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Two former Israeli prime ministers agree to merge parties against Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (AP) — Two Israeli political heavyweights on Sunday said they would join forces in upcoming elections in a shared effort to unseat longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid served as prime ministers in a rotation agreement as part of a coalition government they formed in 2021. They now plan to merge their parties into single faction headed by Bennett.
“The move is intended to unite the bloc, put an end to internal divisions and focus all efforts on winning the critical upcoming elections,” Lapid's Yesh Atid party said in... Read More
Trump and top officials were likely targets at media dinner, Justice Dept. head says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The accused gunman who tried to storm the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives traveled across the country before the event and is believed to have been targeting President Donald Trump and members of his administration, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday.Blanche said officials believe the suspect traveled by train from California to Chicago and then on to Washington, where in recent days he checked in as a guest to the hotel where one of the glitziest events in the nation's capital was being held... Read More
Tillis says he's ready to move ahead with confirming Warsh as Trump's pick as Fed chair
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican senator who had effectively blocked confirmation of President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve said Sunday he was dropping his opposition after the Department of Justice ended its investigation of the current central bank chair.The announcement by Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina removes a big hurdle to Trump's effort to install Kevin Warsh, a former high-ranking Fed official, in the job in place of Jerome Powell, long under White House pressure to lower interest rates. Tillis' opposition was enough to stall the nomination in... Read More
Iran's foreign minister returns to Pakistan as Islamabad races to save negotiations with US
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran 's foreign minister arrived in Islamabad again on Sunday as Pakistan's political and military leadership scrambled to reignite ceasefire talks between Tehran and Washington.Abbas Araghchi had left Pakistan’s capital late Saturday, creating confusion around an expected second round of talks, but he returned to Islamabad before continuing on to Moscow, Iranian state media said. He had been in Oman, which previously mediated talks and is located on the other side of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Two Pakistani officials, speaking on condition of... Read More
NBA postseason guide: Schedule, stories, betting odds, how to watch and more
Injuries are leaving a big mark on the NBA playoffs.Minnesota's Donte DiVincenzo tore his Achilles tendon on Saturday night, which not only ends his season but calls his 2026-27 season into question. He joins Boston's Jayson Tatum, Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton and then-Milwaukee's, now-Portland's Damian Lillard on the list of prominent players to tear Achilles tendons during playoff games in the last year or so.
(And somehow, all four of those players wear jersey No. 0, a bizarre coincidence.)
It gets worse for Minnesota, with Anthony Edwards also leaving... Read More
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- Iran's foreign minister returns to Pakistan as Islamabad races to save negotiations with US
- Syriaâs first public trial of Assad-era officials opens in Damascus
- Car bomb explodes outside Northern Ireland police station
- Trump calls for unity and bipartisan healing after another violent incident. But will it last?
- Sabastian Sawe breaks fabled 2-hour barrier in the marathon to shatter world record by 65 seconds
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