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Congress on track for shutdown as GOP divisions on display after late night votes
WASHINGTON — Divisions among House Republicans were on display Thursday as tensions erupted during a closed-door meeting and later the chamber convened with late night votes as a government shutdown nears.With just a little over two days before the federal government shuts down, there is no clear path to avoid a shutdown. The Senate is working to advance a bipartisan proposal for a short-term funding extension, but House Republicans have thrown cold water on it as many House conservatives balk at the prospect of a stopgap bill.The House passed several spending bills late Thursday night, but the measures would not stop a shutdown and have no hope of passing in the Senate. The votes were part of an effort by House GOP leadership to try to show conservatives that they are working in good...
September 29, 2023

Congress on track for shutdown as GOP divisions on display after late night votes

Amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and USS Carter Hall, deployed to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region, sail together in the Red Sea, in this photo taken on August 8
Iranian vessels shined laser at US attack helicopter in unsafe manner, US Navy says
WASHINGTON — Iranian vessels shined a laser at a US attack helicopter in international airspace over the Arabian Gulf on Wednesday in what the US Navy is calling an “unsafe and unprofessional manner.”The ships from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy aimed the laser at the Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter “multiple times” on Wednesday evening local time, according to a statement from US Naval Forces Central Command.The crew on the helicopter were not injured, the Navy said. Lasers can disorient and blind pilots of helicopters or aircraft, raising the risk of unsafe flight.“These are not the actions of a professional maritime force,” said spokesman Cmdr. Rick Chernitzer. “This unsafe, unprofessional, and irresponsible behavior by the Iranian Revolutionary...
September 29, 2023

Iranian vessels shined laser at US attack helicopter in unsafe manner, US Navy says

Troshev is known by his alias Sedoi, which means the one with grey hair
Putin meets former Wagner commander Andrei Troshev
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has met one of the most senior ex-commanders of the Wagner mercenary group, who the Kremlin says now works for the defense ministry.Andrei Troshev is a former aide of late Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in a plane crash in August.His death came two months after Wagner troops briefly marched on Moscow.President Putin asked Troshev to oversee volunteer fighter units in Ukraine, the Kremlin said.Addressing Troshev, the president said he could "volunteer units that can perform various combat tasks, above all, of course, in the zone of a special military operation", in reference to Ukraine."You know about the issues that need to be resolved in advance so that the combat work goes in the best and most successful...
September 29, 2023

Putin meets former Wagner commander Andrei Troshev

The women inside the refrigerated truck before they were rescued.
Women found in lorry in France face deportation
PARIS — Four of six women rescued from the back of a lorry in France on Wednesday must leave the country within 30 days, a French public prosecutor said.The four Vietnamese and two Iraqi women were found by police after getting into the lorry, which they believed was heading for the UK.One of the women spoke from inside the vehicle to a BBC journalist, who then contacted French police.It is unclear which of the four women are to be deported.The other two have been authorized to stay in France pending asylum requests, a statement from the prosecutor said.The women got into the lorry thinking the Irish-registered vehicle would likely transport them to England, Laetitia Francart, public prosecutor at the judicial court of Villefranche-sur-Saône said.In fact, the lorry was delivering a...
September 29, 2023

Women found in lorry in France face deportation

A 25-year-old woman, reportedly a neighbor of a person with gang links, was killed in a blast on Thursday
Sweden summons army chief after surge in gang killings
STOCKHOLM — Sweden's prime minister has summoned the head of the armed forces to help curb a surge in gang killings.The two men and the country's police chief will meet on Friday to discuss what role the military could play.It comes after a bloody 12 hours that saw two men shot dead in Stockholm and a 25-year-old woman killed in a blast at home in a town north of the capital."We will hunt the gangs down and we will defeat them," PM Ulf Kristersson promised in a rare televised address.Armed forces chief Micael Byden told Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter he was prepared to assist police efforts.It is not clear exactly how the military might get involved but previous talks suggest soldiers may take over certain policing duties to allow officers to free up resources for...
September 29, 2023

Sweden summons army chief after surge in gang killings

Employees seen running out of the Erasmus Medical Center after it was stormed by the gunman.
Gunman kills three in Rotterdam twin shootings
ROTTERDAM — Dutch police have arrested a gunman who killed at least three people in twin shootings in the city of Rotterdam.They say the male attacker, 32, opened fire in a home before setting it alight, then stormed the city's Erasmus Medical Center on Thursday.He was a student at Erasmus University, which is affiliated with the hospital.A woman, 39, and her 14-year-old daughter were killed in the first shooting. A male lecturer, 43, was shot dead at the hospital.Footage has emerged showing a man in camouflaged clothing being taken from the hospital building in handcuffs. The motives for the attack were not immediately known.A security guard who says he was first on the scene told the BBC it was a "shocking" day."It was terrible, terrible," he said, visibly...
September 29, 2023

Gunman kills three in Rotterdam twin shootings

Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with the President of the Corsican Assembly Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis before addressing a session of the Corsican Assembly in Ajaccio
Historic move as Macron offers Corsica autonomy
AJACCIO — In a speech to the Corsican Regional Assembly, Emmanuel Macron proposed a constitutional text to build Corsican autonomy within the French State.Corsica held its breath this morning as Emmanuel Macron addressed the Regional Assembly in Ajaccio.France's President proposed a constitutional text to Corsica's elected representatives to build autonomy for the island "without any disengagement from the state"."It will not be autonomy against the State, nor autonomy without the State, but autonomy for Corsica and within the republic," he explained.This unique proposal comes at the end of several months of discussions between the government and local political leaders.It culminated on Wednesday in a dinner at the Ajaccio prefecture, where everyone put their...
September 28, 2023

Historic move as Macron offers Corsica autonomy

People have been gathering in central Stepanakert to be evacuated to Armenia
Nagorno-Karabakh state will cease to exist in January, says leader
YEREVAN — The leader of the self-declared Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh has said it will cease to exist in the new year.Samvel Shahramanyan announced on Thursday that he had signed an order dissolving all state institutions from 1 January.The region, which had been controlled by Armenians for three decades, was seized by Azerbaijan last week.More than half of its majority ethnic Armenian population have now fled, according to officials.The region is recognized internationally as part of Azerbaijan but Armenia took control in the 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union.Shahramanyan said the decision to dissolve the state was "based on the priority of ensuring the physical security and vital interests of the people", referencing Azerbaijan's agreement that "free,...
September 28, 2023

Nagorno-Karabakh state will cease to exist in January, says leader

Chunks of ice covered by sheets float in a lake at the Rhone Glacier near Goms, Switzerland, 16 June 2023
Switzerland has lost 10% of its glaciers in the last two years
GENEVA — Two years of extreme weather have wiped out 10 percent of Swiss glaciers, new research reveals.The biggest decline since measurements began was seen in 2022, followed by the second biggest this year, the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) and Glacier Monitoring Switzerland (GLAMOS) announced on Thursday.“Swiss glaciers are melting faster and faster,” says SCNAT.“The acceleration is dramatic: we have lost as much ice in two years as between 1960 and 1990.”A severe lack of winter rain in the Alps combined with very warm temperatures contributed to record-low snowfall and the massive loss of ice, according to the report.In early February, snowfall measurements at 1,000 meters above sea level rose slightly above those seen in the less snowy winters of 1964, 1990 and 2007. But...
September 28, 2023

Switzerland has lost 10% of its glaciers in the last two years

Former Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has called for stopping military aid to neighboring Ukraine
NATO member Slovakia could soon have a pro-Russian leader
BRATISLAVA — Slovakia is getting ready to elect its fifth prime minister in just four years, and with Kremlin sympathizer Robert Fico’s opposition party leading the polls, it is one being watched with alarm in the West.Since Russia invaded Ukraine last February, Slovakia has been one of Kyiv’s staunchest allies. The two countries share a border, Slovakia was the first country to send air defenses to Ukraine and it welcomed tens of thousands of refugees.But all that could change if Fico comes to power. The former prime minister makes no secret of his sympathies towards the Kremlin and has blamed “Ukrainian Nazis and fascists” for provoking Russia’s President Vladimir Putin into launching the invasion, repeating the false narrative Putin has used to justify his invasion.Fico has...
September 28, 2023

NATO member Slovakia could soon have a pro-Russian leader

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