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• Lawmakers hold moment of silence for slain Omer Neutra as thousands mourn in hometown synagogue

  04-12-2024 22:24 via foxnews.com
  
  A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday night held a moment of silence for American-Israeli Omer Neutra who was determined this week to have been killed by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, after it was believed that he had been alive for more than a year.Neutra, 21 years old, was a tank platoon commander in the 7th Armored Brigade’s 77th Battalion in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and was among the first to respond to the Hamas attack that ultimately killed
  
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• Mexico announces record drug seizure one week after Trump threatens tariffs

  04-12-2024 22:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Soldiers and marines discover drugs in Sinaloa, while separately authorities arrest more than 5,200 migrantsMexican security forces have impounded more than a ton of fentanyl pills in what officials have called the biggest seizure of the synthetic opioid in the country’s history.Soldiers and marines found the fentanyl at two properties in the northern state of Sinaloa, late on Tuesday – exactly a week after Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on products from Canada and Mex
  
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• Mexico seizes record amount of fentanyl days after Trump issued tariff threats

  04-12-2024 21:58 via foxnews.com
  
  The Mexican military captured more than a ton of fentanyl pills, one of the biggest seizures of the synthetic opioid in the country's history, during two raids on Tuesday, officials said.The raids came after a sharp drop in fentanyl seizures in Mexico this year and days after President-elect Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods. Trump said the taxes were in response to the lackluster prevention of illegal immigration and drugs flowing into the United States from i
  
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• French government collapses after no-confidence vote passes against Prime Minister Michel Barnier

  04-12-2024 21:34 via foxnews.com
  
  The French National Assembly passed a vote of no-confidence on Wednesday, effectively collapsing the current government.A total of 331 members voted in favor of the motion, exceeding the 288 votes needed. The vote comes shortly after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron in September.Barnier is now expected to resign just a mere three months into holding his position. The conservative leader will be the shortest-serving prime minister in French history."As this
  
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• UK killer nurse Letby questioned over further baby deaths

  04-12-2024 21:06 via foxnews.com
  
  Former British nurse Lucy Letby, who is serving a whole life sentence in prison for murdering seven babies in her care, has been questioned about the deaths of more infants, police said on Wednesday.Letby, 34, was found guilty last year of killing the newborns and attempting to murder seven more between June 2015 and June 2016 while working in the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester, northern England, making her Britain's worst serial child killer of modern times.NURSE L
  
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• Out of the Ashes: The Comeback of Notre Dame

  04-12-2024 20:30 via nbcnews.com
  Inside the majestic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris for a close-up look at the amazing rebuilding efforts to restore it to its original glory as it prepares to reopen its doors five years after a fire engulfed the cathedral.
  
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• Surveillance video captures fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO

  04-12-2024 19:59 via nbcnews.com
  Surveillance video captured the moment UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot outside a New York City hotel. Thompson was on his way to speak at UnitedHealth Group's investor conference when the gunman approached him from behind, firing multiple rounds. Police called the attack “preplanned” and “targeted.”
  
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• Pence backs Trump's 'hawkish' tariffs on China but warns it 'must not become our enemy'

  04-12-2024 19:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Vice President Mike Pence came out in support of the "hawkish" tariffs President-elect Trump has vowed to hit China with, though warned in a Tuesday night address that the U.S. needs to balance its challenging relationship with Beijing. "The threats of additional tariffs on China and on other nations are not a bluff," he said, addressing the U.S.-based China General Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night. "I believe with wise choices that look to the future, America’s relations
  
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• Hamas issues instructions to 'neutralize' hostages if Israel attempts rescue operation

  04-12-2024 18:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Hamas said it had information that Israel intended to carry out a hostage rescue operation similar to one conducted in Gaza's Nuseirat camp in June and threatened to "neutralize" the captives if any such action took place, according to an internal statement seen by Reuters on Wednesday.In the statement dated Nov. 22, Hamas told its operatives not to consider what the repercussions of following the instructions might be and said it held Israel responsible for the fate of the hostages.The statemen
  
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• Iranian activist, Nobel prize winner Mohammadi released from jail for medical treatment

  04-12-2024 18:26 via foxnews.com
  
  Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was released from Evin prison after the suspension of her jail term to undergo medical treatment, her husband Taqi Rahmani told Reuters on Wednesday.Mohammadi is serving multiple sentences in Tehran's notorious Evin prison on charges including spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic.HERE'S HOW THE US AND ISRAEL COULD THWART IRAN’S NUCLEAR EFFORTS UNDER A NEW TRUMP ADMINISTRATION"Based on the opinion of the forensic doctor, the off
  
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• Mexico says Canada wishes it had its ‘cultural riches’ amid tariffs feud

  04-12-2024 17:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Leaders cast the other as ill-prepared after Trump threatens to apply 25% taxes on goods from both countriesMexico’s president has said Canadians “could only wish they had the cultural riches” of her country as tensions mount between the two nations, caught in a feud over tariffs and trade exacerbated by Donald Trump.The US president-elect threatened in a social media post last week to apply devastating levies of 25% on all goods and services from both countries, and to keep th
  
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• Archaeologists in Denmark discover over 100 weapons from the Iron Age during excavations

  04-12-2024 14:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Excavations near Hedensted, Denmark, during the expansion of a freeway revealed several "well-preserved" ancient artifacts from the Iron Age that seemed to have been buried intentionally thousands of years ago. During excavations at Løsning Søndermark conducted by archaeologists with Vejle Museums, numerous items were uncovered. Archaeologists suggest the discovered weaponry was buried by a chieftain as an offering to a higher power, according to a press release from the
  
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• Moscow claims ‘external forces’ seeking to escalate violence in Syria

  04-12-2024 14:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Statement comes as Ukrainian intelligence says Russia will send mercenaries to support flagging troops allied to DamascusMoscow has condemned “external forces” seeking to escalate violence in Syria, despite reports from Ukrainian military intelligence that Russia is to send mercenaries to support flagging troops allied to Damascus.The Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova blamed outside actors for instigating a recent sweeping insurgent offensive, after Islamist milit
  
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• Cuba’s national grid collapses again, leaving millions without power

  04-12-2024 13:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Blackouts reported across country as government grapples with economic crisis, fuel shortages and hurricanesCuba’s national electrical system collapsed early on Wednesday morning after the country’s largest power plant failed, the government said, the latest of several such failures as the island’s grid falls into disarray amid fuel shortages, natural disaster and economic crisis.The country’s energy and mines ministry said the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas, th
  
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• Iran releases Nobel peace laureate Mohammadi on medical leave, says lawyer

  04-12-2024 13:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Temporary release is inadequate, activist’s family and supporters say, urging her unconditional releaseIran has released the Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, jailed since November 2021, for three weeks on medical grounds, her lawyer posted on social media.“Based on the advice of the examining doctor, the public prosecutor suspended the jail sentence against Narges Mohammadi for three weeks and she was released from prison,” Mostafa Nili said on X. Continue reading...
  
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• Exclusive: A look at Hezbollah's plan to terrorize and invade northern Israel

  04-12-2024 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE – The Iran-backed terrorist movement Hezbollah laid the foundation to launch an Oct. 7-Hamas style invasion into Israel’s north, according to shocking new video footage and documents first viewed and obtained by Fox News Digital."Hezbollah has been planning their own 10/7," an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intelligence official told Fox News Digital, in a reference to the Hamas massacre of over 1,200 people on Oct. 7, 2023, including more than 40 Americans, in southern I
  
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• South Korean leader facing mounting calls to resign or be impeached over martial law

  04-12-2024 08:15 via foxnews.com
  
  South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday was facing pressure from legislators and the public to step down or be impeached after he ended a martial law, which led to troops encircling parliament, that he called for just hours earlier.Yoon's senior advisers and secretaries offered to collectively resign. The president's Cabinet members, including Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun, were also facing calls to resign. All members of the South Korean State Council reportedly expressed their inten
  
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• ‘We’ve seen this before’: residents of rebel-held Aleppo fear regime onslaught

  04-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Syria’s second largest city braces for possibility of president Bashar al-Assad revisiting brutal tactics used in civil warA billboard of the Syrian president that once overlooked a central square in Aleppo has been burned almost beyond recognition, but the influence of Bashar al-Assad is still felt in the now rebel-held city as residents live in fear of bombardment by his regime.“The biggest fear, one shared by all the people of Aleppo right now, is the airstrikes,” said Mahmo
  
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• Thieves steal 2,500 pies in odd food heist gone wrong: 'So much waste'

  04-12-2024 03:29 via foxnews.com
  
  Authorities in the United Kingdom recently recovered a stolen van filled with 2,500 pies in an unusual food heist gone wrong.The value of the pies was estimated to be 25,000 British pounds, or $32,000. The food items were owned by Tommy Banks, a restaurateur who owns two Michelin-starred establishments.The vehicle, which was filled with steak and ale pies as well as a turkey and butternut variety, was supposed to head to a Christmas market in York.The theft of the pies caused a stir on social me
  
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• Australia splits with US to back UN resolution demanding end to Israel occupation of Palestinian territories

  04-12-2024 03:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Vote marks a change to the nation’s official stance held for more than two decadesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has split with the US and voted with 156 other countries at the UN to demand the end of Israel’s “unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible”.The vote marks Australia’s return to the position for the first time in more than two d
  
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