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US strikes destroy key Yemen port, ‘economic power’ of Iran-backed Houthis
The United States military announced on Thursday it conducted strikes to “destroy” Yemen‘s key Ras Isa Port. The objective of the action, it said, was to “degrade” the port, an “economic source of power” of the Houthis.
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US airstrikes against Houthis may set stage for a major Yemeni ground offensive
Fighter jets from the USS Carl Vinson, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operating against Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen. Photo: Screenshot from a video on CENTCOM’s X account.
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Nearly Half Of Puerto Rico Still Without Power After Island-wide Blackout
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Nearly 620,000 are still without power in Puerto Rico on Thursday, more than 24 hours after the entire island lost electricity when its power plants were knocked out of service, the latest breakdown of the territory’s faulty electric…
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Biden Drops Ice Cream and Confuses Countries in Secret Harvard Speech
If Harvard University was hoping to smuggle Joe Biden onto campus without Donald Trump noticing, it didn’t work.
Biden’s appearance at the Ivy League school’s Institute of Politics was supposed to be a surprise.
Maybe the college authorities…
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Thousands of Gaza children are malnourished under Israel’s food blockade, aid groups say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Aid groups are raising new alarm over Israel’s blockade of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where it has barred entry of all food and other goods for more than six weeks….
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‘He continues to be a maverick’: Francis keeps pushing the limits of papacy | Pope Francis
Lorena Araujo Piñeiro was putting the finishing touches to the restoration of the 17th-century tomb of Pope Urban VIII, a dark bronze and gold monument in St Peter’s Basilica, when she noticed a man wearing a striped poncho-like top, black…
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France’s president says that making Haiti pay for its independence was unjust
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that historic injustice was imposed on Haiti when it was forced to pay a colossal indemnity to France in exchange for its independence 200 years ago.
Macron also announced the creation of a joint…
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