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Local elections in the West Bank and part of Gaza could test public trust

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians lined up outside polls in tents and donated buildings to vote in the first elections held in part of Gaza in more than two decades.

More than 70,000 people are eligible to vote for municipal government in Deir al-Balah, a central Gaza city that has been damaged by airstrikes but was spared an Israeli ground invasion. The single-city vote is a largely symbolic “pilot," election officials say, part of an effort to politically link Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Palestinians see both as integral to any future path to statehood. Read More

Gunfire and blasts rock Mali as attackers hit capital and other cities, residents say

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Gunmen attacked several locations in Mali's capital and other cities early Saturday in a possible coordinated assault, residents and authorities said.

Mali’s army said in a statement “unidentified armed terrorist groups targeted certain locations and barracks in the capital.” It added that soldiers were “currently engaged in eliminating the attackers.”

Mali has been plagued by insurgencies fought by affiliates of al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, as well as a separatist rebellion in the north.

An Associated Press journalist... Read More

Russian attacks kill 5 and wound more than 30 in Ukraineâs Dnipro; 1 killed in Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro killed at least five people and wounded 34, local authorities said Saturday.

The bodies of four people were found in the ruins of a house destroyed in overnight attacks, Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha said.

“The Russians have been hitting Dnipro and other cities and communities practically all night,” Hanzha wrote on Telegram of the attacks, which caused fires to break out across Dnipro and partially destroyed several apartment buildings, businesses and a private... Read More

Don't count on rate cuts just yet: Warsh as Fed chair may not lead to big policy changes

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has made it clear he expects his choice for Federal Reserve chair to quickly cut interest rates once he takes office. Yet Americans shouldn’t pencil in lower borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, or business loans just yet.

The odds of Kevin Warsh becoming chair by the time Jerome Powell's term ends May 15 shot higher Friday when U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro, said she would drop her probe into Powell over his testimony last summer about the Fed’s costly building renovations.

But should he be... Read More

Despite Iran tensions, King Charles III will follow his mother's lead in celebrating US-UK bonds

LONDON (AP) — The challenge for King Charles III when he embarks on next week's state visit to the U.S. is, as always, to live up to his mother’s example.

The late Queen Elizabeth II wowed Congress in 1991 with a speech that celebrated the shared democratic traditions of Britain and the United States, quoted Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and highlighted the deep bonds between the two nations.

Those themes will also be at the top of Charles’ agenda as he celebrates America's 250th birthday and seeks to calm tensions surrounding... Read More

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Local elections in the West Bank and part of Gaza could test public trust

Gunfire and blasts rock Mali as attackers hit capital and other cities, residents say

Russian attacks kill 5 and wound more than 30 in Ukraineâs Dnipro; 1 killed in Russia

Don't count on rate cuts just yet: Warsh as Fed chair may not lead to big policy changes

Despite Iran tensions, King Charles III will follow his mother's lead in celebrating US-UK bonds

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Local elections in the West Bank and part of Gaza could test public trust

Gunfire and blasts rock Mali as attackers hit capital and other cities, residents say

Russian attacks kill 5 and wound more than 30 in Ukraineâs Dnipro; 1 killed in Russia

Don't count on rate cuts just yet: Warsh as Fed chair may not lead to big policy changes

Despite Iran tensions, King Charles III will follow his mother's lead in celebrating US-UK bonds

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Russian attacks kill 5 and wound more than 30 in Ukraineâs Dnipro; 1 killed in Russia