U.S. officials cite multiple reasons for the delays, including an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, a hack of a refugee database, the COVID-19 pandemic and cuts to the refugee program under then-President Donald Trump.
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Waterville City Council to consider final budget vote, lease of new council chambers
The City Council is expected to give approval Tuesday to a combined municipal and school budget totaling $56.34 million.
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UN rebukes Russia, says it is blocking aid workers from area of Ukraine dam collapse
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov didn’t explicitly admit that Russia had blocked United Nations access, but told a conference call with reporters that Ukrainian attacks made a visit too risky.
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Deep-sea craft carrying 5 people to Titanic wreckage reported missing; search underway
The expedition was OceanGate’s 3rd annual voyage to chronicle the deterioration of Titanic, which struck an iceberg and sank in 1912, killing all but about 700 of the roughly 2,200 passengers and crew.
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Bands scheduled for Johnson Hall’s Free Waterfront Concert Series
Johnson Hall will present the Free Waterfront Summer Concert Series at Gardiner’s waterfront every Friday night starting June 23 an continuing through Aug. 25. Bring your lawn chairs or a blanket and enjoy some great music. Food vendors and children’s activities will be on hand with balloon animals, face painting (at some of the concerts), […]
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Auburn Community Concert Band set to kick off 42nd season
The Auburn Community Concert Band, under the direction of Milt Simon, will kick off its annual summer series of weekly outdoor evening concerts at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28, at Festival Plaza in downtown Auburn. The performance is the first of 9 concerts scheduled for the Main Street location. The weekly free concerts will […]
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Americans mark Juneteenth with parties, events and quiet reflection
Americans across the country are observing the relatively new federal holiday with festivals, parades, cookouts and other gatherings.
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Blinken and Xi pledge to stabilize U.S.-China ties, but main U.S. request is rebuffed
There was little indication that either is prepared to bend from positions on issues including trade, Taiwan, human rights conditions in China and Hong Kong, and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Baseball: Run through gauntlet has Monmouth 1 win from Class C championship
Mustangs emerge from difficult region with hopes of winning Gold Glove.
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Greek court postpones hearing for smuggling suspects in deadly migrant boat sinking
A Greek court has postponed a hearing for nine men accused of being migrant smugglers in a case involving the sinking of a fishing trawler last week that killed at least 80 people.