Lebanon: War fears loom as new device blasts kill 14, wound 450

Agence France Presse 09/19/2024

BEIRUT, Lebanon — A second wave of device explosions killed 14 people and wounded more than 450 others on Wednesday in Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon, officials said, stoking fears of an all-out war with Israel. A source…

Deadly pager blasts targeting Hezbollah: What to know about them

Agence France Presse 09/18/2024

NEW YORK— In what appears to be a sophisticated, remote attack, pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria Tuesday, killing at least nine people — including an 8-year-old girl…

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs charged with racketeering, sex trafficking

Agence France Presse 09/18/2024

NEW YORK, United States — Superstar rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs pleaded not guilty Tuesday to racketeering and sex trafficking charges, and was ordered to remain in custody pending a trial. Combs, 54, was arrested by federal…

Pager blasts hit Hezbollah in Lebanon: 9 dead, 2,800 wounded

Agence France Presse 09/18/2024

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding some 2,800 in blasts the Iran-backed militant group blamed on Israel. There was no immediate comment…

North Korea trash balloon causes fire on rooftop of building in Seoul

Agence France Presse 09/17/2024

SEOUL — A trash balloon from North Korea landed on a Seoul building rooftop and caused a fire, a local fire department said Monday, among thousands of balloons Pyongyang has sent southward this year, sparking a tit-for-tat…

‘Bullets are flying’: US political rhetoric sees violence soar

Agence France Presse 09/17/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — Two assassination attempts against Donald Trump, bomb threats impacting a town’s immigrant community, and a fringe party urging Kamala Harris’s murder. The United States’ coarsening political discourse has led to mounting menace and…

Trump blames Biden, Harris ‘rhetoric’ for assassination attempts

Agence France Presse 09/17/2024

WEST PALM BEACH, United States — Donald Trump on Monday blamed his election rival Kamala Harris and US President Joe Biden after he was targeted in a second apparent assassination attempt, saying their “rhetoric” about him endangering…

Historic private astronaut mission ends with splashdown off Florida

Agence France Presse 09/16/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, which made history when its crew conducted the first spacewalk by non-government astronauts, concluded early Sunday with a splashdown off the coast of Florida. The Dragon spacecraft plunged…

Trump safe after apparent assassination try, person in custody

Agence France Presse 09/16/2024

WEST PALM BEACH,  United States — Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Sunday in Florida, the FBI said, with the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign and law enforcement reporting he was safe and unharmed.…

‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ Trump tweets

Agence France Presse 09/16/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — The tweet came as a surprise, even from the provocative Donald Trump: “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” the former president said Sunday. Though the all-caps post came without accompanying commentary or explanation, the context…

‘Shogun’ set to shine at Emmys

Agence France Presse 09/16/2024

LOS ANGELES, United States — Historical epic “Shogun” — a tale of warring dynasties in feudal Japan — could make history on Sunday at the Emmys, television’s equivalent of the Oscars. The FX series is hotly tipped…

SpaceX makes history: First spacewalks by private citizens

Agence France Presse 09/13/2024

WASHINGTON, United States —A pioneering private crew made history Thursday by performing the first commercial spacewalk, with NASA hailing it as “a giant leap forward” for the space industry. The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, led by fintech…

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