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Month: October 2023

EU’s top diplomat urges US to reconsider dropping Ukrainian aid from stop-gap budget bill

LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief has called on U.S. lawmakers to reconsider their decision to omit financial support for Ukraine from a stop-gap budget created to halt a federal government shutdown. The legislation passed Saturday to keep the federal government running until Nov. 17 dropped provisions on providing additional aid to

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Nigeria’s leader increases wages to avert a strike that could shut down the government

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s leader has increased the wages of some government workers in last-minute efforts to appease labor unions whose planned strike this week could shut down government offices in all sectors of Africa’s largest economy. President Bola Tinubu said Sunday in a nationwide broadcast to mark Nigeria’s

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Serbia’s president denies troop buildup near Kosovo, alleges ‘campaign of lies’ in wake of clashes

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president has denied reports of a military buildup along the border with Kosovo. The U.S. and the European Union have expressed concern about Serbian army activity in the wake of a shootout in northern Kosovo that killed four people. President Aleksandar Vucic complained on Sunday of an alleged “campaign of

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Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk says change ‘is inevitable’ as election supporters rally

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Opposition leader Donald Tusk is leading a march in Poland’s capital to mobilize supporters and boost his coalition’s chances of unseating the conservative government in an upcoming parliamentary election. His Civic Coalition is a few percentage points behind the governing Law and Justice party in recent

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Yemen’s state-run airline suspends the only route out of Sanaa over Houthi restrictions on its funds

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s state-run carrier says it has suspended the only air route out of the country’s rebel-held capital to protest Houthi restrictions on its funds. Yemen Airways on Sunday canceled its commercial flights from Sanaa international airport to the Jordanian capital of Amman. The air route was reintroduced

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