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Prince Harry tells Good Morning America he has considered becoming a citizen
[ad_1] LONDON — Prince Harry says, yeah, well, maybe he has considered becoming an American citizen someday. That would be big. He’s fifth in line to the throne in Britain. But hit pause. In a softball interview broadcast on “Good Morning America” on Friday, filmed on the ski slopes of Canada’s Whistler resort, the Duke
In photos: The resilience of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
[ad_1] Russia’s jailed opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, died in a Russian prison colony on Friday, Russia’s prison service announced in the early afternoon, without giving the cause of his death. News of his death flooded across Russian Telegram news channels early Friday afternoon and was later confirmed in a curt announcement by prison authorities. [ad_2]
Who was Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader and Putin critic?
[ad_1] Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny died Friday in a Russian penal colony. A longtime opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Navalny mounted the most significant political challenge to Putin’s rule in the past decade. Russia’s prison service announced his death at 47, giving no cause, stating that he “felt unwell” after a walk and lost
Alexei Navalny, imprisoned Russian opposition leader, dies at 47
[ad_1] Alexei Navalny, the steely Russian lawyer who exposed corruption, self-dealing and abuse of power by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his cronies, sustaining a popular challenge to Putin for more than a decade despite constant pressure from the authorities and a near-fatal poisoning, died Feb. 16 in a Russian prison colony, just above the
Live updates: Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition politician and Putin critic, has died
[ad_1] RIGA, Latvia — Russia’s jailed opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, died in a Russian prison colony on Friday, Russia’s prison service announced early afternoon, without giving the cause of his death. News of his death flooded across Russian Telegram news channels early Friday afternoon, and was later confirmed in a curt announcement by prison authorities.
Kremlin runs covert disinformation campaign to undermine Zelensky
[ad_1] When news first emerged last month that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was preparing to fire his top military commander, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, officials in Moscow seemed jubilant. They had been trying to orchestrate just such a split for many months, documents show. “We need to strengthen the conflict between Zaluzhny and Zelensky, along the
Latest Israel-Hamas war news: U.N. criticizes Nasser hospital raid in Gaza
[ad_1] Israel-Gaza war Israel-Gaza war: Footage and satellite imagery show that Egypt is clearing off, and building a wall around a plot of land along its border with the Gaza Strip, amid fears of an Israeli offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Many Gazans are attempting to flee Rafah where about 1.4 million
Parts of Amazon rainforest could reach tipping point by 2050, study warns
[ad_1] By 2050, up to 47 percent of the Amazon could hit critical ecological tipping points, researchers say, transitioning into savanna grasslands or other degraded ecosystems because of deforestation and human-driven global warming. This could mean the large-scale collapse of a biome that has for 65 million years has served as the Earth’s carbon sink,
As Israel corners Rafah, Netanyahu defies global pressure
[ad_1] You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. The chorus of warnings is hard to ignore. International organizations, rights group advocates and even a growing number of
Greece legalizes same-sex marriage, first for an Orthodox country
[ad_1] Greece on Thursday became the first majority Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex marriage — a watershed moment for the country’s LGBTQ community, which has long fought for visibility and rights in the shadow of the highly influential Greek church. The bill also allows same-sex couples to adopt children and confers full parental rights
Israel raids Nasser Hospital in Gaza, searching for hostage bodies
[ad_1] Israeli forces raided Nasser Hospital, the main hospital in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, on Thursday. The Israel Defense Forces said it was conducting an operation to recover the bodies of hostages, while the Gaza Health Ministry accused the IDF of storming the complex “after demolishing the southern wall,” and turning
US will build up to 5 Somali army bases in bid to combat extremist threat
[ad_1] The U.S. will build up to five military bases for the Somali army in a project that seeks to bolster the Somalian national army’s capabilities amid ongoing threats from an extremist group. Somalia’s defense minister and the U.S. charge d’affaires signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday in Mogadishu, the Somali capital. ANTI-GANG TASK FORCE
Mexican highways blocked by truckers protesting violent robberies
[ad_1] Truckers staged protests on busy highways outside of Mexico City on Thursday to protest the wave of killings of drivers during highway robberies. Trucks either drove very slowly or blocked some lanes of traffic. The protest was organized by the Mexican Alliance of Drivers’ Organizations, known by its initials as Amotac, which is demanding
Ukraine backers in House explore bypassing Johnson to secure more aid
[ad_1] A bipartisan group of lawmakers sat across from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week and delivered the good news — and, then, the bad. The good news, recalled Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), was that if the House were to vote on sending additional aid to Kyiv, “it would pass overwhelmingly.” The bad news, he
Border Patrol’s second-ranking official suspended for alleged misconducts
[ad_1] The acting deputy chief of the U.S. Border Patrol was suspended on misconduct allegations Thursday and departed U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters in downtown Washington, three CBP officials said. Joel Martinez, who was named the second-ranking Border Patrol official in January, is a 31-year veteran of the Border Patrol, according to his CBP
US secretary of state supports Western Balkans on path toward European Union integration
[ad_1] U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Albania on Thursday to reaffirm relations with a key partner in the region and assure Western Balkan countries of Washington’s support for their integration into the European Union. Blinken met with top officials and focused on the future of the Western Balkans as Albania and several neighbors
At least 4 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Panamanian coast
[ad_1] At least four people died and the search continued for two more who were missing Thursday after a boat carrying more than two dozen migrants capsized off Panama’s Caribbean coast in an apparent attempt to avoid the treacherous Darien Gap land route. Panama’s Public Safety Ministry said in a statement Thursday the boat carrying
No good options for Israel as it prepares for assault on Rafah
[ad_1] JERUSALEM — With its troops poised to attack Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city and possibly Hamas’s final stronghold, Israel is confronting a dilemma largely of its own making: what to do with nearly a million and a half displaced Palestinians that its military has corralled along the Egyptian border. Israel faces growing warnings from allies
Venezuela expels U.N. human rights officers as activist remains in prison
[ad_1] CARACAS, Venezuela — The Venezuelan government of President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday suspended the operations of the local United Nations human rights office and ordered its staff to leave the country within 72 hours, in a sharp escalation of tensions with the international community following the arrest of a prominent human rights activist in
Khaled Nezzar, who led Algeria’s crackdowns on Islamists, dies at 86
[ad_1] Khaled Nezzar, an Algerian general and defense minister who as part of a ruling junta in the 1990s escalated a iron-fisted campaign of repression and bloodshed against Islamist opponents that claimed at least 100,000 lives during an era called the “Black Decade,” died Dec. 29 in Algiers. He was 86. His death, announced by
Putin prefers Biden to Trump, his latest faint praise of a U.S. leader
[ad_1] In an interview with Russian state television late Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested — counterintuitively — that Joe Biden winning the 2024 election would be better for Russia than a second term for Donald Trump, as Biden is “a more experienced person, he is predictable, he is a politician of an old formation.”
Ukraine on edge of losing Avdiivka, strategic city long targeted by Russia
[ad_1] AVDIIVKA, Ukraine — The Russians were already so close that Ukrainians dared to take the road to the Avdiivka coke and chemical plant only at night. Vehicle headlights were shut off and covered, hoping to prevent glare visible to an enemy drone hovering overhead. As fighters from the Ukrainian Security Service’s “Alpha” special forces
2 killed, 3 injured by mortar explosion in South African
[ad_1] Two South African soldiers were killed and three injured on an eastern Congo base when a mortar exploded on Wednesday. The South African National Defence Force believes the incident resulted from “indirect fire” and is conducting an investigation. South Africa has deployed soldiers to Congo as part of the Southern African Development Community’s mission
India Supreme Court bans anonymous political donations ahead of elections
[ad_1] NEW DELHI — In what could be a serious blow to India’s richest and most dominant political party, the Supreme Court struck down a type of anonymous political donations on Thursday, just ahead of a national election this summer. The country’s elections have become the most expensive in the world, even surpassing America’s notoriously
Putin says he prefers ‘more predictable’ President Biden over Trump
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed in an interview on state television that he would prefer the “more predictable” Joe Biden winning the upcoming U.S. presidential election compared to Donald Trump. Putin made the remark after being asked by an interviewer about who between Biden and the Republican frontrunner for the nomination would be
What is the Redwan force, Hezbollah’s elite unit on the Israel border?
[ad_1] When the Israel Defense Forces unleashed Wednesday their heaviest airstrikes on Lebanon since the start of the conflict in October, it said several of its targets were sites associated with Hezbollah’s elite Redwan force. Long barely known, its fighters put on a show last year for local and foreign reporters who were invited on
Iran declares Antarctica its property in direct challenge to Biden, global treaty
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Babies evacuated from al-Shifa hospital in Gaza face uncertain future in Egypt
[ad_1] CAIRO — For nearly a month, Shaima Abu Khater didn’t know what had happened to her newborn daughter. By the time Kinda arrived on Oct. 30 — more than a month before her due date — Abu Khater’s home in northern Gaza had been destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, she said. Israel was signaling
Latest Israel-Hamas war news and Gaza conflict updates
[ad_1] At least four people were killed in Lebanon, and at least one in Israel, after an exchange of strikes that marked Israel’s most forceful attack on its neighbor since the start of the war in Gaza. The leaders of Canada, Australia and New Zealand said in a joint statement that an Israeli military operation
US Army dietitian dies in Kuwait
[ad_1] An Army dietitian from Illinois has died in Kuwait following an incident not related to combat, military officials said Wednesday. Lt. Col. Troy E. Bartley of Alton, Illinois, died Sunday at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait, the U.S. Army Reserve Command said. Bartley, 57, was assigned to the 3rd Medical Command (Forward), 1st Theater Sustainment