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Lenovo: Transcendence Depends on How You ThinkNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The spokesman for Tigray foroes in Ethiopia says they have handed over heavy weapons as @
key pat ofthe agreement signed wh Ethiopia's government late last year to end a two,year confit. Getachew
Reda tweeted early Wednesday thatan Arcan Union monitoring team confiemed the handover. The Tigray forces
‘especialy sek the witirawal of trcops from neighboring Etre, which has fought alongside Ethiopian forces but
was nota paty tothe agreement. Witnesses have told The Associated Press that Eritrean fighters remain in some
‘communities. The United States and United Nations, cing the work of academics, have estimated that hundreds of
thousands of people die inthe colt in Africa's second most oulous county.
‘SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's spike in missle tes, growing nuclear ambons and other provocetve
‘acts pose “serious threat” that coud ead to a dangerous miscalculation and spark a wider conflict, South Korean
President Yoon Suk Yeo! Said Tuesday. Speaking with The Associated Prece at tho presidential offi in Saou, the
conservative leader reiterated his cal for closer security cooperation withthe United States and Japan to counter
‘the “dangerous situation” being created by North Korea as he payee down the prospect for cirect negotiations Uke
‘those pursued by his bral predecessor, North Korea caried outa record number of missile tests last year and just
Weeks ago violated South Korean aispace by fying drones across the border forthe fst time In five years,
‘SYONEY (AP) —The U.S has accuseda former military plot of Hegaly training Chinese military plots, and is tying to
‘extracite him from Australia. But the plot's lawyer says his clont has been unfair singles out becaLse of the
‘current geopolitical struggle between the U.S. and China. Flot Daniel Dugg, 54, has been held in an Australian jail
since his October arrest. Duggan'slznyer Dennis Mialis said ouside @ Sydney eourtraom Tuesday that Duggan
denis te allegations and wil continue to fight the extradition process at every step, Australia’s Attomey-General
Mark Dreyfus iast month approved the U.S. extradition request. But before the extradition ean proceed, a judge must
fist determine whether Duggan i elie Tor extradition under Australian la,
PARIS (AP) — An attacker wounded 5x people In an unprovoked blade attack in Pari’ busy Gare cu Nord Wain
station Wednesday morning before being shot and wounded by police, France's interior minister sai, praising the
swift intervention of police for helping prevent any fatalities. The suspect attacked several people, including police
officer, wth @ “bladed weapon" during the morning rush hour, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told reporters atthe
scene, lnked by Pars Mayor Anne -idalgo, He said the unnamed assailant was currently “between life anc death”
In hospital after boing shot in the chest, according to French media, Darmanin thanked the police Tor tel effective
and courageous reaction.”
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Hat (AP) —Holt avoke Tuesday stripped o its last democratically elected instution —this time,
its Senate — an alarming development that solidiies what some cal ade facto ditatarship nominally in charge of @
‘country wracked by gang volence. The development is yt another grim milestane In @ country gripped by a spiraling
polticsl crisis. Organized crime groups have been running vitally unchecked since the July 2021 assassination of
President Jovene! Moise, who himsef had been ruling by decree. The Parliament building in downtown Porta
Prince remained deserted on Tuosesy, with only securty guards atthe gate. Sinilar scenes were evident outside
Hait’s nonfunctioning Supreme Cour and electoral commission.
DDUBAL, United Arab Emirates (AP) — [slams annual hal plgrimage in Sau Arabia wl retun to pre-pandemie levels
this year after restrictions saw the annual religious commemoration curtailed over conoems about the coronavieus,
‘authorities sa. The hal required ofa able-bodied Muslims once in ther Ife, represents one ofthe wele’s largest
gatherings of people. Before the paniemic the pilgrimage drew millons each year to sia’ holy city of Mecca,
Speaking on Monday night at a conference about the hal in the Red Sea pot cy of Jeddah, Saudi Hall and Umrah
Minister Tawtig bin Fawzan alRabiah announced the litng of pandemic retictons,California has experienced a devastating, mult year drought thats depleted reservoirs, forbed ofa to plead with
residents to conserve water and constrained supplies to vital farmland. However, recent storms have poured @
‘tremendous amount of water on thestate, with precptation 138% of average for this time of year, officals said. The
storms have also dumped snow on the Siera Nevade that run along Caforia's eastern border. Most ofthe state's
reservoirs remain below average for this time of yer, but some have begun to fl, especially those cose to the har
bit Sacremento region and long pars ofthe Sierra Nevada. The reservoirs are essential for irigating the Cental
Valley, a productive stretch of frmlend that grows large amounts of fs, nuts and grains. The reservolselso
‘supply water to millions of people ining in coastal cites,
DENVER (AP) ~A Judge was set to consider Wednesday whether authors should be punished attr the media
obtained Hacuments showing detailed alegations about the suspect in the Colorado gay nightelusshacting
Previously plotting to be “the next mass kl” In an old case that was Seale atthe time. Lawyers for Anderson
Ali, who is charged with kiling fve people and wounding 17 others at Cub Qin Coloado Springs in Novernber,
accuse the El Paso County Shei'sDfce of leaking documents in the old case tothe media. They wants judge to
hold the office in contempt anc order to pay $10,000 in fines and train staff onthe recores sealing aw.
[NEW YORK (AP) — Alen Weisselberg a longtime executive for Donald Trump 's business empire, was taken into
‘custody Tuesday to begin serving a fve-month jal term fr dodging taxes on $1.7 milion in job perks ~ @
punishment the judge who sentenced him said was probably to lenient for @ case “even ently by greed.”
‘elsselberg, 75, was promised the short sentenoe in August when he agreed to plead gully to 35 tax crimes ane to
be a witness against tne Trump Orgenizaton, where he worked sine the mid-1980s. His testimony helped convict
the former president's company, where he hac served as chief financial officer of tax fraud,
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) ~State an local governments vill soon gain new fexbility to spend bilions of federal
‘coronavirus reli dollars on things nt directly related tothe pandemic, inclucing new roads and bridges and aid to
people affected by wits, faads and otner natural cisasers. The broadened spending authorty forthe previously
‘approved pandemic aid was one of many of provisions wrapped into a recently enacted $1.7 tilon spending bil fr
the federal governments 2023 budget year. comes after cy, county and state officals lobbied fr more than 2
year for greater fexbity in how the) can use a $350 billon pool of aid approved by President Joe Biden and the
Democraticled Congress in March 2023.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government ison rack to max out on its $31.4 tilion borrowing authority as soon
{8s this month, stating the clock on an expected standoff between President Joe Biden and the new House
Republican majority. Once the gover ment bumps up against the cap the Treesury Department wil be unable to
issue new debt witnout cngressinal action. The department pian to deploy what ate known as “extraordinary
measures" to koep the government eperating, But noe those measures run au, the government could be at risk of