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Month: January 2024

Leader of Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland says deal with Ethiopia will allow it to build a naval base

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The president of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has said his government will press ahead with an agreement signed earlier this month with landlocked Ethiopia to give it access to the sea. The deal has been condemned by regional and international groups, as well as Western

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‘In the Summers’ and ‘Porcelain War’ win top prizes at Sundance Film Festival

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer “In the Summers,” an affecting, years-spanning drama about a complicated parent-children relationship, nabbed the Grand Jury prize at the 40th Sundance Film Festival, while the top honor for documentary went to “Porcelain War,” about a Ukrainian couple who craft fragile, intricately painted ceramics while war rages around them. “Sujo,”

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Georgia state Senate approves special committee investigation into Fani Willis

By Shirin Faqiri, CNN (CNN) — The Georgia state Senate on Friday passed a resolution creating a special committee to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis amid allegations of an improper affair with her lead prosecutor in the 2020 election subversion case against former President Donald Trump. The resolution, which cleared the GOP-controlled state

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White House offers key GOP lawmaker access to unredacted January 6 panel transcripts as part of Republican probe

By Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN The White House is offering a key Republican lawmaker the chance to review transcripts from the House January 6 committee’s interviews, according to a letter obtained by CNN, with the goal of appeasing a GOP-led investigation into the panel. GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk will have the opportunity to

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Small plane crashes in neighborhood after takeoff from New Hampshire airport; pilot hospitalized

LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane crashed in a neighborhood near the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in New Hampshire shortly after takeoff, and firefighters helped remove the trapped pilot, who was taken to a hospital. The Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot was the only person on board the Wiggins Airways plane. The

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Billions of cicadas are set to appear in a rare ‘double brood emergence,’ scientists say

By Kate Golembiewski, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. In a matter of months, they will dig their way out from underground, red eyes shining, deafening song filling the air. It will be a confluence of creatures the likes

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