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More than a third of the 250 hostages kidnapped in a Hamas attack on Oct. 7 may already be dead, the Israeli government said Tuesday. The Israeli military said Monday that four more hostages had been killed, including three men seen on video begging Hamas to be released. Issued by: April 6, 2024 – 10:25 1 minute The Israeli government said on Tuesday it believed more than a third of the hostages remaining in Gaza were dead, as the United States seeks to move ahead with their rescue under a proposal to end the war with Hamas.Of the roughly 250…
SAO PAULO, Brazil – Claudia Sheinbaum won a landslide victory over Xochitl Gálvez in the June 2 election, making the former Mexico City mayor the country's first female president. Her experience fighting violence in the capital and her determination to stick to the economic policies of her predecessor, fellow party member Andrés Manuel López Obrador, have made some Catholics optimistic about her administration. Many analysts see violence as the most important challenge facing Scheinbaum during AMLO's term. [AMLO is the popular name used by the former president]By 2013, there were at least 30,000 murders each year. Although the government announced…
Eight months into Israel's Gaza war, a series of disagreements, divisions and ultimatums has brought Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's emergency war cabinet to the brink of collapse, his own coalition government to follow suit and raising the possibility of new elections.Externally, the embattled prime minister is under increasing pressure from his own people to bring home the remaining Israeli hostages and from the Biden administration to reach a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Within the unity government formed less than a week after the deadly Oct. 7 militant attack, he is dealing with the insurgency from allies and opponents alike.Hardline conservatives…
(Bloomberg) — South African assets are recovering, buoyed by investor hopes that the country will form a market-friendly government during the next 13 days of coalition talks.Most read articles on BloombergThe rand surged 1.6 percent on Monday, its biggest one-day gain since Dec. 14, when the ruling African National Congress failed to secure a parliamentary majority for the first time in three decades.South African dollar-denominated government bonds were the top performers in Bloomberg’s Emerging and Frontier Country Eurobond Index, while the FTSE/JSE All Share Index ended the day as the second-best dollar-denominated gauge of stocks among the 92 indexes monitored…
Users have 72 hours to choose whether to update or quit Chrome.dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Updated June 3rd following warnings about cookie theft. For Google Chrome and its more than 2 billion desktop users, May will be remembered as a month they'd rather forget, with four zero-day vulnerabilities and urgent update warnings in the space of 10 days resulting in a flurry of can't-miss headlines. The US government has warned federal employees to install the May emergency update or stop using Chrome. They set a deadline of June 3rd to apply the first update and June 6th to apply…
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In theory, Portland's elected commissioners would take a back seat as an appointed deputy city manager begins overseeing six new service areas. PORTLAND, Ore. — In less than a month, the city of Portland will begin experimenting with historic change, a complete restructuring of its 7,000-person city government system. The official transition will take place on Jan. 1, but an informal transition will begin on July 1. For city officials, the massive undertaking may be a cause for concern, but it also offers the possibility that things will finally run more smoothly in a “city that works.” Michael Jordan is…
HOMEWOOD, Ala. (WIAT) — The City of Homewood will hold its first informational meeting Tuesday night regarding proposed structural changes to city government. Currently, Homewood has 11 part-time city council members representing five wards. The proposal would change that to four council members representing four wards. It also would create a full-time mayor position, something Council Member Jennifer Andres said voters wanted in the last city election. “What was clear in the last election was that the people we listened to wanted a full-time executive position,” Andres said. The mayor would be in charge of the day-to-day running of the…
CLEVELAND (WJW) – The FOX 8 I-Team has learned the Cleveland Police Department's new drone deployment has been delayed again, but the plan is already years behind schedule. The drones have finally been delivered to Cleveland Police, but they won't be used to fight crime for a while — probably not until next year. The I-Team recently uncovered long delays in acquiring drones for use by Cleveland Police: The City Council approved the budget two years ago, but as of last month, the police department still did not own one. Check out this 'big and scary' spider discovered in northeast…
Benjamin Adelberg | Cronkite News WASHINGTON – A child's only change of clothes. A birth certificate. Important contact details to keep family friends and distant relatives in touch. Even a stack of bills. All were missing in migrant detention facilities along the southern border, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report, confirming long-standing claims by immigration advocacy groups. The GAO study found that when migrants file formal complaints with agencies such as Customs and Border Protection or the Border Patrol, by the time the investigation is completed, the migrants' belongings are often discarded. “As the number of encounters with…