Biden’s dog Commander no longer at White House after biting incidents | AP News

Biden’s dog Commander no longer at White House after biting incidents | AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s dog, Commander, is “not presently on the White House campus” following a series of biting incidents involving White House staff and U.S. Secret Service officers, a spokesperson for first lady Jill Biden said late Wednesday.Elizabeth Alexander, the first lady’s communications director, said Biden and his wife care deeply about

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Russia launches more drone attacks as Ukrainian President Zelenskyy travels to a European forum | AP News

Russia launches more drone attacks as Ukrainian President Zelenskyy travels to a European forum | AP News

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia targeted Ukraine with drones in another massive attack early Thursday as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Spain to rally support from Western allies at a summit of some 50 European leaders.Ukraine’s air force said that the country’s air defenses intercepted 24 out of 29 Iranian-made drones that Russia launched at

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Bangladesh’s anti-graft watchdog quizzes Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in embezzlement case | AP News

Bangladesh’s anti-graft watchdog quizzes Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in embezzlement case | AP News

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s official anti-graft watchdog Anti-corruption Commission on Thursday questioned Muhammad Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, involving charges of money laundering and fund embezzlement. Yunus pioneered the use of microcredit to help impoverished people in Bangladesh—a model replicated in many other countries across the world. His legal

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Israeli arms quietly helped Azerbaijan retake Nagorno-Karabakh, to the dismay of region’s Armenians | AP News

Israeli arms quietly helped Azerbaijan retake Nagorno-Karabakh, to the dismay of region’s Armenians | AP News

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has quietly helped fuel Azerbaijan’s campaign to recapture Nagorno-Karabakh, supplying powerful weapons to Azerbaijan ahead of its lightening offensive last month that brought the ethnic Armenian enclave back under its control, officials and experts say.Just weeks before Azerbaijan launched its 24-hour assault on Sept. 19, Azerbaijani military cargo planes

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Typhoon Koinu makes landfall in southern Taiwan, causing 190 injuries but no deaths | AP News

Typhoon Koinu makes landfall in southern Taiwan, causing 190 injuries but no deaths | AP News

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Koinu swept southern Taiwan on Thursday, injuring 190 people but causing no deaths as it brought intense winds and rainstorms to the island, leading to school and office closures.Koinu, which means “puppy” in Japanese, made landfall in Cape Eluanbi, the southernmost tip of Taiwan, early Thursday and is expected to

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An atheist in northern Nigeria was arrested. Then the attacks against the others worsened | AP News

An atheist in northern Nigeria was arrested. Then the attacks against the others worsened | AP News

KANO, Nigeria (AP) — When the megaphone called out for the daily Islamic prayers, the nonbeliever grabbed his prayer beads and ambled through the streets to join others at the mosque in Kano, northern Nigeria’s largest city. Formerly a Muslim, he now identifies as an atheist but remains closeted, performing religious obligations only as a

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