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Zelenskyy says Ukraine faces choice of losing dignity or risking loss of key partner with US plan

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that Ukraine has to confront the possibility of losing its dignity or risking the loss of a key partner as it figures out how to respond to a U.S. peace proposal.

“This is one of the most difficult moments in our history,” Zelenskyy said in a video address to the nation.

“Currently, the pressure on Ukraine is one of the hardest. Ukraine may now face a very difficult choice, either losing its dignity or the risk of losing a key partner.”

Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s national interest... Read More

The US stock market holds steadier, for now, following its wildest day since April

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market seems to be holding steadier on Friday, for now at least, following weeks of scary swings driven in part by worries that prices for AI stocks, cryptocurrencies and other Wall Street stars shot too high.

The S&P 500 rose 0.3% in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 187 points, or 0.4%, as of 9:40 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.2% higher.

Stocks appeared to get a boost from a speech by the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Markets perked up immediately after John Williams told a... Read More

Indian fighter jet crashes during a demonstration flight at Dubai Air Show, killing the pilot

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Indian fighter jet crashed Friday at the start of a demonstration flight in front of a crowd of spectators at the Dubai Air Show, killing its sole pilot.

The Indian HAL Tejas smashed into the ground at the vast Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central, sending a vast fireball into the air and thick black smoke into the sky. Police vehicles, ambulances and a helicopter rushed to the site of the crash, spraying firefighting foam to extinguish the blaze.

Onlookers, including families who gathered in a grand stand for... Read More

Netanyahu convenes cabinet on settler violence in the West Bank that continues unabated

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister met with top security officials to discuss a rising tide of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, an Israeli official said Friday, as fresh allegations surfaced of Israeli settlers hurling rocks at passing Palestinian vehicles in the West Bank village of Huwara.

Huwara Mayor Jihad Ouda said the stone throwing was quickly followed by a huge fire at a nearby scrapyard. Flames lit up the evening sky and sent massive columns of smoke into the air, images and video on social media showed. The military said it had reports that Israelis set... Read More

Nobel laureate Han Kang's first nonfiction book in English to be released next spring

NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Han Kang's first book of nonfiction to come out in English will be released next spring.

The Korean author's “Light and Thread” is scheduled to be published March 24 by Penguin Random House imprints in the U.S., the United Kingdom and other English-speaking regions. Published in Korean this year and translated into English by Maya West, e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris, “Light and Thread” includes Han's Nobel lecture from 2024, along with other writings and photographs.

“As I arranged the essays, poems, diary entries, and... Read More

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine faces choice of losing dignity or risking loss of key partner with US plan

The US stock market holds steadier, for now, following its wildest day since April

Indian fighter jet crashes during a demonstration flight at Dubai Air Show, killing the pilot

Netanyahu convenes cabinet on settler violence in the West Bank that continues unabated

Nobel laureate Han Kang's first nonfiction book in English to be released next spring

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