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Biden says Western allies must keep aiding Ukraine as he meets European partners before election

By JOSH BOAK and GEIR MOULSON
Oct 18, 2024 7:16 am - U.S. President Joe Biden said it's important for Ukraine's Western allies to “sustain our resolve” in supporting the country as he held meetings Friday with European partners, with the upcoming U.S. presidential election casting a long shadow over his visit to Germany.
Hamas official confirms Sinwar's death, as Hezbollah vows a new phase of war with Israel

By JULIA FRANKEL
Oct 18, 2024 7:12 am - Hamas confirmed Friday that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, and the militant group reiterated its stance that hostages taken from Israel a year ago will not be released until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and a withdrawal of Israeli troops.
Wealthier Americans are driving retail spending and powering US economy

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Oct 18, 2024 7:09 am - It’s a trend that has surprised many: Why, despite being squeezed by high prices, have Americans kept spending at retail stores and restaurants at a robust pace?
Hyundai recalls hydrogen fuel cell vehicles due to fire risk and tells owners to park them outdoors

Associated Press
Oct 17, 2024 2:59 pm - DETROIT — Hyundai is telling the owners of nearly 1,600 Nexo hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the U.S. and Canada to park them outdoors and away from structures due to the...
Who was Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader Israel says it killed?

By BASSEM MROUE
Oct 17, 2024 1:29 pm - BEIRUT — Yahya Sinwar masterminded an attack on Israel that shocked the world, unleashing a still-widening catastrophe with no end in sight. In Gaza, no figure loomed...
Chocolate is on its way out. Why Halloween is about gummy candy now.

By Jaclyn Peiser
Oct 17, 2024 12:00 pm - High cocoa prices, combined with a growing preference among Millennial and Gen Z consumers for chewy and sour treats, have prompted many confectionery giants to shift strategy this spooky season.
Trump says he is the ‘father of IVF’ at all-women town hall event

Andrew Jeong, Patrick Svitek
Oct 17, 2024 10:12 am - Former president Donald Trump described himself as the “father of IVF” during an all-female town hall event in Georgia, telling attendees that he would support in vitro f...
Zelenskyy says 10,000 North Koreans could join Russian forces in Ukraine as he pushes ‘Victory Plan’

By LORNE COOK, MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT
Oct 17, 2024 9:35 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his country has intelligence information that 10,000 troops from North Korea are being prepared to join Russian forces fighting against his country, warning that a third nation wading into the hostilities would turn the conflict into a “world war.”
Vance says ‘no’ when asked whether Trump lost 2020 election

By THOMAS BEAUMONT
Oct 17, 2024 8:07 am - The answer was the most specific Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance has been on the subject, and a departure from past answers he has offered about the election Trump continues to say without evidence was decided fraudulently in favor of Democrat Joe Biden.
Israel confirms Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in Gaza

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY
Oct 17, 2024 7:44 am - Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas’ top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle, only to discover afterward that a body in the rubble was Israel’s most wanted man.

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