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US will allow Ukraine to use American antipersonnel land mines against Russian forces

By SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV
Nov 20, 2024 8:02 am - The Biden administration will allow Ukraine to use American-supplied antipersonnel land mines to help it slow Russia’s battlefield progress in the war, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday, as the U.S. and some other Western embassies in Kyiv stayed closed after a threat of a major Russian aerial attack on the Ukrainian capital.
Putin lowers the threshold for using his nuclear arsenal after Biden’s arms decision for Ukraine

By The Associated Press
Nov 19, 2024 7:53 am - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear weapons, a move that follows U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory with American-supplied longer-range missiles.
US envoy says a truce in Lebanon is ‘within our grasp’ as Gaza’s food crisis worsens after looting

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB, WAFAA SHURAFA and FATMA KHALED
Nov 19, 2024 7:38 am - A United States envoy said an agreement to end the Israel-Hezbollah war is “within our grasp” after talks in Lebanon on Tuesday. There was no such optimism in the Gaza Strip, where the looting of nearly 100 aid trucks by armed men worsened an already severe food crisis.
Russia says Ukraine fired 6 US-made ATACMS at the Bryansk region, days after Biden policy shift

By The Associated Press
Nov 19, 2024 7:12 am - Ukraine fired six U.S.-made ATACMS missiles at Russia’s Bryansk region, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, days after U.S. President Joe Biden eased restrictions on Ukrainian use of American-made weapons in the war that has reached its 1,000-day milestone.
Georgia appeals court cancels hearing in election interference case against Trump

By KATE BRUMBACK
Nov 18, 2024 8:06 pm - ATHENS, Ga. — A Georgia appeals court on Monday canceled oral arguments that were scheduled for next month on the appeal of a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County Di...
Trump picks former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy to be his nominee for transportation secretary

By ZEKE MILLER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Nov 18, 2024 7:48 pm - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee for transportation secretary, as he continue...
ACLU files lawsuit seeking details on Trump’s plan for mass deportation

Maria Sacchetti
Nov 18, 2024 6:03 pm - Civil-liberties lawyers alarmed by President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to launch mass deportations of undocumented immigrants sued the federal government Monday for infor...
Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut near key government buildings and embassies

By SALLY ABOU ALJOUD
Nov 18, 2024 5:55 pm - BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike slammed into a densely populated residential area in Lebanon’s capital near key government and diplomatic buildings late Monday, killing at ...
Biden seeks nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton

By KEVIN FREKING
Nov 18, 2024 5:47 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is requesting nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and other natural disasters, telling lawm...
Women on the front lines? Trump’s defense pick reignites debate as Duckworth and others point to their service and sacrifice

By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Nov 18, 2024 5:31 pm - WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited a debate that many thought had been long settled: Should women be a...

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