Biden administration moves to force thousands more gun dealers to run background checks
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands more firearms dealers across the U.S. will have to run…
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Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest ever fraud case
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnam court has sentenced real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in the…
Continue Reading Biden to meet with Philippines, Japanese leaders as worry grows about Chinese action in Indo-Pacific
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is gathering Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime…
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GOP leaders pursue new lawsuits over 2024 election rules – including attacking methods of voting they want supporters to use
By Fredreka Schouten and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Republican leaders are encouraging their supporters to vote by mail in this year’s…
Continue Reading Lufthansa and cabin crew union reach a pay deal to end string of German aviation dispute
BERLIN (AP) — Lufthansa and a union representing cabin crew have reached a pay deal, concluding the last of several major disputes that have led to…
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Mondo Duplantis aims for ‘dominance’ in ‘freaky sport’ of pole vault after breaking the world record multiple times
By George Ramsay, Amanda Davies and Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — Few athletes can claim to be as dominant in their discipline as Mondo Duplantis,…
Continue Reading ANÁLISIS | Trump recrea su red de caos dentro y fuera del país en un anticipo de lo que podría ser un segundo mandato
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — A algunos demócratas de alto nivel les preocupa que los estadounidenses hayan olvidado el caos que se…
Continue Reading Turkey seizes its third largest cocaine haul. Experts say the country is becoming a drug transit hub
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s interior minister says police have seized the third largest haul of cocaine in the country’s history. Ali…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s parliament passes a controversial law to boost much-needed conscripts and fill army ranks
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament passed a law on Thursday that will govern how the country recruits new conscripts, following months of…
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Instagram to crack down on teen sextortion
Instagram is aiming to make it harder for potential scammers and criminals to coerce teens into sending nude photos and extort them for…
Continue Reading European diplomats in DC scramble to gain access to Trump allies for insights
By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — European diplomats in Washington are frantically working to set up meetings with allies of former president…
Continue Reading Pioneering US-born sumo wrestling champion Akebono dies aged 54
By Andrew McNicol, Mai Nishiyama and Himari Semans, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Pioneering US-born former sumo wrestling champion Akebono has died, his…
Continue Reading Mexican drug gangs ‘increasingly targeting’ Australia as meth supplies overtake rivals, police say
By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Drug cartels from North America have overtaken rivals in Southeast Asia to become Australia’s top suppliers of…
Continue Reading When are those rate cuts coming, already? The European Central Bank may be providing some hints
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Markets are waiting to hear what European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has…
Continue Reading A bus carrying pilgrims crashes in southwest Pakistan, killing 17 people and injuring 16
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani official says a bus crash has killed 17 people and injured 16 others in the country’s southwest. They…
Continue Reading Russian forces kill 2 suspected of plotting terror attacks, authorities say
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say special forces killed two people suspected of plotting terror attacks in a shootout in the country’s south…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed, taking hot US inflation data in stride
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday after U.S. stocks fell on worries that what had seemed like…
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