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World A sweeping foreign aid package easily passed the U.S. Congress late on Tuesday after months of delay, clearing the way for fresh Ukraine funding amid advances from Russia’s invasion force and Kyiv’s shortages of military supplies. Biden to sign broader $95B US aid package into law on WednesdayThomson ReutersContinue Reading

World The first witness in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, testified on Tuesday that he used his supermarket tabloid to suppress stories that might have hurt Trump’s 2016 presidential bid. Prosecutors in hush money trial say David Pecker’s actions helped Trump deceive votersThomsonContinue Reading

World Elon Musk lashed out at Australia’s prime minister on Tuesday after a court ordered his social media company X to take down footage of an alleged terrorist attack in Sydney, and said the ruling meant any country could control “the entire internet.” Musk asks: ‘Does the PM think heContinue Reading

World It’s the first image by the Princess of Wales the palace has distributed since news organizations withdrew a photo edited by Catherine over concerns about digital manipulation.  A few recent photos from the palace have been scrutinized for being digitally alteredThomson Reuters · Posted: Apr 23, 2024 9:08 AMContinue Reading

World·Photos Police arrested dozens of people at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Yale University in Connecticut and New York University in Manhattan on Monday, as the war in Gaza continued to reverberate through U.S. university campuses. Some Pro-Palestinian student groups calling for schools to divest from companies that sell Israel weaponsThomson ReutersContinue Reading

For years, even decades, human rights groups that monitor the occupied West Bank have implored Israel’s allies to take steps to punish Jewish settlers and members of Israel’s military who attack Palestinians and seem to carry out their actions with impunity.   And so when word came over the weekend that Israel’s closestContinue Reading

World British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised on Monday to start sending asylum seekers to Rwanda within 10 to 12 weeks as the upper house of Parliament finally passed required legislation, delayed for weeks by attempts to alter the plan. PM Rishi Sunak promises deportation flights will begin within 10-12Continue Reading

World A Russian missile strike that broke in half a 240-metre television tower in Kharkiv on Monday is part of a deliberate effort by Moscow to make Ukraine’s second-largest city uninhabitable, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Kharkiv has felt the brunt of a recent wave of stepped-up Russian attacks onContinue Reading

World A review of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has found it has “robust” frameworks to ensure compliance with humanitarian neutrality principles, though issues persist, in a report that could prompt some donors to review funding freezes. Panel led by France’s former foreign minister says agency takes steps toContinue Reading