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A ship with Gaza aid is preparing to inaugurate a sea route from Cyprus to the war-ravaged strip
By Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) – A ship bearing humanitarian aid was making preparations to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza, the European Commission president said Friday as international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory that is facing widespread hunger after five months of war. The opening of the corridor, along with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RNC votes to install Donald Trump’s handpicked chair as former president tightens control of party
By Steve Peoples And Michelle L. Price, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) – The Republican National Committee voted Friday to install Donald Trump’s handpicked chair, completing his takeover of the national party as the former president closes in on a third straight presidential nomination. Michael Whatley, a North Carolina Republican who has echoed Trump’s false theories of voter fraud, was elected the party’s new national ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump attorneys post bond to support $83.3 million award to writer in defamation case
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – A lawyer for Donald Trump says the former president has secured a bond sufficient to support an $83.3 million jury award granted to writer E. Jean Carroll during a January defamation trial. Attorney Alina Habba filed papers on Friday with the New York trial judge to show that Trump had secured ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A top EU official says a ship is preparing to leave for Gaza as test of new humanitarian corridor
By Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) – A ship was preparing Friday to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza with humanitarian aid, the European Commission president said, as international donors launch a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory facing widespread hunger and shortages of essential supplies after five months of war. The vessel, belonging to Spain’s Open ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Military’s Ospreys are cleared to return to flight, 3 months after latest fatal crash in Japan
By Tara Copp, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Osprey, a workhorse aircraft vital to U.S. military missions, has been approved to return to flight after an “unprecedented” part failure led to the deaths of eight service members in a crash in Japan in November, Naval Air Systems Command announced Friday. The crash was the second fatal accident in months ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A top EU official says a ship is leaving for Gaza as test of new humanitarian corridor
By Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – A ship will head to Gaza on Friday carrying humanitarian aid, the European Commission president said, as international donors launch a sea corridor to supply the territory, which faces widespread hunger and shortages of other essential supplies after nearly five months of war. A ship belonging to Spain’s Open Arms will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden orders US military to set up temporary aid port for Gaza as famine threatens
By Samy Magdy, Abby Sewell, Ellen Knickmeyer And Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden ordered the U.S. military Thursday to set up a temporary port off the coast of Gaza, joining international partners in trying to carve out a sea route to deliver food and other aid to desperate Palestinian civilians cut off by the Hamas-Israel war and by Israeli restrictions on humanitarian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden uses feisty State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term
By Zeke Miller And Seung Min Kim, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden turned his State of the Union speech Thursday night into an animated argument for a second term as he laced into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing “resentment, revenge and retribution” and jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad. Over and over, Biden delivered broadsides at “my predecessor” without mentioning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden using State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term
By Zeke Miller And Seung Min Kim, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Urging voters to reject “resentment, revenge and retribution,” President Joe Biden used his State of the Union address Thursday to make his case for a second term to a dispirited electorate and to warn that GOP front-runner Donald Trump would be a dangerous alternative. His speech from the House rostrum, delivered just ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hong Kong’s new national security bill includes stiff penalties and more power to suppress dissent
By Kanis Leung And Zen Soo, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024
HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong unveiled a new national security bill Friday that proposes up to life imprisonment for offenses like treason and insurrection, a move deepening worries over further erosion of the city’s freedoms after Beijing imposed a similar law four years ago that all but wiped out dissent. The proposed law will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Democrat Min to face Republican Baugh in California’s competitive 47th Congressional District
By The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Democratic state Sen. Dave Min has advanced to the November general election in California’s competitive 47th Congressional District. He’ll face Republican Scott Baugh, a former state lawmaker. The Orange County seat may be key to determining which party controls the House. It’s currently held by Democratic Rep. Katie Porter, who decided ... Read More »
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