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Senate passes bill forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature

Published On: April 24, 2024 02:13 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, April 24: The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious move by U.S. lawmakers that’s expected to face legal challenges and disrupt the lives of content creators who rely on the short-form video app for income.

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UK Parliament approves Rwanda deportation bill, ending weeks of legislative stalemate

Published On: April 23, 2024 11:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press

LONDON. April 23:  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘s latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July.

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Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Oct. 7 attack

Published On: April 22, 2024 01:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The head of Israel’s military intelligence directorate resigned on Monday over the failures surrounding Hamas’ unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, the military said, becoming the first senior figure to step down over his role in the deadliest assault in Israel’s history.

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Indians vote in the first phase of the world’s largest election as Modi seeks a third term

Published On: April 20, 2024 04:03 PM NPT By: Associated Press

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that’s a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country’s leader.

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India starts voting in the world’s largest election as Modi seeks a third term as prime minister

Published On: April 19, 2024 10:15 AM NPT By: Associated Press

NEW DELHI, April 19: Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that’s a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country’s leader.

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Nine individuals face charges in what police in Canada say is the biggest gold theft in the country’s history

Published On: April 18, 2024 01:29 PM NPT By: Associated Press

TORONTO, April 18: Police said nine people are facing charges in what authorities are calling the biggest gold theft in Canadian history from Toronto’s Pearson International airport a year ago.

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Israel is quiet on next steps against Iran — and on which partners helped shoot down missiles

Published On: April 15, 2024 12:21 PM NPT By: Associated Press

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli leaders on Sunday credited an international military coalition with helping thwart a direct Iranian attack involving hundreds of drones and missiles, calling the coordinated response a starting point for a “strategic alliance” of regional opposition to Tehran.

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Australian police probe why man who stabbed 6 people to death in a Sydney mall targeted women

Published On: April 15, 2024 12:16 PM NPT By: Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia, April 15: Australian police are examining why a lone assailant who stabbed six people to death in a busy Sydney shopping mall and injured more than a dozen others targeted women while avoiding men, a police commissioner said on Monday. The killer’s father blamed his son’s frustration at not having a girlfriend.

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Police in Australia identify the Sydney stabbing attacker who killed 6 people

Published On: April 14, 2024 01:01 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SYDNEY, April 14:  Police have identified the assailant who stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center before he was fatally shot by a police officer.

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Israel says Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles, 99% of which were intercepted

Published On: April 14, 2024 11:46 AM NPT By: Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — Booms and air raid sirens sounded across Israel early Sunday after Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the Middle East closer to a regionwide war. A military spokesman said the launches numbered more than 300 but 99% of them were intercepted.

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‘Run, run, run': Chaos at a Sydney mall as 6 people stabbed to death, and the suspect fatally shot

Published On: April 13, 2024 07:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SYDNEY (AP) — A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said, with hundreds fleeing the chaotic scene, many weeping as they carried their children. Eight people, including a 9-month-old, were injured.

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Real estate tycoon’s death sentence is a turning point in Vietnam’s anti-corruption campaign

Published On: April 12, 2024 08:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The unusually harsh death sentence given to a real estate tycoon in Vietnam was a pivotal moment in the decadelong “Blazing Furnace” anti-corruption campaign as the Vietnamese business community wrestled with an uncertain future Friday.

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O.J. Simpson, legendary football player and actor brought down by his murder trial, dies at 76

Published On: April 12, 2024 09:58 AM NPT By: Associated Press

LAS VEGAS, April 12:  O.J. Simpson, the football star and Hollywood actor acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend in a trial that mesmerized the public and exposed divisions on race and policing in America, has died. He was 76.

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An Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills 3 sons and 4 grandchildren of Hamas’ top leader

Published On: April 11, 2024 10:16 AM NPT By: Associated Press

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli aircraft killed three sons of Hamas’ top political leader in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, striking high-stakes targets at a time when Israel is holding delicate cease-fire negotiations with the militant group. Hamas said four of the leader’s grandchildren were also killed.

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Is action on climate change a human right? A European court will rule for the first time

Published On: April 9, 2024 01:32 PM NPT By: Associated Press

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Europe’s highest human rights court will rule Tuesday on a group of landmark climate change cases aimed at forcing countries to meet international obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Elon Musk will be investigated over fake news and obstruction in Brazil after a Supreme Court order

Published On: April 8, 2024 01:51 PM NPT By: Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late Sunday into the executive for alleged obstruction.

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Farmers in India are hit hard by extreme weather. Some say expanding natural farming is the answer

Published On: April 8, 2024 09:15 AM NPT By: Associated Press

GUNTUR, India (AP) — There’s a pungent odor on Ratna Raju’s farm that he says is protecting his crops from the unpredictable and extreme weather that’s become more frequent with human-caused climate change.

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Mexico’s president says his country is breaking diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy raid

Published On: April 6, 2024 02:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Mexico is breaking off diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president who has sought political asylum there after being indicted on corruption.

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New mass graves in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts, 30 years after the genocide

Published On: April 5, 2024 11:35 AM NPT By: Associated Press

HUYE, Rwanda (AP) — The diggers’ hoes scrape the brown soil, looking for — and often finding — human bone fragments. The women then wipe the bone pieces with their hands as others watch in solemn silence.

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Jay-Z’s Made In America festival canceled for the second year in a row

Published On: April 4, 2024 01:23 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Jay-Z’s annual Made in America festival, held in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend, has been canceled for the second year in a row.

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