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World Melinda French Gates said on Monday she is stepping down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the largest private charitable organizations in the world. Former wife of Microsoft co-founder says she plans to continue her philanthropic workThomson Reuters · Posted: May 13, 2024 1:10Continue Reading

World Ukrainian troops are still locked in pitched battles in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, amid new Russian ground offensive that began last week. Only 200-300 people remain in town of Vovchansk, down from pre-war population of 17,000The Associated Press · Posted: May 13, 2024 10:02 AMContinue Reading

World U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has delivered some of the Biden administration’s strongest public criticism yet of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, saying Israeli tactics have meant “a horrible loss of life of innocent civilians” but failed to neutralize Hamas leaders and fighters. Antony Blinken’s criticismContinue Reading

Donald Trump’s criminal trial has just heard its most salacious testimony. Now, with the trial nearing a conclusion, it is hearing its most substantive. With the prosecution hinting it might rest its case within days, on Monday, it called upon a man who went from being the former U.S. president’sContinue Reading

World At least seven people were killed and 17 injured when a whole section of a Russian apartment block collapsed after it was struck by a Soviet-era missile launched by Ukraine and shot down by Russia, Russian officials said. Russian forces claim to have captured multiple villages in Kharkiv areaThomsonContinue Reading

World Israel issues new evacuation orders for Rafah amid expanding offensive in packed cityIsrael ordered new evacuations in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to move as it prepares to expand its military operation closer to the heavily populated central area, in defianceContinue Reading

World Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the UN food agency said Saturday. Taliban official says ‘substantial number’ of people injured following heavy rainsThe Associated Press · Posted: May 11, 2024 10:44 AM EDT | Last Updated: MayContinue Reading

World Swiss rapper and singer Nemo won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with The Code, a drum-and-bass, opera, rap and rock tune about Nemo’s journey of self-discovery as a non-binary person. Dutch contestant expelled following complaint from production crew memberThe Associated Press · Posted: May 11, 2024 9:13 AM EDTContinue Reading

World The Biden administration said Friday that Israel’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law, but wartime conditions prevented U.S. officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes. But wartime conditions prevented officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikesThe Associated Press · Posted:Continue Reading