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Illegal crossings surge in remote areas as Congress, White House weigh major asylum limits

By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Dec 19, 2023 7:48 am - LUKEVILLE, Ariz. (AP) — Hundreds of dates are written on concrete-filled steel columns erected along the U.S. border with Mexico to memorialize when the Border Patrol has...
Pentagon announces new international mission to counter attacks on commercial vessels in Red Sea

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR
Dec 19, 2023 7:03 am - MANAMA, Bahrain — The U.S. and a host of other nations are creating a new force to protect ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballisti...
Meta's initial decisions to remove 2 videos of Israel-Hamas war reversed by Oversight Board

Associated Press
Dec 19, 2023 6:53 am - MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — A quasi-independent review board is recommending that Facebook parent company Meta overturn two decisions it made this fall to remove posts “inf...
Israel strikes south Gaza and raids a hospital in the north as war grinds on with renewed US support

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY
Dec 19, 2023 6:52 am - The Israeli army has raided and detained staff at two of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza’s north, where the defense minister said Tuesday that troops were working ...
The UK and France reiterate that Russia's invasion of Ukraine must end in failure as US aid falters

By ALEX TURNBULL
Dec 19, 2023 6:46 am - PARIS (AP) — Britain and France reiterated their determination Tuesday that Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine ends in failure, with the U.K. foreign minister saying...
Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples if they don't resemble marriage

By NICOLE WINFIELD and DAVID CRARY
Dec 18, 2023 9:30 am - ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting ...
North Korea conducts first long-range missile test in months, likely firing a solid-fueled weapon

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and MARI YAMAGUCHI
Dec 18, 2023 8:05 am - SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Monday conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile test in five months, likely launching a developmental, more agile weapon...
Near-final results confirm populist victory in Serbia while the opposition claims fraud

By JOVANA GEC
Dec 18, 2023 7:57 am - BELGRADE, Serbia — An early official vote count of Serbia's weekend election on Monday confirmed victory for the ruling populist party in a parliamentary vote in the Balk...
A gloomy mood hangs over Ukraine's soldiers as war with Russia grinds on

By SAMYA KULLAB
Dec 18, 2023 7:50 am - KYIV, Ukraine — A gloomy mood hangs over Ukraine's soldiers nearly two years after Russia invaded their country. Despite a disappointing counteroffensive this summer and ...
Some Trump fake electors from 2020 haven't faded away. They have roles in how the 2024 race is run

By GABE STERN
Dec 18, 2023 7:44 am - VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. — Nearly two years after he signed documents attempting to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 loss in Nevada, Jim Hindle thanked everyone gathered in a hist...

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