Mar 01 Pentagon to lift ban on V-22 Osprey flights, 3 months after fatal crash in Japan By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, Associated Press The decision follows a high-level meeting where Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin endorsed the military services' plans for a safe and measured return to operations. Continue reading
Mar 01 Alexei Navalny buried in Moscow as thousands attend under heavy police presence By Dasha Litvinova, Katie Marie Davies, Associated Press The opposition leader's funeral followed his still-unexplained death two weeks ago in an Arctic penal colony. The funeral followed a battle with authorities over the release of his body. Continue reading
Mar 01 WATCH: Biden hosts meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni By Aamer Madhani, Colleen Barry, Associated Press President Joe Biden has sought to assure European leaders that the U.S. remains behind Ukraine even as he's been unable to win passage of a supplemental foreign aid package that includes $60 billion for Ukraine in addition to $35 billion… Continue reading
Mar 01 Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to visit former president Donald Trump at Florida home next week By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press Orban, who has been in office since 2010, has promoted what he calls “illiberal democracy” and has been criticized by international observers, including the U.S. State Department, for leading an increasingly autocratic system in Hungary. Continue reading
Mar 01 Mexico almost certain to elect its first woman president as campaigning begins By Megan Janetsky, Associated Press Campaigning formally starts on Friday for the biggest election in Mexico's history. Voters will choose the country's president, along with the 628 seats in Congress. Continue reading
Mar 01 Gaza doctor says gunfire accounted for 80 percent of the wounds at his hospital from aid convoy bloodshed By Wafaa Shurafa, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press The head of a Gaza hospital where some of the wounded from bloodshed surrounding an aid convoy were taken says more than 80 percent had been struck by gunfire, suggesting heavy shooting by Israeli troops. Continue reading
Mar 01 No emergency exits in Bangladeshi shopping mall that caught fire, death toll climbs By Julhas Alam, Associated Press Bangladesh's prime minister says a six-story shopping mall that caught fire in the country's capital had no fire exits. Continue reading
Feb 29 Biden orders U.S. investigation of national security risks posed by Chinese-made ‘smart cars’ By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The probe could lead to new regulations aimed at preventing China from using sophisticated technology in electric cars and other so-called connected vehicles to track drivers and their personal information. Continue reading
Feb 29 Watch 4:33 More than 100 killed in Gaza while trying to get food from aid convoy By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako The health ministry in Gaza says 30,000 people there have died in 146 days of war. That grim threshold was crossed after more than 100 died while trying to pull aid from trucks. The U.N. says more than half a… Continue watching
Feb 29 Watch 5:18 Refugees International head discusses difficulties getting humanitarian aid into Gaza By Geoff Bennett, Teresa Cebrián Aranda Almost the entire population of Gaza needs aid, but only a fraction of what’s needed is entering the besieged strip. For more on the current humanitarian crisis there, Geoff Bennett spoke with Jeremy Konyndyk. He’s the president of Refugees International,… Continue watching