Feb 10 Track’s proposed eligibility, transgender rules would completely ban Semenya and others By Eddie Pells, Associated Press World Athletics announced recommendations that would apply strict transgender rules to people like Semenya, who was born female but has what the organization describes as naturally occurring testosterone levels in the typical male range. Continue reading
Feb 10 If US support is dropped and not replaced, UNAIDS chief says HIV infections could jump over 6 times By Maria Cheng, Associated Press UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima warned that millions of people could die and more resistant strains of the disease could emerge. Continue reading
Feb 10 In the West Bank, more Israeli checkpoints are slicing up the roads By Isabel DeBre, Associated Press To spend a rush hour these days at any of the traffic-snarled checkpoints outside Palestinian cities in the West Bank is to hear of the endless problems they have brought — families divided, money lost, trade disrupted, sick people kept… Continue reading
Feb 09 Kosovo’s governing party wins parliamentary election without a majority, early results show By Llazar Semini, Associated Press Preliminary results showed that Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s party won Kosovo's parliamentary election Sunday but without the majority needed to govern alone, as talks on normalizing ties with rival Serbia remain stalled and foreign funding for one of Europe's poorest countries is in… Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch 7:29 Lebanese villagers blocked from returning home as Israeli forces remain in area By Simona Foltyn, Ahmad Baydoun Israel pulled its forces from a key Gaza corridor Sunday as part of a fragile ceasefire deal with Hamas. Meanwhile, on Israel’s northern front inside Lebanon, concerns are mounting that its forces there may stay past a second deadline to… Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch 2:52 News Wrap: Egypt to host Arab summit on Gaza’s future after Trump remarks In our news wrap Sunday, Arab leaders will gather to discuss Gaza’s future at the request of Palestinian leaders, Trump will become the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl, the Trump administration instructed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau… Continue watching
Feb 09 Pressure to extend ceasefire in Gaza mounts as Israeli troops withdraw from key corridor By Mohammad Jahjouh, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Talks on the second phase, meant to see more hostages released and a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, were due to start Feb. 3. But Israel and Hamas appear to have made little progress, even as Israeli forces withdrew Sunday… Continue reading
Feb 09 Five released Thai hostages return to Bangkok after more than a year of captivity in Gaza By Jintamas Saksornchai, Associated Press Hamas militants kidnapped 31 Thai nationals during the Oct. 7, 2023, assault on southern Israel, making them the largest group of foreigners held captive. Continue reading
Feb 08 Three Israeli hostages exchanged for 183 Palestinian prisoners as Gaza ceasefire continues By Wafaa Shurafa, Mohammad Jahjouh, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Hamas-led militants released three gaunt, frail-looking Israeli hostages and Israel freed nearly 200 Palestinian prisoners Saturday in the latest exchange of a ceasefire agreement that has paused 16 months of war in Gaza. Continue reading
Feb 08 Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa over post-apartheid land expropriation law By Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday freezing assistance to South Africa for a law aiming to address some of the wrongs of South Africa’s racist apartheid era — a law the White House says amounts to discrimination against… Continue reading