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Damage to gas pipeline, telecom cable connecting Finland and Estonia caused by ‘external activity’
By Jari Tanner, The Associated Press on October 10th, 2023
HELSINKI (AP) – Damage to an undersea gas pipeline and telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia appears to have been caused by “external activity,” Finnish officials said Tuesday, adding that authorities were investigating. Finnish and Estonian gas system operators on Sunday said they noted an unusual drop in pressure in the Balticconnector pipeline after which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia is defeated in its bid to regain a seat on the UN’s top human rights body
By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press on October 10th, 2023
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Russia was defeated in its bid to regain a seat in the United Nations premiere human rights body by a significant majority in Tuesday’s election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine. Russia competed against Albania and Bulgaria for two seats on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Officer says death toll from Hamas attack over 1,000. It’s the deadliest attack in Israeli history
By Josef Federman And Issam Adwan, The Associated Press on October 10th, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) – An Israeli military official says the death toll from Hamas’ surprise attack over the weekend has now risen above 1,000. Brig. Gen. Dan Goldfus announced the figure during a briefing with reporters on Tuesday. He spoke as Israel was pressing ahead with a fierce offensive of airstrikes in Gaza that has claimed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Finnish president says undersea gas and telecom cables damaged by ‘external activity’
By Jari Tanner, The Associated Press on October 10th, 2023
HELSINKI (AP) – Finnish President Sauli Niinistö says damage to an undersea gas pipeline and telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia appears to have been caused by “external activity.” Finnish and Estonian gas system operators on Sunday said they noted an unusual drop in pressure in the Balticconnector pipeline after which they shut down the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel pounds Gaza neighborhoods, as people scramble for safety in sealed-off territory
By Josef Federman And Issam Adwan, The Associated Press on October 10th, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli warplanes hammered the Gaza Strip neighborhood by neighborhood on Tuesday, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety in the tiny, sealed-off territory as Israel vowed a retaliation for Hamas’ surprise weekend attack that would “reverberate … for generations.” Aid organizations pleaded for the creation of humanitarian corridors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wall Street Journal reporter loses appeal and will stay in a Russian jail at least through November
By The Associated Press on October 10th, 2023
MOSCOW (AP) – Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich lost an appeal Tuesday to be released from jail on espionage charges, meaning he will remain behind bars at least through Nov. 30. Gershkovich, 31, had a mostly blank expression as he appeared in the defendant’s glass cage in Moscow City Court in blue shirt, T-shirt ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel pounds downtown Gaza City, vowing punishing retaliation for weekend attack
By Josef Federman And Issam Adwan, The Associated Press on October 10th, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel bombarded downtown Gaza City on Tuesday and expanded a massive mobilization of reservists, vowing punishing retaliation against the Hamas militant group that increasingly left residents of the tiny Palestinian territory with nowhere to go. Four days after militants stormed into Israel, bringing gunbattles to its streets for the first time in ... Read More »
1 responseWall Street Journal reporter loses appeal in Russia and will stay in jail until the end of November
By The Associated Press on October 10th, 2023
MOSCOW (AP) – A Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained on espionage charges lost his appeal against his arrest Tuesday, meaning he will stay in jail until Nov.r 30. Evan Gershkovich was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg while on a reporting trip to Russia in late March. The 31-year-old U.S. citizen and his ... Read More »
1 responseIsrael pounds downtown Gaza City, threatening punishing retaliation for weekend attack
By Josef Federman And Issam Adwan, The Associated Press on October 10th, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel pounded downtown Gaza City with relentless bombardments Tuesday and further expanded a massive mobilization of reservists as it vowed a retaliation that would “reverberate … for generations” against the Hamas militant group for its surprise weekend attack. The war – which began after Hamas militants stormed into Israel on Saturday, bringing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel strikes downtown Gaza City and mobilizes 300,000 reservists as war enters fourth day
By Josef Federman And Issam Adwan, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli warplanes pounded downtown Gaza City, home to Hamas’ centers of government, with relentless bombardments into early Tuesday, after Israel’s prime minister vowed retaliation against the Islamic militant group that would “reverberate for generations.” The 4-day-old war has already claimed 1,600 lives, as Israel saw gun battles in the streets of its ... Read More »
1 responseCar rams into Chinese consulate in San Francisco and police fatally shoot driver, officers say
By The Associated Press on October 9th, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A car rammed into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on Monday, coming to a stop in the lobby and creating a chaotic scene that ended with police shooting the driver, who later died at the hospital, officials said. Police descended on the consulate building after 3 p.m. on a report ... Read More »
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