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Trump says Israel has to get Gaza war over ‘fast,’ warns it is ‘losing the PR war’
By Jill Colvin (), The Associated Press on April 4th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Former President Donald Trump offered a tough message to Israel in its war against Hamas on Thursday, urging the country to: “Get it over with.” In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump said that Israel is “absolutely losing the PR war” and called for a swift resolution to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump says Israel has to get Gaza war over “fast,” warns they are “losing the PR war”
By Jill Colvin (), The Associated Press on April 4th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Former President Donald Trump offered a tough message to Israel in its war against Hamas on Thursday, urging the country to: “Get it over with.” In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump said that Israel is “absolutely losing the PR war” and called for a swift resolution to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden tells Israel’s Netanyahu future US support for war depends on new steps to protect civilians
By Aamer Madhani And Zeke Miller, The Associated Press on April 4th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden told Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that future U.S. support for Gaza war depends on new steps to protect civilians and aid workers. Biden and Netanyahu spoke by phone days after Israeli airstrikes killed seven food aid workers in Gaza and added a new layer of complication ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Voodoo doll, whoopie cushion, denture powder among bizarre trash plucked from New Jersey beaches
By By Wayne Parry, The Associated Press on April 4th, 2024
BRICK, N.J. (AP) – Jersey Shore beach season is almost here, and if last year is any indication, it will soon be time to pack the voodoo dolls, whoopie cushions, zip ties and denture powder. Those were just a few of the bizarre items plucked from the sands of New Jersey’s beaches last year by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oklahoma executes man convicted of double slaying in 2002
By Sean Murphy, The Associated Press on April 4th, 2024
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) – A man convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago was executed Thursday morning. Michael Dewayne Smith received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:20 a.m. Smith, 41, was sentenced to die in the separate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!President Macron says France and its allies ‘could have stopped’ the 1994 Rwanda genocide
By The Associated Press on April 4th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron says France and its allies “could have stopped” the 1994 Rwanda genocide and “lacked the will to do so.” Macron’s office said in a statement that the French president will release a video on social media on Sunday as Rwanda commemorates the 30th anniversary of the genocide. In ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rescuers in Taiwan search for those missing or stranded after major earthquake kills 10
By Johnson Lai And Kanis Leung, The Associated Press on April 4th, 2024
HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) – Rescuers searched Thursday for missing people and worked to reach hundreds stranded when Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years sent boulders and mud tumbling down mountainsides, blocking roads. Ten people died and more than 1,000 were injured. The powerful quake struck during the morning rush hour a day earlier, sending schoolchildren ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Myanmar resistance group says its drones hit targets in the capital, but army says it shot them down
By The Associated Press on April 4th, 2024
BANGKOK (AP) – Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group said Thursday its armed wing launched drone attacks on the airport and a military headquarters in the capital, Naypyitaw, but the country’s ruling military said it destroyed the drones as they attacked. The opposition National Unity Government’s “Defense Ministry” said in a statement that special units of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rescuers in Taiwan search for those missing after major earthquake as death toll rises to 10
By Johnson Lai And Kanis Leung, The Associated Press on April 4th, 2024
HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) – Rescuers searched Thursday for dozens of people still missing a day after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century damaged buildings, killed 10 people and left others stranded in remote areas. In the eastern coastal city of Hualien near the epicenter, workers used an excavator to stabilize the base of a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rescuers in Taiwan search for those missing after major earthquake
By Johnson Lai And Kanis Leung, The Associated Press on April 4th, 2024
HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) – Rescuers searched Thursday for dozens of people still missing a day after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century damaged buildings, killed nine people, and left others stranded in remote areas or sleeping in tents. In the eastern coastal city of Hualien near the epicenter, workers used an excavator to stabilize ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rescuers search for people out of contact in Taiwan after strong earthquake
By Johnson Lai And Kanis Leung, The Associated Press on April 3rd, 2024
HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) – Rescuers searched for dozens of people out of contact Thursday a day after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century damaged buildings, caused multiple rockslides and killed nine people. In the eastern coastal city of Hualien near the epicenter, workers used an excavator to put construction materials around the base of ... Read More »
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