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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — For the first time in two decades, Palestinians in battle-scarred Gaza are voting in local elections Saturday. And in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, voters are casting ballots for the first time since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Turnout may reflect the level of public trust in a broader …
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Authorities in Tunisia have ordered a one-month suspension of the Tunisian League for Human Rights, one of the oldest rights groups in Africa and the Arab world and part of the National Dialogue Quartet awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, in the latest move raising concerns over a widening crackdown on …
ANKARA, April 25 (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that Turkey could consider taking part in demining operations in the Strait of Hormuz following a possible peace agreement between Iran and the United States. Fidan, speaking to reporters in London on Friday evening, said a technical team was expected to carry out mine‑clearing …
April 25 (Reuters) – OpenAI Chief Sam Altman apologized to the Canadian community of Tumbler Ridge for failing to alert police about a banned account linked to Jesse Van Rootselaar, who police say killed eight people in a school in February before taking her own life. • In a letter dated April 23, Altman said …
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s foreign ministry says Afghans who helped America’s war effort and have been stuck in Qatar in the hope of reaching the United States, can safely return to Afghanistan. An organization called #AfghanEvac that supports Afghan resettlement efforts said Wednesday that U.S. officials had informed the group of discussions between the …
April 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Friday it would hold public hearings next week regarding a set of ongoing Section 301 unfair trade practices investigations into dozens of countries suspected of failing to act to prevent imports of goods made using forced labor. The hearings will take place on April …
April 24 (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson will start selling four of its medications on the Trump administration’s TrumpRx website, the company told Reuters on Friday. The company said it would begin offering its diabetes drugs Invokamet, Invokamet XR and Invokana, as well as blood thinner Xarelto, through the TrumpRx platform and its direct‑to‑consumer website, …
WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate will vote as soon as next week on a Democratic-led effort to prevent President Donald Trump from launching an attack on Cuba, Senate aides said on Friday, responding to the Republican’s threats to take military action against the island. Democratic Senators Tim Kaine, Adam Schiff and Ruben …
Ten Santa Clara County employees are on leave and state officials are tightening their grip as another death in the county’s child welfare system has prompted calls for criminal accountability. The alleged sexual assault and killing of 2-year-old Jaxon Juarez — who the Department of Family and Children’s Services placed in the home of a …
Connecticut Democrats flexed their majority muscles on Thursday evening, giving final passage to a fiercely debated vaccine bill with over a week still left to go in the legislative session. The uncharacteristically early 22-12 Senate vote came just two days after the House voted 89-60 in favor of the bill. Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, …