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Paris to name sports venue in honor of slain Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei

Washington Post The Ugandan marathoner was set on fire in Kenya by her ex-partner, police allege. “Paris will not forget her,” its mayor said, according to the AFP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09/07/paris-venue-rebecca-cheptegei-uganda-murdered-kenya/

In France Rape Trial, a Daughter Talks of Torment

New York Times In court, the woman said she was traumatized not only by what prosecutors said happened to her mother but also by fear that she herself might have been abused. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/06/france-rape-trial-caroline-darian-testimony.html

Netanyahu says security in Gaza is critical to stop Hamas smuggling hostages into Iran: ‘lost forever’

Fox News Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making clear that his forces will not agree to Hamas’ demands to vacate Gaza, for two crucial reasons – overall national security and ensuring the safe return of the remaining hostages still in Hamas captivity. Concerns continue to mount that Hamas could look to smuggle some of…

South Korea accuses the North of launching more trash balloons into its airspace

Fox News South Korea on Thursday accused North Korea of launching more trash balloons across the border. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it had detected around 420 balloons from Wednesday evening to early Thursday. Around 20 of them have been discovered so far in Seoul, the South Korean capital, and nearby Gyeonggi province.…

Beloved whale suspected of spying for Russia was shot to death, activists say

Washington Post Hvaldimir the beluga won hearts in Norway’s coastal communities after showing up wearing a harness that read “Equipment St. Petersburg.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/09/06/hvaldimir-spy-whale-shot/

Maduro likely lost Venezuela’s election but refuses to leave. What now?

Washington Post More than a month after the authoritarian socialist appears to have lost in a landslide, his grip on power seems as sure as ever. It’s the opposition and its backers who are running out of options. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/06/maduro-survives-election-opposition-options/

New Zealand queen ascends to Māori throne at age 27

Fox News They came in their thousands in the freezing dawn, parking cars far away and winding down rural roads on foot, children riding on their shoulders. They arrived in mourning black with crowns of ferns and kawakawa leaves, bone carvings or wedges of deep green pounamu — New Zealand jade — resting on their…

How a Russian air strike ripped through people’s lives in Ukraine’s Poltava

Washington Post The central Ukrainian city had been relatively untouched by air strikes. Then came one of the biggest attacks of the war. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/06/ukraine-poltava-strike-aftermath/

Development Bank sues former president, alleging he abused office

Washington Post CABEI filed a lawsuit against ex-president Dante Mossi, accusing him of breach of contract and abusing his office to benefit himself after leaving. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/09/06/cabei-development-bank-mossi-lawsuit/

Kenya school dormitory fire kills 17 students, seriously burns 13, death toll may rise

Fox News A fire in a school dormitory in Kenya killed 17 students and seriously burned 13 others, police said Friday, and they feared the death toll may rise. The cause of the fire Thursday night at Hillside Endarasha Primary school in Nyeri County was being investigated, police spokesperson Resila Onyango said. The school serves…