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• Clarence Thomas questions the prosecutions of Jan. 6 rioters

  17-04-2024 00:40 via msnbc.com
  
  Despite his wife’s backing of Donald Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 presidential election, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has ignored calls to recuse himself from recent Jan.
  
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• 1 horse remains under observation and another is expected to recover fully after London rampage

  30-04-2024 01:29
  
  One of the military horses that broke away from their trainers and galloped through the streets of London last week is expected to make a full recovery while another remains under observation, the British Army said Monday.LONDON POLICE CAPTURE 2 HORSES ROAMING CITY STREETS, WITH MORE BELIEVED TO BE ON THE RUNQuaker, a black horse, has shown "significant improvement'' on the way to what is expected to be a complete recovery, the army said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Vida, a gray, remains und
  
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• IMF deploys remaining $1.1B in Pakistan bailout funds

  30-04-2024 01:24
  
  The International Monetary Fund on Monday approved the immediate release of the final $1.1 billion tranche of a $3 billion bailout to Pakistan, the global lender said in a statement.Pakistan needs the money to overcome one of the worst economic crises in its history that had raised fears it could default on the payment of foreign debts.As part of the bailout conditions, the government was required to reduce subsidies intended to cushion the impact of rising living costs. This contributed to an i
  
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• Wake up, sleeping beauties. It's almost Met Gala time

  30-04-2024 01:07
  
  True love's kiss or an invite to the Met Gala? Those in the rarefied ranks of international celebrity — and Anna Wintour's good graces — need not choose.Stars of film, fashion, music, sports, politics and social media will ascend the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the first Monday in May — May 6, that is — to sip cocktails, have dinner and sample the new exhibit, "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion." As fashion's biggest night approaches, it's time for The
  
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• Explosion kills 6 UAE-backed secessionists in Yemen; al-Qaeda blamed

  30-04-2024 01:04
  
  An explosive device detonated and killed six troops loyal to a United Arab Emirates-backed secessionist group Monday in southern Yemen, a military spokesman said, the latest attack blamed on al-Qaida militants in the impoverished Arab country.The explosion hit a military vehicle as it passed in a mountainous area in the Modiyah district of southern Abyan province, said Mohamed al-Naqib, a spokesman for the Southern Armed Forces, the military arm of the secessionist Southern Transitional Council.
  
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• Funeral services are held for a Chicago police officer fatally shot while heading home from work

  29-04-2024 23:59
  
  Hundreds of mourners lined the streets Monday to say farewell to a Chicago police officer who was shot to death while off-duty and heading home from work.Police officers, firefighters and others gathered along the funeral procession route to St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel in Chicago to remember 30-year-old officer Luis M. Huesca. The six-year veteran of the police department was just two days shy of his 31st birthday when he was slain.CHICAGO POLICE ID SUSPECT WANTED IN MURDER OF OFFICER LUIS
  
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• Chinese doping on their mind, US athletes send letter to America's drug czar asking for answers

  29-04-2024 23:24
  
  Two key American athlete groups sent a letter to the country's drug czar calling for a "truly independent" investigation of the case that led to 23 Chinese swimmers not being sanctioned despite testing positive for a banned heart medication.The USA Swimming Athletes' Advisory Council and the Team USA Athletes' Commission sent the letter Monday to Rahul Gupta, the director of the federal government's Office of National Drug Control Policy.WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY SAYS WHY CHINESE SWIMMERS WERE CL
  
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• Libya demands improvements after leaked photos show tiny cell of Moammar Gadhafi's son in Beirut

  29-04-2024 22:55
  
  Leaked photographs of the son of Libya’s late dictator Moammar Gadhafi and the tiny underground cell where he has been held for years in Lebanon have raised concerns in the north African nation as Libyan authorities demand improvements.The photos showed a room without natural light packed with Hannibal Gadhafi’s belongings, a bed and a tiny toilet. "I live in misery," local Al-Jadeed TV quoted the detainee as saying in a Saturday evening broadcast, adding that he is a political priso
  
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• UN calls for reversal of new South Sudan taxes that jeopardize food drops

  29-04-2024 22:26
  
  The United Nations has urged South Sudan to remove newly imposed taxes and charges that led to the suspension of U.N. food airdrops for thousands of people who depend on outside aid.The U.N Humanitarian Affairs Agency said Monday in a statement that the pausing of airdrops in March had deprived of food 60,000 people who live in areas that are inaccessible by road, and their number is expected to rise to 135,000 by the end of May.SOUTH SUDAN'S PRESIDENT WARNS AGAINST CLINGING TO POWER AFTER CALL
  
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• Ecuador files complaint against Mexico at top UN court in spat over embassy raid

  29-04-2024 22:01
  
  Ecuador filed a complaint Monday at the top U.N. court over what it called Mexico’s illegal move to grant political asylum to a former Ecuadorian vice president, which led to Ecuador’s highly criticized raid on a Mexican embassy earlier this month.The Ecuadorian complaint at the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands intensifies a high-profile diplomatic quarrel with Mexico, which has filed its own complaint with the panel alleging that Ecuador’s highly unusual April
  
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• Belarus labels German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle ‘extremist,’ bans activities in the country

  29-04-2024 21:28
  
  Belarusian authorities on Monday declared that the Belarusian service of the German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle is an "extremist" organization and banned all its activities in the country.The declaration means anyone working with Deutsche Welle producing content for the Belarusian service potentially faces a seven-year prison sentence. Anyone who reads and reposts articles by Deutsche Welle could be found guilty of an administrative or criminal offense.BELARUS RAIDS TARGET OPPOSITION-RUN 'P
  
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• French police remove pro-Palestinian students from the courtyard of Sorbonne university in Paris

  29-04-2024 21:11
  
  French police removed dozens of students from the Sorbonne university after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the main courtyard of the elite institution in Paris on Monday.About 50 protesters set up tents at midday Monday at the Sorbonne university courtyard in support of Palestinians, echoing similar encampments and solidarity demonstrations across the United States.STUDENTS AT PRESTIGIOUS PARIS UNIVERSITY OCCUPY CAMPUS BUILDING IN PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTProtesters unveiled a giant Palestini
  
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• Togo votes in parliamentary election testing support for proposal that could keep dynasty in power

  29-04-2024 20:53
  
  Voters in Togo headed to the polls on Monday for parliamentary elections that test support for a proposed new constitution that would scrap presidential elections and give lawmakers the power to choose the president.The opposition and religious leaders say the legislation is an effort by President Faure Gnassingbe, in office since 2005, to prolong his rule. Lawmakers passed the legislation in March after their mandate expired, and it is close to being enacted.REWRITTEN TOGO CONSTITUTION BUCKED B
  
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• Negotiators discuss terms for global treaty to end plastic pollution in Canada

  29-04-2024 20:38
  
  For the first time, negotiators from most of the world's nations are discussing the text of what is supposed to become a global treaty to end plastic pollution.Delegates and observers at the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution called it a welcome sign that talk has shifted from ideas to treaty language at this fourth of five scheduled plastics summits.Most contentious is the idea of limiting how much plastic is manufactured globally. Currently, that remains in the text o
  
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• Pope visits Venice Biennale exhibit inside women's prison, consoles prisoners

  29-04-2024 20:11
  
  Venice has always been a place of contrasts, of breathtaking beauty and devastating fragility, where history, religion, art and nature have collided over the centuries to produce an otherworldly gem of a city. But even for a place that prides itself on its culture of unusual encounters, Pope Francis’ visit Sunday stood out.Francis traveled to the lagoon city to visit the Holy See’s pavilion at the Biennale contemporary art show and meet with the people who created it. But because the
  
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• India protests against separatist slogans at Canadian event following killing of Sikh leader a year ago

  29-04-2024 19:41
  
  India summoned the Canadian Deputy High Commissioner on Monday and expressed "deep concern and strong protest" after separatist slogans in support of a Sikh homeland were raised at an event addressed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Bilateral diplomatic relations soured last year after Trudeau said Canada was "actively pursuing credible allegations" that Indian agents were potentially linked to the June 2023 murder of a Canadian citizen.Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, was shot dead outside a Sikh temp
  
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• Philippine schools cancel classes as major heat wave spreads across Southeast Asia

  29-04-2024 19:40
  
  Southeast Asia was coping with a weekslong heat wave on Monday as record-high temperatures led to school closings in several countries and urgent health warnings throughout the region.Millions of students in all public schools across the Philippines were ordered to stay home Monday after authorities canceled in-person classes for two days. The main advice for everyone, everywhere has been to avoid outdoor activities and drink plenty of water, but the young and the elderly were told to be especia
  
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• European Union implements stricter visa requirements for Ethiopians

  29-04-2024 18:18
  
  The European Union announced on Monday that it is tightening visa requirements for people from Ethiopia, accusing the government there of a failure to cooperate in taking back citizens found to be living illegally in the 27-nation bloc.EU headquarters said the time it takes to process visas for Ethiopian nationals will triple from 15 to 45 days. EU countries will no longer be permitted to waive requirements for certain paperwork or issue multiple-entry visas. Ethiopian diplomats and officials wi
  
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• Taliban faces criticism for depriving women of human rights at UN meeting

  29-04-2024 18:16
  
  Afghanistan's Taliban face criticism over their human rights record at a U.N. meeting on Monday, with Washington accusing them of systematically depriving women and girls of their human rights.However, in an awkward first for the U.N. Human Rights Council, the concerned country's current rulers will not be present because they are not recognized by the global body.Afghanistan will instead be represented by an ambassador appointed by the previous U.S.-backed government, which the Taliban ousted i
  
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• World Central Kitchen, known for providing wartime food aid, to resume work in Gaza after staff deaths

  29-04-2024 18:12
  
  World Central Kitchen (WCK) said it would resume operations in the Gaza Strip on Monday, a month after seven workers of the U.S.-based charity were killed in an Israeli air strike.Prior to halting operations, WCK had distributed more than 43 million meals in Gaza since October, representing by its own accounts 62% of all international NGO aid.The charity said it had 276 trucks with the equivalent of almost 8 million meals ready to enter through the Rafah Crossing and will also send trucks into G
  
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• NATO chief says Ukraine aid will increase, apologizes for falling short, on unannounced visit

  29-04-2024 17:37
  
  NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg told Ukrainians on Monday that his alliance’s members had failed to live up to their promises of military aid in recent months, but said the flow of arms and ammunition would now increase.In an unannounced visit to Ukraine, the secretary general of the transatlantic military alliance held talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and was due to address Ukraine’s parliament, the Rada.His visit – the third since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukra
  
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• Russian man arrested in Germany on suspicion of killing 2 Ukrainians as prosecutors look into political motive

  29-04-2024 17:34
  
  The public prosecutor general's office in Munich on Monday took over the investigation into the stabbing deaths of two Ukrainian men in southern Germany because of a possible political motivation for the crime, German news agency dpa reported.The two Ukrainians, who were 23 and 36 years old and lived in the southern German county of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, were killed at a shopping center in the village of Murnau in Upper Bavaria. Shortly after the slayings on Saturday evening, police arrested a
  
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• Russia threatens seizure of US assets in response to potential confiscation of currency reserves

  29-04-2024 17:32
  
  Russia may respond to any U.S. confiscation of its currency reserves frozen in the West by seizing the assets, including property and cash, of U.S. citizens and investors in Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, a senior security official, said on Saturday.The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill allowing the Biden administration to confiscate Russian assets held in American banks and transfer them to Ukraine, something the Kremlin has said would be illegal and trigger retaliation.In response to R
  
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• Ukraine's Zelenskyy urges faster US weapon deliveries

  29-04-2024 17:28
  
  President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that vital U.S. weapons were starting to arrive in Ukraine in small amounts. He said that the process needed to move faster.This is the result of advancing Russian forces trying to take advantage.REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: UKRAINE’S ZELENSKYY OPENS UP ON US AID, ISRAEL, TRUMPZelenskyy spoke during a joint news conference in Kyiv alongside visiting NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg.During the conference, he said the situation on the battlefield di
  
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• 18 confirmed dead after bus crash near Mexico City, authorities say

  29-04-2024 17:23
  
  A bus crash on the outskirts of Mexico City killed 18 people on Sunday, while another 32 were injured, according to the state of Mexico's civil protection agency.The accident happened in Malinalco in the southern region of Mexico state, which surrounds the capital on three sides. A bus traveling from San Luis de la Paz, in Guanajuato State in central Mexico, to the Chalma sanctuary south of Mexico City, overturned on the highway.SIX DEAD, 15 INJURED IN OHIO CRASH INVOLVING BUS CARRYING BAND
  
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• South Korean opposition leader pushes president to accept investigation of wife, top officials

  29-04-2024 17:20
  
  Emboldened by his party’s recent election win, South Korea’s opposition leader pressured President Yoon Suk Yeol to accept special investigations into allegations involving top officials and his wife, as they met Monday for talks on bipartisan cooperation.The meeting was their first since Yoon took office in 2022 after defeating Lee Jae-myung in the country’s closest presidential election race. During their 2022 campaigns, Yoon, Lee and their supporters demonized each other and
  
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• Police and public capture runaway zebras in Washington state, but one is still missing

  29-04-2024 15:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Law enforcement officers and the public in Washington state came together Sunday to take a rare hazard off the roads: Runaway zebras.
  
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• Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit France, Serbia and Hungary, appears to want bigger role in Ukraine

  29-04-2024 15:36
  
  Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit France, Serbia and Hungary next week as Beijing appears to seek a larger role in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine that has upended global political and economic security.The visit by Xi, China’s president and head of the ruling Communist Party, is his first to Europe in five years and will "inject new momentum to the peaceful development of the world," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a daily briefing on Monday.China claims neutr
  
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• Solomon Islands pro-Beijing prime minister will not retain position following general elections

  29-04-2024 15:34
  
  Solomon Islands pro-Beijing Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Monday withdrew from the contest to remain head of the strategically important South Pacific island nation’s government following general elections two weeks ago that are central to the U.S.-China rivalry in the region.Sogavare has been re-elected to the parliament. But he told a press conference in the capital Honiara on Monday he would not be nominated as a candidate when the 50 newly elected lawmakers vote on Thursday for t
  
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• Supreme Court rejects Elon Musk over agreement with SEC to vet social media posts

  29-04-2024 15:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court rejected tech billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk's challenge to the terms of an agreement he reached with the SEC that required a layer to review some of his social media posts.
  
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