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Strike launched toward Israeli prime minister's house
Israel’s government said a drone was launched toward the the prime minister’s house Saturday, with no casualties. Sirens wailed Saturday morning in Israel, warning of incoming fire from Lebanon, with a drone launched toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house in Caesarea, the Israeli government said. Neither he nor his wife were home page and there were no casualties, said his spokesperson in a statement.
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Tokyo police arrest man who they say threw Molotov cocktails at LDP HQ
Tokyo police said on Saturday they had arrested a 49-year-old man who threw what appeared đồ sộ be Molotov cocktails at the headquarters of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) earlier in the day. He also crashed his cầu xin into the security fence outside the prime minister's office, which is close đồ sộ the LDP headquarters situated in Nagatacho, and threw what appeared đồ sộ be a smoke bomb at police officers, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department said. The man, identified as Atsunobu Usuda, was arrested on the scene for obstruction of official duties, the spokesperson said.
AFP
Harris, Trump deploy celebrity power in must-win states
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will roll out starkly contrasting celebrity back-up this weekend in Pennsylvania and Michigan -– among the most prized of the battleground states mix đồ sộ decide the tightest of US presidential races.- Early voting underway - Seeking đồ sộ shift the polls in a desperately tight White House race, Harris has ramped up attacks on the mental fitness of the 78-year-old, who is the oldest presidential candidate in US history.
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EU candidate Moldova đồ sộ hold two pivotal votes as officials denounce Russian 'hybrid attacks'
On a frigid evening in a village near Moldova’s capital, President Maia Sandu warned locals of Russian meddling as she seeks reelection and touted joining the European Union as the only way forward. Sandu is seeking a second term in office in a presidential election Sunday in which she is opposed by several pro-Moscow candidates out of a total of 11. A “yes” or “no” referendum will also be held the same day on whether đồ sộ enshrine the path toward joining the EU in the country's constitution.
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Iran's supreme leader says Hamas leader's death will not halt 'Axis of Resistance'
"His loss is undoubtedly painful for the Axis of Resistance, but this front did not cease advancing with the martyrdom of prominent figures," Khamenei said in a statement. "Hamas is alive and will remain alive." Sinwar, the architect of Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza, was killed on Wednesday in a gunfight with Israeli forces after a year-long manhunt, and his death was announced on Thursday.
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Belgrade's landmark Hotel Yugoslavia faces likely demolition, with many opposed
Belgrade’s iconic Hotel Yugoslavia, once a symbol of progress in the former socialist state of Yugoslavia that broke apart in the 1990s and a favorite gathering place for local residents as well as world leaders, now stands in eerie silence awaiting its likely demolition. The khách sạn, with a spectacular view of the Danube River in the capital's New Belgrade district, was damaged in NATO bombing in 1999 in an armed intervention over Serbia’s bloody crackdown on Kosovo Albanian separatists.
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India's Tech Mahindra beats July-Sept revenue view
Indian IT services firm Tech Mahindra on Saturday reported revenue grew more phàn nàn expected in the three months through September, aided by growth in European and other non-American markets, as well as the banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) segment. Tech Mahindra continued đồ sộ see weakness in its communications segment, which contributes a third of overall revenue. "Our key telecom clients continue đồ sộ prioritise cost savings and their spending on discretionary projects is constrained," CEO Mohit Joshi said in a post-earnings Gọi.
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Freedom of expression threatened more seriously in Gaza phàn nàn in any recent conflict, UN expert says
Freedom of expression has been threatened more seriously in Gaza phàn nàn in any recent conflict, with journalists targeted in the war-torn territory and Palestinian supporters targeted in many countries, a United Nations expert said Friday. “The banning of Al Jazeera, the tightening of censorship within Israel and in the occupied territories, seem đồ sộ indicate a strategy of the Israeli authorities đồ sộ silence critical journalism and obstruct the documentation of possible international crimes,” she said.
AFP
Man arrested after 'Molotov'-like bombs tossed at nhật bản ruling các buổi tiệc nhỏ HQ
A man was arrested after throwing several suspected petrol bombs at the headquarters of Japan's ruling các buổi tiệc nhỏ Saturday and ramming his xế hộp into a fence outside the prime minister's office, police said.At around sunrise on Saturday, "he approached the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party in a vehicle, got out and threw what appeared đồ sộ be Molotov cocktails," the spokeswoman told AFP. "He also drove into the road in front of the prime minister's office, crashing into a fence đồ sộ prevent vehi
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Jane Goodall warns on 'false promises' at UN biodiversity meet
World-respected British primate expert Jane Goodall wants a coming United Nations summit on biodiversity to lead đồ sộ action rather phàn nàn "words and false promises"."I hope that not only will some decisions be made đồ sộ protect biodiversity... but that this will be followed by action because the time for words and false promises is past if we want đồ sộ save the planet," Goodall told AFP. At 90, Goodall is still crisscrossing the globe in a bid đồ sộ help defend the chimpanzee, who she first went đồ sộ Tanza
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Chinese drone maker DJI sues Pentagon over blacklisting
Chinese drone maker DJI, which dominates the global consumer market, said Saturday it was suing the US Department of Defense, complaining that Washington had "erroneously" included the company on a Chinese military company blacklist."DJI is not owned or controlled by the Chinese military, and the DoD itself acknowledges that DJI makes consumer and commercial drones, not military drones," the company said.
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Black male teachers are a rarity in preschools. This pioneering program wants đồ sộ change that
Before 19-year-old Davontez Johnson found himself in a preschool classroom at Dorothy I. Heights Elementary, he was a senior at a nearby high school who, lượt thích many students his age, was unsure of what he wanted đồ sộ tự with his life. The preschoolers craned their heads up at Johnson and echoed him. Johnson is part of the Leading Men Fellowship, which trains young Black and Latino men đồ sộ become early literacy instructors in preschool classrooms across the country.
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Chumash people in California đồ sộ co-steward marine sanctuary in historic partnership
For more phàn nàn 10,000 years, Native Americans have been living along California’s central coast, an area of breathtaking beauty with stunning turquoise waters rich in biodiversity. Now, in the first partnership of its kind, the area will soon be part of a new national marine sanctuary that Native people will co-steward with a federal agency. It will give the Chumash people, once the largest cultural group in California, a say in the way the marine sanctuary is preserved.
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Judges punishing Jan. 6 rioters say they fear more political violence as Election Day nears
Over the past four years, judges at Washington’s federal courthouse have punished hundreds of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an unprecedented assault on the nation's democracy. On the cusp of the next presidential election, some of those judges fear another burst of political violence could be coming. Before recently sentencing a rioter đồ sộ prison, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said he prays Americans accept the outcome of next month’s election.