Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim they shot down another US MQ-9 drone

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim they shot down another US MQ-9 drone

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed early Sunday they shot down another American-made MQ-9 drone flying over the country, marking potentially the latest downing of the multimillion-dollar surveillance aircraft. The U.S. responded with airstrikes over Houthi-controlled territory, the rebels said. The U.S. military told The Associated Press it was aware of

Continue reading

Rim priprema naplatu prilaska Fontani di Trevi

Rim priprema naplatu prilaska Fontani di Trevi

Kultura | Izvor: Beta-AP | 07.09.2024 | access_time 14:55 Gradske vlasti u Rimu razmatraju da počnu naplaćivanje prilaska Fontani di Trevi dva evra po osobi. Predlog gradskog zvaničnika za turizam Alesandra Onorata došao je pošto je Venecija testirala sličnu ideju – naplaćivanje takse od pet evra za ulazak u grad. Pre no što stupi na

Continue reading

Algeria’s 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in Saturday’s election

Algeria’s 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in Saturday’s election

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Polls closed in Algeria on Saturday, where voters were deciding whether to grant army-backed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune another term — five years after pro-democracy protests prompted the military to oust the previous president after two decades in power. Tebboune is expected to breeze to victory over two challengers. The real question

Continue reading

Brazil’s X ban drives outraged Bolsonaro supporters to rally for ‘free speech’

Brazil’s X ban drives outraged Bolsonaro supporters to rally for ‘free speech’

SAO PAULO (AP) — Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro began flooding Sao Paulo’s main boulevard for an Independence Day rally Saturday, buoyed by the government’s blocking of tech billionaire Elon Musk’s X platform , a ban they say is proof of their political persecution. A few thousand demonstrators, clad in the yellow-and-green colors

Continue reading