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Dismissed juror says Trump ‘looked less orange’ in person: One of the potential jurors who was dismissed from former President Trump’s hush money trial in New ...
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Dismissed juror says Trump ‘looked less orange’ in person
Quick Glance: Twelve Jurors Seated in Trump's Hush Money Trial
  • A jury of 12 individuals was empaneled on Thursday in the landmark hush money trial of former President Donald Trump, bringing the proceedings closer to opening arguments and the commencement of weeks filled with compelling testimonies.

  • The upcoming trial is anticipated to present unfavorable testimonies regarding Trump's personal life pre-presidency, including accusations of manipulating business records to suppress narratives in the final days of the 2016 election surrounding his intimate relationships.

  • Central to the trial is a payment of $130,000 made by Cohen just before the 2016 election to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, aimed at preventing her allegations of a sexual encounter with Trump from being publicized in the campaign's final stretch.

  • The selection of the jury holds paramount significance in any criminal proceeding, particularly so when the accused is a former president and the presumed Republican candidate. Potential jurors have undergone extensive scrutiny concerning their online presence, personal backgrounds, and political stances as legal representatives and the judge meticulously scrutinize for partialities that could compromise their impartiality.
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Dozens detained as NYPD breaks up pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University: At least 30 people were detained by New York Police Department officers ...
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Dozens detained as NYPD breaks up pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia ...
Quick Glance: Over 100 Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested at Columbia Campus
  • Columbia President Shafik authorized the arrest of over 100 pro-Palestinian protesters on the campus.

  • Protests were against Israel's actions in Gaza.

  • Demonstrators violated school rules by holding unauthorized protests.

  • Protests demanded a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and university divestment.
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Senators to be sworn in as jurors in Mayorkas impeachment trial: The Senate is still negotiating what the scope of the homeland security secretary's trial will ...
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Senators to be sworn in as jurors in Mayorkas impeachment trial
Quick Glance: Senate's Decision on Impeachment Charges Against Mayorkas
  • The Senate rejected the impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, halting the House Republicans' effort to impeach the Cabinet secretary over his management of the US-Mexico border.

  • With Democrats contending that the articles were unconstitutional, senators voted to dismiss both impeachment charges and conclude the trial.

  • Senate Republicans had called for a full impeachment trial after the House narrowly voted in February to impeach Mayorkas for his border actions.

  • Republicans argued that President Joe Biden was ineffective at the border, while Democrats suggested accepting a bipartisan Senate compromise instead of impeaching Mayorkas to reduce illegal immigrants.
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Trump Whines About ‘Freezing’ Courtroom While Thumbing Through Giant Stack of Op-Eds
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Johnson turns to Democrats on Ukraine aid amid ouster threat: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will lean heavily on Democrats to move a series of bills in the coming ...
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Johnson turns to Democrats on Ukraine aid amid ouster threat
Quick Glance: Biden's Backing of House Aid Package for Israel and Ukraine
  • President Joe Biden endorses an aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

  • Crucial bipartisan support emerges for the approval of $95 billion in funding for U.S. allies.

  • The package includes economic assistance for Kyiv in the form of forgivable loans and enhanced monitoring of military funds.

  • Democrats and progressives oppose aspects of the package, while some Republicans reject House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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US to impose new sanctions targeting Iran's missile and drone program: The new sanctions and other measures will "continue a steady drumbeat of ...
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US to impose new sanctions targeting Iran's missile and drone program
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The president’s salary is well above the average American’s. But is it enough to drive up his net worth? www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2024/04/18/joe-biden-net-worth-2023-tax-returns/
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Number of homicides plunges in major cities after pandemic-era surge: The nation is on pace to see one of the most significant declines in homicides since Obama ...
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Number of homicides plunges in major cities after pandemic-era surge
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The RNC in Milwaukee is largely led by women. Will the convention messaging help Republicans?
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The RNC in Milwaukee is largely led by women. Will the convention ...
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US ties renewal of easing of Venezuela oil sanctions to progress on elections: The U.S. will not renew a temporary license that widely eased sanctions on ...
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US ties renewal of easing of Venezuela oil sanctions to progress on ...
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Biden faces deadline to finalize key health care rules: There are just weeks to finish rules on tobacco, reproductive care and other policies to shield them ...
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Biden faces deadline to finalize key health care rules
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USPS got billions in financial aid, and now says it needs more: Two years after Congress wiped more than $100 billion off the U.S. Postal Service’s books ...
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USPS got billions in financial aid, and now says it needs more
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Virginia NAACP plans to take Youngkin to court over DEI office records: Virginia’s chapter of the NAACP might take Gov. Glenn Youngkin to court over an alleged ...
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Virginia NAACP plans to take Youngkin to court over DEI office records
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Head of ‘Southern Lawyers’ fires back at LATT president: President of the Assembly of Southern Lawyers (ASL) Saira Lakhan has fired back at Law Associa­tion ...
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Head of ‘Southern Lawyers’ fires back at LATT president
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FESTIVAL HOPE: Currently suffering the effects of a sponsorship backlash, Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board president Azim Bassarath is hoping that the Knight ...
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FESTIVAL HOPE
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Are Franchises in the Clear After the Expanded Joint Employer Rule Was Struck Down? Industry Experts Answer 2 Critical Questions About What's Next.
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Are Franchises in the Clear After the Expanded Joint Employer Rule Was ...
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How Trump can use Comstock Act to effectively end abortion in America: Doctors and pharmacists who send abortion medications via the mail while Biden is ...
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How Trump can use Comstock Act to effectively end abortion in America
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Tunisian Journalist Critical of President Jailed for Defamation: A Tunisian court jailed for defamation a reporter who’s one of President Kais Saied’s most ...
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Tunisian Journalist Critical of President Jailed for Defamation
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The Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools wants the Ministry of Education to provide institutions with increased funding given the harsh ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240417/jamaica-association-principals-secondary-schools-wants-increased-funding   #GLNRToday
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TTUTA: Barrackpore school death threats ‘act of terrorism, treason’ - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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TTUTA: Barrackpore school death threats ‘act of terrorism ...
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History was made in Manhattan as the first criminal trial with a former or current US president as the defendant kicked off ... Show more   #NDTVWorld   #TheWorld24x7
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Tampa fire union president arrested after urinating in public while drunk: Nicolas Stocco has been suspended from his city job after being arrested by St ...
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Tampa fire union president arrested after urinating in public while drunk
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Citing the positive outcomes of the Judiciary Strategic Business Plan (JSBP) for 2019-2023, Justice Patrick Brooks, president of the Court of Appeal ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240415/appeals-court-president-backs-new-judiciary-strategic-business-plan   #GLNRToday
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New questions are being raised about the Jamaica Customs Agency’s insistence on implementing a contactless clearance policy, with Clive Coke ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240415/customs-conundrum   #GLNRToday
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Doug Hammond, vice president of laser engineering, is part of an ambitious, global team at Focused Energy. Last year, the startup was one of eight companies ... Show more   www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/using-lasers-to-create-the-power-of-the-stars-on-earth
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Biden to close ‘gun-show loophole’ and expand background checks for firearms: New rule comes under legislation passed after Uvalde, Texas, shooting.
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Quick Glance: Biden Administration Implements Stricter Background Checks for Gun Dealers
  • A new rule by the Biden administration will require thousands of gun dealers to conduct background checks on buyers to close a legal loophole.

  • President Biden emphasizes that the measure aims to keep guns away from domestic abusers and felons to save lives.

  • The law mandates that sellers primarily engaged in selling firearms for profit must be federally licensed and perform checks.

  • Despite praise from advocates, the regulation is likely to face legal challenges from gun rights activists, concerned about potential infringements.
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On Wednesday, Samantha Power, head of USAID, became the first top Biden administration official to publicly acknowledge that famine is present in northern Gaza ... Show more
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Democratic Party has helped Biden cover his legal bills: President Biden’s allies have criticized Donald Trump for using campaign funds to pay his own legal ...
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Democratic Party has helped Biden cover his legal bills
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SAY 'WATT': After targeting furnaces, gas stoves, gas cars and more, the administration has their sights set on yet another popular household item: lightbulbs ... Show more   www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-cracks-down-on-lightbulbs-as-part-of-climate-agenda
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Woman who stole Ashley Biden’s diary is sentenced to a month in prison: Aimee Harris pleaded guilty to stealing Ashley Biden’s diary. Her sentencing comes after ...
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Woman who stole Ashley Biden’s diary is sentenced to a month in prison
Quick Glance: Conviction for Theft and Sale of Biden's Daughter's Diary
  • A Florida mother was sentenced to a month in prison and three months of home confinement for stealing and selling President Joe Biden’s daughter’s diary to the conservative group Project Veritas four years ago.

  • Judge Laura Taylor Swain at the Manhattan federal court called the actions of the Palm Beach, Florida woman 'despicable'.

  • In August 2022, Harris pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge, admitting to receiving $20,000 of the $40,000 paid by Project Veritas for personal items of the president's daughter, Ashley Biden.

  • Swain noted that Harris and a co-defendant, Robert Kurlander from nearby Jupiter, Florida, had initially tried unsuccessfully to sell Ashley Biden’s belongings to then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign.
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A former Mongrel Mob president told the police that $31,000 in cash found in his house had been made by making and selling glass pipes for smoking ... Show more
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The blooms on the 3,000 cherry trees Japan gave to the United States more than a century ago have become a quintessential marker of spring in the nation’s ... Show more   www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/04/10/cherry-blossom-trees-tidal-basin/
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Biden seizes on student debt relief amid worries about young voters: President Biden is pushing forward with plans for “life-changing” student debt relief as he ...
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Biden seizes on student debt relief amid worries about young voters
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Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra might leave the Biden administration after the general election to run for California governor in 2026 ... Show more   www.politico.com/news/2024/04/09/biden-cabinet-secretary-california-governors-race-00151407
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Trump Co-Defendant's Three-Word Response Before Being Sentenced: A five-month prison sentence for a former Trump loyalist is not the end of AG Letitia James' ...
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Trump Co-Defendant's Three-Word Response Before Being Sentenced
Quick Glance: Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months jail in Trump civil fraud case
  • Retired Trump executive Allen Weisselberg was sentenced to five months in jail for admitting to lying under oath in a civil fraud lawsuit against the former president by New York’s attorney general.

  • Weisselberg pleaded guilty to perjury related to the valuation of Trump's Manhattan penthouse, despite his deep loyalty to Trump and previous jail time for tax evasion.

  • Important aspects include Weisselberg's testimonies in unfavorable trials for Trump and his decision not to testify in Trump's upcoming hush money criminal trial.

  • Weisselberg's willingness to admit wrongdoing, age, and his role in Trump's organization were considered in his sentence, mirroring a previous case where he served a reduced jail term. He is likely to be involved in Trump's hush money trial, even if not as a witness.
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U.S. Steel Shareholders Approve $14.9 Billion Nippon Steel Sale Amid Biden’s Pushback
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U.S. Steel Shareholders Approve $14.9 Billion Nippon Steel Sale Amid ...
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Adderall shortage and drug price issues ahead of presidential election: The shortage and increased costs could impact who many Americans vote for in the upcoming ...
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Adderall shortage and drug price issues ahead of presidential election
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Biden says he’s not sure he can shut down the border: ‘We're examining whether or not I have that power’
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Biden says he’s not sure he can shut down the border: ‘We're examining ...
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Justice Dept. declines to give Biden-Hur audio recordings to House committee: Officials said GOP lawmakers already have transcripts of special counsel Robert Hur ...
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Justice Dept. declines to give Biden-Hur audio recordings to House ...
Quick Glance: Justice Dept. refuses to provide Biden-Hur audio recordings to House committee
  • Justice Department officials informed House Republicans that they do not plan to give audio recordings of President Biden's interviews with the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents.

  • The decision was made as lawmakers already possess transcripts of the interviews, indicating that the request may be more about politics than seeking genuine information.

  • Special counsel Hur found evidence that Biden retained classified government materials after leaving the vice presidency, but concluded that there was insufficient proof to pursue criminal charges.

  • Republican lawmakers have threatened to hold the Attorney General in contempt if the recordings are not handed over, raising concerns about potential implications on future investigations.
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US moves warships as Iran may attack Israel within hours, India advises against travel | Mint
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US moves warships as Iran may attack Israel within hours, India advises ...
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GOPers Who Scoffed At Trump Impeachment Trial Now Demand One For Biden Official: Senate Republicans are demanding an impeachment trial for Alejandro Mayorkas ...
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GOPers Who Scoffed At Trump Impeachment Trial Now Demand One For Biden ...
Quick Glance: Republicans delay hearing of DHS Secretary Mayorkas to next week
  • The House plans to postpone the hearing of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to next week.
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The #UnitedStates has vowed to defend #Israel amid #Iran 's impending revenge over the Damascus strike that destroyed its consulate building on April 1
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Opinion | The IRS Is Here to Help With Direct File. Oh No: The tax man wants to file your taxes for you. What could go wrong?
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Opinion | The IRS Is Here to Help With Direct File. Oh No
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The day Ecuador’s drug gangs led President Noboa to declare war: Ecuador’s young president declared war on the country’s powerful drug gangs after they sparked a ...
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The day Ecuador’s drug gangs led President Noboa to declare war
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Ambassador Emanuel on building military cooperation with Japan to deter China: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the president of the Philippines ...
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Ambassador Emanuel on building military cooperation with Japan to deter ...
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Grassroots Democrats Are Breaking Fundraising Records. They Say It’s Still Not Enough.
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Grassroots Democrats Are Breaking Fundraising Records. They Say It’s Still ...
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Ex-Philippine Leader Duterte Slams US, Marcos in Chinese Media: Former President Rodrigo Duterte accused the US of inflaming tensions between China and the ...
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Ex-Philippine Leader Duterte Slams US, Marcos in Chinese Media
Quick Glance: Biden emphasizes US support for Philippines and Japan
  • President Joe Biden reinforced the unwavering U.S. defense commitment to Pacific allies.

  • The Philippines and China have faced repeated confrontations in the disputed South China Sea.

  • The White House highlighted the significance of the first-ever trilateral summit with Japan and the Philippines as a response to China's attempts at "intimidation".

  • The United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan announced joint military exercises in the Indo-Pacific for 2025.
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In response to #Iran 's threat of reprisals over the bombing of an #Iranian consulate in #Damascus and the death of two Generals, #US President Joe Biden pledged ... Show more   #Israel
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Ecuador’s former vice president goes on hunger strike in prison, as fallout over raid on Mexican embassy grows
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Ecuador’s former vice president goes on hunger strike in prison ...
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Ecuador court calls embassy raid 'illegal, arbitrary': Mexico broke diplomatic relations with Ecuador following the arrest of Glas a week ago ...
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Ecuador court calls embassy raid 'illegal, arbitrary'
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Washington DC shooting: At least one man killed and five injured: Two children have been wounded
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Washington DC shooting: At least one man killed and five injured
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Biden’s LNG ‘pause’ threatens Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry: The Biden administration’s political objectives coupled with the intense desire to implement ...
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Biden’s LNG ‘pause’ threatens Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry
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Mexico breaks diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police storm embassy in Quito: The Mexican president has quickly moved to break off diplomatic ties with Ecuador ...
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Mexico breaks diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police storm embassy in ...
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Ecuador’s former vice president hospitalized days after arrest in Mexican embassy
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Ecuador’s former vice president hospitalized days after arrest in Mexican ...
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Trump's trio of court losses: Trump's legal team has tried to push off his four criminal indictments until after the 2024 election.
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Trump's trio of court losses
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A blinking red light for Israel in American politics: The shift has come amid rising internal frustrations inside the administration about the war.
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A blinking red light for Israel in American politics
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FORMER CJ DE LA BASTIDE BECAME STUDENT OF MERCY: The Archbishop of Port of Spain says former Chief Justice Micheal de la Bastide, at the end of his life ...
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FORMER CJ DE LA BASTIDE BECAME STUDENT OF MERCY
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U.S., China agree to hold more talks about economic concerns: The announcement is a very minor step aimed at cooling tensions around overproduction concerns.
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U.S., China agree to hold more talks about economic concerns
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FG targets 25,000 jobs, $2.5bn in CNG scheme: Michael Oluwagbemi, on Friday, announced that the Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu was targeting over ...
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FG targets 25,000 jobs, $2.5bn in CNG scheme