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A St Petersburg court has sentenced a 19-year-old woman to nearly three years in a penal colony after she was accused of repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian…
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Fatima Hassouna: Gaza photojournalist who wrote, ‘If I die, I want a resounding death’ killed in Israeli airstrike
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Fatima Hassouna, a war documentarian who had covered the conflict in Gaza on the ground for 18 months, was killed along with seven members of her family in an Israeli…
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Trump says US will 'pass on Ukraine' if talks don't progress soon
Washington mulls backing out of ceasefire efforts as Trump shares that negotiations between warring Russia and Ukraine are “coming to a head”.
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VA watchdog finds $6.8M in improper payments due to misdated PACT Act claims
(TNND) — Misdated veterans’ disability compensation awards for the PACT Act resulted in at least $6.8 million in improper payments, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ watchdog said this week.
The VA’s Office of Inspector General reviewed a…
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Italian court upholds life sentence for parents of Pakistani woman killed by her family
ROME (AP) — An Italian appeals court Friday upheld life sentences for a Pakistani couple convicted of murdering their 18-year-old daughter in a so-called honor killing after she refused an arranged…
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Trump Declares Lab Leak as ‘True Origins’ of Covid on New Website
The Trump administration has replaced the government’s main portal for information about Covid with a website arguing that the virus leaked from a lab, throwing its weight behind a theory of the virus’s origins that is so far not backed by…
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Congo boat disaster death toll rises to 148, with more than 100 still missing | Democratic Republic of the Congo
The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in the Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this week has risen to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said on Friday.
About 500 passengers were on board the wooden boat when it…
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NPR obtained documents showing major upcoming changes that could limit human rights : NPR
Each year the State Department releases its Country Reports on Human Rights. NPR has obtained internal State department documents that show major changes coming this year
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