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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic voters are showing up for this year’s primaries in numbers not seen in decades, a pattern emerging across several states that has the party optimistic about its prospects in November when control of Congress will be at stake. In Tuesday’s primary, Wisconsin Democrats cast nearly 800,000 ballots, their highest total for a midterm in more than 20 years. That followed 1.5 million Democratic voters in Michigan […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — It is among the most famous phrases in presidential history: “ The buck stops here.” Except with President Donald Trump, it almost never does. Concerns about a weak economy and still-high inflation? His predecessor, Joe Biden, saddled him with that, he says, even though the Democrat has been out of office for 18-plus months and despite Trump once promising an immediate turnaround. The problem-plagued revamp of the […]

MILAN, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Sicily’s Catania airport has restarted flights, it said on Saturday, after authorities downgraded to orange from red the aviation alert colour of Mount Etna’s recent volcanic activity. Ash from Etna’s eruptions have forced the Sicilian airport to cancel or reroute hundreds of flights over the last week. The airport, Italy’s fifth-busiest hub by passenger traffic, said on Friday it was suspending all flights until 1300 […]

MILAN, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Sicily’s Catania airport has restarted flights, it said on Saturday, after authorities downgraded to orange from red the aviation alert colour of Mount Etna’s recent volcanic activity. Ash from Etna’s eruptions have forced the Sicilian airport to cancel or reroute hundreds of flights over the last week. The airport, Italy’s fifth-busiest hub by passenger traffic, said on Friday it was suspending all flights until 1300 […]

KONOTOPIE, Poland (AP) — An enormous statue of the Virgin Mary that is believed to be Europe’s tallest was inaugurated on Saturday in a small Polish village, financed by one of Poland’s richest businesspeople. The monument towers 55.6 meters (182 feet) over Konotopie in central Poland, home to fewer than 150 people. Its height includes a crown-shaped 15-meter (49-foot) pedestal. It’s taller — if less dramatically located — than the […]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban officials and supporters marked five years since their return to power with gatherings and street celebrations in Kabul, following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

KYIV, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Saturday its long-range strikes had hit a Russian military airfield and a rocket centre that Kyiv says supports Russia’s nascent Starlink-style satellite internet network. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Flamingo cruise missiles struck the rocket facility, about 900 km (560 miles) from Ukraine’s border, as part of Kyiv’s campaign to pressure Moscow to end the more than four-year war by targeting sites deep […]

KYIV, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Saturday its long-range strikes had hit a Russian military airfield and a rocket centre that Kyiv says supports Russia’s nascent Starlink-style satellite internet network. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Flamingo cruise missiles struck the rocket facility, about 900 km (560 miles) from Ukraine’s border, as part of Kyiv’s campaign to pressure Moscow to end the more than four-year war by targeting sites deep […]

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Aug 15 (Reuters) – The European Union deployed three helicopters and two water bomber aircraft to tackle a wildfire raging in eastern Belgium on Saturday, the bloc’s crisis commissioner said, after Belgium requested emergency reinforcements to control its biggest blaze in decades. The wildfire in the High Fens, Belgium’s largest nature reserve, has been burning since Friday, with local firefighters, farmers and the army deployed to […]