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• Russia sends fertilizer to Malawi, aims to garner African support

  06-03-2023 23:43 via foxnews.com
  
  The Russian government has donated 20,000 tons of fertilizer to Malawi as part of its efforts to garner diplomatic support from various African nations. Russia will give 260,000 tons of fertilizer to countries in the continent, Russian Ambassador to Malawi Nikolai Krasilnikov said at a handover ceremony Monday at the capital, Lilongwe. He said he hopes African leaders will press for the abolition of international sanctions against Russia when they attend the second Russia-Africa summit to be hel
  
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• FBI hunts woman who did not show up to court over charges related to Jan. 6 riot

  06-03-2023 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  The FBI is searching for a Florida woman who did not show up to court in Washington, DC, on Monday, when she was set to go to trial on federal charges related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot.
  
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• Arrest warrant issued for missing Jan. 6 defendant as trial set to begin

  06-03-2023 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  The FBI is searching for a Florida woman who did not show up to court in Washington, DC, on Monday, when she was set to go to trial on federal charges related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot.
  
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• Arrest warrant issued for Jan. 6 defendant who has gone missing with trial set to begin

  06-03-2023 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  The FBI is searching for a Florida woman who did not show up to court in Washington, DC, on Monday, when she was set to go to trial on federal charges related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot.
  
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• Canadian siblings certified as world's most premature twins

  06-03-2023 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  If the children had been born one hour earlier, life-saving measured would not have been attempted.
  
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• Turkish opposition leaders nominate Erdogan challenger

  06-03-2023 23:14 via foxnews.com
  
  A six-party alliance on Monday nominated main opposition party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu as its common candidate to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in elections in May, ending months of uncertainty and bickering that had frustrated their supporters. The alliance tapped the leader of the pro-secular, center-left Republican People’s Party, or CHP, hours after a key member of the grouping — who had rejected Kilicdaroglu’s candidacy — agreed to a compromise solution
  
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• Chris Rock addresses Will Smith slap in Netflix special

  06-03-2023 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The comedian cracked a joke about last year's Academy Awards row with Will Smith in his new special.
  
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• Ceiling panel collapses, nearly hitting commuter

  06-03-2023 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  Surveillance video captured the moment a ceiling panel collapsed and nearly landed on a commuter at a subway station outside of Boston.
  
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• Video shows the moment of kidnapping

  06-03-2023 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  New video from the scene where four US citizens were kidnapped by gunmen in Mexico shows people being loaded into the back of a pickup truck. CNN's Kylie Atwood reports.
  
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• Fall of Ukrainian city of Bakhmut would not mean a strategic win for Russia: Pentagon

  06-03-2023 22:21 via foxnews.com
  
  The fight for Bakhmut has been raging for months but, according to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, a Russian victory over the Donetsk city would not prove all that strategically advantageous for Moscow.  "I think it is more of a symbolic value than it is strategic and operational value," Austin told reporters from Jordan Monday. "The fall of Bakhmut won't necessarily mean that the Russians have changed the tide of this fight." Austin said he would not predict whether Moscow would be able
  
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• Turkey opposition names Kilicdaroglu as joint challenger to Erdogan

  06-03-2023 21:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Quiet-spoken centre-leftist Kemal Kilicdaroglu is chosen by the opposition to run for president.
  
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• WATCH: Driver braves towering walls of snow

  06-03-2023 21:37 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A California resident drove between two huge walls of snow to get to their property near Lake Tahoe.
  
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• Gunmen kidnap US citizens who crossed into Mexico to buy medicine

  06-03-2023 21:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Gunmen opened fire on vehicle in northern city of Matamoros, and FBI is offering $50,000 reward for return of victimsGunmen kidnapped four US citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas last week to buy medicine and got caught in a shootout that killed at least one Mexican citizen, officials said on Monday.The four were in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates. They came under fire on Friday shortly after entering the city of Matamoros from Brownsville, the southernmost tip of Texas
  
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• Biden said he would go to Ohio train derailment site. There is no trip currently scheduled.

  06-03-2023 21:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  The pressure is mounting on Biden to visit East Palestine, Ohio, but White House officials say there is no trip in the works.
  
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• The West 'overestimates' China because it fears China, says expert

  06-03-2023 21:15 via cnn.com
  
  Christiane Amanpour talks to Yale professor and author of "Kingdom of Characters" Jing Tsu about how the West can deal with Beijing and how the transformation of the Chinese language formed the building blocks of modern China.
  
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• Expert says the West 'overestimates' China because of fear

  06-03-2023 21:15 via cnn.com
  
  Christiane Amanpour talks to Yale professor and author of "Kingdom of Characters" Jing Tsu about how the West can deal with Beijing and how the transformation of the Chinese language formed the building blocks of modern China.
  
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• Braverman seeks to backdate Channel crossings law amid fears of rush

  06-03-2023 21:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Proposed law, criticised as cruel and unworkable, could be made to apply retrospectively from TuesdayRefugees who cross the Channel in small boats from Tuesday could face detention and deportation under a new migration law that Labour and charities have called “unworkable” and “cruel”.In an acknowledgment that the law will prompt a fresh rush of refugees across the Channel, the Home Office is seeking to make the illegal migration bill apply retrospectively from the day it
  
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• DeSantis inches closer to presidential run announcement with California speech – live

  06-03-2023 21:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Governor condemns other states’ Covid responses and celebrates Florida as a ‘citadel of freedom’ in speechSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailThe city council of Washington, DC, is moving to withdraw a bill revising the local criminal code, which faced opposition from Republican lawmakers.The chair of the DC council, Democrat Phil Mendelson, said in a letter to Vice-President Kamala Harris that he was withdrawing the bill from congressional conside
  
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• D.C. Council chair says he's withdrawing the crime bill Congress plans to overturn

  06-03-2023 21:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said he withdrew changes to the city's crime law ahead of a Senate vote on a Republican-backed bill designed to undo them.
  
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• Ukraine urges ICC to investigate video appearing to show Russians killing PoW

  06-03-2023 21:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Graphic clip shows detained combatant standing in a shallow trench before being apparently shot Ukraine has urged the international criminal court to investigate footage circulating on social media that appeared to show Russian fighters killing a Ukrainian prisoner of war.In the graphic clip that first circulated on Telegram, a detained combatant is seen standing in a shallow trench and smoking a cigarette. The soldier says “Glory to Ukraine” and is then apparently shot with automati
  
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• Australia politics live: Albanese approval drops, says poll; RBA expected to hike cash rate to 3.6%

  06-03-2023 21:01 via theguardian.com
  
  The prime minister’s approval sank six points in February to 40%, Essential says. Follow the day’s newsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAs we wait for the Reserve Bank’s verdict this afternoon, our economics editor, Peter Hannan, has put together a piece looking at what options are available – if any – to fight inflation other than raising rates.Peter writes:A common refrain is that the RBA’s main anti-inflation policy t
  
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• FBI offers $50K reward for safe return of 4 U.S. citizens kidnapped at gunpoint in Mexico

  06-03-2023 20:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the return of four Americans believed to have been kidnapped at gunpoint during an attack in Mexico on Friday that also led to the death of a Mexican citizen, authorities said.
  
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• 23 protesters charged with domestic terrorism after clash with Atlanta police over ‘Cop City’

  06-03-2023 20:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nearly two dozen people were charged with domestic terrorism after clashing with police at a controversial police training center under development outside Atlanta on Sunday.
  
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• Cabinet Office minister casts doubt on whether Sue Gray followed proper process over job with Starmer – as it happened

  06-03-2023 20:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Jeremy Quin says it is unprecedented for serving permanent secretary to resign to take job with leader of opposition. This blog is now closedTory MPs launch bid to stop Labour’s ‘unprecedented’ hiring of Sue GrayQ: What do you think of Boris Johnson nominating his father for a knighthood in his resignation honours?Starmer replies:The idea that Boris Johnson is nominating his dad for a knighthood – you only need to say it to realise just how ridiculous it is. It’s cl
  
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• UK’s drug advisory panel rejects calls for laughing gas ban

  06-03-2023 20:34 via theguardian.com
  
  ACMD says sale and possession of nitrous oxide for recreational use should not be barred despite Home Office desire for crackdownThe UK’s drug advisory panel has rejected calls to ban the sale and possession of nitrous oxide for recreational use, despite the Home Office’s eagerness to do so, a new report has revealed.While supplying nitrous oxide for psychoactive purposes is already banned, laughing gas or “nos” remains hugely popular among young people. Its growing use h
  
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• Simon Case’s WhatsApps with Hancock unprofessional, say ex-civil servants

  06-03-2023 20:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Whitehall chief called travellers being confined to Covid hotels ‘hilarious’, according to leak of chats with former health secretaryFormer senior civil servants have expressed surprise and concern at the cabinet secretary, Simon Case’s “unprofessional” and jokey WhatsApp chats with Matt Hancock during the Covid crisis, saying they appeared to be a highly unusual departure from normal standards.Case’s correspondence with Hancock is revealed in a leak to the Te
  
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• Tory MPs launch bid to stop Labour’s ‘unprecedented’ hiring of Sue Gray

  06-03-2023 20:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Boris Johnson’s allies continue campaign to discredit Partygate inquiry run by departing civil servantSenior Conservatives have launched a bid to stymie Labour’s “unprecedented” hiring of outgoing civil servant Sue Gray, amid claims the rules for departing senior officials had been breached.Conservative MPs demanded the appointment be blocked for up to two years given her “knowledge of the most sensitive details of government ministers”, while Boris Johnson&rs
  
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• ‘Martyn’s law’ anti-terrorism bill to be published this spring, says Braverman

  06-03-2023 20:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Ministers promised legislation forcing venues to draw up plans to prevent attacks, in wake of Manchester Arena deaths, in DecemberA draft bill known as “Martyn’s law”, aimed at forcing all venues to draw up plans to prevent terrorist attacks and ensure public safety, is on track to be published this spring, the home secretary told MPs on Monday.Suella Braverman’s commitment came as MPs debated the critical third and final public report of the Manchester Arena terrorism in
  
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• Gingrich decries ‘insane’ Florida bill for register of bloggers critical of DeSantis

  06-03-2023 20:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Bill before Florida legislature to make online critics of governor register is ‘an embarrassment’ says former House speakerA Florida bill that would require bloggers who write about the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, to register with the state proved a step too far even for the godfather of far-right Republicanism, the former US House speaker Newt Gingrich.“The idea that bloggers criticising a politician should register with the government is insane,” Gingrich wrot
  
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• Sentencing of two Hawaiian Native men highlights the state's complicated racial dynamics

  06-03-2023 20:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Two Native Hawaiian men wouldn’t have brutally beaten a man if he weren’t white, a U.S. judge said Thursday in sentencing them to yearslong prison terms for a hate crime in a case that reflects Hawaii’s nuanced and complicated relationship with race.
  
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• Lithium-ion battery blamed for yet another fast-moving fire, New York City officials say

  06-03-2023 19:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  A lithium-ion battery sparked yet another fast-moving fire, this one in New York City on Sunday, leveling a supermarket and neighboring laundromat, authorities said.
  
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• Two United planes touch at Boston airport

  06-03-2023 19:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two flights scheduled to depart from Boston Logan International Airport on Monday morning made contact with each other near the gate area, federal aviation and airport officials said.
  
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• Pair jailed after €1.6m wine heist at high-end restaurant in Spain

  06-03-2023 19:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Priscila Guevara and Constantín Dumitru also ordered to pay €750,000 to insurers over the theft of 45 bottlesA court in Spain has sentenced two people to four and half years in prison after the theft of €1.6m (£1.4m) worth of expensive wine from a high-end restaurant in a heist that made headlines around the world.In October 2021 one of the owners of Atrio hotel and restaurant in the city of Cáceres sounded the alarm after discovering 45 bottles of wine – incl
  
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• ‘Hamilton’ will return to Puerto Rico, hopes to raise at least $2m

  06-03-2023 19:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Lin-Manuel Miranda will bring 'Hamilton" back to Puerto Rico in June for two weeks of performances including fundraisers to support work in the island.
  
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• Twitter API issue breaks links, images and a third-party app

  06-03-2023 19:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Multiple features on Twitter experienced temporary issues Monday, as users reported problems with broken links, images and at least one third-party app. The impacted features appeared to rebound back to normal about an hour after the outages were first reported.
  
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• Atlanta police charge 23 with domestic terrorism amid ‘Cop City’ week of action

  06-03-2023 19:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Move follows violent clash at weekend at proposed construction site of Georgia police training facility in forestAtlanta police on Monday charged 23 people with state domestic terrorism charges, a day after officers detained dozens of people following a violent clash at the proposed construction site of what has been dubbed “Cop City” – a $90m police and firefighter training center in a forest near Atlanta.As a “week of action” against “Cop City” unfolds
  
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• Estonia’s Kaja Kallas weighs up coalition options after historic election win

  06-03-2023 19:26 via theguardian.com
  
  PM welcomes endorsement of liberal values and support for Ukraine as far-right rival loses assembly seatsEstonia’s popular centre-right prime minister, Kaja Kallas, has begun weighing options for a new governing coalition after a sweeping election victory in which she received more personal votes than any politician in the country’s history.The centre-right leader, one of Europe’s strongest pro-Kyiv voices, said on Monday she felt “humble and grateful” for a result
  
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• 23 face domestic terrorism charges after 'Cop City' protests in Atlanta

  06-03-2023 19:15 via cnn.com
  
  At least 23 people face domestic terrorism charges after being arrested Sunday evening amid violent protests at the site of a planned law enforcement training facility in Atlanta dubbed"Cop City" by opponents who claim it would propagate militarized policing and harm the environment.
  
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• MrBeast stirs backlash after asking fans to fix Walmart displays for his Feastables chocolate bars

  06-03-2023 19:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jimmy Donaldson, the stunt YouTuber better known as MrBeast, tweeted an unconventional request to followers on Friday, sparking backlash and inspiring memes.
  
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• Intense fighting continues in Bakhmut as Ukraine generals support continuing defence of city – as it happened

  06-03-2023 18:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Volodymyr Zelenskiy discusses situation in besieged city as senior Ukraine commanders remain in favour of strengthening positions. This live blog is closedUkrainian leaders agree to continue Bakhmut defenceUkraine’s Marta Kostyuk won her first WTA title Sunday with victory over Russia’s Varvara Gracheva and dedicated it to her country and “all the people who are fighting and dying”.The 20-year-old Kostyuk collapsed to the court sobbing after winning the final of the ATX O
  
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• Sphinx-like statue and shrine discovered in southern Egypt

  06-03-2023 18:47 via theguardian.com
  
  It is thought the Roman emperor Claudius could have inspired work found in the temple of DenderaArchaeologists have unearthed a sphinx-like statue and the remains of a shrine in an ancient temple in southern Egypt.The artefacts were found in the temple of Dendera, in Qena province, 280 miles (450km) south of Cairo, Egypt’s antiquities ministry said. Continue reading...
  
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• Tim Robbins backs Woody Harrelson’s call to end Covid protocols on set

  06-03-2023 18:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Shawshank Redemption actor tweeted in support of a recent interview in which Harrelson called on-set Covid protocols ‘nonsense’Tim Robbins has backed Woody Harrelson’s call for Hollywood to end Covid protocols on film and television sets.Sharing Variety’s write-up of Harrelson’s recent interview with the New York Times in which the actor decried Covid set protocols as “nonsense”, Robbins posted on Twitter: “Woody is right. Time to end this charade.
  
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• Judith Heumann, activist who led US disability rights movement, dies aged 75

  06-03-2023 18:37 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Trailblazer’ fought for civil rights protections at a time when people with disabilities were treated like second-class citizensThe savvy, wheelchair-using civil rights activist Judith Heumann, who led a movement to reimagine what it means to be disabled in the US, died on Saturday at a hospital in Washington DC.Heumann had been hospitalized for a week dealing with heart issues that may have stemmed from her lifelong challenge with polio, the Associated Press reported. She was 75. C
  
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• Twitter hit by another outage as Musk complains platform is 'so brittle'

  06-03-2023 18:36 via cnn.com
  
  Twitter's website was inaccessible for many users on Monday while others reported issues seeing photos and clicking through links in the app, marking one of the most wide-ranging service disruptions to date under new owner Elon Musk.
  
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• Head of UK business lobby steps aside following complaints about his conduct

  06-03-2023 18:23 via cnn.com
  
  The head of the main business lobby in the United Kingdom is stepping aside while an investigation takes place into complaints about his workplace conduct.
  
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• Transportation Dept. unveils dashboard to show which airlines provide fee-free family seating

  06-03-2023 18:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Transportation Department is launching a dashboard to clarify which airlines seat children 13 and under next to an accompanying adult for no extra charge.
  
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• Iraqi customs officials ordered to impose import ban on alcohol

  06-03-2023 18:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Move met with indignation by many across country, where liquor sales have boomed in recent yearsOver the past two decades of problems in Iraq, where to find a drink has never been one of them. But one of the country’s most popular vices – alcohol – is again at the centre of a tussle between hardliners, who are demanding an import ban, and drinkers intent on defying them.The latest row about whether alcohol can be served has followed a decree from a conservative cabinet minister
  
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• Tesla cuts prices for its most expensive electric vehicles to drive demand

  06-03-2023 18:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Cuts range from 4% on performance version of Model S to 9% on more expensive Model XTesla has cut prices on its two most expensive electric vehicles in the United States, according to the company’s website, days after its chief executive, Elon Musk, said recent price cuts on other models had stoked demand.The price cuts, Tesla’s fifth adjustment since the start of the year, ranged from 4% on the performance version of the Model S to 9% on the more expensive Model X. Continue reading.
  
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• WATCH: Dog has epic quinceañera

  06-03-2023 18:15 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Little Bit turned 15 and had an epic party with all kinds of treats -- and even a Selena impersonator.
  
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• One dead, eight injured in a stampede during GloRilla concert in New York

  06-03-2023 18:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  One person is dead and at least nine others were injured after a stampede sparked by reports of gunfire at a GloRilla concert in Rochester, New York, on Sunday night, police said.
  
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