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Israel quietly sends millions to unauthorized West Bank settler outposts

Palestinians and the international community say all settlements are illegal or illegitimate and undermine hopes for a two-state solution

40 mn people living with HIV in 2023, over 9 mn not getting treatment: UN

NThe proportion of new infections globally among marginalized communities that face stigma and discrimination sex workers, men who have sex with men, and people who inject drugs also increased to 55%

Trump's lawyers urge NY appeals court to overturn civil fraud verdict

Trump's appeal arguments echoed many of the gripes he delivered during his trial to TV cameras outside the courtroom.

Trump's VP nominee Vance slams Kamala Harris during his solo campaign debut

The Ohio senator campaigned at his former high school in Middletown before an evening stop in Radford, Virginia, two venues intended to play up his conservative populist appeal

Colombia's president signs bill to ban bullfighting in the country by 2027

The bill calls on the government to completely ban bullfights across the nation by 2027, and orders the government to turn more than a dozen bullrings into cultural and sporting venues.

Black voters express a mix of hope and worry as Harris takes centre stage

Biden's support of Harris and the immediate coalescing of other party leaders around her makes her the prohibitive favourite to replace him at the top of the presidential ticket

Amid US political chaos, Blinken heads to Asia to bolster Indo-Pacific ties

The trip had been scheduled well before Biden's announcement on Sunday that he was withdrawing from the presidential race

EU putting new pressure on Hungary's Orban over his outreach to Russia

Orbn is seen as having the warmest relationship with Russia in the EU and is largely politically isolated in his stance on the Ukraine war

CrowdStrike CEO called to testify to Congress over global tech outage

CrowdStrike said late Sunday in a blog post that it was starting to implement a new technique to accelerate remediation of the problem

Fed judge dismisses defamation suit filed against Fox news by govt official

The lawsuit from Nina Jankowicz alleged that Fox had defamed her on numerous occasions, leading to waves of online attacks and threats of violence

Terrorism rising, Islamic State extremist's attacks set to double: UN envoy

US deputy ambassador Robert A. Wood blamed Iran, Assad's greatest regional supporter, for the violence in Syria

Democrats to choose nominee through virtual roll call, VP Harris favoured

The convention rules committee will meet Wednesday to approve how the virtual roll call will work

Biden's withdrawal from presidential race spells uncertainty for Ukraine

Trump has boasted that he could end the conflict within 24 hours, and Ukrainians think any such settlement would be on Russia's terms

Trump allies looking to sue democrats for choosing anyone other than Biden

Talk of possible Republican legal challenges has been swirling since Democrats began discussing privately and publicly whether Biden should drop out of the race

VP Harris has a daunting to-do list as she starts up presidential campaign

Even if the campaign is something of a start-up, Harris does have a leg up. That's thanks to the existing Biden campaign infrastructure that she will inherit

Darren Walker, prez of Ford Foundation, to step down by end of 2025

A search committee has been convened to find Walker's replacement, said Ford Foundation board chair Francisco Cigarroa

More investments required in Arctic to keep up with Russia, China: Pentagon

The US has also struggled with Cold War-era Defense and State Department infrastructure that is degrading in the frigid weather, and erosion on the coasts

Biden continues to recover from Covid, remains out of public view

Biden also plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House this week

Trump murder bid biggest agency failure in decades: Secret Service director

Director Cheatle was testifing Monday before a congressional committee as calls mount for her to resign over security failures at rally where a 20-year-old gunman attempted to assassinate Donald Trump

Kamala Harris praises Biden's unmatched legacy, looks to lock up nomination

Vice President Kamala Harris moved swiftly to lock up Democratic delegates behind her campaign for the White House after President Joe Biden stepped aside amid concerns from within their party that he would be unable to defeat Republican Donald Trump.