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Up to 600 N Korean defectors deported by China have vanished, says rights group
Up to 600 North Koreans have "vanished" after being forcibly deported by China in October, a Seoul-based human rights group said on Thursday, warning they may face imprisonment, torture, sexual violence and execution in the isolated state. The report by the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) came about two months… Read
Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack returning to honor those who perished 82 years ago
Ira “Ike” Schab had just showered, put on a clean sailor's uniform and closed his locker aboard the USS Dobbin when he heard a call for a fire rescue party. He went topside to see the USS Utah capsizing and Japanese planes in the air. He scurried back below deck… Read
Insults fly as Haley's rise makes her target at U.S. Republican debate
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley was the subject of repeated attacks during Wednesday's Republican presidential debate, as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sought to blunt her momentum just weeks before the party's first nominating contest in Iowa. The two rivals were vying to emerge as the chief alternative to the absent… Read
Putin visits UAE and Saudi Arabia, seeking to bolster Moscow's Middle East clout
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in a lightning tour intended to raise Moscow's profile as a Middle East power broker, even as his war in Ukraine grinds on. Putin landed in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the Emirates, that is hosting… Read
Heavy fighting in Gaza halts most aid delivery and leaves civilians with few places to seek safety
Intense fighting blocked relief workers from distributing food, water and medicine across most of the Gaza Strip, deepening the humanitarian crisis as Israeli forces battled Hamas militants Wednesday in a ground offensive that has brought some of the devastation and mass displacement seen in the north to the south. As… Read
As Ukraine aid falters in Senate, Biden signals he's willing to make a deal on border security
As Senate Republicans blocked the advance of tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance for Ukraine Wednesday, President Joe Biden berated their tactics as “stunning" and dangerous. Yet he also signaled an openness to what GOP lawmakers ultimately want: border policy changes. Biden at the White House warned of dire… Read
After a fast start, COP28 climate talks now in murky middle of hope, roadblocks
After a first-day blur of rare quick action and agreement, negotiators at a critical United Nations climate summit Wednesday finished up their first week in a more familiar place for them: the murky middle where momentum and roadblocks intertwine. “Negotiations, as are often the case, are a mixed picture right… Read
Las Vegas campus shooting leaves three victims, suspect dead
A shooting on the main campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on Wednesday left at least three people dead before the bloodshed ended with the suspect's own death, authorities said. The Las Vegas Police Department said in written statement on social media that three people, aside from the… Read
Kevin McCarthy says he's leaving Congress by year's end
Two months after his historic ouster as U.S. House speaker, Republican Rep Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday that he is resigning and will leave Congress by the end of the year. His announcement capped a stunning end to a House career for the onetime deli counter owner from Bakersfield, California, who… Read
Republicans threaten contempt proceedings if Hunter Biden refuses to appear for deposition
House Republicans are warning Hunter Biden that they will move to hold him in contempt of Congress if he doesn’t appear this month for a closed-door deposition, raising the stakes in the growing standoff over testimony from President Joe Biden's son. Hunter Biden has insisted that he will only testify… Read
