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Israeli army kills 16-year-old Palestinian in West Bank, claiming youths threw explosives

Israeli security forces on Saturday killed a 16-year-old Palestinian in a confrontation in the southern occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said, the latest violence to roil the territory during one of the most violent stretches of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in nearly two decades. The death of Milad al-Rai brings to 185 the number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank so far this year by Israeli fire, including over 30 youths under the age of 18. This year’s death toll in the West Bank and east Jerusalem has already overtaken that of 2022, which had been

September 09, 2023
Israeli army kills 16-year-old Palestinian in West Bank, claiming youths threw explosives
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G20 leaders pay their respects at a Gandhi memorial on the final day of the summit in India

G20 leaders paid their respects at a memorial site dedicated to Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi on Sunday — a day after the forum added a new member and reached agreements on a range of issues but softened their language on Russia’s war in Ukraine. India, this year’s Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations host, ended the first day of the summit with diplomatic wins. As the first session began, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the group was adding the African Union as a member — part of the Indian leader’s drive

September 10, 2023
G20 leaders pay their respects at a Gandhi memorial on the final day of the summit in India
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Most of West Maui will welcome back visitors next month under a new wildfire emergency proclamation

Most of West Maui will officially reopen to travelers Oct. 8 under a new wildfire emergency proclamation signed on Friday by Hawaii Gov. Josh Green. Nonessential travel to much of the island’s western coastline has been strongly discouraged since devastating wildfires killed at least 115 people in the historic town of Lahaina last month. State tourism officials initially urged travelers to stay away from Maui so residents and agencies could focus on emergency response efforts and supporting those displaced by the fires. In mid-August, officials began encouraging tourists to return to other parts of Maui, avoiding the

September 09, 2023
Most of West Maui will welcome back visitors next month under a new wildfire emergency proclamation
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Phoenix has set another heat record by hitting 110 degrees on 54 days this year

How hot is it in Phoenix? In what has been the hottest summer ever measured, the sizzling city in the Sonoran Desert broke yet another record Saturday when temperatures topped 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius). It was the 54th day this year that the official reading at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport made the mark, eclipsing the previous record of 53 days set in 2020. Matt Salerno, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said the hot streak could reach 55 days. “We do have one more day,” he said. An extreme heat warning remained in effect, with temperatures forecast

September 09, 2023
Phoenix has set another heat record by hitting 110 degrees on 54 days this year
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Emma Stone-led 'Poor Things' wins top prize at 80th Venice Film Festival

“Poor Things,” a film about Victorian-era female empowerment, won the Golden Lion on Saturday at a Venice Film Festival largely deprived of Hollywood glamour because of the writers and actors strikes. The film, starring Emma Stone, won the top prize at the 80th edition of the festival, which is often a predictor of Oscar glory. Receiving the award, director Yorgos Lanthimos said the film wouldn’t exist without Stone, who was also a producer but was not on the Lido for the festival. “This film is her, in front and behind the camera,” Lanthimos said. The film, based

September 09, 2023
Emma Stone-led 'Poor Things' wins top prize at 80th Venice Film Festival
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Poland's political parties reveal campaign programs before the Oct 15 general election

Poland’s conservative governing party and the opposition showered potential voters with promises on Saturday as the country’s political parties revealed their campaign programs before the Oct. 15 parliamentary election. The nationalist ruling Law and Justice party, which took power in 2015, wants to win an unprecedented third term. The government’s tenure, however, has been marred with bitter clashes with the European Union over the government’s rule of law record and democratic backsliding. At a party convention, leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who is Poland’s most powerful politician, made promises of new spending on social and military causes for

September 09, 2023
Poland's political parties reveal campaign programs before the Oct 15 general election
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Police announce 2 more confirmed sightings of escaped murderer on the run in Pennsylvania

Police on Saturday reported two more confirmed sightings of an escaped murderer on the run for more than a week in southeast Pennsylvania amid a search by hundreds of law enforcement officers. Danelo Souza Cavalcante, 34, escaped from the Chester County Prison while awaiting transfer to state prison on Aug. 31 after being sentenced to life for fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend in 2021. Prosecutors say he wanted to stop her from telling police that he’s wanted in a killing in his home country of Brazil. Authorities, who have described Cavalcante as extremely dangerous, didn’t release

September 09, 2023
Police announce 2 more confirmed sightings of escaped murderer on the run in Pennsylvania
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Rescue begins of ailing US researcher stuck 3,000 feet inside a Turkish cave, Turkish officials say

Rescue teams began the arduous process Saturday of extricating an American researcher who became seriously ill while he was 1,000 meters (3,000 feet) below the entrance of a cave in Turkey, an official from Turkey’s disaster management agency said. It could take days to bring Mark Dickey to the surface since rescuers anticipate he will have to stop and rest frequently at camps set up along the way as they pull his stretcher through the narrow passages. “This afternoon, the operation to move him from his camp at 1040 meters to the camp at 700 meters began,” the official from

September 09, 2023
Rescue begins of ailing US researcher stuck 3,000 feet inside a Turkish cave, Turkish officials say
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Paris strips Palestinian leader Abbas of special honor for remarks on Holocaust

Paris has rescinded a special honor it bestowed on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas because of his recent antisemitic comments minimizing the Holocaust. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo published a letter Friday saying that “your remarks run counter to universal values and the historical truth of the Holocaust.” Noting that tens of thousands of Jews were rounded up in Paris under the Nazi occupation and deported to death camps, Hidalgo said, “We condemn your comments with the utmost firmness. No cause can justify revisionism and negationism.” Hidalgo awarded Abbas the city’s highest honor, the Grand Bronze of Paris, in

September 09, 2023
Paris strips Palestinian leader Abbas of special honor for remarks on Holocaust
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Live Updates: Morocco struggles after rare, powerful earthquake kills and injures scores of people

Follow live updates of a deadly, powerful earthquake that struck Morocco: ALGERIA OFFERS TO OPEN ITS AIRSPACE Algeria has offered humanitarian aid to neighboring Morocco after a powerful earthquake in the kingdom on Friday night left more than 1,000 people dead. In an exceptional move, Algeria offered to open its airspace to allow eventual humanitarian aid or medical evacuation flights to travel to and from Morocco. Algeria closed the airspace when its government severed diplomatic ties with Morocco in 2021 over a series of issues. The countries have a decades-long dispute involving the territory of Western

September 09, 2023
Live Updates: Morocco struggles after rare, powerful earthquake kills and injures scores of people
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Climate protesters have blocked a Dutch highway to demand an end to big subsidies for fossil fuels

Several thousand climate activists blocked a Dutch highway on Saturday in anger at billions of euros in government subsidies for industries that use oil, coal and gas revealed in a report earlier this week. The protesters — from Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace and other organizations — broke through a police barrier and sat on a main road in The Hague heading to the temporary venue for the lower house of parliament. They threatened to stay until the subsidies are lifted, and to come back every day if the police remove them. The activists brandished signs with

September 09, 2023
Climate protesters have blocked a Dutch highway to demand an end to big subsidies for fossil fuels
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Infrequent inspection of fan blades led to a United jet engine breaking up in 2021, report says

An engine on a United Airlines jet broke up over Denver in 2021 because of wear and tear on a fan blade that was not adequately inspected for signs of cracking, federal investigators said Friday. The National Transportation Safety Board said manufacturer Pratt & Whitney did not call for inspections to be done frequently enough, which allowed tiny cracks to grow undetected, until the fan blade broke. The NTSB said the design and testing of the engine inlet contributed to the severity of the situation, and other factors made the engine fire worse than it should have

September 08, 2023
Infrequent inspection of fan blades led to a United jet engine breaking up in 2021, report says
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Powerful earthquake strikes Morocco, damaging buildings and sending people into the streets

A powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday, damaging buildings in major cities and sending panicked people pouring into streets and alleyways from Rabat to Marrakech. There was no immediate word on any casualties, nor any reports from government officials on the tremor’s impact. Moroccans posted videos showing some buildings turned to rubble. Tourists and others posted videos of people evacuating restaurants in Marrakech as throbbing club music played. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 when it hit at 11:11 p.m. Morocco’s National Seismic Monitoring and Alert Network measured it

September 08, 2023
Powerful earthquake strikes Morocco, damaging buildings and sending people into the streets
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Phoenix is on the cusp of a new heat record after a 53rd day reaching at least 110 degrees this year

Phoenix is on the cusp of yet another heat record this summer after an additional day of 110-degree weather. The National Weather Service said the desert city on Friday saw 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) for the 53rd day this year, tying it with the record set in 2020. If Phoenix reaches 110 degrees or more as expected Saturday, it would mark a record 54 days in one year. An extreme heat warning is in effect for the entire weekend, with temperatures forecast as high as 113 degrees Fahrenheit (45 Celsius) on Saturday and 111 degrees Fahrenheit

September 08, 2023
Phoenix is on the cusp of a new heat record after a 53rd day reaching at least 110 degrees this year
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A UN envoy has made his first visit to Western Sahara. He pledged to advance the political process

The United Nations doubled down on its pledge to revive stalled negotiations over the disputed Western Sahara during a visit to the region this week in which its top negotiator met with officials on all sides before the release of a highly anticipated U.N. report next month. The visit was Staffan de Mistura’s first to the Western Sahara since he was appointed in 2021 to oversee U.N. efforts to guide negotiations that date back more than three decades. Morocco annexed Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony in 1975, sparking a conflict with the pro-independence Polisario Front.

September 08, 2023
A UN envoy has made his first visit to Western Sahara. He pledged to advance the political process
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Ex-Philadelphia police officer surrenders on murder charges after fatal shooting of Eddie Irizarry

A former Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a driver who was sitting in his car turned himself in Friday morning and will now face murder charges in the fatal shooting. Former Officer Mark Dial surrendered on a criminal warrant and was scheduled to be arraigned later Friday. The district attorney said the charges against Dial include murder, official oppression and other counts. His attorney said the shooting was justified. The district attorney’s office also released police bodycam footage of the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry. It showed Dial firing his weapon through the driver’s

September 08, 2023
Ex-Philadelphia police officer surrenders on murder charges after fatal shooting of Eddie Irizarry
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US-backed Kurdish fighters say battles with tribesmen in eastern Syria that killed dozens have ended

A U.S.-backed Syrian force declared its operations in eastern Syria completed Friday after almost two weeks of fighting with local tribesmen left dozens of people dead. The Syrian Democratic Forces said the fighting ended with its recapture of areas in Deir el-Zour province that the Kurdish-led force had lost during the battles triggered by the militia’s arrest of a rival U.S.-backed commander. The clashes were among the worst in recent years in the region along the border with Iraq where hundreds of U.S. troops have been based since 2015 to help in the fight against the Islamic

September 08, 2023
US-backed Kurdish fighters say battles with tribesmen in eastern Syria that killed dozens have ended
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Greek ferry crews call a strike over work conditions after the death of a passenger pushed overboard

Travelers to Greece’s popular island destinations will face disruptions next week because of a 24-hour strike on Sept. 13 by ferry crews who cite safety and labor concerns. The PNO union said the decision was made Friday “on the occasion of the repulsive incident” this week in Greece’s main port of Piraeus, in which a tardy passenger drowned after being pushed into the sea by a ferry crew member. The union didn’t directly link the reasons for the strike with Tuesday’s drowning, which sparked anger and condemnation across Greece. A PNO statement deplored what it called

September 08, 2023
Greek ferry crews call a strike over work conditions after the death of a passenger pushed overboard
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Rail infrastructure in Hamburg is damaged by fires. Police suspect a political motive

A series of fires hit railway infrastructure in the German city of Hamburg overnight, causing widespread disruption to trains between Hamburg and Berlin and between the port city and the Baltic Sea coast. Police said they suspect that the damage was politically motivated. Railway operator Deutsche Bahn said that trains on the main high-speed route between Hamburg and Berlin were canceled because of vandalism. It said it was running some trains on an alternative route that takes up to an hour longer. Long-distance trains between Hamburg and Rostock also were canceled. Deutsche Bahn said it likely would

September 08, 2023
Rail infrastructure in Hamburg is damaged by fires. Police suspect a political motive
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Latest sighting of fugitive killer in Pennsylvania spurs closure of popular botanical garden

One of the country’s top botanical gardens has been closed indefinitely after reports that an escaped murderer on the run in southeast Pennsylvania may have once again been spotted on the property. When Longwood Gardens closed Thursday night, people who remained on the property were told to shelter in place as law officers searched part of the site for fugitive Danelo Souza Cavalcante. The 34-year-old Brazilian man escaped from the Chester County Prison on Aug. 31 by scaling a wall, climbing over razor wire and jumping from a roof. There was a possible sighting of

September 08, 2023
Latest sighting of fugitive killer in Pennsylvania spurs closure of popular botanical garden
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Man gets 110 years for killing ex-girlfriend, her grandmother outside Indiana auto seating plant

A man who fatally shot a former girlfriend and her grandmother outside an Indiana automotive seating plant was sentenced to 110 years in prison by a judge who called the killings “brutal and heinous.” Gary Ferrell II, 28, had avoided a possible death sentence when he pleaded guilty in April to two counts of murder in the 2021 killings of Promise Mays, 21, and Pamela Sledd, 62. He was sentenced Thursday. The Rossville women had driven to NHK Seating of America in Frankfort together and were about to start their shift on Aug. 18, 2021, when

September 08, 2023
Man gets 110 years for killing ex-girlfriend, her grandmother outside Indiana auto seating plant
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EU rebukes its representative in Austria over 'blood money' comment on Russian gas imports

The European Union’s executive branch strongly criticized the bloc’s representative in Austria for accusing the country of paying “blood money” to Russia for gas supplies and said Friday he has been ordered back to Brussels. EU representative Martin Selmayr said during an event on Wednesday that Austria continues to get 55% of its gas from Russia — but no one, he noted, is out on Vienna’s central Ringstrasse boulevard to protest that, the Austria Press Agency reported. “That surprises me, because blood money is being sent to Russia every day with the gas bill,” Selmayr said, according

September 08, 2023
EU rebukes its representative in Austria over 'blood money' comment on Russian gas imports
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Helicopters airlift residents to safety from deadly floods in central Greece

Severe rainstorms eased but floodwaters were still rising in parts of central Greece Friday, while fire department and military helicopters were plucking people from villages inundated by tons of water and mud that have left six dead, six missing and many people clinging to the roofs of their homes. Flooding triggered by rainstorms also hit neighboring Bulgaria and Turkey, killing a total of 18 people in all three countries since the rains began Tuesday. In Greece, severe rainstorms that lashed the country turned streams into raging torrents that burst dams, washed away roads and bridges and

September 08, 2023
Helicopters airlift residents to safety from deadly floods in central Greece
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Russian missile attack kills policeman, injures 44 others in Zelenskyy's hometown in central Ukraine

A Russian missile attack Friday on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown in central Ukraine killed one policeman and injured at least 44 others, emergency officials said. It was among multiple Russian attacks across the country overnight, officials said. Ten buildings were damaged in the attack on Kryvyi Rih. Three of the people who were pulled out of the rubble were in serious condition, according to Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s minister of Internal Affairs. Photos posted by Klymenko on Telegram showed a building on fire and emergency services evacuating the injured. Three people were also injured in a Russian

September 08, 2023
Russian missile attack kills policeman, injures 44 others in Zelenskyy's hometown in central Ukraine
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Police search huge London park for terrorism suspect who escaped from prison

British police scoured a huge London park on Friday for an ex-soldier who escaped from prison while awaiting trial on terrorism charges. The Metropolitan Police confirmed the search of Richmond Park in the city’s southwest, which involved two helicopters and officers on the ground, was connected to the hunt for Daniel Abed Khalife. The 21-year-old slipped out of Wandsworth Prison on Wednesday morning while working in the kitchen, apparently by clinging to the underside of a food-delivery truck, police said. Khalife is accused of planting fake bombs at a military base and of violating Britain’s Official Secrets

September 08, 2023
Police search huge London park for terrorism suspect who escaped from prison

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