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Haiti imposes austerity measures as Iran war drives up oil prices and disrupts supplies

AP News PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government announced new austerity measures on Tuesday as the war in Iran disrupts critical oil supplies and drives up prices worldwide.

Officials in the troubled Caribbean country imposed a ban on the purchase of any new vehicles, will reduce fuel expenditures for public institutions and said that foreign travel will be limited to essential missions authorized by the prime minister.

In addition, security escorts will be limited to one vehicle in a country where gangs control an estimated 90% of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and...
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Citing First Amendment, federal judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS

AP News WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing the First Amendment, a federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, two media entities that the White House has said are counterproductive to American priorities.

The operational impact of U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss' decision was not immediately clear — both because it will likely be appealed and because too much damage to the public-broadcasting system has already been done, both by...
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Sanctioned Russian tanker docks in Cuba after US allows passage despite energy blockade

AP News MATANZAS, Cuba (AP) — A Russian tanker docked Tuesday at the Cuban port of Matanzas laden with 730,000 barrels of oil, marking the first time in three months that an oil tanker reached the island.

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump had allowed the Anatoly Kolodkin to proceed despite an ongoing U.S. energy blockade.

Cubans including Energy and Mines Minister Vicente de la O Levy cheered the ship’s arrival. A shortage of petroleum has exacerbated a deep economic crisis that has left the population mired in long blackouts and facing a severe shortage of...
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A'ja Wilson returns to USA Basketball camp in Phoenix during Final Four week

AP News PHOENIX (AP) — Two-time Olympic gold medalist A'ja Wilson will take part in a USA Basketball training camp in Phoenix during the women's Final Four.

This is the first time that Wilson will take part in a training camp since helping the U.S. win the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Games.

She'll be joined by Olympic teammate Sabrina Ionescu.

There will also be a handful of players who just competed for the U.S. this month at the FIBA World Cup qualifier in San Juan, Puerto Rico — Monique Billings, Rae Burrell and Paige Bueckers. The U.S. went undefeated in...
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Iran’s imprisoned Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi may have had a heart attack

AP News BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi may have suffered a heart attack, one of her lawyers said Tuesday.

Two of Mohammadi’s lawyers and her sister visited her in Zanjan Prison in northwestern Iran on Sunday, her French lawyer, Chirinne Ardakani, told The Associated Press after being briefed by the two Iranian lawyers who went to the prison.

“When my colleagues saw her, they were shocked because she was very pale and had lost a lot of weight, and she was not alone but aided by a nurse,” Ardakani said.

She added...
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