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World Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city and knocked out electricity to nearly a million homes and businesses. People killed by falling trees, toppled crane; destruction brings Houston to standstillThe Associated Press · Posted: May 17, 2024 7:16 AMContinue Reading

World Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip have rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time, as Israeli restrictions on border crossings and heavy fighting hindered the delivery of food and other supplies. U.S. and aid groups warn floatingContinue Reading

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began addressing a solemn ceremony in Jerusalem earlier this week commemorating the country’s dead from wars and other hostilities, Nir Galon rose to his feet and proceeded with a silent, one-man protest. Standing near the rear of the open-air auditorium, the 43-year-old Jerusalem IT entrepreneur unfurled a largeContinue Reading

There’s one vital witness in Donald Trump’s criminal trial whose testimony weaves together all the elements of the intricate case. And Trump’s lawyers are pulling on that thread. The New York courtroom had already heard Michael Cohen recount this week the myriad lies he’s told in his life, including while underContinue Reading

World Slovak authorities have charged a man with attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Robert Fico, saying the suspect acted alone in a politically motivated attack that laid bare the extreme polarization that has gripped the small central European country. Robert Fico in serious but stable condition after multiple shots inContinue Reading

World·Video Police on Wednesday took back a lecture hall from pro-Palestinian protesters who for hours occupied the building at the University of California, Irvine, then cleared a student encampment that stood for more than two weeks, witnesses said. University officials asked for help because protesters had occupied a lecture hallThomson Reuters · Posted: May 16, 2024 3:21Continue Reading

World Decades after Nakba, Palestinians say current war like catastrophe ‘all over again’Palestinians on Wednesday commemorated the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, or “catastrophe,” drawing similarities between the mass wartime displacement of 1948 with the “misery” hundreds of thousands of families in Gaza have experienced during latest conflict with Israel. TheContinue Reading

As Vladimir Putin and his large entourage touch down Thursday in Beijing for a two-day state visit, there were be plenty of public overtures about cooperation, but with China facing increasing pressure from the U.S. over its trade relationship with Russia, China’s President Xi Jinping will have to figure out how farContinue Reading

World·New U.S. President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump agreed on Wednesday to hold two campaign debates — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for the first presidential face-off in just weeks. CNN toContinue Reading