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Reuters
US to spend $1 billion on food aid abroad amid global hunger crisis
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Agency for International Development will distribute $1 billion in U.S. commodities to countries with high hunger rates, the agencies said on Thursday. The countries that will receive the aid - including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, South Sudan, Sudan, and Haiti - are among the most stricken by hunger, according to the United Nations' World Food Programme. Global hunger is getting worse, with 745 million more people moderately to severely hungry worldwide in 2023 than in 2015, leaving the world off-track to meet a sustainable development goal of ending hunger by 2030, according to the United Nations.
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AFP
Stock markets rise as traders consider US rate outlook
Global stock markets mostly rose Thursday with traders mulling the outlook for US interest rates as Federal Reserve officials questioned the need for a cut anytime soon."The stock market has found it increasingly difficult to maintain intraday gains as participants have been in more of a de-risking mode following five straight monthly gains that have stretched valuations to a point that have clashed with rising interest rates," said market analyst Patrick O'Hare at Briefing.com.
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Time
Rachel Goldberg-Polin on the Days Since Oct. 7
For the families pressing relentlessly for the release of their loved ones taken hostage, moving forward is a contradiction.
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AFP
Biden to receive Kennedy family backing against RFK threat
The legendary Kennedy clan will endorse US President Joe Biden during a campaign trip to Philadelphia Thursday -- underscoring the election threat posed by family black sheep and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Fifteen members of the politically influential family will back Biden amid fears that a strong showing by conspiracy theorist and vaccine-skeptic "RFK Jr" could tilt the victory to Donald Trump in November's US presidential vote.- Storied surname - The endorsement will not be
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Reuters
UN Security Council to vote Thursday on Palestinian UN membership
The U.N. Security Council is due to vote on Thursday on a Palestinian bid for full U.N. membership, said diplomats, a move that Israel ally the United States is expected to block because it would effectively recognize a Palestinian state. The 15-member council is scheduled to vote on a draft resolution that recommends to the 193-member U.N. General Assembly that "the State of Palestine be admitted to membership of the United Nations," diplomats said. The United States has said that establishing an independent Palestinian state should happen through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians and not at the U.N.
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Politico
US and Israel meet on Rafah days after Iran’s attack
The virtual session comes days after Iran’s weekend attack.
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Reuters
Soldiers from Russia and Tajikistan stage counter-terrorist drills
Troops from Russia and Tajikistan on Thursday completed several days of joint exercises in the Central Asian country to rehearse scenarios for cross-border incursions by militants or illegal armed groups. Tajikistan shares a long border with Afghanistan, which is home to a branch of Islamic State. The Russian Defence Ministry released video of the drills, in which attack helicopters, drones, multiple launch rocket systems, howitzers and tanks were deployed in desert and mountain terrain against the mock enemy.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City mayor: I'm committed to my family and city while dealing with daughter abuse charges
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small said Thursday he remains committed to his family and to his city as he deals with charges that he and his wife abused their teenage daughter. In his first public comments since prosecutors on Monday charged him and his wife, LaQuetta, the city's superintendent of schools, with physically and verbally abusing their 16-year-old daughter and endangering her welfare, Small said he would not be distracted from his duties. “But I pledge to each and every one of you, it doesn't change my commitment, number one, to my family, and it doesn't change my commitment here to the great city of Atlantic City,” the mayor said.
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CBS News
Google fires 28 workers after protest against contract with Israel
Nine workers arrested after demonstrations at the tech giant's offices n New York and California.
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Associated Press
EU proposes youth mobility agreement with UK to help youngsters travel, work and live in both areas
The European Commission proposed Thursday to start negotiations with the United Kingdom to allow young people to move freely, work and study in both regions after Brexit — the U.K.'s departure from the EU four years ago. According to the EU, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU following a referendum in 2016 has damaged mobility between the two areas. “This situation has particularly affected the opportunities for young people to experience life on the other side of the Channel and to benefit from youth, cultural, educational, research and training exchanges,” the Commission said.
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Yahoo Finance
The tweak that made the forced divestment of TikTok much more likely
House Speaker Mike Johnson is making another run at freeing TikTok from Chinese government influence. He made a tweak that appears to have made it more likely the measure reaches President Biden’s desk.
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CNN
Burned remains of Maya royalty marked the rise of a new leader, study says
Archaeologists have discovered Maya royal bones that were dramatically and deliberately burned to indicate the end of a political era.
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Politico
Biden slaps new sanctions on Iran after attack on Israel
Biden said the sanctions, carried out in coordination with the U.K., were a response to “one of the largest missile and drone attacks the world has ever seen against Israel.”
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USA TODAY
A bodega, a 2022 stabbing, claims about crime: How Trump brought his campaign to NY
During the first week of his hush money trial, Donald Trump visited a bodega to complain about crime and met with the Polish president.
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USA TODAY
Man who lost son in Robb Elementary shooting criticizes Uvalde shirt sold at Walmart; store issues apology
Brett Cross, who lost his 10-year-old son, Uziyah, in the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School, criticized the shirt online.
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Reuters
How close is Iran to having nuclear weapons?
As its 2015 nuclear deal with major powers has eroded over the years, Iran has expanded and accelerated its nuclear programme, reducing the time it would need to build a nuclear bomb if it chose to, though it denies wanting to. A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Thursday that Iran could review its "nuclear doctrine" amid Israeli threats. While it was unclear exactly what he meant, and that term tends to refer to countries that, unlike Iran, have nuclear weapons, below is an outline of where Iran stands.
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Politico
‘Leaving nothing to chance’: Biden and his allies seek to hobble RFK Jr.
Members of the Kennedy clan today will throw their support behind the president.
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AFP
US Congress to take on TikTok ban bill -- again
The US House of Representatives will again vote Saturday on a bill that would force TikTok to divest from Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a nationwide ban."It is unfortunate that the House of Representatives is using the cover of important foreign and humanitarian assistance to once again jam through a ban bill," a company spokesman said.
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AFP
Croatian parties scramble to form government in hung parliament
Croatian parties scrambled to form a ruling coalition Thursday, a day after an election in which the ruling conservative party won the most seats but not a parliamentary majority.An ultra-conservative party and a green-left one won 11 and 10 seats each.
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CBS News
Police solve mystery of cocaine bricks washing up on beaches
The man faces seven charges related to drug importation and dealing and 12 other charges. He faces life in prison, officials said.
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Latest Stories

US to spend $1 billion on food aid abroad amid global hunger crisis

Stock markets rise as traders consider US rate outlook

Rachel Goldberg-Polin on the Days Since Oct. 7

Biden to receive Kennedy family backing against RFK threat

UN Security Council to vote Thursday on Palestinian UN membership

US and Israel meet on Rafah days after Iran’s attack

Soldiers from Russia and Tajikistan stage counter-terrorist drills

Atlantic City mayor: I'm committed to my family and city while dealing with daughter abuse charges

Google fires 28 workers after protest against contract with Israel

EU proposes youth mobility agreement with UK to help youngsters travel, work and live in both areas

The tweak that made the forced divestment of TikTok much more likely

Burned remains of Maya royalty marked the rise of a new leader, study says

Biden slaps new sanctions on Iran after attack on Israel

A bodega, a 2022 stabbing, claims about crime: How Trump brought his campaign to NY

Man who lost son in Robb Elementary shooting criticizes Uvalde shirt sold at Walmart; store issues apology

How close is Iran to having nuclear weapons?

‘Leaving nothing to chance’: Biden and his allies seek to hobble RFK Jr.

US Congress to take on TikTok ban bill -- again

Croatian parties scramble to form government in hung parliament

Police solve mystery of cocaine bricks washing up on beaches