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Austria is getting a new coalition government without far-right election winner

VIENNA (AP) - Three parties announced Thursday that they have reached a deal to form a new centrist Austrian government, five months after an election was won by a far-right party that later failed in...

Feb 27, 2025

Hamas calls for talks on next phase of ceasefire after hostage-prisoner exchange

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas said Thursday it was ready to negotiate the the next phase of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, after a swap in which it handed over what it said were the remains o...

Feb 26, 2025

Trump administration cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts, documents show

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration says it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development's foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance arou...

Feb 26, 2025

Man who was mad about Chinese spy balloon gets 4 years probation for threatening ex-Speaker McCarthy

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A Montana man was sentenced to four years of probation on Wednesday for threatening to assault former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after becoming upset with the government for n...

Feb 26, 2025

Israeli official says Hamas has handed to Red Cross 4 bodies of Israelis held hostage in Gaza

CAIRO (AP) - An Israeli security official said early Thursday that Hamas has handed to the Red Cross the bodies of 4 Israelis who were held hostage in Gaza The official was speaking on condition of an...

Feb 26, 2025

The pope's health shows further slight improvement, the Vatican says

ROME (AP) - The Vatican said Wednesday that Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but doctors still say his prognosis is still guarded. A CT chest scan take...

Feb 26, 2025

The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed by President Donald Trump 's administration that sets in motion what could become...

Feb 26, 2025

First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that's infected more than 120 people

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month. Lubbock city spokesperson Lauren Adams ...

Feb 26, 2025

UN food agency pauses aid to famine-hit Sudan displacement camp of a half-million people

CAIRO (AP) - The United Nations' food agency says it has temporarily paused aid distribution in Sudan's famine-hit Zamzam displacement camp of a half-million people as fighting intensifies between the...

Feb 26, 2025

Iran accelerates production of near weapons-grade uranium, IAEA says, as tensions with US ratchet up

VIENNA (AP) - Iran has accelerated its production of near weapons-grade uranium as tensions between Tehran and Washington rise after the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, a report by the United...

Feb 26, 2025