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Paul Whelan recalls low ebb of Russian imprisonment
In his first interview since being released, the former Marine announced he is writing a book on his experience.
AFP
Oil-rich Iraqi Kurdistan votes, shadowed by economic struggles
Iraq's Kurdistan voted on Sunday to elect a new parliament for the autonomous oil-rich region, where voters expressed concern over economic struggles and disenchantment with the political elite.In Baghdad on Sunday evening, Iraqi President Mohammed Shia al-Sudani called the vote a "success" and expressed hope for development and "stability" under a new regional government.
CNN
A collapse on Georgia’s Sapelo Island dock left 7 dead and turned celebration into tragedy. An investigation is now underway
Authorities are working to identify the cause of a partial ferry dock collapse on Georgia’s Sapelo Island that turned a day of celebration into tragedy, leaving at least seven dead and six critically injured as crowds gathered for a cultural festival.
AFP
UN biodiversity summit opens under guerrilla threat in Colombia
The world's biggest nature protection conference gets a ceremonial kickoff in Colombia Sunday with host city Cali on high alert after threats from a guerrilla group.Host Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, and Petro has made environmental protection a priority.
NBC News
Paul Whelan was devasted at being left behind in a Russian labor camp as other Americans were released
Former Marine Paul Whelan said he was devastated when a Biden administration official told him WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner was being released from Russian detention after nine months and he was not.
CNN
Whelan says he fed information to Western officials that he received from fellow prisoners fighting in Ukraine
Paul Whelan, the American who spent five-and-a-half years wrongfully detained in Russia, revealed Sunday that he passed information along to Western officials he received from fellow prisoners who were fighting for Russia on the frontlines in Ukraine.
Associated Press
Indonesia's new president announces Cabinet. It's the largest in the country's history
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto announced his Cabinet late Sunday, hours after he was inaugurated. The lineup of 109 ministers, vice ministers and head of national agencies was the largest in the country’s history, and he named it the “Red and White Cabinet,” referring to the colors of Indonesia’s national flag. Subianto became the eighth president of Southeast Asia’s largest economy on Sunday.
Popular Science
12 breathtaking images from the 2024 Astrophotography Prize Photographer of the Year awards
Striking. Vibrant. Dazzling. The adjectives to describe our universe are infinite. And nowhere is that on display more than in the images from this year’s Astrophotography Prize Photographer of the Year awards. Australian photographer Phil Hart took the top honors for his incredible image (below) of the 2023 solar eclipse over Exmouth, Western Australia. Hart’s […]
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Brazil's Lula cancels trip to Russia for BRICS summit after an accident
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday canceled his trip to Russia for a BRICS summit after an accident at home that left him with a cut in the neck, his office said. The 78-year-old leader was scheduled to attend a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies in the city of Kazan from Tuesday to Thursday this week. Hospital Sirio Libanês in Sao Paulo said in a statement that the leftist leader was instructed not to take long distance trips, but can keep his other activities.
Associated Press
Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, scion of Republican family, backs Democrat Sherrod Brown for Senate
Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, scion of one of the state's best-known Republican families, threw his support Sunday behind Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in his hotly contested reelection race against GOP nominee Bernie Moreno. Taft, 82, made known his intention to vote for Brown over Moreno, a Donald Trump-backed Cleveland businessman, in a letter to the editor of the Dayton Daily News. The grandson of “Mr. Republican” Robert A. Taft Sr. and great-grandson of William Howard Taft, the only person in American history to have been president and chief justice of the United States, praised Brown in the letter without mentioning Moreno.
USA TODAY
Mike Johnson pressed on Donald Trump's 'enemy from within' comments, Arnold Palmer joke
Mike Johnson got into a heated back-and-forth with CNN anchor Jake Tapper over recent comments from Donald Trump.
CNN
Shooting at Albany State University after homecoming game leaves 1 dead, multiple injured
A shooting on Albany State University’s campus in Georgia after its homecoming game left one person dead and multiple others injured, university officials said.
Associated Press
Serbia's president talks with Putin and vows he'll never impose sanctions on Russia
European Union candidate Serbia will continue to refuse to impose sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine despite Western pressure, Serbia’s leader said after his telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday. Populist Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Instagram that he believes the call, what he said was his first in more than two years with the Russian president, will help “further development of relations and trust between Russia and Serbia.”
NBC News
Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro: Law enforcement should 'take a look at' Elon Musk voter payments
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Sunday that tech mogul Elon Musk’s plan to give money to registered voters in Pennsylvania is “deeply concerning” and “it’s something that law enforcement could take a look at.”
AFP
Thousands protest in Spain's Canary Islands against mass tourism
Thousands of flag-waving demonstrators hit the streets across Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday to demand restrictions to the mass tourism they say is overwhelming their Atlantic archipelago. Waving white, blue and yellow flags of the Canary Islands, chanting and whistling protesters slow-marched by tourists sitting in outdoor terraces in Playa de las America before they rallied on the beach.
Reuters
Ukraine attacks forced Black Sea Fleet to move warships from Sevastopol, Russian official says
Russia's Black Sea Fleet has been forced to move many warships from the naval base of Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsular, which Russia annexed in 2014, due to attacks by Ukraine, a Russian-installed official was quoted as saying on Sunday. The remarks by Dmitry Rogozin, a Russian-installed senator for the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia region and a former head of Russia's space agency, are the first Russian official confirmation that the fleet has had to move from Sevastopol. Ukraine has repeatedly said its attacks on Russian warships in the Black Sea have forced Moscow to move ships to Novorossiisk.
Associated Press
Trump boosts a hard-right Christian worldview that paints the election as 'spiritual warfare'
Standing before hundreds of people in a suburban Detroit chapel, at an event organized by Donald Trump's campaign, Marlin J. Reed declared that God had called on them to vote for the former president. Trump's campaign has directly nourished a fusion of hard-right politics and theology to energize evangelical Christians in swing states. The campaign has launched a “Believers for Trump” program and conducted several calls with conservative faith leaders, overwhelmingly evangelical pastors, on how to mobilize their congregations for Trump.
CNN
At least 87 killed in Israeli strike on northern Gaza, health ministry says
At least 87 people were killed in an Israeli strike overnight Saturday on Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, the enclave’s health ministry said.
Associated Press
The Vessel, a Manhattan tourist site closed after suicides, reopens with new safety features
The Vessel, a towering, honeycomb-like sculpture in Manhattan that was popular with tourists before a series of suicides forced its closure in 2021, will reopen Monday with new safety features. Related Companies, which owns Hudson Yards, confirmed Sunday that the Vessel will reopen Monday with floor-to-ceiling steel mesh barriers installed on parts of it.
USA TODAY
Storm tracker: Why Hurricane Oscar could lead to 'humanitarian crisis'
The NHC is also tracking tropical depression Nadine, which is expected to bring heavy rain to southern Mexico.

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Paul Whelan was devasted at being left behind in a Russian labor camp as other Americans were released

Whelan says he fed information to Western officials that he received from fellow prisoners fighting in Ukraine

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Brazil's Lula cancels trip to Russia for BRICS summit after an accident

Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, scion of Republican family, backs Democrat Sherrod Brown for Senate

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Shooting at Albany State University after homecoming game leaves 1 dead, multiple injured

Serbia's president talks with Putin and vows he'll never impose sanctions on Russia

Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro: Law enforcement should 'take a look at' Elon Musk voter payments

Thousands protest in Spain's Canary Islands against mass tourism

Ukraine attacks forced Black Sea Fleet to move warships from Sevastopol, Russian official says

Trump boosts a hard-right Christian worldview that paints the election as 'spiritual warfare'

At least 87 killed in Israeli strike on northern Gaza, health ministry says

The Vessel, a Manhattan tourist site closed after suicides, reopens with new safety features

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