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Trump trial live updates: Juror excused; prosecutor says Trump violated gag order
Can jurors in Trump's hush money trial be impartial? As of Tuesday, April 16, seven jurors have been selected to serve on the jury in Donald Trump's hush money trial. NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump is due back in court for the third day of jury selection in his New York criminal trial over...
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EU leaders call for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Israel-Hamas war for first time
EU politicians at summit in Brussels go step further than previous pressure for ‘humanitarian pause’ in conflict (L-R) Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, Taoiseach Simon Harris and Greek prime...
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Iran, Israel and the potential for miscalculation
The Middle East has been waiting with bated breath for Israel’s response to Iran’s attack last weekend as the spectre of regional conflict seems closer than ever. That spectre has waxed and waned since the war on Gaza began in October with the fear that it would spiral into a regional war, dragging...
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Let’s use AI to stop fentanyl at the border and keep it from killing Americans
Over 112,000 Americans overdosed in 2023. Over 70,000 overdosed on fentanyl, a particularly dangerous synthetic opioid. While it’s easy to focus on numbers, we can’t forget that these aren’t statistics. They’re people. They leave behind parents, brothers, sisters and children. They’re futures lost....
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Mike Johnson aid bills: what is the US speaker’s plan for Ukraine and Israel, and ...
US House speaker, Mike Johnson, has said long-awaited votes on aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific will take place as soon as Saturday, putting the senior Republican on a collision course with members of his own party. At stake is $95bn of US security assistance that has been in limbo for...
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Ukraine warns of WW3 ahead of stalled US aid vote
Ukraine's prime minister has told the BBC there will be a "Third World War" if Ukraine loses its conflict with Russia, as he urged the US Congress to pass a long-stalled foreign aid bill....
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Nigel Farage compares cancel culture to Soviet communism
Nigel Farage has penned a scathing tirade against cancel culture and blasted 'the Brussels elite' for ensuring 'no other views are allowed' following attempts to shut down his right-wing conference in Belgium on Tuesday. 'Cancel culture is saying, "I do not want to hear your opinion". What happened...
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Iraq’s dangerous balancing act between Iran and the US
Four days ago, Iraq’s airspace had hundreds of projectiles fired from Iran flying through it towards Israel, caught in the crossfire of what many fear could be the opening salvoes of a regional war dragging in the United States. On Monday, Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was in...
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Belgium's top court gives go-ahead for controversial Right-wing conference
Belgium’s top court issued an emergency order to allow a conference of European Right-wingers to go ahead on Wednesday after police tried to shut it down. Nigel Farage was speaking at the National Conservatism conference when the police marched in to the venue on Tuesday, announcing that a local...
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Faulty Assurances: The Judicial Torture of Assange Continues
Only this month, the near comatose US President, Joe Biden, made a casual, castaway remark that his administration was “considering” the request by Australia that the case against Julian Assange be concluded. The WikiLeaks founder has already spent five gruelling years in London’s Belmarsh prison,...
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