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Belgian and Czech leaders exhort the EU to react amid concern over Russian election interference 04/18/2024 07:11am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� The leaders of Belgium and the Czech Republic are warning their European Union partners to take urgent action to prevent Russian interference in June���s Europe-wide elections, after the two countries��� intelligence services uncovered evidence of attempts to bribe EU lawmakers. �� French hero gains Australian residency for confronting killer in deadly Sydney shopping mall attack 04/18/2024 06:48am • SYDNEY (AP) ��� French construction worker Damien Guerot was made an Australian permanent resident on Thursday as a reward for his heroism during a knife attack in a Sydney shopping mall that left six victims dead and a dozen wounded. Guerot was nicknamed ���Bollard Man��� on social media after secu Frustrated farmers are rebelling against EU rules. The far right is stoking the flames 04/18/2024 05:40am • ANDEREN, Netherlands (AP) ��� Inside the barn on the flat fields of the northern Netherlands, Jos Ubels cradles a newborn Blonde d'Aquitaine calf, the latest addition to his herd of over 300 dairy cattle. Little could be more idyllic. Little, says Ubels, could be more under threat. As Europe seek UN agency helping Palestinians in Gaza seeks support against Israel's demands for its dissolution 04/17/2024 10:43pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� The head of the U.N. agency that has helped millions of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank for decades urged the Security Council on Wednesday to ensure its survival as Israel again demanded its dissolution, accusing the agency of becoming part of Hamas��� ���terror war m Defense and security are on citizens' minds before the EU Parliament elections, a survey finds 04/17/2024 08:47pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Russia's invasion of Ukraine is at the forefront of European Union citizens' minds, with defense and security seen as key campaign issues ahead of the June elections, according to a study published Wednesday. At national level, the EU's defense and security is mentioned first in n 7 Things to Know Before Starting Your Side Hustle 04/17/2024 08:00pm • Thinking of starting a side hustle? According to the 2024 New Business Formation Report by Gusto, 44% of the people who started a business in 2023 did so while working for an employer -- up from 27% in 2022. While building a new revenue stream can increase your income, it may also come with a few su How to Pick a Beneficiary for a 401(k) Plan 04/17/2024 08:00pm • U.S. workers have stashed $6.9 trillion in their 401(k) plans as of Sept. 30, 2023, according to the Investment Company Institute, an association representing regulated investment funds. A healthy chunk of those 401(k) assets is being steered toward spouse and non-spouse beneficiaries who take over Lockdown lifts at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota after report of a single gunshot 04/17/2024 06:27pm • GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) ��� The lockdown has been lifted at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota after a report of a gunshot on Wednesday afternoon sent people indoors. Security officers completed a door-to-door sweep but did not locate a source of the sound, the base said in a social media pos Tesla asks shareholders to restore $56B Elon Musk pay package that was voided by Delaware judge 04/17/2024 04:08pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Tesla is asking shareholders to restore a $56 billion pay package for CEO Elon Musk that was rejected by a Delaware judge this year, and to shift the company's corporate home to Texas. The changes, to be voted on by stockholders at a June 13 annual meeting, could be a tougher sell t Dubious claims about voting flyers at a migrant camp show how the border is inflaming US politics 04/17/2024 04:05pm • McALLEN, Texas (AP) ��� A humanitarian organization in northeastern Mexico said it did not create flyers urging migrants to vote for President Joe Biden that were filmed at its shelter in a viral video that sparked a firestorm of conservative outrage this week. Accusations that Resource Center Matam Empathetic parents can mean empathetic kids, as study finds trait is passed down over generations 04/17/2024 03:34pm • When it comes to the trait of empathy, when and how you show it to your kids can have a big influence on how they act, both through adolescence and as parents themselves years later. Researchers at the University of Virginia say the trait is one that's passed down through generations, beginning with Pro-Palestinian valedictorian speaks out after USC cancels speech 04/17/2024 12:48pm • ▶ Watch Video: USC cancels valedictorian's graduation speech amid safety concerns over pro-Palestinian post The University of Southern California valedictorian whose planned graduation speech was canceled due to what the school referred to as safety concerns to Solomon Islanders cast votes in an election that will shape relations with China 04/17/2024 07:09am • HONIARA, Solomon Islands (AP) ��� Voting has closed across Solomon Islands on Wednesday in the South Pacific nation's first general election since the government switched diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to Beijing and struck a secret security pact that has raised fears of the Chinese navy gaining US navy flies aircraft through the Taiwan Strait a day after US-China defense chiefs hold rare talks 04/17/2024 05:53am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� The U.S. 7th Fleet said a Navy P-8A Poseidon flew through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, a day after U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs held their first talks since November 2022 in an effort to reduce regional tensions. The patrol and reconnaissance plane ���transited the Tai Paris prepares for 100-day countdown to the Olympics. It wants to rekindle love for the Games 04/17/2024 04:43am • PARIS (AP) ��� In Paris' outskirts, a bright-eyed young girl is eager for the Olympic and Paralympic Games to end. That's because the swimming club where 10-year-old Lyla Kebbi trains will inherit an Olympic pool. It will be dismantled after the Games and trucked from the Olympic race venue in Paris