NEW YORK (AP) — Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide. The American Library Association found a substantial drop in 2024 so far in complaints about books stocked in public, school
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says three people died and another five were rescued after a boat carrying migrants ran into trouble off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Samos. The coast guard said Monday it was unclear how many people had been on board the boat, believed to have been
Politika | 23.09.2024 | access_time 10:05 Foto: Beta/Nenad Petrović Poslanica Demokratske stranke (DS) Dragana Rakić ocenila je danas da će rebalans državnog budžeta pokazati ekonomski krah Srbije i da će građani nastaviti da plaćaju najviše akcize i najveće cene. Ona je u intervjuu za list Nova kazala da su plate i penzije građana Srbije najniže
Politika | Izvor: Beta | 22.09.2024 | access_time 19:45 Zemlje članice UN usvojile su danas Pakt za budućnost, u kome se zauzimaju da će zacrtati “bolju budućnost” za čovečanstvo zahvaćeno ratovima, bedom i klimatskim zagrevanjem, uprkos protivljenju nekolicine zemalja među kojima je i Rusija. Generalni sekretar UN Antonio Gutereš je 2021. godine pokrenuo ideju tog
WASHINGTON (AP) — With its larger-than-usual half-point cut to its key interest rate last week, the Federal Reserve underscored its belief that it’s all but conquered inflation after three long years. The public at large? Not so much. Consumer surveys, including one released Friday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, show that
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Rescuers on Monday recovered the bodies of more workers killed in an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, bringing the death toll in the disaster to at least 38, officials said. Another 14 miners are still believed to be trapped below ground. The blast struck the coal mine in
Israel’s air force carried out dozens of airstrikes early Monday on southern Lebanon, state media and the Israeli military said. Residents of different villages in southern Lebanon posted photos on social media that they said showed their towns being struck. The state-run National News Agency also reported airstrikes in different areas. The Israeli military’s Arab-language
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s tenth president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country into economic crisis. Dissanayake, 55, who ran as head of the Marxist-leaning National People’s Power coalition, defeated opposition leader Sajith
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through once peaceful communities. He is now in northern Haiti under the care of a U.S. organization after the director of Esai’s last orphanage fled the
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — While tensions remain high between the U.S. and Iran, there’s at least one American that state radio in Tehran invites on the air each week for its millions of listeners. It’s just that he’s a fictional insurance fraud detective who’s been on the case since 1949. “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar,” a
