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U.S. says Congo hasn't given it access to Americans detained over alleged roles in coup attempt 06/03/2024 08:48am • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� The U.S. Embassy in Congo said Monday that Congolese authorities have not shared details or provided access to the Americans who were arrested following a coup attempt last month, following pleas for help from one family trying to confirm whether their son is alive. Congo's a Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first female president 06/03/2024 08:38am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico���s projected presidential winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first female president in the country's 200-year history. Sheinbaum, the favored successor of outgoing President Andr��s Manuel L��pez Obrador, vowed to continue on the direction set by the populist lefti Minority Business Development Agency's acting head on what's next for the 55-year-old agency 06/03/2024 08:00am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In March, a federal judge ruled that the Minority Business Development Agency, an organization that has helped thousands of minority-owned businesses over the last 55 years, had to begin serving people regardless of race. The agency has since made adjustments to give help to all bu 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 Trump's attacks on US justice system after his conviction could be used by autocrats, say experts 06/02/2024 04:12pm • After his historic guilty verdict in his hush money case, Donald Trump attacked the U.S. criminal justice system, making unfounded claims of a ���rigged��� trial that echoed remarks from the Kremlin. ���If they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone,��� Trump said Friday, speaking from his n Trump joins TikTok and calls it 'an honor.' As president he once tried to ban the video-sharing app 06/02/2024 11:24am • Donald Trump has joined the popular video-sharing app TikTok, a platform he once tried to ban while in the White House, and posted from a UFC fight two days after he became the first former president and presumptive major party nominee in U.S. history to be found guilty on felony charges. ���It's an Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for June 28 presidential election 06/02/2024 06:44am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country's top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nation's president. The populist former leade Wembley Stadium beefs up security for Champions League final 06/01/2024 09:32pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Wembley Stadium significantly beefed up its security operation for the Champions League final on Saturday, with police making 53 arrests that included several pitch invaders. Authorities were intent on avoiding a repeat of the lawlessness that tarnished the Euro 2020 showpiece at Eng WHO member countries approve steps to bolster health regulations to better brace for pandemics 06/01/2024 06:08pm • GENEVA (AP) ��� The World Health Organization said member countries on Saturday approved new steps to improve global preparedness for and response to pandemics like COVID-19 and mpox, and set a new deadline for agreeing on a broader treaty. Countries agreed by consensus to amend the International He 34 taken into custody after pro-Palestinian protest at Brooklyn Museum, artwork damage reported 06/01/2024 05:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� New York City police said Saturday that they took 34 people in custody following a pro-Palestinian protest at the Brooklyn Museum, which reported damage to some artwork and harassment of security staff by demonstrators. Hundreds of protesters marched to the museum Friday afternoon, US dampens criticism of El Salvador's president as migration overtakes democracy concerns 06/01/2024 02:28pm • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) ��� In 2021, the Biden administration turned down a meeting request with El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, on a trip to Washington, snubbing the self-proclaimed ���world's coolest dictator��� for fear a photo op would embolden his attempts to expand his power base European vote could tip the balance on Meloni's far-right agenda in Italy 06/01/2024 11:20am • MILAN (AP) ��� While Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni adopts a reassuring Western-allied foreign policy, cultural wars at home are preserving her far-right credentials heading into a European parliamentary election, where her neo-fascist-rooted Brothers of Italy party is projected to secure significan Meet the candidates: DC's primary election headlined by several contested council races 06/01/2024 09:29am • D.C. is guaranteed at least one new council member when the dust settles from this election cycle, and there are several other contested council races. In Ward 7, longtime council member and former Mayor Vince Gray is stepping down, and a crowded field has emerged to fill his seat. In Wards 4 Upside-down American flag reappears as a right-wing protest symbol after Trump's guilty verdict 05/31/2024 08:16pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� After Donald Trump's historic guilty verdict, a steady flow of images showing upside-down American flags has appeared on social media as his supporters and right-wing commentators protest his felony conviction. At least one such flag was spotted Friday outside Trump Tower in New Yor Pro-Palestinian protesters enter Brooklyn Museum, unfurl banner as police make arrests 05/31/2024 07:38pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters marched to the Brooklyn Museum Friday afternoon, set up tents in the lobby and unfurled a ���Free Palestine��� banner from the building's roof before police moved in to make arrests. New York City police officers tackled and punched some prote