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Parliament speaker in Georgia signs into law a bill that critics say curbs media freedom 06/03/2024 10:44am • TBILISI, Georgia (AP) ��� The speaker of Georgia's parliament said he signed into law Monday a measure that has drawn weeks of protests by critics who say it will curb media freedom and jeopardize the country's chances of joining the European Union. Speaker Shalva Papuashvili acted after the legisla Beijing accuses 2 Chinese citizens of being British spies in latest test of relations 06/03/2024 10:19am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� Beijing on Monday accused two Chinese citizens of spying for Britain, in the latest test of a relationship that has grown increasingly fraught. In a message on social media, the Ministry of State Security, China���s main intelligence service, said it uncovered a major espiona 4 people have died in floods in southern Germany. The situation remains tense 06/03/2024 10:09am • BERLIN (AP) ��� The death toll in floods across a large part of southern Germany rose to four on Monday as three bodies were recovered from inundated basements. Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the flooded region and officials warned that water levels could rise further in some areas. The body of a 43 Man detained in Romania's capital after allegedly attacking Israeli embassy with Molotov cocktail 06/03/2024 08:54am • BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ��� A foreign citizen was detained in Romania���s capital on Monday after allegedly attacking the entrance of the Israeli Embassy with a Molotov cocktail, causing a small fire but no casualties, local media and police reported. A 34-year-old man was apprehended by antiterror 'What are the chances that you're running into a bear in a bag?': Arlington woman speaks on gruesome discovery 06/03/2024 07:39am • Residents of a quiet neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia, were both horrified and perplexed after a dead adult black bear was found decomposing in a plastic bag along a local walking trail Friday night. Arlington resident Sonia Nayar told WTOP that around 4:30 Friday afternoon, she was taking her A Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy and attacked by a mob has died of injuries 06/03/2024 06:53am • LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) ��� A Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy and attacked by a mob last month died of his injuries on Monday, a police official said. Police in eastern Punjab province arrested more than 100 Muslim men and charged them under anti-terrorism laws for attacking a Christian fathe Ohio officials ask for public's help in finding shooter who killed 1 and wounded 24 at party 06/03/2024 06:48am • AKRON, Ohio (AP) ��� The mayor and police chief of Akron called on witnesses to come forward with information about a mass shooting in the Ohio city that killed one person and wounded 24 others, some critically. ���This was a tragic incident which impacts our entire community,��� Mayor Shammas Malik The Israeli army says it investigates itself. Where do those investigations stand? 06/03/2024 06:18am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Throughout its grinding seven-month war with Hamas, Israel has pledged to investigate a series of deadly events in which its military forces are suspected of wrongdoing. The commitment comes in the face of mounting claims ��� from human rights groups and the International Criminal Md. motorcyclist dead after striking Tesla in Silver Spring, police say 06/03/2024 05:35am • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, said they are investigating an overnight collision in Silver Spring between a motorcycle and a Tesla that left one man dead early Saturday morning. Police said officers responded to the intersection of University Boulevard and Kerwin Road just after midnight Gunmen kill a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in Pakistan���s northwest 06/03/2024 05:12am • PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) ��� Gunmen fatally shot a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in Pakistan���s northwest, an official said Monday. At least 11 police have died this year while on security duty for vaccination campaigns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The gunmen fired at a team wo The Latest | Sheinbaum appears set to become Mexico's first female president 06/03/2024 03:01am • Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum declared victory in Mexico's presidential election, shortly after electoral authorities said she held an irreversible lead in an official quick count. Sheinbaum appears set to become Mexico's first female president ��� a major step in a country long marked Indonesia is to deport a fugitive to Thailand who is wanted on murder and drug trafficking charges 06/03/2024 12:56am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� One of Thailand's most wanted fugitives will be escorted home on a Thai air force plane after being arrested on Indonesia���s tourist island of Bali following months on the run in connection with several killings and drug trafficking charges in his homeland, officials sai Today in History: June 3, Muhammad Ali dies 06/03/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Monday, June 3, the 155th day of 2024. There are 211 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On June 3, 2016, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, whose athletic feats and activism put him among the most revered athletes of all time, died at a hospita 2 men, 15-year-old killed in 6 separate DC shootings 06/02/2024 10:50pm • At least three people, including a teenage boy, were killed in a string of five shootings in the District late Friday night and into early Sunday morning, according to statements from D.C. police. Police said that officers responded to the first shooting just after 6 p.m. Friday in the 1600 block Police: Gaithersburg shooting leaves 1 dead 06/02/2024 10:26pm • A shooting in Gaithersburg, Maryland, during the early hours of Sunday morning has left a man dead, according to police. Montgomery County police told WTOP that officers and emergency workers responded to the 18700 block of North Frederick Avenue around 5:11 a.m. Sunday morning after receiving re