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Columbia University president slams campus antisemitism
But at a congressional hearing, Nemat Shafik hedges when asked about a slogan widely seen as antisemitic.
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Tsunami alert after a volcano in Indonesia has several big eruptions and thousands are told to leave
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area. The volcano on the northern side of Sulawesi island had at least five large eruptions in the past 24 hours, Indonesia’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation said. Authorities raised their volcano alert to its highest level. At least 800 residents left the area earlier
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After stalling for months, Ukraine aid heads to vote in House of Representatives
Despite right-wing outcries, Speaker Mike Johnson is pressing to pass billions of dollars in aid.
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Dubai airport chaos as UAE and Oman reel from deadly storms
The major hub, where flights connect to every continent, warns "recovery will take some time".
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The desert nation of UAE records its most rain ever, flooding highways and Dubai's airport
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded — a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world's busiest airfield for international travel. The state-run WAM news agency called the rain Tuesday “a historic weather event” that surpassed “anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949.” That's before crude oil was discovered in this
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Ukraine PM warns of Third World War if Russia wins
Denys Shmyhal tells the BBC his country desperately needs the US to pass a long-stalled foreign aid bill.
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Abu Ghraib military contractor warned bosses of abuses 2 weeks after arriving, testimony reveals
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A civilian contractor sent to work as an interrogator at Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib prison resigned within two weeks of his arrival and told his corporate bosses that mistreatment of detainees was likely to continue. Jurors saw the October 2003 email from Rich Arant, who worked for military contractor CACI, during testimony Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by three Abu Ghraib survivors. The former prisoners are suing CACI, alleging that the Reston-Virginia based company shares
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