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China appoints a new defense minister after months of uncertainty following sacking of predecessor
By The Associated Press on December 29th, 2023
BEIJING (AP) – China has appointed a new defense minister after months of uncertainty following the firing of his predecessor for reasons still unexplained. The official Xinhua News Agency announced former navy commander Dong Jun would serve in the largely ceremonial role, but offered no comment on the reasons for the switch or the current ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia fires 122 missiles and 36 drones in what Ukraine calls the biggest aerial barrage of the war
By Illia Novikov And Hanna Arhirova, The Associated Press on December 29th, 2023
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia launched 122 missiles and 36 drones against Ukrainian targets, officials said Friday, killing at least 13 civilians in what an air force official said was the biggest aerial barrage of the 22-month war. The Ukrainian air force intercepted 87 of the missiles and 27 of the Shahed-type drones overnight, Ukraine’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia unleashes what may be one of the biggest aerial barrages against Ukraine, Zelenskyy says
By Illia Novikov And Hanna Arhirova, The Associated Press on December 29th, 2023
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia launched about 110 missiles as well as drones against Ukrainian targets during the night Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday, killing at least seven civilians in what appeared to be one of the biggest aerial barrages of the 22-month war. Most of the incoming missiles and drones were shot down ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia unleashes one of the year’s biggest aerial barrages against Ukrainian targets
By The Associated Press on December 29th, 2023
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia launched about 110 missiles overnight as well as drones against Ukrainian targets in one of the biggest barrages of the year, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday. Most of the incoming missiles and drones were shot down but at least seven civilians were killed and an unknown number of people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs state authority to block former president
By Nicholas Riccardi And David Sharp, The Associated Press on December 28th, 2023
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally in a decision that has potential Electoral College consequences. While Maine has just four electoral votes, it’s one of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal judge accepts redrawn Georgia congressional and legislative districts that will favor GOP
By Jeff Amy, The Associated Press on December 28th, 2023
ATLANTA (AP) – A federal judge on Wednesday accepted new Georgia congressional and legislative voting districts that protect Republican partisan advantages, saying the creation of new majority-Black voting districts fixed illegal minority vote dilution that led him to order maps be redrawn. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, in three separate but similarly worded orders, rejected ... Read More »
1 responseIsraeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens of Palestinians, even in largely emptied north
By Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on December 28th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee camps across Gaza overnight and into Thursday, killing dozens of people in an air and ground offensive against Hamas that has widened to most of the territory and forced thousands more to flee from homes and shelters. The war has already killed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!On foot and by donkey cart, thousands flee widening Israeli assault in central Gaza
By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy And Lee Keath, The Associated Press on December 27th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Thousands of Palestinian families fled Wednesday from the brunt of Israel’s expanding ground offensive into Gaza’s few remaining, overcrowded refuges, as the military launched heavy strikes across the center and south of the territory, killing dozens, Palestinian health officials said. On foot or riding donkey carts loaded with belongings, ... Read More »
1 responseJacques Delors, architect of the modern EU and ‘Mr. Europe,’ dies aged 98
By John-thor Dahlburg, The Associated Press on December 27th, 2023
BRUSSELS (AP) – Jacques Delors, a Paris bank messenger’s son who became the visionary and builder of a more unified Europe in his momentous decade as chief executive of the European Union, has died in Paris, the Delors Institute think tank told The Associated Press Wednesday. He was 98. For many, the owlish but hard-driving ... Read More »
1 responseThousands flee widening Israeli assault in central Gaza as military launches new strikes
By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy And Lee Keath, The Associated Press on December 27th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Thousands of Palestinian families fled Wednesday from the brunt of Israel’s expanding ground offensive into Gaza’s few remaining, overcrowded refuges, as the military launched heavy strikes across the center and south of the territory, killing dozens, Palestinian health officials said. On foot or riding donkey carts loaded with belongings, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Michigan Supreme Court will keep Trump on 2024 ballot
By The Associated Press on December 27th, 2023
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Michigan’s Supreme Court is keeping former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary election ballot. The court said Wednesday it will not hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling from groups seeking to keep Trump from appearing on the ballot. The state’s high court said in an order that the ... Read More »
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