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- Claudia Poblete poses for a photo in front of a mural depicting the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo group, at the former Navy School of Mechanics, known as ESMA, now a human rights museum, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, March 22, 2024. Poblete is one of the 133 “recovered grandchildren” of Argentina. Her biological family found her years after she was abducted as an infant during the country’s military dictatorship. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Abducted as babies in the 1970s, these Argentines found a way toward their true identity
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ - Associated Press
Mon,03/25/24-7:17AM , 603 Reads
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Claudia Poblete can’t help it. On certain days, as she passes in front of a church, she automatically crosses herself while her children gaze at her with confusion.

She didn’t raise them as Catholics — as she was — because her spirituality has shifted.
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- Russian President Vladimir Putin lights a candle to commemorate the victims of an attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue, on the day of national mourning, in Russia, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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Concert hall attack dents Putin's tough image. He tries to use it to rally support for Ukraine war
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sun,03/24/24-12:30PM , 381 Reads
A week ago, President Vladimir Putin swaggered triumphantly onstage at a post-election event surrounded by young people in T-shirts reading “Putin — Russia — Victory,” and he confidently shrugged off Western criticism of the vote as neither free nor fair.
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- AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports on Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's visit to the Middle East.
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UN chief says it's time to 'truly flood' Gaza with aid and calls starvation there an outrage
By SAMY MAGDY, AMR NABIL AND SAM METZ - Associated Press
Sat,03/23/24-9:01AM , 164 Reads
RAFAH CROSSING, Egypt (AP) — U.N.
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- The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view made through an airplane window in Washington, Jan. 26, 2020. The Defense Department found $300 million for weapons for Ukraine in March 2024, even though the bill to fund the military aid is stalled in Congress. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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Finding money: How the Pentagon dug down and found $300M for Ukraine but is still deep in the red
By LOLITA C. BALDOR AND TARA COPP - Associated Press
Fri,03/22/24-11:47PM , 345 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even with a budget of more than $800 billion and the ability to buy millions of weapons and pieces of equipment every year, the Pentagon sometimes can find a few dollars in the couch cushions. Or, make that $300 million.
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