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Trump taps Kash Patel for FBI director, a loyalist who would aid effort to upend law enforcement

WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce ally to upend America's premier law enforcement agency and rid the government of p...

Nov 30, 2024

Trump names loyalist Kash Patel to serve as FBI director

WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump has picked Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce loyalist to upend America's premier law enforcement agency and rid the government of ...

Nov 30, 2024

Taiwan's president arrives in Hawaii for a 2-day stop in the US as part of South Pacific visit

HONOLULU (AP) - Taiwan's president arrived Saturday in Hawaii to begin a two-day transit in the U.S. as part of a trip to the South Pacific, his first since assuming office. The stopover in Hawaii and...

Nov 30, 2024

Israeli strike in Gaza allegedly kills workers with World Central Kitchen charity

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed five people, a senior Palestinian health official said. Three of them were said to be employees of t...

Nov 30, 2024

Iceland votes for a new parliament amid disagreements on immigration, energy policy and the economy

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Icelanders will elect a new parliament Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug...

Nov 30, 2024

British lawmakers give initial approval to a bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives

LONDON (AP) - British lawmakers gave initial approval Friday to a bill to help terminally ill adults end their lives in England and Wales. After an impassioned and debate, members of Parliament approv...

Nov 29, 2024

Syria insurgents breach second largest city of Aleppo, fighters and a war monitor say

BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian insurgents have breached Syria's second largest city, Aleppo, after blowing up two car bombs and were clashing with government forces on Friday, according to a Syria war monitor a...

Nov 29, 2024

Notre Dame Cathedral unveils its new interior 5 years after devastating fire

PARIS (AP) - After more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral showed its new self to the world Friday, with rebuilt soaring ceilings and creamy good-as-new stonework er...

Nov 29, 2024

Polls open in close-run election to choose Ireland's new government

DUBLIN (AP) - Ireland is voting Friday in a parliamentary election that will decide the next government - and will show whether Ireland bucks the global trend of incumbents being ousted by disgruntled...

Nov 28, 2024

Russian defense minister visits North Korea to talk with military and political leaders

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in North Korea on Friday for talks with North Korean military and political leaders as the countries deepen their alignment o...

Nov 28, 2024