Category: World News
Blinken to visit Haiti in a show of U.S. support for new government
Washington Post Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Haiti comes amid concerns that a policing mission has struggled to dent the country’s gang violence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/09/05/blinken-haiti-conille-gangs/
Read MoreUgandan Olympic runner dies after being set on fire by boyfriend
Washington Post Rebecca Cheptegei is the third athlete to be killed by a partner in a domestic violence incident in Kenya. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/05/uganda-olympic-runner-burned-rebecca-cheptegei/
Read MoreA tax on tourism? To visit these destinations, it’ll cost you extra.
Washington Post New Zealand announced it is nearly tripling its tourist tax, joining places from Venice to Bali, Indonesia, that are trying to offset overtourism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2024/09/05/tourist-taxes-2024-pay-overtourism/
Read MoreHostage killings and irreconcilable demands complicate cease-fire talks
Washington Post Frustrated mediators are now putting together what they have described as a “final offer,” but significant concessions on both sides are needed for agreement, said a U.S. official. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/09/04/israel-gaza-ceasefire-hostages/
Read MorePair of US Air Force F-35s make historic landing on highway in Finland
Fox News Two U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II jets executed a historic landing on a highway in Finland on Wednesday as part of the Finnish Air Force’s annual road base exercise, dubbed BAANA 2024. The two U.S. jets were assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, U.K. and their maneuver demonstrated…
Read MoreAnother migrant boat spotted on English Channel day after mass-casualty wreck
Fox News A day after 12 migrants died when their small inflatable ripped apart on a failed effort to cross the English Channel, several dozen others made another crossing attempt on a crowded vessel from northern France on Wednesday, as French patrol boats watched it labor through the seas. That migrants were prepared to risk…
Read MoreUS Army opens investigation after American officer stationed in Poland dies: ‘Outstanding leader’
Fox News The U.S. Army confirmed Wednesday it is investigating the death of a U.S. soldier who died while stationed in Poland. Lt. Col. Joshua Camara, 45, was based at Camp Kościuszko, home of V Corps’ forward headquarters in the city of Poznan. He died on Tuesday, Sept. 3. A V Corps spokesperson said Camara…
Read MoreGovernment, regulatory failures made London’s Grenfell Tower a ‘death trap,’ report says
Fox News A damning report on a deadly London high-rise fire concluded Wednesday that decades of failures by government, regulators and industry turned Grenfell Tower into a “death trap” where 72 people lost their lives. The public inquiry into the 2017 blaze found no “single cause” of the tragedy, but said a combination of dishonest…
Read MoreNetanyahu hits back over global pressure to make cease-fire concessions, says demands are ‘immoral’, ‘insane’
Fox News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fiercely defended his insistence on maintaining control of the strategically important Philadelphi Corridor even as critics urge him to concede on that point to try and ensure a deal to release hostages. “What has changed? What has changed in this week?” Netanyahu said during an English-language press conference…
Read MoreNetanyahu’s conflicting messages confuse cease-fire talks, officials say
Washington Post Netanyahu this week said Israel would not withdraw from the Gaza-Egypt border, while his chief negotiator told mediators the military would eventually pull out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/04/netanyahu-gaza-philadelphi-egypt/
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