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Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A council member at the English Football Association who made an inappropriate post regarding the war in Gaza has resigned from his position. Wasim Haq had been suspended for the comments he made earlier this month on social media. The comments reportedly referred to Adolf Hitler and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing heavy pressure from his own Conservatives to take swift action to bring down migration as new data showed net migration numbers were higher than previously thought. The Office for National Statistics on Thursday revised its estimates for net migration to
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German police have arrested two men following raids targeting organized migrant-smuggling in the country’s capital and the northern state of Lower Saxony. About 260 officers took part in Thursday’s raids and searches at eight properties in Lower Saxony and another six in Berlin. The suspects are accused of smuggling more than 200
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A Russia-dominated security grouping has held a summit in Belarus with the absence of one of its members, Armenia, which has been irked by what it sees as a lack of support over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Speaking during Thursday’s meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed what
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — El presidente electo de Argentina, Javier Milei, agradeció este miércoles la carta que el presidente de China, Xi Jinping, le envió para felicitarlo por su victoria en las elecciones. “Agradezco al Presidente Xi Jinping las felicitaciones y los buenos deseos que me ha hecho llegar a través de su carta. Le envío
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said in a newly released interview he was “prejudiced against” for being a “rich, White billionaire” when he was arrested for driving while intoxicated in 2014. Irsay pled guilty later that year to one misdemeanor count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated but, in
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By Laura Paddison and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — It began with a law about heat pumps. It ended with stones being thrown at politicians and a surge in popularity for the far right. For an example of how climate change is increasingly becoming a flashpoint in the culture wars, Germany is a good place
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Melissa Barrera is speaking out after being let go from the production of “Scream VII.” The actress has been one of the recent stars of the slasher franchise and was expected to be in the next installment. But that is no longer the case following previous social media
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The Slovak government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese electric vehicle battery maker Gotion High-Tech and its local partner, InoBat, to build a car battery plant in Slovakia. The two companies formed Gotion InoBat Batteries, a Chinese-Slovak venture to build the plant in the town of Surany. It should
Continue ReadingLIVINGSTON, Ky. (AP) — A chemical fire at a Kentucky train derailment that caused evacuations has been extinguished and people can return to their homes, rail operator CSX said Thursday. CSX spokesperson Bryan Tucker said in an email Thursday afternoon that “the fire is completely out.” He said that authorities and CSX officials reviewed air
Continue ReadingBy ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking to restrict visits to three former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders on trial for war crimes, who they accuse of trying to manipulate witnesses and leak confidential testimony. Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, Parliament ex-speaker Kadri Veseli and former lawmaker Rexhep
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — If ever the hard right in Europe needed a set of jumper cables to rev up their electoral engine again in the wake of last month’s major setback in Poland, Geert Wilders in the Netherlands provided it. Congratulations rolled in Thursday from all sides where the far
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA O’MALLEY and ALEXANDRE PLAZA Associated Press KING GEORGE ISLAND, Antarctica (AP) — On the cusp of the COP28 climate talks, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited frozen but rapidly melting Antarctica and said Thursday that intense action must be taken at the conference where countries will address their commitments to lowering emissions of planet-warming
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military offensive has turned much of northern Gaza into an uninhabitable moonscape. Whole neighborhoods have been erased. Homes, schools and hospitals have been blasted by airstrikes and scorched by tank fire. Some buildings are still standing, but most are battered shells. Nearly 1 million Palestinians have
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Israel and Ukraine could face each other for a spot at next year’s European Championship. Both countries are currently fighting wars. The two national teams were put on the same qualifying path in the playoff draw with a possible deciding match in March. Israel was
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — The shock election results in the Netherlands have taken Europe by surprise, and left many onlookers unsure exactly what happens next. Far-right populist Geert Wilders and his Freedom Party (PVV) are now seeking to form a government after an unexpectedly big win in Wednesday’s national vote. “I honestly
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich scolded his home fans for booing Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard on Wednesday night, as former the Spurs star was jeered while shooting free throws. “Excuse me for a second. Can we stop all the booing and let these guys play?” Popovich
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Venice authorities on Thursday unveiled a pilot program to charge day-trippers 5 euros ($5.45) apiece to enter the fragile lagoon city on peak weekends next year in an effort to reduce crowds, encourage longer visits and improve the quality of life for residents. The rollout of the
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK and JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — The European Union’s border agency says that it will send dozens of officers and equipment as reinforcements to Finland to help police its borders amid suspicion that Russia is behind an influx of migrants arriving to the country. Frontex said Thursday that it expects
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