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Chad’s military ruler declared winner of presidential election, while opposition disputes the result
By The Associated Press on May 9th, 2024
N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) – Chad’s military leader, Mahamat Deby Itno, was declared the winner of this week’s presidential election, according to provisional results released Thursday. The results were contested by his main rival, Prime Minister Succès Masra. The national agency that manages Chad’s election released results of Monday’s election late on Thursday, weeks earlier than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump attorney and Stormy Daniels trade barbs during questions about alleged 2006 sexual encounter
By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz, Jennifer Peltz And Colleen Long, The Associated Press on May 9th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s defense attorney on Thursday accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, trying to persuade jurors that a key prosecution witness in the former president’s hush money trial cannot be believed. “The details of your story keep changing, right?” attorney Susan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Video shows Florida deputy announced himself prior to fatal shooting of Black airman
By Stephen Smith And Mike Schneider, The Associated Press on May 9th, 2024
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) – A Florida sheriff’s deputy announced himself as law enforcement just before fatally shooting a Black U.S. Air Force airman inside his apartment in the state’s Panhandle, body camera video shown to reporters Thursday shows. Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden presented the video hours after the family of Senior Airman ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Netanyahu on US threat to withhold arms: Israel will fight with its ‘fingernails’ if needed
By Joseph Krauss And Josef Federman, The Associated Press on May 9th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a U.S. threat to withhold some arms would not prevent Israel from continuing its offensive in Gaza, indicating it might proceed with an invasion of the packed city of Rafah against the wishes of its closest ally. President Joe Biden has urged Israel not to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli military says it has weapons it needs for Rafah ground operation
By Joseph Krauss, Sam Mednick And Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Associated Press on May 9th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s military spokesman says the army has the weapons it needs to press ahead with its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari was asked at a news conference whether the army can conduct the operation without U.S. arms. “The army has armaments for the missions it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ship loaded with aid heads for US-built Gaza pier, but it’s unclear when or how it will be delivered
By Joseph Krauss, Sam Mednick And Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Associated Press on May 9th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – The first aid ship bound for an American-built floating pier to be installed in Gaza departed early Thursday. But it’s unclear when the corridor will be up and running, and humanitarian groups say there are still major obstacles to getting food to starving Palestinians in the war-ravaged enclave. Cyprus announced the ship’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boeing 737 catches fire and skids off the runway at a Senegal airport, injuring 10 people
By The Associated Press on May 9th, 2024
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – A Boeing 737 plane carrying 85 people skidded off a runway at the airport in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, injuring 10 people, according to the transport minister and footage from a passenger that showed the aircraft on fire. “Our plane just caught fire,” wrote Malian musician Cheick Siriman Sissoko in a post ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First shipment of aid to the US-built floating pier in Gaza departs from Cyprus
By The Associated Press on May 9th, 2024
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – A shipment of humanitarian aid has left a port in Cyprus and is on its way to the U.S-built pier in Gaza, the first delivery to the newly built ramp, Cyprus’ foreign minister said Thursday. The U.S. vessel, loaded with much needed humanitarian assistance, departed from the Larnaca port with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boeing 737 skids off runway in Senegal airport, injuring 10 people
By The Associated Press on May 9th, 2024
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – A Boeing 737 plane carrying 85 people skidded off a runway at the airport in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, injuring 10 people, the transport minister said Thursday. Transport Minister El Malick Ndiaye said the Air Sénégal flight operated by TransAir was headed to Bamako late Wednesday with 79 passengers, two pilots and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boeing 737 skidded off runway in Senegal airport, injuring 10 people
By The Associated Press on May 9th, 2024
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – A Boeing 737 plane carrying 85 people skidded off the runway at the airport in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, injuring 10 people, a statement from the country’s transport minister said in a statement on Thursday. El Malick Ndiaye, the transport minister, said the Air Sénégal flight operated by TransAir was headed to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Florida deputies who fatally shot US airman burst into wrong apartment, attorney says
By David Fischer, The Associated Press on May 8th, 2024
MIAMI (AP) – Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for the man’s family said Wednesday. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who ... Read More »
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