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NEW YORK (AP) — The No Labels group said Thursday it will not field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization failed to attract a high-profile centrist willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. “No Labels has always said we would only offer our … Read more
The US said it would consider revoking its recent designation of Yemen’s Houthis as terrorists if the Iran-backed militants cease their shipping attacks in and around the Red Sea. “My hope is that we can find diplomatic off-ramps,” Tim Lenderking, President Joe Biden’s special envoy for Yemen, told reporters in an online press briefing on … Read more
ISTANBUL (AP) — A fire engulfed an Istanbul nightclub Tuesday during renovations, trapping workers and employees inside and killing at least 29 people, officials and reports said. Several people, including managers of the club, were detained for questioning. One person was being treated at a hospital with serious injuries, the Istanbul governor’s office said in … Read more
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is proposing to establish a fund of allied contributions worth $100 billion over five years for Ukraine as part of a package for alliance leaders to sign off when they gather in Washington in July. Allies are still discussing Stoltenberg’s proposal and any mechanics of the accounting, including whether to … Read more
New report links secret Russian intel unit to ‘Havana Syndrome’ cases A new “60 Minutes” investigative report alleges a connection between “Havana Syndrome” and Russian intelligence. The US government has assessed it is unlikely a foreign adversary is responsible, according to US intelligence officials familiar with the assessment. The reporter who led the investigation, Christo … Read more
Dina Boluarte is discovering the risks of leading a country that jails ex-presidents so often that it built a special prison to hold them. Just a year into Boluarte’s term as Peru’s president, about 80% of voters wanted her gone. That was before a scandal erupted over how exactly she came to own a collection … Read more
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Romania and Bulgaria partially joined Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone on Sunday, marking a new step in the two countries’ integration with the European Union. After years of negotiations to join the Schengen area, there is now free access for travelers arriving by air or sea from both countries. However, land border … Read more
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing a shock defeat at the ballot box against the main opposition party amid rampant inflation and the highest borrowing costs since the president swept to power more than two decades ago. Erdogan’s AK Party fell behind the main opposition Republican People’s Party, known as CHP, in Sunday’s municipal elections … Read more
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s presidential primary Tuesday clears the way for a general election campaign that Democrats see as an opportunity unlike any in recent state history. New legislative districts adopted last month erase Republican advantages that gave the GOP dominance of the Wisconsin Assembly even as Democrats won 14 of the past 17 … Read more