US recognizes opposition candidate González as the winner of Venezuela's presidential election (apnews.com)
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US recognizes opposition candidate González as the winner of Venezuela's presidential election (apnews.com)
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US recognizes opposition candidate González as the winner of Venezuela's presidential election (apnews.com)
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Ukraine receives first F-16 fighter jets to bolster defenses against Russia, officials tell AP (apnews.com)
Ukraine has received the first F-16 fighter jets that it has sought for months to fight back against an onslaught of Russian missile strikes, a U.S. official confirmed to The Associated Press....
Lawyers for Saudi Arabia seek dismissal of claims it supported the Sept. 11 hijackers (apnews.com)
Lawyers for relatives of 9/11 victims say that a group of extremist religious leaders in Saudi Arabia gained influence in the Saudi government and aided the 9/11 hijackers who flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Fifteen of the 19 Sept. 11 attackers were Saudis....
Teen brother of Air Force airman who was killed by Florida deputy is shot to death near Atlanta (apnews.com)
The teenage brother of a U.S. Air Force airman who was shot and killed in his home by a Florida sheriff’s deputy in May has been killed in a shooting in the Atlanta area, authorities said....
Donald Trump's gag order remains in effect after hush money conviction, New York appeals court rules (apnews.com)
A New York appeals court on Thursday denied Donald Trump’s bid to end a gag order in his hush money criminal case, rejecting the Republican president’s argument that his May conviction “constitutes a change in circumstances” that warrants lifting the restrictions....
Mpox outbreaks declared in Kenya and Central African Republic. The race is on to contain the spread (apnews.com)
Kenya and the Central African Republic have declared new outbreaks of mpox as Africa’s health officials race to contain the spread of the disease in a region lacking vaccines....
Families face food insecurity in Republican-led states that turned down federal aid this summer (apnews.com)
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Venezuela’s Maduro asks top court to audit the presidential election, but observers cry foul (apnews.com)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday asked Venezuela’s high court to conduct an audit of the presidential election after opposition leaders disputed his claim of victory, drawing criticism from foreign observers who said the court is too close to the government to produce an independent review....
US arrests a former Green Beret over the failed 2020 raid into Venezuela to remove Maduro (apnews.com)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A former U.S. Green Beret who in 2020 organized a failed cross-border raid of Venezuelan army deserters to remove President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested in New York on federal arms smuggling charges....
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9/11 attacks, agrees to plead guilty (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the mastermind of al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The development points to a long-delayed resolution in an attack that killed thousands and altered the course of the United States...
3 inmates dead and at least 9 injured in rural Nevada prison 'altercation,' officials say (apnews.com)
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Dutch beach volleyball player convicted of rape is booed again, louder, in second match of Olympics (apnews.com)
Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who served time in prison after he was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl, won his second match at the Paris Olympics and received an even harsher reaction from the crowd on Wednesday than for his first match.
Bangladesh mourns some 200 deaths as student protests wind down and thousands are arrested (apnews.com)
US stands by decision that 50 million air bag inflators are dangerous, steps closer to huge recall (apnews.com)
U.S. auto safety regulators say they stand by a conclusion that more than 50 million air bag inflators are dangerous and should not be in use, taking another step toward a massive recall....
China is restricting export of drones that can be used for military purposes and some drone features (apnews.com)
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China is restricting export of drones that can be used for military purposes and some drone features (apnews.com)
Myanmar's military regime extends state of emergency by 6 months as civil war rages (apnews.com)
Donald Trump falsely questions Kamala Harris' race as he appears at gathering of Black journalists (apnews.com)
UAW endorses Harris, giving her blue-collar firepower in industrial states (apnews.com)
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is killed in Iran by an alleged Israeli strike, threatening escalation (apnews.com)
China adjusts restrictions on unregulated civilian drones that can be used for military purposes (apnews.com)
BANGKOK (AP) — China says it will prohibit the export of all unregulated civilian drones that can be used for military purposes or in terrorist activities and that certain drone features will be restricted as the East Asian country faces repeated Western criticism for its stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine....
How Hungary's Orbán uses control of the media to escape scrutiny and keep the public in the dark (apnews.com)
In the months leading up to elections for the European Parliament, Hungarians were warned that casting a ballot against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán would be a vote for all-out war....
Rescuers search through mud and debris as deaths rise to 151 in landslides in southern India (apnews.com)
Hundreds of rescue workers searched through mud and debris Wednesday from multiple landslides that have killed at least 151 people in southern India, police said....
