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Palestinians celebrate their return to northern Gaza after 15 months of war WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have streamed into heavily destroyed northern Gaza in their first chance to return since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas. Meanwhile, Israel says eight of the hostages to be freed in the weeks ahead are dead. A fragile ceasefire has entered a second week.
The return of Palestinians is a dramatic reversal of the mass exodus that many had feared Israel would make permanent. Palestinians who have been sheltering in squalid tent camps and former schools are eager to return to their homes, even if they are likely destroyed. Northern Gaza is shattered.
The spirit of returning Palestinians is not WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Crowds of Palestinians fill Gaza’s main coastal road as they stream north. With their belongings on their backs, they smile, hug and sing, overjoyed at the prospect of returning home after more than a year of war. Ahead of the returning Palestinians lies an uncertain fate.
Many of their homes were destroyed as more than 15 months of Israeli bombardment and ground offensive against Hamas have leveled large parts of Gaza City and the surrounding north. Hundreds of US visa appointments canceled in Colombia following spat with Trump over deportations BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Visa appointments at the U.S.
Embassy in Colombia have been canceled following a dispute between President Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro over deportation flights that nearly turned into a costly trade war between both countries. On Monday morning, hundreds of Colombians showed up outside the U.S.
Embassy in Bogota, and were handed letters by local staff that said their appointments — which can take up to two years to obtain — had been canceled “due to the Colombian government’s refusal to accept repatriation flights of Colombian nationals.” What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company upending the stock market? A frenzy over an artificial intelligence chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek was upending stock markets Monday and fueling debates over the economic and geopolitical competition between the U.S.
and China in developing AI technology. DeepSeek’s AI assistant became the No. 1 downloaded free app on Apple’s iPhone store Monday, propelled by curiosity about the ChatGPT competitor.
Part of what’s worrying some U.S. tech industry observers is the idea that the Chinese startup has caught up with the American companies at the forefront of generative AI at a fraction of the cost.
But hype and misconceptions about DeepSeek’s technological advancements also sowed confusion. CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal NEW YORK (AP) — U.S.
public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. The surprise decision is focused on the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A CDC official sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling them that all agency staff who work with the WHO must immediately stop their collaborations and “await further guidance.” The Associated Press viewed the memo.
Experts say the sudden stoppage is a surprise and will set back work on investigating and trying to stop outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox in Africa. Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump Justice Department says it has fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal investigations into President Donald Trump. The abrupt action targeting career prosecutors who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s team is the latest sign of upheaval inside the Justice Department.
It reflects the administration’s determination to purge the government of workers it perceives as disloyal to the president. The move, which follows the reassignment of multiple senior career officials across divisions, was made even though rank-and-file prosecutors by tradition remain in their positions across presidential administrations and are not punished because of their involvement in sensitive investigations. In the early going, Trump 2.
0 approach on foreign policy is to talk loudly and carry a big stick WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump in his return to the White House has already previewed his second term foreign policy approach: Talk loudly and wield a big stick. Trump threatened to levy massive tariffs on Colombia after the country’s leftist president refused to allow a U.S.
military plane carrying deported migrants to land in the country. He’s needled the Ukrainian president for “talking so brave” instead of negotiating with Russia. He’s flummoxed even Republican allies with his calls on Mideast allies to take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza.
Through economic coercion and sharp rhetoric, Trump is signaling that he intends to be a bull in the China shop to extract what he wants. New Trump orders on transgender troops, COVID and more expected on Hegseth's first day WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he will sign a flurry of executive orders focused on the military, including to reinstate troops booted for refusing COVID-19 vaccines and remove “transgender ideology” from the force. He says troops will be reinstated at their former rank and with full pay.
The expected orders come just as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth began his first day on the job on Monday. Trump is also expected to further outline new rollbacks in diversity programs. Meanwhile, the Air Force says it has restored the use of training material referring to the storied Tuskegee Airmen after a temporary delay to edit its courses.
Agencies have been taking a broad approach at removing any content that seemed to run afoul of Trump’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Rain moves through Southern California, dousing fires but without causing serious mudslides LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rain has mostly moved out of Southern California after the first significant storm of the season brought weekend downpours that aided firefighters. Ash and mud flowed across streets, but no significant problems were reported Monday in areas scorched by wildfires.
More than an inch of rain fell in many areas, loosening Los Angeles hillsides burned bare by the recent blaze near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, where crews cleared inundated roadways. In neighboring Malibu, four schools were closed due to dangerous road conditions. North of Los Angeles, snowy conditions shut down the mountainous Tejon Pass section of Interstate 5 late Sunday before reopening Monday afternoon.
Chiefs look to join the Shaq-Kobe Lakers, Yankees and Michael Jordan with a rare three-peat Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs accomplished a feat that had never been done before: Getting back to the NFL’s championship game following back-to-back Super Bowl wins. Next up is the rare championship three-peat that hasn’t been accomplished in the NFL, NBA, NHL or Major League Baseball in more than 20 years. The most recent team in those four leagues to win three straight championships was the Los Angeles Lakers with Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant in the 2000-02 NBA Finals.
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