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NewsCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.Israeli soldiers sleep on tanks in a staging area in northern Israel near the Israel-Lebanon border, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)The Israeli military began what it called a “limited, localized” operation against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, carrying out “targeted ground raids” in villages close to the Israeli border. The targets, it said, pose an “immediate threat to Israeli communities in northern Israel.”Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a […]

BusinessCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reservedFILE - The Tokyo Stock Exchange building is seen Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)HONG KONG – Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index regaining some of its sharp losses from a day earlier. A quarterly “tankan” survey by the Bank of Japan showed business confidence among large manufacturers remained steady at 13, indicating an improved outlook for business conditions. A positive number indicates that […]

WorldFILE - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves federal court in Saipan, Mariana Islands, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) (Eugene Hoshiko, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)LONDON – In his first public remarks since he was released from prison, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday that he has been freed after years of incarceration because “I pled guilty to journalism.”“I am not free today because the system worked,” Assange said during his address to the of the […]

WorldFILE - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, and then-Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte shake hands for the cameras prior to a meeting in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File) (Peter Dejong, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)BRUSSELS – One of NATO’s longest serving top officials, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, steps down on Tuesday and will hand over the reins to former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, as the military alliance confronts some of […]

WorldCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.A man walks on a muddy alleyway carrying belongings salvaged from his house in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in the aftermath of a flood caused by heavy rains. (AP Photo/Gopen Rai)KATHMANDU – Rescuers on Tuesday searched for people still missing and tried to recover bodies of those killed in weekend flooding and landslides in Nepal that killed more than 200 people.Weather continued to improve, and workers were clearing the highways that […]

WorldCopyright 2024 The Associated Press All rights reservedAviva Siegel, who was held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip for 51 days after she was kidnapped with her husband on Oct. 7, poses for a portrait in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. Keith Siegel is still in captivity. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)TEL AVIV – As a hostage in Gaza, Aviva Siegel found herself begging for food and water. Since her release, she has found herself begging for her husband […]

WorldCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.South Korean mechanized unit personnel parade with their armored vehicles during the media day for the 76th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at Seoul air base in Seongnam, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)SEOUL – South Korea unveiled its most powerful ballistic missile and other weapons targeting North Korea during a massive Armed Forces Day ceremony Tuesday, as the South's president warned the North's regime would collapse if it attempts […]