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• Top general urges more US troops in eastern Europe

  05-04-2022 23:51
  
  The top U.S. military officer says the United States should look at the development of more bases in Eastern Europe to protect against Russian aggression
  
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• African immigrant advocates point to ‘double standard’ as Ukrainians receive U.S. relief

  05-04-2022 23:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  After President Joe Biden announced plans to welcome 100,000 Ukrainian refugees to the U.S., African and Caribbean immigrants are questioning why so many Black
  
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• EPA rule would finally ban asbestos, carcinogen still in use

  05-04-2022 23:41
  
  The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule to finally ban asbestos, a carcinogen still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products that kills thousands of Americans every year
  
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• Attacks on press in Mexico hit record level during López Obrador’s presidency

  05-04-2022 23:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Report paints bleak picture of journalist safety under leader who often criticises media and downplays violence against reportersAttacks against the press in Mexico have increased by 85% since President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office, making it the most deadly period for journalists since records began, according to a new report.Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists with 1,945 attacks – including 33 murders – between 2019 an
  
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• Analyst: Why this weapon could be critical for Ukrainian forces

  05-04-2022 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  Retired Army Brig. Gen. Steve Anderson explains how one weapon is essential in aiding Ukraine against Russian forces.
  
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• Bucha: Bodies tied up, shot and left to rot hint at gruesome reality of Russia's occupation

  05-04-2022 22:00 via cnn.com
  
  The Russian column of tanks and armored personnel carriers sped along a residential street in Bucha, a tree-lined suburb of the capital Kyiv. That was February 27th.
  
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• Treasury bars Russia payments in dollars from US accounts

  05-04-2022 21:59
  
  The Treasury Department will not allow any Russian government debt payments from accounts at U.S. financial institutions to be made in U.S. dollars, an agency official says
  
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• Ivanka Trump meets with House January 6 committee

  05-04-2022 21:41 via cnn.com
  
  Ivanka Trump, the daughter of former President Donald Trump and a former White House senior adviser, will meet Tuesday with the committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection, two sources familiar with the meeting tell CNN.
  
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• Victim’s iPhone hacked by Pegasus spyware weeks after Apple sued NSO

  05-04-2022 21:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Quartet targeted by clients – thought to be Jordanian government agencies – of Israeli company even after Apple sued in NovemberNew evidence has revealed that an Apple iPhone was successfully hacked by a government user of NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware in December, weeks after the technology giant sued the Israeli company in a US court and called for it to be banned from “harming individuals” using Apple products.A report published on Tuesday by security researchers a
  
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• Americans on FBI watchlist face detention, extra screenings when flying

  05-04-2022 21:06
  
  The ACLU estimates 1.6 million people are currently on the federal watchlist.
  
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• Bucha: The gruesome reality of Russia's occupation in Ukraine

  05-04-2022 21:01 via cnn.com
  
  The Russian column of tanks and armored personnel carriers sped along a residential street in Bucha, a tree-lined suburb of the capital Kyiv. That was February 27th.
  
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• 'I-65 killer' who murdered 3 women in 1980s identified with DNA

  05-04-2022 20:56
  
  Police have named a man who died in 2013 as the serial killer responsible for the deaths of three women in the late 1980s.
  
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• Obama returned to the White House for first time. See how he poked fun at Biden

  05-04-2022 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  During his first visit back to the White House after leaving office, former President Barack Obama poked fun at his former vice president, President Joe Biden.
  
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• Obama pokes fun at Biden during his return to the White House

  05-04-2022 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  During his first visit back to the White House after leaving office, former President Barack Obama poked fun at his former vice president, President Joe Biden.
  
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• Ukrainian man accuses Russians and Chechen troops of mock executions and days of torture

  05-04-2022 20:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Petro Titenko was beaten, suffocated, shot at and left lying in a pit for hours after being capturedRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesFresh allegations of atrocities by occupying troops have emerged as a Ukrainian man described three days and nights of torture, mock executions and the disappearance of fellow prisoners during his captivity by Russian forces in the town of Borodyanka.Petro Titenko, 45, told the Guardian of his three nights of hell at the hands of Russian and Chechen soldiers after
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 41 of the Russian invasion

  05-04-2022 20:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Zelenskiy calls for Nuremberg-style trials in address to UN security council; landmine danger in Bucha; EU proposes new sanctions Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Continue reading...
  
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• Potential for 'significant international conflict' is increasing, top US general warns

  05-04-2022 19:58 via cnn.com
  
  The top US military officer told lawmakers Tuesday that the world is becoming more unstable and the "potential for significant international conflict is increasing, not decreasing."
  
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• Europe is finally coming after Russia's energy

  05-04-2022 19:58 via cnn.com
  
  European leaders have planned to phase out Russian coal imports in response to harrowing scenes in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv.
  
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• America's top general: Potential for 'significant international conflict' is increasing

  05-04-2022 19:58 via cnn.com
  
  • Bodies tied up, shot and left to rot in Bucha hint at gruesome reality of Russia's occupation
  
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• Sanctions: US to announce new measures against Russia

  05-04-2022 19:46 via cnn.com
  
  The US will announce new sanctions on Russia Wednesday in coordination with Group of 7 nations and the European Union, according to an administration official.
  
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• What if the ivermectin craze was never about treating Covid?

  05-04-2022 18:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Covid tests and vaccines can be no match for conspiracy theories like ivermectin and its magical uses. This anti-science ideology does great harm in America.
  
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• Nigerian humanist jailed for 24 years after pleading guilty to blasphemy

  05-04-2022 18:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Mubarak Bala’s case seen as part of a clampdown on critics of religious orthodoxy in a deeply conservative regionA prominent Nigerian humanist has been sentenced to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to blasphemy charges, in a landmark case that has put a new focus on the threats to freedom of expression in the west African country.Mubarak Bala, the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, was sentenced on Tuesday afternoon, two years after his arrest at his home in the nort
  
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• Deutsche Bank is the first big bank to forecast a US recession

  05-04-2022 18:35 via cnn.com
  
  The Federal Reserve's fight against inflation will spark a recession in the United States that begins late next year, Deutsche Bank warned on Tuesday.
  
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• WATCH: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy details allegations of Russian atrocities in Bucha

  05-04-2022 18:31
  
  Zelenskyy spoke virtually to the U.N. Security Council.
  
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• Watch: Zelensky's full speech to United Nations

  05-04-2022 18:29 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the United Nations Security Council days after a massacre in Bucha, Ukraine, was exposed.
  
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• Watch: Zelensky's full remarks to UN in wake of Bucha massacre

  05-04-2022 18:29 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the United Nations Security Council days after a massacre in Bucha, Ukraine, was exposed.
  
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• Zelensky details alleged Russian atrocities in hard-hitting UN speech

  05-04-2022 18:27 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russian troops of indiscriminately killing civilians "for their pleasure" in an emotionally-charged address to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, a day after he visited the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, where shocking images of bodies in the streets emerged over the weekend.
  
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• What's that about Donald Trump's grip on the GOP weakening?

  05-04-2022 18:17 via cnn.com
  
  There has been a storyline kicking around of late that Donald Trump is losing sway within the Republican Party, noting that his Senate picks in places like Alaska and North Carolina appear to be underperforming.
  
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• Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi faces plagiarism trial in Iranian court

  05-04-2022 18:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Director and grand prix winner at last year’s Cannes festival for A Hero was sued by former student for using story from her documentary without creditAsghar Farhadi, the Oscar winning director of A Separation and The Salesman, has been indicted in a plagiarism case brought by one of his former students, who had claimed he took the idea for his 2021 film A Hero from a documentary she had made for a film class.According to the Hollywood Reporter, Azadeh Masihzadeh brought the case after Far
  
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• UAE sentences Israeli woman to death for cocaine possession

  05-04-2022 17:48 via cnn.com
  
  A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced an Israeli woman to death, after she was found guilty of possessing 500 grams of cocaine. The woman -- named by Israeli media as 43-year-old Fidaa Kiwan -- is appealing the sentence.
  
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• Fuel protests prompt Lima curfew as Ukraine crisis touches South America

  05-04-2022 17:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Peru’s embattled president takes drastic step as fertiliser and fuel prices soar and Brazil seeks to open Indigenous territory to miningPeru’s embattled president Pedro Castillo has banned residents of the capital, Lima, from leaving their homes in an attempt to quell nationwide protests over soaring fuel and fertiliser prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.In a televised address just before midnight on Monday, Castillo announced a curfew from 2am until 11.59pm on Tuesd
  
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• Elon Musk is worth more than twice Warren Buffett and has $100 billion on Jeff Bezos

  05-04-2022 17:45 via cnn.com
  
  How crazy rich is Elon Musk?
  
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• Tiger Woods says 'as of right now I feel like I am going to play' in the Masters

  05-04-2022 17:35 via cnn.com
  
  [Breaking news update, published at 11:18 a.m. ET]
  
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• Analysis: The incredible irony of Barack Obama's return to the White House

  05-04-2022 17:34 via cnn.com
  
  The Affordable Care Act cost Barack Obama and Democrats dearly.
  
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• What role does the Ukraine war play in the upcoming French elections?

  05-04-2022 17:18 via cnn.com
  
  With the field and debate dominated by two far-right candidates and Macron's mixed legacy, it seemed that all was to play for in this Sunday's French presidential election. But war in Ukraine has unsettled the field, forcing U-turns on Putin from some candidates and penalizing Macron's preference for international diplomacy over campaigning. CNN's Jim Bittermann reports from Paris.
  
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• French candidates split over Russia's war in Ukraine

  05-04-2022 17:18 via cnn.com
  
  With the field and debate dominated by two far-right candidates and Macron's mixed legacy, it seemed that all was to play for in this Sunday's French presidential election. But war in Ukraine has unsettled the field, forcing U-turns on Putin from some candidates and penalizing Macron's preference for international diplomacy over campaigning. CNN's Jim Bittermann reports from Paris.
  
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• Longtime GOP Rep. Fred Upton, who voted to impeach Trump, won't seek reelection

  05-04-2022 17:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Michigan Rep. Fred Upton, one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump over his role in the Jan. 6 attack, said he would not run for reelection.
  
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• Why Donald Trump asking Putin for dirt on Hunter Biden can't be ignored

  05-04-2022 17:04 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump openly urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to publicly release any dirt he might have on Hunter Biden. In today's episode of The Point, CNN's Chris Cillizza discusses how this fits a pattern established by Trump and how dangerous his latest overture to Russia is to democracy.
  
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• Jason Momoa speaks out on whether he's dating Kate Beckinsale

  05-04-2022 17:00 via cnn.com
  
  Calm down, everyone. It was just Jason Momoa being a gentleman, not in love.
  
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• Sri Lanka faces medical emergency as economic crisis hits drug supplies

  05-04-2022 16:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Union warns of complete breakdown of health system with hospitals ‘all running out of medicines’Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has deteriorated into a medical crisis, with the top medical union declaring a national health emergency over a life-threatening shortage of drugs. On Tuesday the country’s most powerful trade union, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA), called a meeting and declared a medical crisis as doctors and hospitals reported a widespread
  
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• In a harsh lesson of war, Ukrainian children learn to tell toys from Russian explosives

  05-04-2022 16:51 via cnn.com
  
  In a metro station in Kharkiv, a young woman holds up a toy car, a stuffed bear and a juice carton to a group of elementary school-age children.
  
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• Ivanka Trump expected to meet with House January 6 committee on Tuesday

  05-04-2022 16:50 via cnn.com
  
  Ivanka Trump, the daughter of former President Donald Trump and a former White House senior adviser, will meet Tuesday with the committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection, two sources familiar with the meeting tell CNN.
  
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• Retired general explains how Ukriane can to stop Russia in eastern Ukraine

  05-04-2022 16:45 via cnn.com
  
  Former NATO Supreme Allied Supreme Commander Gen. Wesley Clark explains what Russia's objectives are in eastern Ukraine and how Ukrainian forces can stop them.
  
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• Retired general explains how Ukraine can stop Russia in eastern Ukraine

  05-04-2022 16:45 via cnn.com
  
  Former NATO Supreme Allied Supreme Commander Gen. Wesley Clark explains what Russia's objectives are in eastern Ukraine and how Ukrainian forces can stop them.
  
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• Map shows Russia's strategy in eastern Ukraine

  05-04-2022 16:45 via cnn.com
  
  Former NATO Supreme Allied Supreme Commander Gen. Wesley Clark explains what Russia's objectives are in Eastern Ukraine and how Ukrainian forces can stop them.
  
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• German airline unveils candy-striped aircraft

  05-04-2022 16:34 via cnn.com
  
  Most airplane exteriors look more or less the same -- white backdrop, bold lettering, company logo -- but every now and again, an airline unveils a livery that stands out from the pack.
  
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• Donald Trump is getting richer again

  05-04-2022 16:32 via cnn.com
  
  More than 14 months after leaving office -- and while still contesting the 2020 election -- former President Donald Trump has seen his net worth soar to $3 billion, according to brand new numbers from Forbes.
  
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• Analysis: Trump is getting richer again

  05-04-2022 16:32 via cnn.com
  
  More than 14 months after leaving office -- and while still contesting the 2020 election -- former President Donald Trump has seen his net worth soar to $3 billion, according to brand new numbers from Forbes.
  
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• Listeria outbreak in Dole packaged salads that left 3 dead declared over

  05-04-2022 16:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday announced an end to the outbreak of Listeria in Dole packaged salads that sickened at least 18 people.
  
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• A brief history of Elon Musk's special relationship with Twitter

  05-04-2022 16:26 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk — once again — has everyone on Twitter talking.
  
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