March 29th, 2024

World News

Mother of Kremlin critic Navalny says she’s resisting pressure to agree to a secret burial

By Associated Press, The Associated Press on February 22nd, 2024

MOSCOW (AP) – The mother of Russia’s top opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that she has seen her son’s body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial outside the public eye. Speaking in a video statement from the Arctic city of Salekhard, Lyudmila Navalnaya said investigators ... Read More »

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Albanian Parliament approves controversial deal to hold migrants for Italy

By Llazar Semini, The Associated Press on February 22nd, 2024

TIRANA, Albania (AP) – Albania’s Parliament on Thursday approved a deal for the country to hold thousands of migrants rescued in international waters by Italy while their asylum applications are processed, despite protests from opposition lawmakers and human rights groups. Under the five-year deal, Albania would shelter up to 3,000 migrants at any one time. ... Read More »

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China plans to send San Diego Zoo more pandas this year, reintroducing panda diplomacy

By Julie Watson, The Associated Press on February 22nd, 2024

SAN DIEGO (AP) – China plans to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after a recalling nearly all the iconic bears on loan to U.S. zoos as relations soured between the two nations. The China Wildlife Conservation Association recently ... Read More »

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China plans to send San Diego Zoo more pandas this year, reigniting its panda diplomacy

By Julie Watson, The Associated Press on February 21st, 2024

SAN DIEGO (AP) – China plans to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after nearly all the iconic bears on loan to U.S. zoos were returned as relations began to sour between the two nations. San Diego Zoo officials ... Read More »

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At least 14 confirmed dead after an illegal open-pit gold mine collapses in Venezuela

By The Associated Press on February 21st, 2024

LA PARAGUA, Venezuela (AP) – The collapse of an illegally operated open-pit gold mine in central Venezuela killed at least 14 people and injured several more, state authorities said Wednesday, as some other officials reported an undetermined number of people could be trapped. Bolivar state Gov. Angel Marcano told local reporters that 14 bodies had ... Read More »

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Wisconsin school district releases tape of Black superintendent’s comments that led to resignation

By Scott Bauer And Todd Richmond, The Associated Press on February 21st, 2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Green Bay school district on Wednesday released the recording of its first Black superintendent’s appearance on an Atlanta radio show in which he made blunt comments about race relations, criticized the community and derided one of the district’s principals. Claude Tiller Jr. resigned on Saturday after a closed-door meeting with ... Read More »

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Green Bay schools release tape of first Black superintendent’s comments that preceded resignation

By Scott Bauer And Todd Richmond, The Associated Press on February 21st, 2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Green Bay, Wisconsin, schools on Wednesday released the recording of its first Black superintendent’s appearance on an Atlanta radio show in which he made blunt comments about race relations, criticized the community and derided one of the district’s principals. The release of the tape comes after the resignation under pressure Saturday ... Read More »

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Alabama seeks to carry out second execution using controversial nitrogen gas method

By The Associated Press on February 21st, 2024

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama is seeking to put a second inmate to death using nitrogen gas, a move that comes a month after the state carried out the first execution using the controversial new method. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office asked the Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday to set an execution date for ... Read More »

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Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children

By Kim Chandler, The Associated Press on February 21st, 2024

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A large Alabama hospital has paused in vitro fertilization treatments as health care providers weigh the impact of a state court ruling that frozen embryos are the legal equivalent of children. The University of Alabama Birmingham said in a statement Wednesday that its UAB Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility has ... Read More »

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Syria says an Israeli strike that hit a Damascus residential area killed 2 people

By Albert Aji, The Associated Press on February 21st, 2024

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) – Israeli strikes hit a neighborhood of the Syrian capital on Wednesday morning, killing two people and causing material damage, Syria’s state TV said. There was no confirmation of the strikes from Israel. The Syrian state TV reported that several missiles hit the western neighborhood of Kfar Sousseh but did not elaborate ... Read More »

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