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• Trump administration fires more than a dozen immigration judges

  15-02-2025 23:57 via foxnews.com
  
  More than a dozen immigration judges were fired on Friday, coinciding with President Donald Trump's promise to trim the federal workforce.A union official told the Associated Press that 13 judges who were set to be sworn in, and five assistant chief immigration judges, were fired on Friday without warning.The move comes after two other judges were dismissed this week, the AP reported. No replacements have been announced.US IMMIGRATION BACKLOG REACHES NEW RECORD OF 3 MILLION PENDING CASES: REPORT
  
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• NHL exec hopes Canadians avoid 'unfortunate situation' of booing US national anthem ahead of rivalry game

  15-02-2025 23:08 via foxnews.com
  
  The USA-Canada rivalry on the ice is a longstanding one, but the rivalry appears to have gone political.The bordering countries will take the ice Saturday night in Montreal for the 4 Nations Face-Off, the first time the two countries have played against each other in a best-on-best format since the World Cup of Hockey in 2016.When Team USA faced Finland Thursday night in Canada, the crowd was anti-U.S., booing the American players and, later, the national anthem despite the public address announ
  
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• Liberal former late night host slams 'SNL' creator for telling cast not to be like her in new book

  15-02-2025 23:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Former TBS late night host and far-left comedian Samantha Bee slammed "Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels for calling her too political in an upcoming biography.According to the book "Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live," the legendary head of "SNL" said that Bee’s style of comedy is too "strident" and political for his show, prompting the ex-"Full Frontal" host to hit him back."I mean, literally — imagine calling anyone strident when you have built a career out
  
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• America must win AI race against 'great competitor' China, Condoleezza Rice warns

  15-02-2025 23:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice weighed in on the global artificial intelligence race, warning the United States must remain the "technological leader" against the "great competitor" — China. "The United States is currently the technological leader, and we have to keep it that way. We absolutely have to win this race so that a democracy wins the race for these frontier technologies, not an authoritarian state — and China, of course, is the great competitor here," Rice
  
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• Vivek Ramaswamy files paperwork ahead of widely-expected Ohio gubernatorial bid

  15-02-2025 22:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign filed paperwork to begin his widely-expected run for governor of Ohio, Fox News Digital can confirm.The venture capitalist's campaign filed its Designation of Treasurer form with Ohio's Secretary of State on Friday. The form is a requirement before a candidate's campaign committee makes any expenditures or receives contributions.The filing represents an official registration for Ramaswamy's gubernatorial committee. While the filing was made under the name "Vivek Ramasw
  
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• Marco Rubio arrives in Israel on first trip to Middle East as U.S. secretary of state

  15-02-2025 22:52 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel late on Saturday on his first trip to the Middle East, after a widely condemned proposal by President Donald Trump to displace Palestinians in Gaza.Trump first floated the suggestion that Egypt and Jordan should take in Palestinians from Gaza on January 25, a proposal they strongly opposed.TRUMP’S GAZA RELOCATION PROPOSAL SPARKS HEATED DEBATE AMONG PALESTINIANS: ‘NO LIFE LEFT HERE’In a shock announcement on February 4, after
  
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• Army redirecting millions collected from soldier BAS pay meant for food services elsewhere: report

  15-02-2025 22:42 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. Army is redirecting millions of dollars it has collected from the Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) pay for soldiers living in barracks away from food services, according to a report. The money is supposed to help soldiers with food costs, but a Military.com investigation found that of the $225 million collected from enlisted soldiers’ BAS pay last year at 11 of the Army’s largest bases, $151 million was directed elsewhere. Enlisted soldiers receive around
  
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• Trump details his reciprocal tariff plans, asks foreign countries to 'treat us fairly': 'Deliver RECIPROCITY'

  15-02-2025 22:37 via foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump wrote a lengthy Truth Social post about his trade policy overhaul on Saturday, emphasizing his plans to charge reciprocal tariffs to countries that the U.S. does business with.In a post published Saturday afternoon, Trump explained how his reciprocal tariffs will work in a great amount of detail. In recent weeks, he has announced 25% tariffs on all aluminum and steel imports into the U.S., plus 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on imports from
  
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• NBA All-Star Draymond Green says games are 'boring,' have 'no substance'

  15-02-2025 22:31 via foxnews.com
  
  The 3-pointer has changed the game of basketball, and Draymond Green isn't thrilled about it.This season, roughly 75 3-pointers have been attempted per game. Just five years ago, that number was hovering around 68. A decade ago, it was below 45. To put that into perspective, the Denver Nuggets are shooting an NBA-low 31.2 3-pointers per contest, which would have been the second highest of the 2014-15 season by a rather large margin.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMGreen is
  
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• Ludvig Aberg drains first career hole-in-one during third round of Genesis Invitational

  15-02-2025 22:28 via foxnews.com
  
  For the second straight week, there is a hole-in-one on the PGA Tour. Ludvig Aberg made a hole-in-one on hole No. 3 during the third round at the Genesis Invitational after Emiliano Grillo made one at the Phoenix Open’s famed 16th hole last week. Aberg, 25, was 140 yards out and used a pitching wedge. The hole was slightly down hill from the tee box. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAberg landed it just a few feet behind the pin, and then it spun back and ra
  
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• Animal collection across 3 states to offer unique science, travel opportunities

  15-02-2025 22:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Travelers across the U.S. will be able to see portions of a unique collection after the museum where they had been exhibited was forced to close.The Delbridge Museum of Natural History at the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, closed in August 2023. It was found that "potentially hazardous" levels of arsenic were present in 80% of the specimens at the museum's Brockhouse Collection of taxidermied animals. "Out of an abundance of caution, leaders from the City of Sioux Falls and
  
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• Army master fitness trainer speaks on 'culture of fitness' to prepare soldiers for 'lethality in combat'

  15-02-2025 22:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A U.S. Army advertisement titled "Stronger People are HARDER to KILL!" released earlier in February saw branch project manager and master fitness trainer SFC Scott Dalrymple deadlifting and lifting weights. Dalrymple joined "The Ingraham Angle" on Friday to discuss the advertisement and messaging shift for the U.S. military. Host Laura Ingraham asked why the message of strength was prevalent in the video.TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDERS BANNING 'RADICAL GENDER IDEOLOGY,' DEI INITIATIVES IN THE
  
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• American detained in Russia identified as Kalob Wayne Byers

  15-02-2025 20:23 via foxnews.com
  
  Kalob Wayne Byers was identified as the American citizen taken into custody in Russia on a drug smuggling charge, according to media reports. The 28-year-old was detained at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on Feb. 7 after a K-9 with the Russian Federal Customs Service detected something in his luggage, Russia’s TASS news agency reported. Byers will remain in custody for 30 days, Reuters reported, citing a statement from the Moscow City Court’s Press Office. It released an im
  
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• Revealed: Google facilitated Russia and China’s censorship requests

  15-02-2025 19:18 via theguardian.com
  
  An investigation has exposed the tech firm’s cooperation with autocratic regimes to remove unfavourable contentGoogle has cooperated with autocratic regimes around the world, including the Kremlin in Russia and the Chinese Communist party, to facilitate censorship requests, an Observer investigation can reveal.The technology company has engaged with the administrations of about 150 countries since 2011 that want information scrubbed from their public domains. Continue reading...
  
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• Netanyahu will reportedly hold a security meeting at Trump's deadline

  15-02-2025 17:11 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will reportedly hold a meeting at 12:00 p.m. eastern on Saturday, President Donald Trump’s deadline for Hamas, to discuss the rest of the ceasefire agreement, his spokesperson confirmed to Fox News.In a statement, Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that Israel is "preparing with full intensity for what comes next, in every sense," TPS-IL reported.Earlier on Saturday, Hamas released three more hostages, including American citizen Sagui Dekel-Chen. Thei
  
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• Israel releases Palestinian prisoners linked to suicide bombings, attempted murders

  15-02-2025 16:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Palestinians linked to suicide bombings and attempted murders are among the 369 released Saturday by Israel in its latest exchange for hostages captured by Hamas. Thirty-six of the detainees were serving out life sentences in Israeli prisons, but only 12 of them were allowed to return to their homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The other 24 are being sent to exile. Those released Saturday were wearing white sweatshirts given to them by the Israeli Prison Service upon their
  
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• Reporter's Notebook: Crunch time for hostages amid ceasefire uncertainty

  15-02-2025 16:44 via foxnews.com
  
  It’s crunch time for the nervous families of the remaining hostages held by Hamas. Under the rules of phase one of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal, another nine living hostages will be released by the end of the month. Including the three on Saturday. Along with more of the already dead. Remaining living hostages would be released in a phase two, which has not yet been agreed to.The last few batches of hostages put on display in propaganda moves by Hamas have loo
  
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• IDF making ‘offensive plans’ as Trump says US will back Israel if it restarts war – as it happened

  15-02-2025 16:25 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closed, you can read more of our Middle East coverage here:Full report: Three Israelis and 369 Palestinians released after week of ceasefire tensionsSeveral media are quoting a statement released by Hamas this morning, in which it says Israel will only be able to repatriate the remaining hostages if it implements in full all terms of the ceasefire and hostage release agreement.Hamas added that the release of hostages is being carried out after it received guarantees from mediati
  
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• Woman drops rape lawsuit against Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Jay-Z

  15-02-2025 15:06 via today.com
  The woman who accused Sean "Diddy" Combs and Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 years old is now withdrawing her civil suit against them. NBC’s Chloe Melas reports for TODAY.
  
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• American-Israeli hostage released by Hamas embraces his wife, family after being apart for nearly 500 days

  15-02-2025 14:49 via foxnews.com
  
  American-Israeli hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen embraced his wife after being apart from her for nearly 500 days in heartwarming photos and video taken Saturday following his release by Hamas. The scenes captured at a reception point in Israel show the 36-year-old hugging and kissing Avital Dekel-Chen, who gave birth to their third daughter two months after he was seized by the Palestinian terrorist group during their Oct. 7, 2023, attack on the country. Dekel-Chen's parents are also seen we
  
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• Pope Francis will remain in hospital, Vatican says

  15-02-2025 14:47 via foxnews.com
  
  Pope Francis will remain hospitalized and will continue treatment for a respiratory infection, according to a Reuters report citing a Vatican spokesperson. Diagnostic tests apparently indicated that Pope Francis had a respiratory tract infection, the outlet added.Vatican News reported that the 88-year-old pontiff had a "restful night" at Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Hospital. While the pope was experiencing a "slight fever" on Friday, it had broken by Saturday, according to Vatican News.BI
  
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• Sikh communities fear immigration raids at temples as Trump ends sanctuary for houses of worship

  15-02-2025 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sikh community members say anxiety over the immigration crackdown is hindering how some, including naturalized citizens, practice their faith.
  
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• DOJ moves to dismiss corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams

  15-02-2025 13:39 via today.com
  The Justice Department moved to dismiss federal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Friday. It comes after several federal prosecutors, including the lead attorney overseeing the case in Manhattan, have resigned after they refused to follow an order from the Justice Department to drop the charges. NBC’s Aaron Gilchrist reports for TODAY.
  
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• American Israeli hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen reunites with family

  15-02-2025 13:33 via nbcnews.com
  American Israeli hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen reunited with his wife and parents after Hamas released him from nearly 500 days in captivity.
  
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• Trump's drive to reshape government threatens bird flu response

  15-02-2025 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  As avian flu drives egg prices to record levels and increasingly poses a risk to humans, moves by the White House to cut spending and restrict communications have hobbled public health officials’ response.
  
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• Men say they were conned by woman linked to reporter’s death and went to police but heard nothing back

  15-02-2025 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Danette Colbert was charged with fraud after Adan Manzano’s death, and police say they have since heard from others who allege they or a loved one were also victims.
  
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• Latino Republicans walk tightrope between supporting Trump and advocating for immigrants

  15-02-2025 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Florida Republicans sent letters to Trump officials over worries of deportations for some immigrants but not opposing the policies, “which in Washington is equivalent to a wink and a nod,” one strategist said.
  
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• Rapid warfare tech helps U.S. Army build on lessons learned in Ukraine's war with Russia

  15-02-2025 12:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  U.S. troops have for the first time, tried out new equipment that has been developed and tested using information from the real life battlefield in Ukraine.
  
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• Control of Wisconsin Supreme Court up for grabs in first battleground race of Trump's new term

  15-02-2025 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Wisconsin voters will return to the polls this spring for the first major election in a battleground state since the 2024 presidential race.
  
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• Arsenal accused of snub to DRC minister over ‘bloodstained’ Visit Rwanda deal

  15-02-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Foreign minister says she sought meeting with the north London Premier League club to discuss sponsorship by country accused of aiding armed rebels Arsenal Football Club has been accused of delivering an “outrageous” snub to the Congolese government by not meeting the foreign minister to discuss its sponsorship deal with Rwanda.Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), who was in London this week to raise conce
  
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• Watchdogs support Musk’s goal of tackling fraud — but question the way DOGE is doing it

  15-02-2025 11:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has needlessly politicized the issue of improper spending and could make real changes harder, several experts said.
  
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• A rock star's plane crashes, Earth's asteroid threat, and a serious lack of childproofing: The news quiz 

  15-02-2025 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Police kill the music on a pop idol, a playground discovery definitely wasn’t childproofed, and why your wallet might soon get lighter.
  
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• Shattering the 'iron' ceiling: New series 'Guerrera' explores vital role of US female troops in combat

  15-02-2025 10:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Women in combat broke the "iron" ceiling more than a decade ago when female soldiers volunteered to throw themselves into some of the toughest operations carried out during the War on Terror, deploying with elite military units under a task force known as the Cultural Support Team (CST).A new three-part documentary series, "Guerrera," which bowed Saturday on Amazon, YouTube and Google TV, reveals the indispensable role women have played in combat. "We did it — females in combat arms.
  
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• Hamas frees 3 more hostages in exchange for more than 300 prisoners as part of ceasefire deal with Israel

  15-02-2025 09:19 via foxnews.com
  
  Hamas released three more hostages on Saturday in exchange for more than 300 Palestinian prisoners as part of the delicate ceasefire agreement reached with Israel.The hostages released were Alexander (Sasha) Troufanov, 29; Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, and Iair Horn, 46. Troufanov has Israeli and Russian citizenship, Dekel-Chen is an American-Israeli and Horn is a dual citizen of Israel and Argentina.The three were abducted by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Oz in the terror group's Oct. 7, 2023, attack against
  
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• ‘I closed my eyes to brace for impact’: the man who escaped a whale’s mouth

  15-02-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Adrián Simancas encountered a humpback off Chile’s coast – but scientists say he was never at risk of being swallowedAdrián Simancas had been paddling for two hours in the calm but icy seas of the Strait of Magellan, off the coast of Chilean Patagonia, when something massive emerged from the water and dragged him under.“I saw dark blue and white colours before feeling a slimy texture brush against my face,” the 24-year-old told the Guardian. “I closed
  
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• UK-based lawyers for Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai targeted by Chinese state

  15-02-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Barristers at Doughty Street Chambers say they have been subject to surveillance, hacking and rape threatsUK-based lawyers have spoken out about being targeted by the Chinese state and its supporters in a campaign of intimidation including surveillance, hacking of bank accounts and rape threats.The barristers, from Doughty Street Chambers in London, say there has been a coordinated and concerted campaign against them since they began acting for the jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activ
  
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• ‘Guess who’s back?’: the inside story of Nigel Farage’s quest for power

  15-02-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  With a new HQ and digital-savvy staff, Reform UK is trying to tighten its operation – but there are tensions over fringe views and trouble brewing at the grassrootsWho’s who in Nigel Farage’s Reform UKNigel Farage seems to be everywhere again: striding into rallies to the beat of Eminem, popping up at Maga parties in Washington, hosting a champagne-soaked fundraiser in Mayfair and grinning on the ITV breakfast sofa taunted by a Chinese dragon.Since July, Reform UK has soared in
  
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• Trump officials pitch Zelenskyy on U.S. owning 50% of Ukraine's rare earth minerals

  15-02-2025 05:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Trump administration indicated U.S. troops could be deployed to provide security in connection with the minerals if there's a peace deal with Russia, sources told NBC News.
  
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• Rwandan-backed M23 rebels enter Bukavu in eastern DRC

  15-02-2025 04:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Rebels make rapid advance into capital of South Kivu province, less than a month after taking GomaRebels from the Rwandan-backed M23 group have entered Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after a rapid advance south in recent days.M23 fighters entered the city’s Kazingu and Bagira zone and late on Friday were advancing towards the centre of the city of about 1 million people. Gunfire rang out but the rebel forces encountered little resistance
  
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• Family whose 5-year-old was killed in hyperbaric chamber ‘absolutely devastated,’ attorney says

  15-02-2025 04:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  A 5-year-old killed in a hyperbaric chamber fire last month in Michigan was receiving treatment for sleep apnea and ADHD, said an attorney for his family.
  
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• UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect thanks people for mail on new website

  15-02-2025 04:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  The suspect in the ambush killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson thanked people who have written to him as he is jailed in a New York City detention facility.
  
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• Storm-fueled mud submerges roads in California town hit by LA wildfires

  15-02-2025 03:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Residents in Sierra Madre begin cleanup effort after strongest storm of year sweeps through southern CaliforniaResidents of a southern California mountain community near the Eaton fire burn scar dug out of roads submerged in sludge on Friday after the strongest storm of the year swept through the area, unleashing debris flows and muddy messes in several neighborhoods recently torched by wildfires.Water, debris and boulders rushed down the mountain in the city of Sierra Madre on Thursday night, t
  
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• Elon Musk’s ‘efficiency’ agency team at the Pentagon to meet defense staff

  15-02-2025 03:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Trump had said defense bureau was high on list of world’s richest man’s federal budget and personnel slashing teamMembers of Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” arrived at the Pentagon Friday, in what appeared to be their first meeting with defense department staff, a US official told Reuters. The official spoke on condition of anonymity.Donald Trump has said the Pentagon would be an early target of Musk’s government budget and personnel slashing
  
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• Pilbara community evacuated by helicopter over Cyclone Zelia flooding risk

  15-02-2025 03:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Storm quickly weakened after making landfall east of Port Hedland with strongest parts hitting remote areasGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProperties have been damaged and large trees uprooted by an ex-tropical cyclone still wreaking havoc in Western Australia, with record rainfall triggering significant flooding from which people are being evacuated by helicopter.Tropical Cyclone Zelia made landfall in the north-west of Western Australia on Friday and was quickly weak
  
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• US citizen allegedly carrying cannabis detained in Moscow, charged with narcotics smuggling: Russian media

  15-02-2025 01:32 via foxnews.com
  
  A U.S. citizen who was allegedly carrying cannabis gummies has been detained at an airport in Moscow, Russian media reported. The 28-year-old American was detained at the Vnukovo Airport Feb. 7 after a K-9 with the Russian Federal Customs Service detected something in his luggage, Russia’s TASS news agency said. He had arrived in Russia via Istanbul. The U.S. State Department told Fox News Digital it is aware of reports of a citizen being detained and had no further com
  
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• Inside Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ crackdown on US consumer watchdog

  15-02-2025 01:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Workers for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau describe chaos and fear as lawsuits and basic functions grind to a haltThe termination email for a score of employees at the top US consumer watchdog arrived in the late hours of the night.“Unfortunately, the Agency finds that you are not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge and skills do not fit the agency’s current needs,” dozens of probationary staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
  
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• Bottles, bags and a balloon: Photos of the week

  15-02-2025 01:20 via bbc.com
  
  A selection of news photographs from around the world.
  
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• Zelenskyy to NBC News: 'Low chance' Ukraine survives without U.S. military aid

  15-02-2025 01:18 via nbcnews.com
  Critical talks kicked off in Munich over ending the war in Ukraine, where European officials criticized the U.S. for sending mixed messages. In a new interview with NBC News, Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy said there’s a “low chance” that Ukraine can survive without ongoing military aid from the U.S. NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell reports.
  
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• Trump to cut off funding for schools and universities with Covid vaccine mandates – as it happened

  15-02-2025 01:17 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog has now closed. You can read our latest story hereInside Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ crackdown on US consumer watchdogThe Trump administration is pressing on with its plans to dramatically downsize the government’s workforce, by targeting employees in their probationary periods at a variety of agencies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will reportedly lose 10% of their staff, while the department of housing and urban development is set for a 50% reduct
  
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• A battle rap legend, but Kendrick Lamar's war goes on

  15-02-2025 01:09 via bbc.com
  
  The Super Bowl headliner says rap's lost its "bite" and that he wants to bring it back.
  
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