PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day Monday August 19, 2024
This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.
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Livno očekuje pomoć aviona zbog velikog požara na Dinari
Zelena Srbija | Izvor: Beta | 18.08.2024 | access_time 21:55 Vlasti grada Livna u BIH očekuju dolazak hrvatskih vatrogasnih aviona da bi pokušali da ograniče više desetina kilometara dugačak front požara na planini Dinari koji puna tri dana guta sve pred sobom, te je zahvatio područje planine i na hrvatskoj i bosanskohercegovačkoj strani. Agencija HINA
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Kenya will reintroduce some tax proposals that sparked deadly protests
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s new finance minister says some of the proposed taxes that led to weeks of deadly protests earlier this year will be reintroduced through a tax amendment bill as the country struggles to find revenue to pay off debts. The announcement by John Mbadi in a local television interview broadcast Sunday
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Oficir KFOR na suđenju Tačiju: Soba za mučenje bila u štabu OVK u Gnjilanu u leto 1999.
Zajedno sa Tačijem, za zlodela nad Albancima, Srbima i Romima u više od 40 pritvora OVK, optuženi su Kadri Veselji, Redžep Seljimi i Jakup Krasnići. Svi su bili vodeći članovi Glavnog štaba OVK, a zatim i “privremene vlade Kosova”. Svedok optužbe Rasel, koji je bio operativni oficir američkog Kfora, izjavio je da su međunarodne snage
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10 years after man’s death in Detroit-area mall, jury selection starts for 3 security guards
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Three security guards are facing trial this week in the death of a man who was pinned to the ground during a fierce struggle more than 10 years ago at a suburban Detroit shopping mall. McKenzie Cochran, 25, was unarmed and repeatedly told guards, “I can’t breathe,” while face down, following
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A shootout on Pakistan’s frontier with Afghanistan kills 5 militants and 3 Pakistani soldiers
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces killed five militants in a remote northwestern area on Monday when they tried to sneak in from neighboring Afghanistan, the military said. Three soldiers were also killed in the exchange of fire in Bajur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistan has long urged Afghanistan to ensure effective border
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Employees at Mexico’s federal courts go on strike over reforms that make judges stand for election
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Employees at Mexico’s federal courts went on strike Monday over reforms that would make all judges stand for election. Unionized court employees put chains and locks on the gates at several courthouses, saying the reforms proposed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would threaten their working conditions, benefits and salaries .
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Korijere dela sera: Vučić nagovestio gušenje protesta zbog litijuma
Milanski dnevnik navodi da je “razlog za proteste kakve Srbija godinama nije videla” ubeđenje zaštitnika životne sredine i građana da bi rudarenje litijuma, dogovoreno s Nemačkom i Evropskom unijom, potpuno zatrovalo deo Srbije i da se zato na demonstracijama čuje da je to “izdaja”, uz poruku: “Naše zdravlje je važnije od vaših para”. Korijere dela
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Miljuš (SSP): Dačić hapšenjima nadoknađuje neučestvovanje SPS u kampanji za litijum
Miljuš je u saopštenju naveo da Dačić kampanju o litijumu, koju je prema njegovim rečima naredio predsednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić, pokušava da nadomesti i pretnjama nevladinom sektoru, nakon navoda o postojanju spiska nevladinih organizacija koje se finansiraju iz inostranstva i najavom donošenja zakona koji će ograničiti njihov rad. “Ministar Dačić Srbiju pretvara u zemlju straha
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Malawi receives an insurance payout of $11.2 million for El Nino-linked drought disaster
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — The Malawian government has received an insurance payout of $11.2 million for a crippling El Nino-linked drought that led the southern African nation to declare a state of disaster earlier this year. The payout was given to Malawi this month, the African Development Bank said Monday. Malawi had a drought insurance