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Olympic leader Coventry learns in first political stress test with Los Angeles challenges ahead
21+ min ago (773+ words) Kirsty Coventry was widely seen as having good overall success at the Milan Cortina Winter Games that also gave a taste of challenges set to be tougher running into the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. "An incredible games, and an incredible experience…...
A notorious camp in Syria tied to alleged IS families is emptied as final convoy departs
48+ min ago (461+ words) Fadi al-Qassem, the Syrian Foreign Ministry representative for the al-Hol camp administration, said the final convoy left the camp Sunday morning. Hundreds of residents of the remote camp in northeastern Syria have been transferred to the Akhtarin camp in Aleppo…...
France will summon US Ambassador Charles Kushner over US comments on activist’s death
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (168+ words) France will summon Charles Kushner to protest American comments about the killing of far-right activist Quentin Deranque, a far-right activist, died of brain injuries last week from a beating in the French city of Lyon. He was attacked during a…...
University students hold new protests in Iran around memorials for those killed
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (488+ words) Iran's state news agency said students protested at five universities in the capital, Tehran, and one in the city of Mashhad on Sunday. The scattered protests erupted Saturday at universities following 40-day memorials for people killed in January during anti-government…...
US says ambassador's comments on Israel and the Middle East were taken out of context
3+ hour, 26+ min ago (581+ words) Huckabee spoke in an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that aired Friday. Carlson said that according to the Bible, the descendants of Abraham would receive land that today would include essentially the entire Middle East, including parts of modern-day…...
U.S. Secret Service shot and killed armed man who entered the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago
4+ hour, 18+ min ago (156+ words) Although Trump often spends weekends at his resort, he was at the White House during this incident. First lady Melania Trump was also with the president at the White House on Saturday night. The name of the person who was…...
New law puts Kansas at vanguard of denying trans identities on drivers licenses, birth certificates
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (678+ words) The new law takes effect Thursday. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the measure but the Legislature's GOP supermajorities overrode it last week as Republican state lawmakers across the U.S. have pursued another round of measures to roll back transgender rights. The…...
Hungría amenaza con bloquear sanciones de la UE a Rusia por interrupción de los envíos de petróleo
6+ hour, 14+ min ago (417+ words) Los ministros de Exteriores de la Uni'n Europea tienen previsto reunirse en Bruselas el lunes para debatir la 20ma ronda de sanciones del bloque contra Mosc, una medida que esperan aprobar a tiempo para que coincida con el cuarto aniversario de…...
France will summon US Ambassador Charles Kushner after US comments on activist’s death
6+ hour, 16+ min ago (278+ words) Deranque, a far-right activist, died of brain injuries last week from a beating in the French city of Lyon. He was attacked during a fight on the margins of a student meeting where a far-left lawmaker, Rima Hassan, was a…...
Hungary threatens to block EU’s 20th Russia sanctions package over halted oil shipments
6+ hour, 33+ min ago (419+ words) The EU's foreign ministers are set to meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss the bloc's 20th round of sanctions against Moscow, a measure they hope will be approved in time to coincide with the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion of…...