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Zelenskyy set for surprise summit with Macron: French media reports

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:13:18 GMT

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Paris later Sunday as part of a tour of European capitals designed to shore up support among Kyiv’s allies, according to French media reports.Agence-France Presse and a handful of other outlets reported on Sunday that French President Emmanuel Macron will receive Zelenskyy this evening and the two leaders will hold talks over dinner ahead of a possible joint announcement. French officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment from POLITICO.The Ukrainian president earlier Sunday was in Berlin to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who confirmed that his country would send a €2.7 billion package of military aid to support Ukraine.“Now is the time for us to determine the end of the war already this year, we can make the aggressor’s defeat irreversible already this year,” Zelenskyy said at a press conference with Scholz.On Saturday, Zelenskyy met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome, thanking her fo...

DA: Oxford police officer shoots man who was advancing on them with sword

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:13:18 GMT

Authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Oxford after a man allegedly advanced on a police officer with a sword early Sunday morning, a spokesman for the Worcester District Attorney’s Office said.The incident occurred in the area of 407 Main St. around 6 a.m. The man who was shot is being treated at an area hospital and the officer, who was uninjured, has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the investigation.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Oxford police officer shoots man who was allegedly armed with a sword: Worcester DA

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:13:18 GMT

An Oxford police officer shot and injured a man who allegedly approached the cop with a sword early Sunday morning, according to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office.Police are investigating the officer-involved shooting that took place at around 6 a.m. in the area 407 Main St., in Oxford.“The man who was shot by the officer is accused of advancing on the officer with a sword,” the Worcester DA’s Office said in a statement. “The man is being treated at an area hospital.”The officer, who was not injured, was placed on paid administrative leave per Oxford Police protocol.Oxford Police and Massachusetts State Police Detectives assigned to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office continue to investigate the officer-involved shooting.

Port of San Diego implements new restrictions for 'van camping' on bay

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:13:18 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Lucy and Bob Shipley have been coming to enjoy the views of San Diego Bay at Shoreline Park for decades. They pack up lunch in their RV and drive to the waterfront. “This motorhome is just right,” said Shipley told FOX 5. “It's about 26-27 feet long and for two people, we’re in hog heaven in there."But soon, many of the designated parking spots the couple uses will be gone. On April 11, the Board of Port Commissioners approved the amendments to its oversized vehicle parking regulations.In recent years, the Port says it has been impacted by the “van camping” trend. Some visitors to the waterfront choose to “camp” in their converted vans rather than in a designated camping location with wastewater and trash disposal facilities. As a result, the Port has received numerous public complaints regarding the dumping of human waste and trash in parks, on public landscaping, on streets and in parking lots, and these complaints have been on the increase. The amended parking regula...

Serbia: Guns, grenades and rocket launchers among 13,500 weapons surrendered after mass shootings

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:13:18 GMT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Authorities in Serbia on Sunday displayed stacks of guns and cartons of hand grenades from the thousands of weapons, including anti-tank rocket launchers, that they said people handed over since back-to-back mass shootings stunned the Balkan nation. The government declared a one-month amnesty period for citizens to surrender unregistered weapons as part of a crackdown on guns following the two shootings in two days this month that left 17 people dead, many of them children. Populist President Aleksandar Vucic, whose government has faced public pressure in the wake of the separate shootings at a Belgrade school and in two villages, accompanied top police officials to view the assortment of arms arrayed near the town of Smederevo, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of the capital.Officials said residents had turned over about 13,500 items since the amnesty opened on May 8.Photos from the scene showed lines of rifles, automatic weapons and pistols stacked neatl...

Poland’s ruling party leader promises voters more benefits ahead of fall election

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:13:18 GMT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leader of Poland’s conservative ruling party promised voters Sunday a range of new benefits, including a large increase in a popular cash benefit for families with children. Poland is due to hold a parliamentary election this fall. A date has not been set yet, but the vote is expected to be held in October or early November at the latest. Law and Justice party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said at a party convention that he intends to raise the 500 zlotys ($120) that parents receive monthly for each child under 18 to 800 zlotys ($192) starting in January. Kaczynski also said Law and Justice would provide free medication for people age 65 and above and for young people until the age of 18. He also said he seeks do away with tolls for passenger cars — on state highways as soon as possible, and on private motorways in the future.The party has governed Poland for eight years, and spending on social benefits has helped boost its popularity.Some Poles, includin...

Johnny Joey Jones, Marine Corps bomb tech and Fox Nation host, to publish ‘Unbroken Bonds’ book

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:13:18 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Combat veteran and Fox Nation host Johnny Joey Jones has a book coming out in June about serving with the Marines Corps in Iraq and Afghanistan and the friendships he formed. Fox News Books, Fox News Media’s publishing imprint, announced Sunday that Jones’ “Unbroken Bonds of Battle,” will come out June 27. Jones, 36, was a bomb technician who served eight years with the Marines before a devastating explosion in Afghanistan in 2010 — he stepped on an IED (improvised explosive device) — cost him both of his legs.“For years people have asked me to write a book about ‘my story,'” Jones said in a statement released Sunday by Fox Books. “However, I’ve always known all along that the most important part of my story is the amazing collection of people and warriors who’ve become a part of my life. Each of them with inspiring and heroic stories of their own.”Jones, 36, was a bomb technician who served eight years with the Marines before a devastating explosion in A...

Voters to choose MPs in four federal byelections across country next month

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:13:18 GMT

Voters in four federal ridings will go to the polls next month.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the four byelections will be held June 19 to fill seats in three provinces.In the Manitoba riding of Winnipeg South Centre, Liberal candidate Ben Carr is looking to win the seat held by his father, longtime MP and former cabinet minister Jim Carr, who died in December.The southern Manitoba riding of Portage-Lisgar was left vacant when Conservative MP and former interim party leader Candice Bergen resigned in February.Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Marc Garneau, the former astronaut who held the Quebec riding Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, resigned in March after 15 years in politics.Dave MacKenzie, Conservative MP for the southwestern Ontario riding of Oxford, stepped down in January.

Thailand’s opposition takes early lead in vote count in general election

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:13:18 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s main opposition party took an early lead in a vote count from Sunday’s general election, touted as a pivotal chance for change nine years after incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha first came to power in a 2014 coup. With 20% of the vote counted, Pheu Thai Party was leading with 22% in the direct race for the House of Representatives, and a 21% share of seats in a separate nationwide ballot for the 100 members elected by proportional representation. The junior opposition Move Forward Party was running second. Prayuth’s United Thai Nation Party held the fifth spot in the constituency vote with 7% of the total, but third in the party preference total with 8%.Pheu Thai, headed by Paetongtarn Shinawatra, had been widely predicted to win at least a healthy plurality of the seats in the 500-member lower House, where 400 lawmakers are elected directly. But who heads the next government won’t by decided by Sunday’s vote alone. Th...

Law school graduates turn their backs on NYC mayor during commencement address

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:13:18 GMT

(The Hill) – Law students graduating from the City University of New York (CUNY) turned their backs on New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) in protest against him as he gave their commencement address on Friday. Video posted on social media showed many of the graduates standing silently and facing the back of the room as Adams spoke. The mayor also received some boos and shouting. “We have a lot of challenges, a lot of things that it needs discipline. And just as you see these graduates here, I know what it is to protest,” he said, which was followed by some yells back at him. Adams has faced some controversy in the past week for his response to the death of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old mentally ill homeless man who was killed in a subway station earlier this month by Marine veteran Daniel Penny. Penny put Neely in a chokehold, causing him to lose consciousness. Neely was later pronounced dead in a hospital, and an autopsy ruled his death was a homicide. Penny this ...