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Middle East latest: Israel kills at least 33 Palestinians in strikes across Gaza
December 11, 2024 - 10:27 AM

Israeli airstrikes in northern and central Gaza killed at least 33 people overnight, Palestinian medical officials said Wednesday, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to return to the Middle East this week for his first diplomatic visit since the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Vatican's keffiyeh Nativity scene raises eyebrows and then disappears - at least until Christmas Eve
December 11, 2024 - 10:19 AM

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis presided over his weekly general audience Wednesday alongside a Palestinian-crafted Nativity scene that was missing its eyebrow-raising signature element: a keffiyeh-draped manger holding the infant Jesus.
Ex-prosecutor charged with meddling in Ahmaud Arbery case appears in court ahead of trial
December 11, 2024 - 10:19 AM

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia district attorney charged with illegally interfering with police investigating the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery made her first court appearance Wednesday, more than three years after being indicted by a grand jury.
Britain indefinitely bans puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria
December 11, 2024 - 10:13 AM

LONDON (AP) — The British government on Wednesday indefinitely banned puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria after independent experts found there was an unacceptable safety risk in prescribing the medication.
Jury considers charges against man in killing of Ole Miss student
December 11, 2024 - 10:11 AM

Jurors were deliberating Wednesday in the trial of a man charged in the killing of a University of Mississippi student who was well-known in the local LGBTQ+ community.
Syrians flock to morgues looking for loved ones who perished in Assad's prisons
December 11, 2024 - 10:04 AM

DAMASCUS (AP) — Mohammad Chaeeb spoke softly into his phone, telling a relative the grim news: He found his brother at the morgue.
House voting on $895B defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors
December 11, 2024 - 9:48 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — National defense would see a 1% increase in spending this fiscal year under a Pentagon policy bill that also gives a double-digit pay raise to about half of the enlisted service members in the military.
Ex-defense chief in South Korea tried to kill himself after being arrested over martial law
December 11, 2024 - 9:45 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s previous defense minister was stopped from attempting suicide while in detention over last week’s martial law declaration, officials said Wednesday, as President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office resisted a police attempt to search the compound.
FIFA names Saudi Arabia as 2034 World Cup host; Spain, Portugal and Morocco to co-host 2030 edition
December 11, 2024 - 9:42 AM

ZURICH (AP) — Saudi Arabia was officially confirmed Wednesday by FIFA as host of the 2034 World Cup in men’s soccer, giving the oil-rich kingdom its biggest prize yet for massive spending on global sports driven by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
US warns Russia may be ready to use new lethal missile against Ukraine again in 'coming days'
December 11, 2024 - 9:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. intelligence assessment has concluded that Russia may use its lethal new intermediate-range ballistic missile against Ukraine again soon, two U.S. officials said Wednesday.
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A growing number of Oregon cities vote to ban psychedelic mushroom compound psilocybin
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Middle East latest: Israel kills at least 33 Palestinians in strikes across Gaza

Vatican's keffiyeh Nativity scene raises eyebrows and then disappears - at least until Christmas Eve

Ex-prosecutor charged with meddling in Ahmaud Arbery case appears in court ahead of trial

Britain indefinitely bans puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria

Jury considers charges against man in killing of Ole Miss student

Syrians flock to morgues looking for loved ones who perished in Assad's prisons

House voting on $895B defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors

Ex-defense chief in South Korea tried to kill himself after being arrested over martial law

FIFA names Saudi Arabia as 2034 World Cup host; Spain, Portugal and Morocco to co-host 2030 edition

US warns Russia may be ready to use new lethal missile against Ukraine again in 'coming days'

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