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3 killed and dozens injured in Bangladesh in violent clashes over government jobs quota system
By Julhas Alam, The Associated Press on July 16th, 2024
DHAKA, Banglades (AP) – Three people were killed and dozens injured in two separate incidents in Bangladesh as violence continued Tuesday on university campuses in the nation’s capital and elsewhere over a government jobs quota system, local media reports said. Two of the dead were students and the third was a pedestrian, the reports added. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Welsh leader Vaughan Gething says he will resign over campaign donation scandal
By The Associated Press on July 16th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – The leader of Wales’ government, First Minister Vaughan Gething, said Tuesday he will resign amid a campaign donation scandal. Gething said that “I have this morning taken the difficult decision to begin the process of stepping down as leader of the Welsh Labour Party and, as a result, First Minister.” The announcement ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump enters Republican convention with a bandage covering his right ear after assassination attempt
By Bill Barrow, Steve Peoples And Jill Colvin, The Associated Press on July 15th, 2024
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Former President Donald Trump, two days after surviving an attempted assassination, appeared triumphantly at the Republican National Convention’s opening night with a bandage over his right ear. Delegates cheered wildly as Trump appeared onscreen backstage and then emerged, visibly emotional, as Lee Greenwood sang “God Bless the USA.” Trump did not address ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!North Korean diplomat in Cuba defected to South Korea in November, Seoul says
By The Associated Press on July 15th, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea’s spy agency says a North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has defected to South Korea. The National Intelligence Service said Tuesday that media reports on the defection of a North Korean counselor of political affairs in Cuba are true. But it gave no further details. South Korea’s mass-circulation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Republicans hail Donald Trump and embrace his running mate JD Vance in convention’s opening night
By Bill Barrow, Steve Peoples And Jill Colvin, The Associated Press on July 15th, 2024
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Former President Donald Trump, two days after surviving an attempted assassination, appeared triumphantly at the Republican National Convention’s opening night with a bandage over his right ear. Delegates cheered wildly as Trump appeared onscreen backstage and then emerged, visibly emotional, as Lee Greenwood sang “God Bless the USA.” Trump did not address ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!California is 1st state to ban school rules requiring parents get notified of child’s pronoun change
By Sophie Austin, The Associated Press on July 15th, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation law Monday barring school districts from passing policies that require schools to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identification. The law bans rules requiring school staff to disclose a student’s gender identity or sexual orientation to any other person without ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New California law bans rules requiring schools to notify parents of child’s pronoun change
By The Associated Press on July 15th, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law barring school districts from passing policies that require schools to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identification. The law bans rules requiring school staff to disclose a student’s gender identity or sexual orientation to any other person without the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jubilant GOP delegates nominate Trump for president as he announces Vance as running mate
By Christine Fernando, Steve Peoples And Jill Colvin, The Associated Press on July 15th, 2024
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Jubilant GOP delegates cheered as they formally nominated Donald Trump during Monday’s Republican National Convention kickoff, less than two days after an assassination attempt on the former president and shortly after he announced Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate. Their vote makes it official that Trump, who has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden says it was a ‘mistake’ to say he wanted to put a ‘bull’s-eye’ on Trump
By Seung Min Kim, Aamer Madhani And Mary Clare Jalonick, The Associated Press on July 15th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden told NBC News in an interview airing Monday that it was a “mistake” to say he wanted to put a “bull’s-eye” on Republican nominee Donald Trump, but argued that the rhetoric coming from his opponent was more incendiary. “It was a mistake to use the word,” Biden told NBC ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Special counsel to appeal judge’s dismissal of classified documents case against Donald Trump
By Eric Tucker, The Associated Press on July 15th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Special counsel Jack Smith intends to appeal a judge’s dismissal of the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump. A spokesman for Smith revealed the move in a statement Monday hours after U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon threw out the case. The judge sided with Trump’s lawyers, who said Smith’s appointment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s official: Jubilant delegates nominate Trump for president as he announces Vance as running mate
By Christine Fernando, Steve Peoples And Jill Colvin, The Associated Press on July 15th, 2024
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Jubilant GOP delegates cheered as they formally nominated Donald Trump during Monday’s Republican National Convention kickoff, less than two days after an assassination attempt on the former president and shortly after he announced Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate. Their vote makes it official that Trump, who has ... Read More »
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