Navy will start testing SEALs and other troops for steroids | AP News

Navy will start testing SEALs and other troops for steroids | AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy will begin randomly testing its special operations forces for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs beginning in November, taking a groundbreaking step that military leaders have long resisted.Rear Adm. Keith Davids, commander of Naval Special Warfare Command, announced the new program Friday in a message to his force, calling it necessary

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Prominent Egyptian political activist and acclaimed academic dies at 85 | AP News

Prominent Egyptian political activist and acclaimed academic dies at 85 | AP News

CAIRO (AP) — Saad Eddin Ibrahim, a prominent Egyptian-American academic and pro-democracy activist during the reign of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, died on Friday. He was 85.Ibrahim’s death was announced by Egyptian state media on Friday although few further details were given. The acclaimed academic was a leading critic of Mubarak’s autocratic government and

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BIRODI: Zabeležen pad poverenja u EU u Srbiji, građani osećaju da su im evrointegracije nametnute

BIRODI: Zabeležen pad poverenja u EU u Srbiji, građani osećaju da su im evrointegracije nametnute

Politika | Izvor: Beta | 29.09.2023 | access_time 15:10 Građani osećaju da nisu vlasnici procesa evrointegracija, već da je to proces koji im je nametnut, a u novom istraživanju Biroa za društvena istraživanja (BIRODI) zabeležen je i pad poverenja odnosno opredeljenosti ka članstvu u Evropskoj uniji.”Sa druge strane kada u istraživanjima pitate građane gde bi

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Another suit to disqualify Trump under Constitution’s “insurrection” clause filed in Michigan | AP News

Another suit to disqualify Trump under Constitution’s “insurrection” clause filed in Michigan | AP News

A liberal group on Friday filed a lawsuit in Michigan contending that former president Donald Trump is disqualified from regaining his old job based on a rarely used, post-Civil War provision in the U.S. Constitution. This is the first time an organization with significant legal resources has sought to block the GOP frontrunner’s campaign in

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Syrian Kurdish fighters backed by US troops say they’ve captured a senior Islamic State militant | AP News

Syrian Kurdish fighters backed by US troops say they’ve captured a senior Islamic State militant | AP News

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian Kurdish fighters and American forces have captured a senior member of the Islamic State group, a militant described as one of its “key facilitators,” the force said Friday. Mahmdouh Ibrahim al-Haji, also known as Abu Youssef, was taken into custody on Thursday in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, according to

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Palestinian security force deploys in school compound in Lebanon refugee camp following clashes | AP News

Palestinian security force deploys in school compound in Lebanon refugee camp following clashes | AP News

SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — A Palestinian security force deployed Friday in a school complex in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp in the country’s south, replacing gunmen who had occupied it since fighting broke out in late July leaving more than 30 people dead.The deployment raises hopes that a nearly two-week cease-fire in the Ein el-Hilweh

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Is climate change bad for democracy? Future-watchers see threats, and some opportunities | AP News

Is climate change bad for democracy? Future-watchers see threats, and some opportunities | AP News

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Instability driven by climate change could threaten democracies in the future, even though representative governments are best equipped to provide solutions, experts gathered at an annual conference have argued.The Athens Democracy Forum, an event backed by the United Nations, wrapped up in the Greek capital Friday with attention focused on the

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