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Month: September 2024

Did Middle East device attack violate international law? Advocates want an investigation

Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Human rights advocates are calling for an independent investigation into the deadly explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon and Syria, suggesting the blasts may have violated international law if the devices were fashioned as booby traps. The explosions that have been widely blamed on Israel killed at least 37

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Facebook loses jurisdiction appeal in Kenyan court paving the way for moderators’ case to proceed

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has lost an appeal in a Kenyan labor court. On Friday, the court ruled that Meta could be sued in Kenya over the mass sacking of content moderators. The case involves 185 content moderators from various African countries. They were working for a Meta contractor

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New York magazine says its star political reporter is on leave after a relationship was disclosed

AP Media Writer New York magazine says that its highly regarded Washington correspondent, Olivia Nuzzi, is on leave after disclosing that she violated the publication’s standards by having a personal relationship with a former reporting subject. The newsletter Status, which broke the story, and The New York Times both cite unnamed sources in identifying Robert

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What to know about Mark Robinson, the embattled Republican nominee for North Carolina governor

Associated Press North Carolina’s Republican candidate for governor is at the center of a national news story. That’s because of the salacious nature of a series of posts by Mark Robinson, unearthed by CNN, from a pornography web site’s discussion board. The posts by the socially conservative candidate have not been independently confirmed by The

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A strike by Boeing factory workers shows no signs of ending after its first week

AP Airlines Writer Boeing has started rolling furloughs of nonunion employees as a week-old labor strike by 33,000 union machinists shows no signs of ending. Federal mediators joined talks between Boeing and the union this week. Company and union officials reported that little progress was made during the two sessions. Boeing’s CEO said Friday that

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Haiti’s insecurity is worsening as gangs seize more territory, UN rights expert says

Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.N. human rights expert says that gang violence is spreading across Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission targeting criminals remains underfunded and understaffed. William O’Neill said on Friday that Haiti’s National Police still lack the “logistical and technical capacity” to fight gangs, which he said are encroaching on new

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Biden opens busy foreign policy stretch as anxious allies shift gaze to Trump, Harris

Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden is opening a busy stretch tending to international allies anxious about where U.S. foreign policy may be headed when he leaves office in four months. He’s hosting a weekend summit in Delaware with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan. He’s also welcoming UAE’s president to

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An ancient Greek vase gifted to an Italian leader is returned by his family to Greece

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — As Italian prime minister, Alcide De Gasperi oversaw the post-World War II return to Greece of Rhodes and the other Dodecanese islands. A grateful Greek government presented him with an ancient vase. Now, De Gasperi’s grandson has voluntarily returned the 2,500-year-old artifact to Greece, whose culture minister has praised what she

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New Zealand’s army chief: Pacific nations need tailored military training

Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s army chief, Maj. Gen. Rose King, has highlighted the challenges Pacific Island nations face with foreign military training in an interview with The Associated Press. She explained Friday that larger nations often provide support that isn’t always helpful. New Zealand has built trust through soft power

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Wisconsin officials ask state Supreme Court to decide if RFK Jr. stays on ballot

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Election officials in Wisconsin are asking the state’s liberal-controlled Supreme Court to decide whether independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name should stay on the presidential ballot without waiting for an appellate ruling. Kennedy suspended his campaign in August and endorsed former President Donald Trump. He’s been trying to get his name

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North Carolina’s governor vetoes private school vouchers and immigration enforcement orders

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill that allocates hundreds of millions of dollars to expanded private school vouchers and immigration enforcement. The Republican plan that Cooper rejected Friday also orders sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigrant agents searching jails for people who may be in

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Mali officials close livestock markets over suspected links to militants

Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Following a deadly attack in Mali’s capital by al-Qaida linked militants, authorities there have temporarily closed livestock markets that typically are run by an ethnic group that authorities associate with the militants. The al-Qaida-linked militant group JNIM claimed responsibility for the attacks Tuesday on a military training camp and

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Penn State removes its student newspaper racks over concerns about political ads

Associated Press Penn State removed nearly three dozen racks containing its independent student-produced newspaper from on-campus this week because politics-related ads on the racks violated school policy. The Daily Collegian reports they were not notified of the racks’ removal Wednesday night and were not told where they are being stored. The newspaper said there were

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