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Activists say Israel has intercepted their Gaza aid flotilla near Crete, detaining crews
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Activists sailing on dozens of boats attempting to break Israel’s maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid say Israeli forces intercepted them overnight Wednesday into Thursday, detaining the crews while the flotilla was sailing hundreds of miles (kilometers) from Gaza near the southern Greek island of Crete.The Global Sumud Flotilla set sail earlier this month from Barcelona. Organizers have said more than 70 boats and 1,000 people from around the world would be participating, with more vessels joining the original boats as the... Read More
Brent crude surges to $123 a barrel on Iran war worries, while world stocks retreat
HONG KONG (AP) — The price of Brent crude oil surged to around $123 a barrel early Thursday as stalled U.S.-Iran talks raised doubts over the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a permanent end to the Iran war.Brent crude to be delivered in June jumped 4.1% to $122.88 after briefly soaring past $125 per barrel, and Brent to be delivered in July rose 2.5% to $113.17.
Benchmark U.S. crude climbed 2% to $109.05 per barrel.
Before the war began in late February, Brent crude was trading around $70 per barrel.
There's no clear path to an end to the... Read More
Kenya gives a hero's welcome to marathon record breaker Sabastian Sawe
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Marathon record-breaker Sabastian Sawe received a hero's welcome in Kenya, complete with a water cannon salute on Wednesday for the aircraft he was aboard.On Thursday, he was awarded $61,000 and a car by the president.
Sawe, the first person to officially break the two-hour barrier in an marathon, was welcomed home by his parents and Sports Minister Salim Mvurya, who hailed the runner's accomplishment at the London Marathon as “a win for Kenya.”
President William Ruto held a more formal welcoming ceremony Thursday, where he... Read More
Howden's short-handed goal gives Golden Knights 5-4 double-OT win over Mammoth and 3-2 series lead
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brett Howden scored a short-handed goal at 5:28 of the second overtime Wednesday night to give Vegas a 5-4 victory over the Utah Mammoth and put the Golden Knights one victory away from winning the first-round series.The Golden Knights take a 3-2 lead into their best-of-seven NHL playoffs series on Friday night in Salt Lake City.
Vegas' Pavel Dorofeyev's six-on-five goal with 52.7 seconds left in regulation forced overtime and gave him the sixth playoff hat trick in franchise history. Dorofeyev had two goals in 13 career playoff games before this... Read More
Hezbollah adopts a new weapon: Fiber-optic drones, used widely in the war in Ukraine
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hezbollah has launched a new weapon against northern Israel in the latest round of fighting: small drones controlled with fiber-optic cables the width of dental floss that avoid electronic detection.These drones — used widely in the war in Ukraine — are small, hard to track and potentially lethal.
Many drones are susceptible to electronic jamming by air defenses. Jamming can cause a drone to crash or return to its point of origin.
But fiber-optic drones are not controlled remotely. They have a thin cable that connects an... Read More
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- David Allan Coe, who wrote 'Take This Job and Shove It' and other country hits, dies at 86
- âMormon Wivesâ star Taylor Frankie Paul and ex-partner push for protective orders against each other
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- Prosecutors say singer D4vd stabbed 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez to death to silence her
Sports
- Howden's short-handed goal gives Golden Knights 5-4 double-OT win over Mammoth and 3-2 series lead
- Rockets beat Lakers 99-93 in Game 5, avoiding playoff elimination for the 2nd straight game
- Schroder's halftime speech, 11 points in 4th quarter spark Cavaliers to victory over Raptors
- Nathan Church steals another homer, this time giving the Cardinals a win over the Pirates