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The top commander of the U.S. military’s Central Command said the campaign against Iran is “ahead or on plan,” as the Israeli military began what it called “a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting Iranian terror regime infrastructure” early Monday. U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper gave his first one-on-one interview of the war to the Farsi-language …
HANOI, March 23 (Reuters) – Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party started a week-long meeting on Monday that is set to make key state and government personnel decisions, the government said. The plenum is widely expected to nominate the country’s top leadership posts for the next five years, including prime minister, state president and National Assembly chair. …
PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) – France held the runoff of mayoral elections on Sunday, and although the results of local contests do not always offer a reliable preview of national elections, the vote provided a snapshot of the political mood on the ground. Here are five takeaways from the ballot, which comes 13 months before …
DUBAI, March 23 (Reuters) – Iran will retaliate to an attack on its electricity sector by targeting Israel’s power plants as well as power plants supplying U.S. bases with electricity in regional countries, a statement by the Revolutionary Guards on Monday said. The statement seemingly retracted earlier threats to desalination plants in the region, which …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Beneath a leaden sky in a municipal cemetery, relatives of Eduardo Ramos and Alicia Cerrotta carry the two urns containing their remains. They lean down to kiss the wooden caskets before resting them in a mausoleum in Argentina’s northern province of Tucuman. “We finally know where they are,” one of …
BANGKOK, March 23 (Reuters) – Thailand must submit written comments to the United States on the U.S. Section 301 trade investigation by April 15, the commerce ministry said on Monday. The country risks facing a tariff if it fails to defend its case, Chotima Iemsawasdikul, director general of the Department of Trade Negotiations, told a …
NEW YORK (AP) — An Air Canada flight collided with a Port Authority vehicle after landing at LaGuardia Airport, according to authorities. The New York Police Department confirmed the collision but could not immediately offer additional information. A spokesperson for the New York City Fire Department said firefighters responded to reports of a plane that …
March 23 (Reuters) – Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organisation in north London were set ablaze, police said on Monday, adding that the incident was being treated as an antisemitic hate crime. “An investigation has been launched after four ambulances belonging to the Jewish Community Ambulance service were set on fire in Golders …
March 23 (Reuters) – An Air Canada Express regional jet collided with a ground vehicle upon landing at New York’s LaGuardia airport on Monday evening, according to flight tracking website Flightradar24, in an incident that closed the airport. The CRJ-900 plane, which was coming from Montreal, struck the vehicle at a speed of about 24 …
LONDON (AP) — British police are investigating an apparent arson attack on four vehicles belonging to a Jewish ambulance service in London early Monday morning. Four ambulances belonging to Hatzola Northwest, a volunteer organization that provides emergency medical response, were damaged, according to the London fire brigade. Multiple cylinders on the vehicles exploded, causing windows …