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Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupts, spewing ash plumes and blanketing several villages with ash
By The Associated Press on December 3rd, 2023
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Indonesia’s Mount Marapi in West Sumatra province erupted Sunday, spewing white-and-gray ash plumes for more than 3,000 meters (about 9,800 feet) into the air, and hot ash clouds blew several miles to the north, according to Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center. There were no casualties, said Ahmad Rifandi, an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police in Paris arrested a man who targeted passersby, killing 1, injuring 2 others, official says
By The Associated Press on December 2nd, 2023
PARIS (AP) – French police arrested a man who targeted passersby in Paris on Saturday night, killing a German tourist with a knife and injuring two others, France’s interior minister said. Police subdued the man, a 25-year-old French citizen who had spent four years in prison for a violent offense. After his arrest, he expressed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Authorities identify suspect in killing of 3 homeless men in Los Angeles
By The Associated Press on December 2nd, 2023
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Los Angeles man who was already arrested in another shooting investigation has been identified as the suspect in three recent killings of homeless men, police said Saturday. Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said 33-year-old Jerrid Joseph Powell was identified as the suspect in the three killings after authorities determined ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Assailant targeting passersby in Paris attacked and killed 1 person and injured another,
By The Associated Press on December 2nd, 2023
PARIS (AP) – An assailant going after passersby in Paris on Saturday night attacked and killed one person and injured another, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. The minister said on X, formerly Twitter, that “police have courageously arrested” the man, who was going after people in the 15th district of the capital, not far ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off the southern Philippines and tsunami warnings are issued
By The Associated Press on December 2nd, 2023
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday off the southern Philippine coast, prompting many villagers to flee their homes in panic around midnight after Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning. The quake struck at 10:37 p.m. at a depth of 32 kilometers (20 miles), according to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off the southern Philippines and a tsunami warning is issued
By The Associated Press on December 2nd, 2023
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday off the cost of the southern Philippines island of Mindanao. A tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at 10:37 p.m. and was measured at a moderate depth of 32 kilometers (20 miles). The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said based on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes off the Philippines and a tsunami warning is issued
By The Associated Press on December 2nd, 2023
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday off the cost of the Philippines island of Mindanao. A tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at 10:37 p.m. and was measured at a moderate depth of 32 kilometers (20 miles). The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said based on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli offensive shifts to crowded southern Gaza, driving up death toll despite evacuation orders
By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy And David Rising, The Associated Press on December 2nd, 2023
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israel pounded targets in the crowded southern half of the Gaza Strip on Saturday and ordered more neighborhoods designated for attack to evacuate, driving up the death toll even as the United States and others urged it to do more to protect Gaza civilians. At least 200 Palestinians have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At UN Climate talks, oil companies pledge to combat methane; Environmentalists call it “smokescreen”
By Jon Gambrell, Peter Prengaman And Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press on December 2nd, 2023
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, the president of this year’s United Nations climate talks said Saturday, a move that environmental groups called a “smokescreen.” The announcement by Sultan al-Jaber, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says fatalities surpassed 15,200, 70% of them women and children
By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy And David Rising, The Associated Press on December 2nd, 2023
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) – The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said the death toll has surpassed 15,200 and that 70% of those killed were women and children. The figure was announced Saturday by ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra, who did provide further details. The previous toll given by the ministry was more than 13,300 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge rejects Trump’s claim of immunity in his federal 2020 election prosecution
By Alanna Durkin Richer And Eric Tucker, The Associated Press on December 1st, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution in his election interference case in Washington, a federal judge ruled Friday, knocking down the Republican’s bid to derail the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s decision tees up a legal fight over the scope ... Read More »
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