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Month: October 2023

Donald Trump wants future Republican debates to be canceled after refusing to participate in them

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press Donald Trump ‘s campaign is calling on the Republican National Committee to cancel all remaining presidential primary debates, saying the RNC must instead “refocus its manpower” on defeating Joe Biden next year. In a statement late Monday, top Trump advisers also repeated debunked falsehoods about election fraud, claiming without evidence

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Pedro Sánchez acepta la petición del rey de España para intentar formar Gobierno: ¿cuándo sería la investidura y qué necesita para lograrlo?

Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Tras el fracaso del intento de investidura del líder del Partido Popular, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, el presidente del Gobierno español en funciones, Pedro Sánchez, dijo este martes que aceptó la solicitud del rey de España de formar Gobierno y agregó que buscará una mayoría izquierdista en el Parlamento, que podría

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2 workers conducting polls for Mexico’s ruling party killed, 1 kidnapped in southern Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says assailants have killed two workers who were conducting internal polling for his Morena party in southern Mexico. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that a third worker was kidnapped and remains missing. The three were part of a group of five employees who were conducting polls in

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Pakistan announces big crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, including 1.7 million Afghans

By MUNIR AHMED and RIAZ KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government has announced a major crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, saying it will expel them starting next month. This has raised alarm among foreigners without documentation who include an estimated 1.7 million Afghans. The country’s caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti said

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Biden tries to reassure allies of continued US support for Ukraine after Congress drops aid request

By SEUNG MIN KIM and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden has been in touch with U.S. allies and partners to discuss continued support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Tuesday’s conversation came after Biden signed legislation late Saturday to keep the U.S. government funded. The

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Zimbabwe’s opposition boycotts president’s 1st State of the Nation speech since disputed election

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has boycotted President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s first State of the Nation Address since disputed elections in August. The boycott highlights the political cracks in the country amid ongoing allegations of a post-election clampdown on government critics. Mnangagwa did not address the opposition boycott

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Paul Harding and Justin Torres are among the National Book Award finalists

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Harding’s Maine-based historical novel “This Other Eden,” Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s dystopian “Chain-Gang All-Stars” and Justin Torres’ multi-generational “Blackouts” are among the fiction finalists for the National Book Awards. Fiction judges also selected Aaliyah Bilal’s debut story collection “Temple Folk” and Hanna Pylväinen’s “The End

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