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PARIS (AP) — PSG forward Neymar was forced off the field on a stretcher Sunday after twisting his right ankle in a hard-fought 4-3 win against Lille in the French league. Neymar picked up the injury at the start of the second half after the Brazil forward scored PSG’s second goal before the interval. PSG led 2-1 when Neymar was injured following contact with Lille’s Benjamin Andre. PSG has been […]

Five Killed in Deadly Air Strike on Damascus Blamed on Israel Israel neither confirmed nor denied involvement in the attack, which struck a residential neighborhood near Iranian military installations By Mohammad Al-Kassim/The Media Line An Israeli airstrike overnight struck a building in central Damascus’s Kafr Sousa residential neighborhood near a large, heavily fortified security complex close to Iranian military installations, killing five people and wounding 15, Syrian state news SANA […]

One Year On, Ukraine NGOs Adapting to Meet Mental Health Challenges of War   Ukrainian psychologist says her and her colleagues’ work has evolved as the need grows for specialists to deal with a combination of psychological, physiological and neurological issues, such as PTSD, injuries and even torture   By Debbie Mohnblatt/The Media Line   As Ukrainians prepare to mark the first anniversary of the Russian invasion next week, the […]

Lebanese Lawmakers From Change Bloc Press Parliament To Elect President  Change bloc MPs have spent the last month staging a sit-in at the Lebanese parliament building to pressure fellow lawmakers to fill the power vacuum left by the end of Michel Aoun’s term and the lack of a Cabinet  By Andrea López-Tomàs/The Media Line   (Beirut) Najat Saliba shivers under her ski jacket in the cavernous, dark and unheated parliament […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — María Elena Ríos has conflicting feelings about her saxophone: She once blamed the instrument for bringing her to the brink of death — but it also has been her salvation. Ríos, 29, thought her career as a musician and her devotion to her saxophone was what led her former boyfriend – an influential politician – to hire the men who splashed acid onto her face and […]

CINCINNATI (AP) — The racketeering trial of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges was cancelled due to illness again Friday, giving jurors a long holiday weekend to mull striking new details revealed this week by players directly involved in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme. It marked the third time since the largest corruption trial in state history began Jan. 23 that U.S. District Judge Timothy […]

GALENA PARK, Texas (AP) — Authorities say three teenage girls, including one who was pregnant, were fatally shot by man who also sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl who later escaped then fatally shot himself. No names have been released. The killings occurred at the home of the gunman’s girlfriend in the Houston suburb of Galena Park at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday. The girls who were killed were 19, 14 and […]

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Several thousand protesters rallied in Moldova’s capital Sunday to demand that the country’s new pro-Western government fully cover citizens’ winter heating bills amid a cost-of-living crisis and skyrocketing inflation. The protest was organized by a recently formed group called Movement for the People and supported by members of Moldova’s Russia-friendly Shor Party, which holds six seats in the former Soviet republic’s 101-seat legislature. Some of the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — One person was killed and 10 were injured early Sunday after a pair of shootings in Tennessee that police believe are connected, according to a news release from the Memphis Police Department posted on Twitter. The shootings occurred in the Whitehaven neighborhood of Memphis, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of downtown and near the Memphis International Airport. Both shootings took place on East Shelby Drive, […]