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Kremlin rejects US claims Russia used ‘chemical weapon’ in Ukraine
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Author: Agence France-Presse
Posted: May 2, 2024, 3:23 pm
China’s new aircraft carrier conducts first sea trials: state media
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Author: Agence France-Presse
Posted: May 2, 2024, 3:20 pm
Manta Ray UUV moves closer to operational readiness after successful tests
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Author: USGovernment
Posted: May 2, 2024, 3:16 pm
Croatia gets French fighter jets in major arms purchase
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Author: Agence France-Presse
Posted: April 25, 2024, 4:55 pm
China warns US military support for Taiwan increases ‘risk of conflict’
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Author: Agence France-Presse
Posted: April 25, 2024, 3:17 pm
UK aims to boost economic defences against security risks
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Author: Agence France-Presse
Posted: April 18, 2024, 3:25 pm
Russian ‘cyber sabotage’ a global threat: security firm
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Author: Agence France-Presse
Posted: April 18, 2024, 3:21 pm
NASA chief warns of Chinese military presence in space
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Author: Agence France-Presse
Posted: April 18, 2024, 3:19 pm
Iran warns Israel against attacking nuclear sites
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Author: Agence France-Presse
Posted: April 18, 2024, 3:17 pm
Russia says neutralised 20 drones, 2 missiles
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Author: Agence France-Presse
Posted: April 18, 2024, 3:15 pm
AP NEWS
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Indianapolis police have shot and critically wounded a male pointing a weapon at other people and threatening to shoot them.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 9:03 pm
Bayer Leverkusen silenced the Stadio Olimpico with a 2-0 win at Roma in the first leg of the Europa League semifinals to extend its record unbeaten streak to 47 matches across all competitions.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 9:00 pm
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A witness saw smoke coming from one of the engines of an old military plane that crashed last week shortly after taking off on a flight to deliver fuel to a remote Alaska village, according to a preliminary crash report released Thursday.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:59 pm
Exiled Belarus opposition leader says she hasn’t heard from her imprisoned husband for over 400 days
Belarus’ exiled opposition leader says that she hasn’t heard from her imprisoned husband for 421 days.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:58 pm
Francisco Lindor delivered a pair of two-run doubles off the bench, rallying the New York Mets past the Chicago Cubs 7-6 in 11 innings for a split of their four-game series.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:53 pm
Apple has posted its steepest quarterly decline in iPhone sales since the pandemic’s outset. The results reflect a deepening a slump that’s increasing the pressure on the trendsetting company to spruce up its products with more artificial intelligence.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:51 pm
Billie Jean King’s $5,000 check sure went a long way for women’s sports. King used the money from a sportswoman of the year award to launch the Women’s Sports Foundation 50 years ago in 1974.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:44 pm
Tottenham’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League are getting thinner by the day. Spurs fell 2-0 at Chelsea and slumped to a second loss to a London rival in the space of four days in the Premier League.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:40 pm
A pilot has died after a small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in a Georgia city. The plane crashed on Thursday a little more than a half mile from Daniel Field, a general aviation airport in Augusta.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:39 pm
U.S. national team defender Kelley O’Hara announced Thursday that she is retiring from soccer at the end of the National Women’s Soccer League season.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:38 pm
The Federal Reserve’s decision Wednesday to keep its benchmark rate at a two-decade high should have ripple effects across the economy.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:35 pm
Gov. Andy Beshear is predicting that his recent economic development trip to Germany and Switzerland will reap more business investments in Kentucky.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:25 pm
Texas Rangers right-hander Nathan Eovaldi left the game against Washington with right groin tightness after throwing a pitch to Luis Garcia Jr. with one out in the top of the sixth inning.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:20 pm
Social media users are sharing the false image to erroneously allege that the U.S. government is considering limits on what people can say about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:18 pm
U.S. stocks closed higher and trimmed their losses for the week. The S&P 500 climbed 0.9% Thursday, a day after swinging sharply when the Federal Reserve said it’s likely delaying cuts to interest rates.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:16 pm
Israel and Hamas appear to be seriously negotiating an end to the war in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:10 pm
The North Carolina Senate has approved legislation to set aside roughly $500 million more for now for programs that provide taxpayer money to help K-12 students attend private schools.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:06 pm
Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia have been especially respectful of each other heading into Saturday night’s bout.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:04 pm
Two horses fell and their riders were unseated in the second race at Churchill Downs, two days before the historic track hosts the 150th Kentucky Derby.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:03 pm
Mike Yastrzemski had a visit from his grandfather Carl and then homered into the Red Sox bullpen like the Hall of Fame outfielder so often did in his heyday, and the San Francisco Giants beat Boston 3-1.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:02 pm
The U.S. military said an airstrike in Syria in May 2023 that was targeting an al-Qaida leader killed an innocent civilian instead. The investigation by U.S.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 8:01 pm
Peter Oosterhuis was best known in recent years as a CBS golf analyst. He had quite the playing career, too. Oosterhuis has died at the age of 75.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 7:58 pm
Jurors have heard closing arguments in a landmark case seeking to hold the state of New Hampshire accountable for abuse at its youth detention center.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 7:57 pm
A candidate seeking the Republican nomination for a central North Carolina congressional seat has announced she’s suspending her campaign days before her primary runoff election.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 7:55 pm
Alabama has authorized the execution of a second inmate by nitrogen gas. The decision comes after the state carried out the first nitrogen execution in January.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 7:55 pm
Ryan Mountcastle and Jorge Mateo each homered and drove in two runs to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a series-deciding 7-2 victory over the New York Yankees.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 7:54 pm
Liberian President Joseph Boakai has signed an executive order to create a long-awaited war crimes court to deliver justice to the victims of Liberia's two civil wars.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 7:52 pm
Onsi Saleh has been officially hired by the Hawks as an assistant general manager, coming to Atlanta from Golden State.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 7:52 pm
Authorities arrest man suspected of fatally shooting 1 person, wounding 2 others in northern Arizona
Authorities say a man suspected of fatally shooting one person and wounding two others in a domestic violence incident on the Navajo Nation earlier this week has been arrested.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 7:47 pm
The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to rule on whether the state is violating its own constitution with a program that would spend $10 million public money on infrastructure grants for private schools.
Posted: May 2, 2024, 7:44 pm
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Police clear out UCLA's pro-Palestinian encampment
Officers in riot gear tore down makeshift barriers and set off flash bangs as they dismantled the site.
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Posted: May 2, 2024, 6:57 pm
Ukrainian MP charged with embezzling £220,000
Prosecutors allege the politician bought assets worth far more than his official income could cover.
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Posted: May 2, 2024, 6:38 pm
Nigerian paints nails for three days in world record bid
The 19-year-old technician says she painted 4,000 nails in an attempt to break the world record.
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Posted: May 2, 2024, 5:35 pm