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• Israeli officials double down on settlement construction, rebuke US criticism

  14-02-2023 23:53 via foxnews.com
  
  Two ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet ministers on Tuesday defiantly dismissed a growing chorus of global condemnation of new Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank, instead promising to double down and legalize dozens of wildcat outposts in the occupied territory. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir reaffirmed their commitment to expand Israeli authority in the lands that the Palestinians seek for a future state. Their comments came
  
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• Why expert on China thinks Russia may be involved with unidentified objects

  14-02-2023 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  Author and Gatestone Institute Senior Fellow, Gordon Chang, discusses why he believes Russia and China may be involved in the objects shot down over North America.
  
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• AC Milan 1-0 Tottenham: Antonio Conte's side fall to narrow first-leg loss in last 16

  14-02-2023 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brahim Diaz scores the only goal to give AC Milan a 1-0 win in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Tottenham.
  
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• Viral TikTok boosts father's thriller book to bestseller

  14-02-2023 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lloyd Devereux Richards' crime thriller is a bestseller after 11 years of almost no sales.
  
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• Egypt releases former anti-graft chief after 5 year prison stint

  14-02-2023 23:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Egyptian authorities Tuesday released the country’s former anti-graft chief after he served a five-year prison term for allegedly insulting and disseminating false news about the military, his lawyers said. Hesham Genena, a former judge, walked free from a police station and returned to his home in Cairo’s eastern New Cairo district, lawyer Hossam Lotfy said. His daughter, Shorouk Genena, posted images on Facebook showing her father hugging his family. "Baba is out, finally," she wro
  
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• Meet the trailblazer who's challenging Trump in 2024

  14-02-2023 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former US ambassador to the UN has announced she will run for the Republican nomination in 2024.
  
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• Paris St-Germain 0-1 Bayern Munich: Kingsley Coman strikes as Germans snatch last-16 first-leg lead

  14-02-2023 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Frenchman Kingsley Coman scores the winner for Bayern Munich against former club Paris St-Germain in their Champions League last-16 first-leg encounter.
  
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• Gunman who killed 3 Michigan State students may have planned to attack NJ schools, police say

  14-02-2023 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  The gunman who killed three Michigan State University students and left five others in critical condition may have had plans to target two schools in New Jersey, police there said.
  
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• Romania, Moldova report potential UFOs in airspace

  14-02-2023 23:05 via foxnews.com
  
  Romania briefly scrambled military jets and neighboring Moldova temporarily closed its air space Tuesday after authorities in both countries reported mysterious weather balloon-like objects traversing their skies. The incidents occurred at around midday local time and briefly raised concerns in the two Eastern European countries, both which border Ukraine and have been affected by Russia’s war. Romania’s defense ministry said it deployed two jets that are under NATO command to its so
  
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• Trans Witches Are Witches: Queer gamers launch Hogwarts Legacy alternative

  14-02-2023 23:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  A newly launched collection of magic-themed video games and other content from queer creators promises “witchcraft and wizardry without the transphobia, antisemitism, and alt-right grifters.”
  
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• VAR mistakes: Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta not satisfied with PGMOL apology

  14-02-2023 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mikel Arteta says he will "only be satisfied" if Arsenal are given two points back for the VAR error which could have cost them victory against Brentford.
  
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• Possibility that unidentified flying objects were weather balloons deepens the mystery

  14-02-2023 22:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  The flying objects shot down last week remain unidentified. They didn't come from the National Weather Service, and it's unlikely they were science balloons, experts say.
  
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• Taliban forces kill 3 IS members in raid on Kabul building

  14-02-2023 22:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Taliban intelligence forces killed three Islamic State group militants and arrested one in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital of Kabul, an official said Tuesday. The raid on a residential building targeted IS militants who organized recent attacks in the capital, said Khalil Hamraz, a Taliban-appointed spokesman for Afghanistan's general director of intelligence. He called the target in the Karti Naw neighborhood an important IS hideout. The Islamic State group did not immediately resp
  
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• 5 German police officers charged over fatal shooting of mentally ill Senegal teen

  14-02-2023 22:43 via foxnews.com
  
  Prosecutors in Germany said Tuesday that five police officers have been charged over the death of a Senegalese teenager who was shot dead last year. Police had been called to an incident at a foster home in the western city of Dortmund on Aug. 8, 2022, because the 16-year-old refugee had allegedly threatened to harm himself with a knife. Officers claimed the teen, identified as Mouhamed Dramé, had run toward them with a knife, whereupon they used pepper spray and two tasers before shootin
  
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• US condemns Russian use of Iranian drones in Ukraine

  14-02-2023 22:40 via foxnews.com
  
  FLASH American defense officials on Tuesday sought to dispel any doubt that Iran is supplying drones for Russia’s war in Ukraine, releasing photos and analysis of unmanned aircraft deployed in the conflict to demonstrate Tehran’s involvement. During a briefing in London, analysts from the Defense Intelligence Agency displayed photos of drones that attacked Ukraine alongside images of those previously traced to Iran. A comparison of design details such as tail fins, nose cones and lan
  
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• In a deeply divided Washington, shooting down UFOs is scrambling partisan battle lines

  14-02-2023 22:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden's decision to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon and other unidentified flying objects has scrambled the typically clear partisan battle lines in Washington.
  
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• Pastor put in week-long solitary confinement for church service predicts Canadian revival: 'Something stirred'

  14-02-2023 22:28 via foxnews.com
  
  A Canadian pastor who allegedly spent a week in solitary confinement after keeping his church open during the pandemic said he believes Canadians are poised to experience a spiritual revival. A federal judge dismissed the charges against Pastor Phil Hutchings of Higher Life Church in Saint John, New Brunswick, last week – following a legal saga that began when he was arrested in 2021 for holding church services in defiance of a provincial health order. "We just drew a hard line because we
  
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• They appeared in deepfake porn videos without their consent. Few laws protect them.

  14-02-2023 21:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  Manipulated pornography featuring the faces of nonconsenting victims like QTCinderella is becoming more pervasive online.
  
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• UN calls for $397M in humanitarian aid for Syrian earthquake survivors

  14-02-2023 21:26 via foxnews.com
  
  The United Nations chief launched a $397 million appeal Tuesday to help nearly 5 million survivors of last week’s devastating earthquake in rebel-held northwest Syria who have received very little assistance because of deep divisions exacerbated by the country’s 12-year war. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appeal a day after he welcomed an agreement between the U.N. and Syrian President Bashar Assad to open two new crossing points from Turkey for an initial period of
  
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• Petito lawyer says Laundrie's mom wrote letter with offer to bury a body

  14-02-2023 21:25 via cnn.com
  
  Brian Laundrie's mother wrote a letter to her son that included references to getting a shovel and burying a body, an attorney representing the parents of Gabby Petito said during a court hearing Tuesday.
  
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• 'Burn after reading': Petito lawyer says Laundrie's mom wrote letter with offer to bury a body

  14-02-2023 21:25 via cnn.com
  
  Brian Laundrie's mother wrote a letter to her son that included references to getting a shovel and burying a body, an attorney representing the parents of Gabby Petito said during a court hearing Tuesday.
  
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• Women's T20 World Cup: Australia beat Bangladesh to move closer to semi-finals

  14-02-2023 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Defending champions Australia take a step closer to the semi-finals of the Women's T20 World Cup with an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh.
  
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• Turkey-Syria earthquake: Satellite images show Jindayris devastation

  14-02-2023 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 500 bodies have been pulled from the rubble of 200 destroyed buildings in Jindayris.
  
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• Col Paris Davis: Black Vietnam veteran to finally receive Medal of Honor

  14-02-2023 21:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US President Joe Biden personally calls retired Col Paris Davis after a wait of almost sixty years.
  
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• More than 6,000 Ukrainian children placed in Russian 'reeducation' camps: report

  14-02-2023 21:12 via cnn.com
  
  The Russian government is operating an expansive network of dozens of camps where it has held thousands of Ukrainian children since the start of the war against Ukraine last year, according to a new report released Tuesday.
  
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• Ukrainian soldiers in Poland get crash course in Leopard 2 tanks

  14-02-2023 21:11 via cnn.com
  
  Vadym Khodak beams and leans forward. He's almost bouncing on his feet. "My soldiers like it a lot," he says with a nod to the line of Polish Leopard 2 version 4 tanks behind him. "This machine is good quality."
  
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• Gen Zers want to date more 'organically.' Some say Instagram brings them closer to that goal.

  14-02-2023 21:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  Gen Zers want to date more ‘organically.’ Some say Instagram brings them closer to that goal.
  
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• Arsenal v Man City predictions: Chris Sutton versus Josh Franceschi and Lou Cotterill

  14-02-2023 20:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Chris Sutton takes on Josh Franceschi and Lou Cotterill to predict whether Arsenal or Manchester City will win when the Premier League's top two meet on Wednesday.
  
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• Crypto is joining the grown-up table, and no one is happy about it

  14-02-2023 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  When FTX collapsed in November, it was a seismic event for the crypto industry. Many called it the "Lehman moment."
  
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• Miss Argentina and Miss Puerto Rico's love story is focus of new Fenty ad

  14-02-2023 20:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Rihanna’s new ad for Fenty Eau de Parfum features married former beauty queens Miss Argentina and Miss Puerto Rico.
  
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• Congo reports 32 civilians killed by rebels, militias

  14-02-2023 20:37 via foxnews.com
  
  At least 32 civilians have been killed by rebel groups in eastern Congo's Ituri province, said a spokesman for the United Nations. Twenty people were killed by the militia group CODECO and a dozen were killed by the Allied Democratic Forces, which is allied to the Islamic State group, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a press conference on Monday. Calling the situation "confusing," Dujarric said it is hard for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo to get more information due to restricte
  
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• Palestinian teenager fatally shot during Israeli army raid in West Bank

  14-02-2023 20:35 via foxnews.com
  
  A Palestinian teen was killed Tuesday during an Israeli army raid in a refugee camp in the northern West Bank, Palestinian officials said. The death was the latest in an almost year-long surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence that shows no signs of abating. The Israeli military said it carried out raids across the occupied West Bank overnight, and that during an operation in the Faraa refugee camp, a person approached troops with an explosive device. The army said that soldiers shot the person. T
  
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• Thousands of Ukrainian children forced into vast network of Russian camps, study finds

  14-02-2023 20:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Russia is running a sprawling network of camps as part of a systematic effort to relocate and re-educate thousands of children from Ukraine
  
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• Microsoft's Bing AI demo called out for several errors

  14-02-2023 20:25 via cnn.com
  
  Microsoft's public demo last week of an AI-powered revamp of Bing appears to have included several factual errors, highlighting the risk the company and its rivals face when incorporating this new technology into search engines.
  
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• Judge orders Sam Bankman-Fried back to court after learning how he accessed the internet remotely

  14-02-2023 20:23 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge ordered Sam Bankman-Fried back to court this week after learning that the founder of crypto trading platform FTX accessed the internet in a way the government can't track.
  
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• Turkish earthquake: They came to be healed, but died in the rubble

  14-02-2023 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The hospital building, which had 300 people inside, failed a 2012 earthquake resistance test.
  
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• Bus in northern South Africa involved in head-on collision with van; 20 dead

  14-02-2023 20:08 via foxnews.com
  
  A crash between a passenger bus and a van armored to carry cash in the northern province of Limpopo, South Africa has killed at least 20 people and injured 68, officials have reported. The two vehicles collided head-on along the N1 freeway in the Makhado area on Monday evening, according to paramedics who responded to the crash. The bus reportedly rolled down a slope to a river and some passengers were found trapped underneath. Three people by the highway were confirmed dead while 16 other bodie
  
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• Pierre Palmade: French comic faces charges over drug-fuelled crash

  14-02-2023 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pierre Palmade faces charges after a head-on collision led to a woman losing her unborn baby.
  
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• Kenya's president holds national day of prayer to end drought

  14-02-2023 19:48 via foxnews.com
  
  With the prospect of a sixth consecutive failed rainy season in the east and Horn of Africa, Kenya's president is hoping the heavens will finally open with the help of a national day of mass prayer on Tuesday. William Ruto announced the plans for the country's first ever day of prayer on Sunday at a service in the drought-stricken city of Nakuru, some 100 miles from the capital Nairobi. It follows a joint call by the country's spiritual leaders to dedicate an entire day to prayer to ease drought
  
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• Romania's second earthquake in two days reaches 5.7 magnitude

  14-02-2023 19:45 via foxnews.com
  
  An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 rattled Romania Tuesday, the second tremor of similar magnitude to shake the country in 24 hours. No serious damage was reported in either case. The quake on Tuesday occurred at 3:16 p.m. in Romania’s southwest Gorj County at a depth of approximately 40 km (25 miles), data from Romania’s National Earth Physics Institute shows. The quake was reportedly felt in the capital, Bucharest, and the northern city of Cluj in the north. Social media posts s
  
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• Pharrell Williams will be Louis Vuitton's next men's creative director

  14-02-2023 19:37 via cnn.com
  
  American musician, record producer and designer Pharrell Williams will succeed Virgil Abloh as Louis Vuitton's men's creative director, according to a statement issued by the French luxury fashion house on Tuesday.
  
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• Surveillance video captures store clerk's interaction with knife-wielding suspect

  14-02-2023 19:35 via cnn.com
  
  Surveillance camera footage captured the terrifying interaction between a knife-wielding robbery suspect and a store clerk near Los Angeles, California. CNN affiliates KCBS and KCAL have more.
  
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• No, aliens aren't here. Here's what high-altitude balloons are used for

  14-02-2023 19:21 via cnn.com
  
  A string of "unidentified objects" entered North American skies in the past few days, only to be shot down by US military aircraft. And in the grand tradition of public speculation surrounding mysterious airborne entities, many people have questioned whether extraterrestrial activity is afoot.
  
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• Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde's former nanny sues alleging wrongful termination

  14-02-2023 19:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  The former live-in nanny to actors Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis is alleging that the pair terminated her as retaliation after she sought help for depression and anxiety amid their tumultuous split.
  
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• Mikel Arteta: Arsenal manager wants 'two points back' after PGMOL apology

  14-02-2023 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says he would "only be satisfied" with two points back, after referee's body PGMOL issued an apology for the VAR error in their match against Brentford.
  
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• India's market regulator is looking into the explosive allegations against Adani Group

  14-02-2023 18:50 via cnn.com
  
  India's market regulator is looking into the explosive allegations against Adani Group made by US short seller Hindenburg Research, which accused the conglomerate of "the largest con in corporate history."
  
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• Club Q, site of Colorado mass shooting, set to reopen in the fall

  14-02-2023 18:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  The management of Club Q, the site of a deadly mass shooting in November, announced plans to rebuild and reopen later this year the Colorado Springs LGBTQ venue, saying it will feature a permanent tribute to those killed in the attack.
  
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• Seven more people rescued in Turkey eight days after earthquake

  14-02-2023 18:33 via theguardian.com
  
  The survivors, including two teenagers, saved as rescue teams look to next phase of aidSeven more people have been rescued eight days after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, but hopes of finding further survivors of what the World Health Organization called the worst natural disaster in 100 years in its 53-country Europe region are dwindling.As a UN aid convoy entered stricken north-west Syria through a new crossing, the combined death toll rose to nearly 38,000, including 31,974 in Tur
  
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• Hyundai and Kia roll out a software patch that makes cars harder to steal

  14-02-2023 18:30 via cnn.com
  
  Hyundai and Kia are offering a new free software patch to owners of 8.3 million vehicles that are so easy to steal that some insurance companies refuse to offer coverage for them in certain markets.
  
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• Colombian soccer match suspended after fan attacks a player, who then chases him in retaliation

  14-02-2023 18:29 via cnn.com
  
  A football match in the Colombian first division was suspended on Sunday after a fan ran onto the pitch and attacked a player, who then chased the offending supporter and knocked him to the ground.
  
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