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World Arsonists attacked France’s high-speed rail network early Friday, setting fires that paralyzed train travel to Paris for some 800,000 people across Europe, including athletes heading to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Train travel snarled for an estimated 800,000 peopleThe Associated Press · Posted: Jul 26, 2024 5:37Continue Reading

World U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris’s Thursday meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was her first chance to distinguish herself from the Biden administration. But political scientists say she must tread carefully to balance a Democratic base fractured by one of the most divisive foreign policy issues of the campaign.Continue Reading

World Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in power since 2013 and running for a third term on July 28, is confident he is still the right man to lead the OPEC country, but Sunday’s presidential election has attracted a level of voter enthusiasm for the opposition that could topple his regime.Continue Reading

World A Philippine oil tanker sank in Manila Bay early Thursday after encountering huge waves, leaving a crewman dead and 16 others rescued in a late-night operation by the coast guard. The force was also assessing whether the vessel was leaking oil — in what could be a major spillContinue Reading

World This Gaza man makes videos cooking aid food for children in displacement campsHamada Shaqoura, 33, says the kids motivate him to cook so that he can make them some of the meals they used to have before the war. Some of his videos have gone viral on TikTok, andContinue Reading

World Aid workers say Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, is struggling to meet the needs of women and children because of an influx of wounded patients and a shortage of critical supplies. Medical staff face shortage of critical supplies, influx of wounded patients Idil Mussa · CBCContinue Reading

World Thomas Crooks, the shooter who killed one person and injured Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on July 13 may have possessed a collapsible stock weapon, FBI director Christopher Wray told lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Christopher Wray says collapsible stock may explain why shooter didn’t appear armed onContinue Reading

World A domestic plane crashed Wednesday just after taking off from the airport serving Nepal’s capital, killing 18 people and injuring a pilot who was the lone survivor. Saurya Airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff from KathmanduThe Associated Press · Posted: Jul 24, 2024 6:30 AM EDT | Last Updated:Continue Reading

When athletes from Russia and Belarus compete at the Summer Olympics in Paris, there will be no national flags, no anthems and a much smaller delegation than in previous years as Russia’s war on Ukraine has turned a country that was once an Olympic powerhouse into a pariah. During the TokyoContinue Reading