Police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at MIT, move to clear Philadelphia and Arizona protests

Police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at MIT, move to clear Philadelphia and Arizona protests

Police early Friday dismantled a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and moved to clear protesters from University of Pennsylvania’s campus in Philadelphia, just hours after police tear-gassed protesters and took down an encampment at the University of Arizona. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, video showed police roaming through the MIT encampment and organizers

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Ex-Venezuelan diplomat ‘never’ considered being president but will launch campaign this month

Ex-Venezuelan diplomat ‘never’ considered being president but will launch campaign this month

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A few weeks ago, Edmundo González Urrutia was just another grandfather visiting his daughter and grandchildren, who live abroad, enjoying two months of family time in retirement. But the leisurely pace – and the anonymity – will have to wait as he now campaigns to become Venezuela’s next president. President is

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How far has Spain moved past Catalonia’s secession crisis? Voters will decide in regional election

How far has Spain moved past Catalonia’s secession crisis? Voters will decide in regional election

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Carles Puigdemont, Catalonia’s fugitive former leader , stares confidently out the backseat window of a car, the sun illuminating his gaze in a campaign poster for Sunday’s critical elections in the northeastern Spanish region. The image plays on another one imagined from six years prior when Puigdemont hid in the trunk

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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

May 3-9, 2024 A rare snowfall blankets Chile’s capital, Madonna’s biggest-ever concert turns Rio’s Copacabana beach into a dance floor, and floods continue to ravage Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state. This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean. The

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