WASHINGTON (AP) — A government shutdown appeared all but inevitable as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dug in Thursday, vowing he will not take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running despite House Republicans’ struggle to unite around an alternative.Congress is at an impasse just days before a disruptive federal shutdown that
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese police said Thursday that a food delivery driver who opened fire outside the U.S. Embassy in Beirut last week allegedly did so because of a personal grudge against the guards at the compound.The police said they had arrested the suspected shooter on Monday, identifying him only by his initials M.K. and
Izvor iz vrha Srpske napredne stranke (SNS) izjavio je danas agenciji Beta da će 17. decembra biti održani izbori na svim nivoima. Komentarišući ostavke nekolicine gradonačelnika i predsednika opština u unutrašnjosti Srbije, funkcioner SNS-a je rekao da će narednih dana ostavke podneti svi predsednici opština i gradonačelnici kako bi se lokalni izbori održali istovremeno s vanrednim
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s interior minister on Thursday accused Serbia of direct involvement in weekend clashes and was investigating the possibility of Russian involvement in the violence that left four people dead and further strained relations between the former wartime foes.One Kosovo police officer and three gunmen were killed in Sunday’s shootout between Serb
CAIRO (AP) — The central banks of the United Arab Emirates and Egypt agreed Thursday to a currency exchange deal, which could bolster the struggling Egyptian economy. A joint news release said the agreement would allow the two central banks to exchange up to 5 billion Emirati dirhams and 42 billion Egyptian pounds, or roughly
LONDON (AP) — A famous tree that had stood for nearly 200 years next to Hadrian’s Wall, a Roman landmark in northern England, was “deliberately felled” in an apparent act of vandalism, authorities said Thursday.Thousands of visitors each year walk along Hadrian’s Wall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that guarded the Roman Empire’s northwestern frontier.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two of Southeast Asia’s newest national leaders, both in office for just over a month, exchanged congratulations Thursday as Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin paid a one-day official visit to Cambodia for talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet.Although there are currently no major issues of contention between the two
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A man wearing military clothing and carrying a handgun shot and wounded a person Thursday in a classroom at a university hospital in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, police said.Video from the scene showed heavily armed police wearing body armor entering the hospital, while people, some holding up their
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are rock stars, and then there is Ringo Starr — drummer for the Beatles, award-winning soloist, photographer, narrator, actor, activist. To call him prolific would almost shortchange his accomplishments. But it also feels right.“Rewind Forward,” out October 13, is his fourth extended play release in three years.“I’ve loved EPs since
Portparol u Evropskoj komisiji Peter Stano je danas u Briselu izjavio da je Evropska unija zajedno s partnerima u regionu i SAD veoma uključena u istragu oružanog sukoba u Banjskoj i predočio da “ono što se dogodilo u nedelju mora biti rasvetljeno jer će biti posledica”.”Veoma jasan stav EU je”, rekao je Stano, “da je
