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'Colossal' floods heading for Russian city
MOSCOW — A "colossal" amount of water is moving towards the Russian city of Kurgan, the region's governor has said.Vadim Shumkov said that the swollen Tobol river and its tributaries had ......
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Biden unlikely to cut Iran’s oil lifeline after Israel attack: Report
The recent unprecedented missile and drone strike by Iran on Israel has raised questions about the potential response from the Biden administration. However, analysts suggest that such a move is unlikely due to concerns over oil prices and China, Iran’s top oil buyer. The attack on Israel was...
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International support for Tunisia’s jailed opposition leader Ghannouchi
Marking the first anniversary of the arrest of Tunisia’s prominent opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, an international committee has formed to raise awareness of the imprisonment of the 82-year-old, now the “oldest prisoner of conscience in the Arab world”. The International Committee for...
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Armourer for the film Rust sentenced to 18 months in fatal on-set shooting
The weapons supervisor for the film Rust has been sentenced in the United States to 18 months in prison for her role in the fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armourer on the film, received the maximum possible sentence at Monday’s hearing in Santa...
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Two decades after Abu Ghraib scandal, three detainees get their day in US court
A civil trial against a US defense contractor accused of engaging in and directing abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq began Monday in Alexandria, Virginia, two decades after revelations of horrific torture first surfaced. The trial started with testimony from one of the Iraqi men, who said he...
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Kishida goes all-in on partnership with the US
It is telling that one of the most popular photos from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to Washington was a picture of him and Joe Biden relaxing together in “the Beast,” the president’s personal limousine, as they traveled from the White House to dinner. It was a sign that Kishida had reached...
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France steps up security around synagogues and Jewish schools
France will step up security around Jewish schools and synagogues, partly as a...
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What to expect at jury selection for Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial
Jury selection is set to begin Monday to impanel a group of 12 New Yorkers who will ultimately decide whether to convict former President Donald Trump in his first criminal trial. Court officials expect about 500 new jurors to appear each day beginning April 15 to be available for the selection...
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OJ Simpson’s manager: He admitted to killing Nicole Brown Simpson
OJ Simpson’s former sports agent says he confessed to his ex-wife’s murder while high on a cocktail of drugs and drink. The sportsman turned actor, who died on April 10, aged 76, from prostate cancer, avoided jail in 1995 when he was cleared in criminal court of the murder of his ex-wife Nicole...
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Donald Trump’s criminal trial over hush money to begin in New York
Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial involving adult movie actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal is scheduled to start on this morning, with jury selection in Manhattan supreme court. The proceedings mark a momentous day in US history, as Trump is the country’s first president...
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