Hurricane Helene was a dangerous Category 4 storm when it made landfall over Florida’s Big Bend area late Thursday night but weakened rapidly as it raced inland early Friday and was downgraded to a tropical storm in mere hours, the National Hurricane Center said. Still, Helene was bringing a “life-threatening” storm surge, strong winds and heavy rain, the center said. As of 5 a.m. …
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Harris to call for tougher security measures in first trip to southern border as nominee
Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit Douglas, Arizona, on Friday, marking her first trip to the U.S.-Mexico border since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. Harris will deliver remarks to call for tougher border security measures as part of her efforts to address border issues, according to a senior campaign official. Harris plans to say that American sovereignty requires …
Read More »Russian missiles and drones target Kyiv for 5 hours and hit Ukraine’s power grid
KYIV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s air defences battled an overnight Russian aerial attack on the capital Kyiv for five hours, officials said Thursday, as missiles and drones again hammered the Ukrainian power grid. The Kyiv attack injured at least two people, Ukraine’s Emergency Service said. A kindergarten, a gas pipe and around 20 cars were damaged in the city, said the Kyiv …
Read More »Iranian hackers charged in alleged targeting of Trump campaign, sources say
Federal prosecutors have secured criminal charges against multiple Iranian hackers for allegedly targeting members of former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign as part of a malicious cyber scheme, multiple sources familiar with the investigation confirmed to CBS News. The Iranian hackers were indicted by a grand jury on Thursday and the charges could be announced as early as Friday, the …
Read More »U.S., allies call for ‘immediate’ 21-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah
NEW YORK – The U.S., France and other allies jointly called Wednesday for an “immediate” 21-day ceasefire to allow for negotiations in the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that has killed more than 600 people in Lebanon in recent days. The joint statement, negotiated on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, says the recent fighting …
Read More »Trudeau says Ukraine can strike deep into Russia with NATO arms, Putin hints at war
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ukraine should be allowed to strike deep inside Russia, despite Moscow threatening that this would draw Canada and its allies into direct war. “Canada fully supports Ukraine using long-range weaponry to prevent and interdict Russia’s continued ability to degrade Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, and mostly to kill innocent civilians in their unjust war,” Trudeau told reporters …
Read More »Kamala Harris hopes to turn Ukraine war into winning issue in battle for Polish American votes
Democrats are stepping up their outreach to Polish Americans in this year’s presidential election as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump vie for support from a community that could play a decisive role in razor-thin battleground state contests. Harris hopes to capitalize on Polish Americans’ historic animosity toward Russia and on Trump’s hesitancy to back Ukraine during last week’s debate. The …
Read More »Ukraine renews calls on the West to approve long-range strikes on Russian territory
Ukraine made a new call Saturday on the West to allow it to strike deeper into Russia after a meeting between U.S. and British leaders a day earlier produced no visible shift in their policy on the use of long-range weapons. The renewed appeal came as Kyiv said Russia launched more drone and artillery attacks into Ukraine overnight. “Russian terror …
Read More »Zelenskyy to meet Biden, Harris as Ukraine pushes U.S. to loosen restrictions on long-range weapons
WASHINGTON – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Washington next Thursday for talks with U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris as he presses for the U.S. to allow Ukraine to use western-provided weapons to strike deeper into Russia. “I’m looking forward to hosting my friend President Zelenskyy of Ukraine next week at the White House,” Biden said in …
Read More »Two people die in Ukraine’s Odesa after Moscow and Kyiv exchange drone and missile attacks
Two people died in a missile attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa, local officials said, as Moscow and Kyiv exchanged drone and missile attacks. The Ukrainian air force said Sunday it shot down 10 of the 14 drones and one of the three missiles Russia launched overnight. Oleh Kiper, Odesa’s regional governor, said the two who …
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