel after criticizing the war in Gaza
By Eleonore Hughes, The Associated Press on May 29th, 2024
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva withdrew his country’s ambassador to Israel on Wednesday after months of tensions between the two countries over the war in Gaza. The move was announced in Brazil’s official gazette. Lula has been a frequent critic of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, which he compared ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2 new giant pandas are returning to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year
By Dino Hazell, The Associated Press on May 29th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Two giant pandas are coming to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year. The zoo made the announcement Wednesday, about half a year after it sent its three pandas back to China. Other American zoos also have sent pandas back to China as loan agreements lapsed amid heightened ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smithsonian says 2 new giant pandas returning to Washington’s National Zoo from China by end of year
By The Associated Press on May 29th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Smithsonian Institution said Wednesday that two new giant pandas are returning to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year. The news comes about half a year after the zoo sent its three pandas back to China... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police search the European Parliament over suspected Russian interference, prosecutors say
By The Associated Press on May 29th, 2024
BRUSSELS (AP) – Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday that police carried out searches at the residence of an employee of the European Parliament and at his office in the Parliament’s building in Brussels over suspected Russian interference. Prosecutors said in statement that the suspect’s office in Strasbourg, where the EU Parliament’s headquarters are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police search the European Parliament over possible Russian interference, prosecutors say
By The Associated Press on May 29th, 2024
BRUSSELS (AP) – Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday that police carried out searches at the residence of an employee of the European Parliament and at his office in the Parliament’s building in Brussels over possible Russian interference. Prosecutors said in statement that the suspect’s office in Strasbourg, where the EU Parliament’s headquarters are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Africans begin voting in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years
By Gerald Imray, Mogomotsi Magome And Farai Mutsaka, The Associated Press on May 29th, 2024
JOHANNESBURG (AP) – South Africans began voting Wednesday in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years, and one that could put their young democracy in unknown territory. At stake is the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress party, which led South Africa out of apartheid’s brutal white minority rule in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Africans begins voting in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years
By Gerald Imray, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) – South Africans began voting Wednesday in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years, and one that could put their young democracy in unknown territory. At stake is the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress party, which led South Africa out of apartheid’s brutal white ... Read More »
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