Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is vowing that the U.S. will continue to support Ukraine’s war effort against Russia, even as the U.S. Congress remains stalled over funding to send additional …
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR
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3/19/24
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The U.S. State Department said Secretary of State Antony Blinken will underscore Washington’s “ironclad commitment” to its alliance with the Philippines on Tuesday as he meets with top …
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BY JIM GOMEZ
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3/19/24
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Around 60,000 Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon are grappling with the question of when they will be able to return home. Hezbollah began launching rockets …
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By MELANIE LIDMAN
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3/19/24
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Three teens have been detained over the gruesome murder of a 13-year-old boy in China, sparking debate over bullying and mental health in China’s countryside. Chinese authorities said Sunday that …
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By DAKE KANG
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3/18/24
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To no one’s surprise, President Vladimir Putin secured another six years in power in a preordained election landslide that comes amid the harshest crackdown on the opposition and free speech …
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By DASHA LITVINOVA
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3/18/24
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Lawmakers in Gambia have rejected for now an attempt to repeal a ban on female genital cutting, which would make the West African nation the first country anywhere to make that reversal. Activists in …
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By ABDOULIE JOHN and JESSICA DONATI
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3/18/24
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Reactions as Vladimir Putin secures a fifth term as Russia's president after tightly controlled vote
Vladimir Putin has secured an unprecedented fifth term as president of Russia. The election commission announced the results of a vote in which he faced no serious challenges and which happened amid …
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The Associated Press
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3/18/24
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Trump's lawyers say it is impossible for him to post bond covering $454 million civil fraud judgment
Donald Trump’s lawyers told a New York appellate court on Monday that it’s impossible for him to post a bond covering the full amount of his $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals. A …
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK
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3/18/24
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Gangs have attacked two upscale neighborhoods in Haiti’s capital in a rampage that left at least a dozen people dead in surrounding areas. Gunmen looted homes in the communities of Laboule and …
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By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA and ODELYN JOSEPH
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3/18/24
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Israel is urging the top United Nations court to reject the latest request by South Africa for interim orders to prevent starvation in Gaza. The request is part of a case accusing Israel of breaching …
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By MIKE CORDER
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3/18/24
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Israeli forces have launched another raid on the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital. The army says Hamas militants had regrouped inside Shifa Hospital, without providing evidence, and that gunmen fired …
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By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG
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3/18/24
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A decade ago, President Vladimir Putin seized Crimea from Ukraine, a bold land grab that set the stage for Russia to invade its neighbor in 2022. The quick and bloodless seizure of the diamond-shaped …
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By The Associated Press
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3/18/24
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Millions of Germans have been protesting against the rise of the far-right in huge rallies all over the country for weeks in a row, attending events with slogans such as “Never Again is Now.” …
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
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3/18/24
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suspended a ceasefire with one of the handful of armed groups with which he hoped to negotiate peace accords. He said Sunday that the group violated the truce by …
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3/17/24
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A man has fallen to his death from a hot-air balloon as it passed over suburban Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city. The hot-air balloon took off from Melbourne’s northern suburbs early …
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3/17/24
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South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward the North’s east coast. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the North conducted the missile launch Monday morning but gave …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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3/17/24
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he supported an idea to release late opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the man who was his biggest foe died. In …
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By DASHA LITVINOVA
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3/17/24
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From the hush of isolated Siberian villages to the clamor of big cities to war battered towns in occupied parts of Ukraine, Russians voted in a presidential election overwhelmingly dominated by …
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By The Associated Press
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3/17/24
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British musician Steve Harley has died at age 73. His band Cockney Rebel had a huge hit with the song “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me).” Harley’s family said Sunday that he had “passed …
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By JILL LAWLESS
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3/17/24
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The U.S. is scrambling to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel region of Africa after the ruling junta in Niger announced it was ending military cooperation with …
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By JESSICA DONATI and SAM MEDNICK
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3/17/24
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