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• How a North Korean missile researcher became a South Korean MP

  12-04-2024 23:36 via bbc.com
  
  A millennial North Korean who used to develop the regime's nuclear missiles is now a South Korean lawmaker.
  
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• One killed and 184 stranded midair after cable car collapses in Turkey

  12-04-2024 23:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Helicopters called in to rescue people after accident outside Turkish resort city of AntalyaOne person has been killed, seven injured and nearly 200 stranded in midair when a pylon supporting cable cars collapsed outside the Turkish resort city of Antalya.Helicopters equipped with night vision were called in to rescue 184 people still stranded in the cable car system’s cabins, Antalya mayor Muhittin Bocek said in a statement late on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• Biden says he expects Iranian strike on Israel 'sooner than later'

  12-04-2024 22:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  U.S. officials have expressed concern that Tehran may retaliate for Israeli airstrikes in Syria last week that killed senior Iranian officials.
  
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• Shell says it ‘lobbies for energy transition’ during climate ruling appeal

  12-04-2024 22:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Company is fighting Dutch court ruling that says it must emit 45% less CO2 by 2030 than in 2019Shell has argued that it “lobbies for, not against, the energy transition” on the final day of its appeal against an important climate ruling.The fossil fuel company is fighting the decision of a Dutch court in 2021 that forces it to pump 45% less planet-heating CO2 into the atmosphere by 2030 than it did in 2019. In court on Friday, Shell argued the ruling is ineffective, onerous and does
  
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• Russian military trainers arrive in Niger as African country pulls away from US

  12-04-2024 22:05 via theguardian.com
  
  West African state turned to Russia to help in fight against insurgents throwing into doubt future of operations with USRussian military trainers have arrived to reinforce Niger’s air defenses as the west African country pulls away from close cooperation with the US in counterterrorism efforts, turning instead to Moscow for help as it fights Islamist insurgents.State television in the country broadcast footage of Russian military trainers arriving in the country aboard a plane equipped wit
  
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• Imminent attack from Iran keeps Israel on alert as US admits 'credible' threat from terror state

  12-04-2024 20:19 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. continues to closely monitor what it deems to be "credible" threats of an Iranian attack on Israel in response to a strike on Iran’s Damascus consulate, even as reports indicate that Iran is looking to deploy a non-escalatory response. The U.S. is also moving "additional assets" to the Middle East region "to bolster regional deterrence efforts and increase force protection for U.S. forces," a U.S. defense official told Fox News Friday."I would just say that we're watching thi
  
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• Alex Murdaugh attorneys appeal after judge denies new trial

  12-04-2024 20:11 via foxnews.com
  
  Attorneys for convicted killer and disbarred personal injury lawyer Alex Murdaugh have appealed for a new trial after a judge rejected their first attempt. Former South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Jean Toal denied Murdaugh's motion for a retrial in January after defense lawyers made allegations of jury tampering against Colleton County Court Clerk Becky Hill. Murdaugh's attorneys, Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin, argue a new murder trial is warranted because Hill allegedly poisoned the
  
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• Harvard, dozen other college campuses hit with failing grade on ADL Antisemitism Report Card

  12-04-2024 20:06 via foxnews.com
  
  The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) handed Harvard University and 12 other colleges a failing grade on Thursday as part of its Campus Antisemitism Report Card. "Every campus should get an A — that's not grade inflation, that's the minimum that every group on every campus expects," ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement posted to the group's website. "Like all students, Jewish students deserve to feel safe and supported on campus. They deserve a learning environment free fro
  
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• Large truck crashes into Texas DPS office, injuries reported

  12-04-2024 20:04 via foxnews.com
  
  More than a dozen people were reportedly injured Friday after a commercial motor vehicle crashed into a Department of Public Safety office in Brenham, Texas.Texas DPS said the crash occurred Friday morning when an 18-wheeler was being pursued by a law enforcement agency. The driver is in custody. "We can confirm that the Texas Rangers are investigating this incident. A suspect has been arrested and there is no further threat to the community," DPS officials said.A Washington County Sheriff'
  
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• Poland calls aid worker's killing in Gaza a murder, wants further investigation

  12-04-2024 19:56 via foxnews.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government on Friday called the killing of a Polish aid worker by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza a murder, and demanded Israel's support for a Polish investigation into the case.Deputy Foreign Minister Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski told lawmakers in parliament that the April 1 death of Damian Soból, 35, and six other workers of the World Central Kitchen charity who were distributing food in Gaza was "shocking and disturbing."IDF: STRIKE THA
  
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• Conan O'Brien recalls NBC network chief who was 'tight with OJ' that fired SNL's Norm MacDonald

  12-04-2024 19:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Late night host Conan O’Brien marked the death of O.J. Simpson by recalling late comedian Norm MacDonald’s withering jokes about the suspected killer that many suspect got him fired from "Saturday Night Live."During an interview on CNN, O’Brien praised MacDonald’s constant jokes about Simpson and his murder acquittal as some of the "most brilliant comedy" of that period.It’s believed in many media circles that MacDonald’s relentless mockery and criticism of th
  
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• Rescuers in Ukraine pull 5 puppies from the rubble of a building destroyed by fire

  12-04-2024 19:44 via foxnews.com
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Rescue workers in Ukraine have pulled five puppies from underneath the rubble of a destroyed building, a video released by the country's emergency services Friday showed.SITUATION IN UKRAINE IS 'DIRE' AS AMMUNITION SUPPLIES DROP ON US, EUROPE 'STARVATION DIET'Officials said the puppies were rescued from a non-residential building that was on fire in the northeastern city of Sumy, close to the border with Russia. The video showed the puppies squealing as the firefighter
  
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• EU, Britain and Spain say significant progress made in talks on post-Brexit status of Gibraltar

  12-04-2024 19:42 via foxnews.com
  
  MADRID (AP) — British and Spanish foreign ministers said a new round of talks held Friday over the status of the disputed territory of Gibraltar following Britain’s exit from the European Union were productive and significant progress was made.The meeting was between Spain's José Manuel Albares, Britain’s David Cameron and European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic in Brussels. Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo also attended. It was the first time representa
  
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• Thai foreign minister urges Burma's military to avoid violent attack on border town its army lost

  12-04-2024 19:40 via foxnews.com
  
  MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s foreign minister on Friday said he urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to its opponents, and that so far they seemed to be exercising restraint.Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara spoke during a visit to Mae Sot, which lies directly across a river from Myanmar’s Myawaddy, where army troops abandoned their last defensive position early Thursday.ETHNIC GUERRILLAS
  
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• Keanu Reeves fractured kneecap after he 'tripped over a rug' on set but kept filming movie: 'Such a trouper'

  12-04-2024 19:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Keanu Reeves' co-star Aziz Ansari revealed that the "Matrix" actor fractured his kneecap during the filming of their new movie "Good Fortune."On Wednesday, Ansari, 41, who also wrote and directed "Good Fortune," recalled that Reeves, 59, had suffered the injury after an accident in his trailer."About, I don't know, 15 days into shooting with me, I was like, 'Hey, just go chill in your dressing room for 15 minutes.' And he tripped on a rug. He's like, 'Aah, my knee,'" Ansari said during an appear
  
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• Kristin Smart's killer stabbed in 2nd attack at California prison since 2023 sentencing

  12-04-2024 19:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Paul Flores, the 47-year-old man convicted of killing college student Kristin Smart who vanished in 1996, was attacked at a California prison for the second time on Wednesday.Staff at Pleasant Valley State Prison witnessed another inmate stab Flores at around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the recreation yard, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) told The Associated Press.The attack, which is being investigated as an attempted homicide, ended following verbal commands fr
  
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• FBI joins search for missing Kansas women in Oklahoma

  12-04-2024 19:15 via foxnews.com
  
  The FBI has confirmed to Fox News on Friday that it has joined the search for Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley, the two women from Kansas who vanished in Oklahoma as they were traveling to pick up children. A spokesperson for FBI Oklahoma City said the agency is "providing additional resources to the investigation, but the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation remains the lead agency." Butler, 27, and Kelley, 39, were last seen on March 30 heading to pick up children before their car
  
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• House passes FISA renewal without added warrant mandate for US data

  12-04-2024 19:02 via foxnews.com
  
  A bill to renew a key federal government surveillance tool, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), passed the House of Representatives on Friday, about a week before it is set to expire.However, House Freedom Caucus conservatives and their allies have blocked the bill from heading to the Senate. In the dramatic moments after its passage, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., raised a procedural measure objecting to the final vote count, which was then countered by th
  
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• Middle East crisis: threat of Iranian attack on Israel ‘still viable’, says White House – as it happened

  12-04-2024 18:48 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereAn assessment conducted by a UN team in Khan Younis after the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the area, has reported “widespread destruction”.In an update on its website, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) wrote:Every building they visited – and most of those they observed – had been damaged, and paved roads had been reduced to dirt tracks. They inspected a UN warehouse, fou
  
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• Bob Costas recalls OJ Simpson's attempt to call him during 1994 Bronco car chase, NBA Finals broadcast

  12-04-2024 18:48 via foxnews.com
  
  The death of Hall of Fame running back O.J. Simpson has elicited mixed emotions from former fans, friends and colleagues. Veteran sportscaster Bob Costas is one of them. The former NBC Sports broadcaster joined "Today" on Friday, when he recalled the controversial life of Simpson, whose illustrious NFL career was overshadowed by the trial and eventual acquittal in the 1994 killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman."Well, it’s a complicated legacy, to put it
  
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• Canada spies under pressure over foreign meddling reports

  12-04-2024 18:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister testified at inquiry into foreign interference that agency’s report of China meddling wasn’t relayed to himCanada’s spy agency is under pressure after Justin Trudeau and his closest advisers say they were never made aware of a report that Beijing “clandestinely and deceptively” interfered in both the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.Canada is in the midst of a contentious public inquiry “examining and assessing” foreign interference by Chin
  
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• New Russian heavy-lift rocket makes it into space after 2 failed launches

  12-04-2024 18:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Russia on Thursday successfully test-launched a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex, a lift-off that comes after two aborted attempts earlier this week.The first attempt to launch the Angara-A5 rocket from the Vostochny spaceport on Tuesday was canceled about two minutes before the scheduled liftoff due to a failure of the pressurization system of the oxidizer tank in the central block of the rocket.The second attempted launch Wednesday was also aborted by the automatic safe
  
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• Franklin Graham arrives in Poland for 'God Loves You' tour after Auschwitz visit: 'Very sobering'

  12-04-2024 18:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Evangelist Franklin Graham has arrived in Krakow, Poland, to promote a "message of hope" as part of his "God Loves You" tour. The "Bóg Cie Kocha" tour – Polish for "God Loves You"– will bring together members from nearly 300 churches across 15 denominations to the TAURON Arena in Krakow on Saturday, April 13, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association noted in information shared with Fox News Digital. Graham will be joined at the event by singers Michael W. Smith and
  
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• Women's Six Nations: Scotland v England - watch & text

  12-04-2024 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch live coverage and follow text updates as Scotland seek to shock defending champions England at a sold-out Hive Stadium in Edinburgh.
  
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• Championship: Leeds and Blackburn both go close with game goalless

  12-04-2024 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Follow live text commentary from Saturday's Championship action, starting with Leeds hosting Blackburn.
  
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• Premier League: Isak adds Newcastle third against Spurs

  12-04-2024 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Listen to 5 Live commentary and follow live text updates from six Premier League games, including Newcastle v Tottenham and Man City v Luton.
  
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• Biden campaign: We don't want the votes of 'Death to America' protesters in Michigan

  12-04-2024 18:00 via foxnews.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The Biden campaign said it does not want the votes of those caught on video chanting "Death to America" during a recent anti-Israel rally in the 2024 battleground state of Michigan.A Dearborn crowd was led in chants of "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" by Michigan-based activist Tarek Bazzi during last Friday’s International Al-Quds Day rally. When asked if the president was still courting those agitators, who typically lean Democrat, Biden campaign spokesperson
  
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• Aid ‘still not reaching Gaza’, as top US official warns famine has started

  12-04-2024 17:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Samantha Power becomes first US official to confirm famine, while aid workers decry continuing lack of help ‘Man-made starvation’: the obstacles to Gaza aid deliveries – visual guideA surge in aid into Gaza that Benjamin Netanyahu promised Joe Biden a week ago has so far failed to materialise, aid workers say, as the US aid chief confirmed that famine was beginning to take hold in parts of the besieged coastal strip.A key port has not been opened to aid shipments, and a new cro
  
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• Argentina court blames Iran for deadly 1994 bombing of Jewish center

  12-04-2024 17:52 via theguardian.com
  
  The attack, blamed on a suicide bomber, killed 85 people, wounded 300 and devastated Latin America’s biggest Jewish communityA new ruling by Argentina’s highest criminal court has blamed Iran for the fatal 1994 attack against a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, declaring it a “crime against humanity” in a decision that paves the way for victims to seek justice.That huge blast at the Argentinian Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA), was blamed on a suicide bomber dri
  
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• Wynonna Judd's daughter charged with soliciting prostitution after stripping down on highway intersection

  12-04-2024 17:50 via foxnews.com
  
  One week after Wynonna Judd’s daughter, Grace Kelley, was arrested for indecent exposure, the 27-year-old has been formally charged with soliciting prostitution, indecent exposure and obstructing governmental operations, according to the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama.A bond has been set for $2,000. Kelley was booked into the Elmore County Jail on April 5 at 5 p.m., Fox News Digital confirmed at the time. EXCLUSIVE WYNONNA JUDD TALKS ABOUT DAUGHTER'S PRISON RELEA
  
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• Warning for parents after Florida mom finds AirTag in son's sneaker

  12-04-2024 17:45 via foxnews.com
  
  A Florida mother had a scare after finding an AirTag in her son's shoe in what she called "every mother’s worst nightmare," according to a report.Jackie Giurleo realized her son was being tracked through the device, but a subsequent investigation revealed a bizarre mix-up, Fox 35 reported.Giurleo told the outlet that she did not own any AirTags when she began getting the alerts of places her son had been at a Christmas parade on Satellite Beach. She searched through all of her son's c
  
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• CNN host suggests 'MAGA' Trump supporters would have defended OJ Simpson during murder trial

  12-04-2024 17:30 via foxnews.com
  
  CNN host Kasie Hunt on Friday suggested that supporters of former President Donald Trump would have defended O.J. Simpson during his infamous murder trial.Simpson, the legendary NFL running back whose reputation was permanently shattered after he was accused of a brutal double murder, died Wednesday following a battle with cancer, according to his family. Simpson was put on trial after his June 1994 arrest in connection with the brutal slayings of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend
  
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• Wisconsin teen sentenced after triggering bonfire explosion that injured 17

  12-04-2024 17:24 via foxnews.com
  
  An 18-year-old who triggered a bonfire explosion that injured more than a dozen people at a backyard gathering in eastern Wisconsin has been sentenced to a year in jail and five years of probation.Sam Armstrong appeared Thursday in Shawano County Court, WLUK-TV reported.Armstrong pleaded no contest in February to 13 counts of injury by negligent use of an explosive. A no-contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is used as such at sentencing.WISCONSIN BOY'S DISAPPEARANCE LEADS SEARCHERS TO S
  
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• Family of grandmother attacked on church steps blasts lawmakers for not holding criminals accountable

  12-04-2024 16:59 via foxnews.com
  
  A 16-year-old suspect accused of shoving a grandmother down a flight of church steps and rummaging through her purse was arrested Thursday, the NYPD said. The victim, who was identified by her family as 68-year-old Irene Tahliambouris, was pushed so hard that she went airborne and landed flat on her back, security video shows. She suffered a fractured skull and a black eye, according to her family, and as she writhed in pain, the suspect allegedly stole $300, her cellphone and her car
  
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• Supporter who hugged Trump at Atlanta Chick-fil-A says media isn't honest about Black community's support

  12-04-2024 16:35 via foxnews.com
  
  A Trump supporter who met the former president at an Atlanta Chick-fil-A spoke out Friday against the media's coverage of Black voters, accusing mainstream outlets of "warping" the perception about Trump's popularity in the community. Conserve the Culture founder Michaelah Montgomery, who went viral Wednesday when she hugged Trump during his visit to the restaurant, joined "FOX & Friends" to discuss the exchange.TRUMP VISITS ATLANTA CHICK-FIL-A, BUYS CUSTOMERS CHICKEN AND SHAKES"The gen
  
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• Fed-up judge makes unusual move in Arizona rancher trial

  12-04-2024 16:23 via foxnews.com
  
  A judge in Arizona walked out of the courtroom in the middle of proceedings this week, exasperated with both sides of the trial. Judge Thomas Fink of the Santa Cruz County Superior Court is presiding over the trial of rancher George Alan Kelly, who is accused of murder after the fatal shooting of Mexican national Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea.Fink got up and momentarily left the bench on Thursday while the defense was presenting, deferring to the clerk and court reporter, according to local outlet
  
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• Mike Pence lands new gig after failed 2024 presidential bid

  12-04-2024 15:56 via foxnews.com
  
  Mike Pence, who served as vice president under former President Donald Trump, has landed a new gig.Pence will be teaching a course at Grove City College, the school announced Thursday. Grove City College is a conservative Christian school located in Grove City, Pennsylvania."It was an honor to be on campus today and see President Paul McNulty and so many wonderful students!" Pence tweeted Thursday, with photos of him addressing the annual conference held by The Institute for Faith & Freedom.
  
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• Colombians told to shower with a partner as drought hits capital water supplies

  12-04-2024 12:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Bogotá brings in water rationing with El Niño weather phenomenon meaning city could run out in under two monthsCouples in Bogotá are being asked to shower together as water supplies are rationed in the Colombian capital.Major neighbourhoods were cut off from the water grid on Thursday to preserve dangerously low water levels at reservoirs that have been starved of rain by the weather phenomenon known as El Niño. Continue reading...
  
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• Grand National build-up - radio and text

  12-04-2024 11:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live commentary and follow live text updates of the Grand National at Aintree.
  
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• ‘It is simply best not to get pregnant’: women left terrified as Haiti’s maternity services collapse

  12-04-2024 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Delivering a baby was already risky, but an unprecedented surge in gang violence has forced clinics and hospitals to closeThe worst fears of midwives at Heartline Haiti were realised last week. As they prepared the maternity clinic for patients that evening, armed men laid siege to their neighbourhood in eastern Port-au-Prince, spraying bullets at police and rival gangs, setting cars on fire and ransacking houses.“All of our staff were huddled in an interior hallway hearing the noises outs
  
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• While Biden and Kishida exchange praise in Washington, Japan is asking ‘what if Trump’?

  12-04-2024 07:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite warm words from the US and Japanese leaders during their summit this week, back in Japan the spectre of a second Trump White House looms largeJoe Biden was effusive in his praise for Japan and its “bold” prime minister, Fumio Kishida, during a state visit that took place this week amid new and growing security threats in the Asia-Pacific, wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and months of political uncertainty ahead for both leaders.The first ladies, Jill Biden and Yuko Kishida, exchang
  
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• Malawian journalist arrested over article accusing businessman of corruption

  12-04-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Rights groups condemn arrest of Macmillan Mhone, who was charged with ‘publication of news likely to cause fear and alarm’Human rights watchdogs have condemned the arrest of a journalist in Malawi in connection with an article accusing a wealthy businessman of corruption.Police in Blantyre detained Macmillan Mhone on Monday over a story that was published online last August on the Malawi 24 news site. Continue reading...
  
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• Biden pledges to defend Philippines from any attack in South China Sea

  12-04-2024 02:08 via theguardian.com
  
  US president describes defence commitment to the Philippines and Japan as ‘ironclad’ as Beijing accuses Manila of violating Chinese sovereigntyJoe Biden has pledged to defend the Philippines from any attack in the South China Sea, as he hosted the first joint summit with Manila and Tokyo amid growing tensions with Beijing.“The United States’ defence commitments to Japan and to the Philippines are ironclad,” the US president said on Thursday as he met the Philippines
  
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• Facing disaster - the Forest fans at Hillsborough

  12-04-2024 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ninety-seven Liverpool fans died as a result of April 1989's Hillsborough disaster. Nottingham Forest fans have been the silent witnesses of the horror that day.
  
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• Australia news live: Victoria police to resume search for Samantha Murphy’s body; Wong urges Iran not to attack Israel

  12-04-2024 00:00 via theguardian.com
  
  New intelligence sparked search in Enfield state park south of Ballarat for the alleged murder victim on Thursday. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastShadow home affairs minister backs Dutton’s comparison between Port Arthur and 9 October protestShadow home affairs minister James Paterson has backed comments from Peter Dutton, after he drew comparisons between the Port Arthur massacre and a pro-Palestine protest on 9 Oct
  
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