The latest round of sanctions, imposed under China’s Anti-Foreign Sanction Law, will freeze all assets by businesses inside China and deny individuals and their immediate family members visas to enter the country.
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Rudy Giuliani peddles self-named coffee amid legal woes, financial struggles
The former New York City Mayor, who is currently grappling with bankruptcy and a debt of $148 million, rolled out the ads for his personally branded coffee.
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Norway, Ireland, Spain will recognize Palestinian state, deepening Israel’s isolation
More than two-thirds of the countries in the United Nations recognize a Palestinian state.
Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
Fani Willis and judge presiding over Georgia Trump election case defeat challengers
Meanwhile, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, the judge who was randomly assigned to preside over the election interference case, also fended off a challenger, winning a nonpartisan election to keep his seat.
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Biden, Trump win Kentucky primaries as presidential nominating season nears its end
After Tuesday, 8 presidential nominating contests will remain: Democrats in Idaho, the District of Columbia, Guam and the Virgin Islands, and both parties in Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.
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Billionaire rains cash on UMass graduates to tune of $1,000 each, but says they must give half away
Billionaire philanthropist Rob Hale had a suprise for the graduating class at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, but it came with a catch.
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Trump says he is open to restrictions on contraception, then backpedals
This is the first time Donald Trump has suggested he would have a policy on contraception since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a national right to abortion 2 years ago.
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Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty to felony charges in Arizona election interference case
The indictment alleges the former NYC mayor spread false claims of fraud and pressured county officials and state legislators to change the outcome of results.
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It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees
Other factors have contributed to the die-off, including drought, forest fires and logging that deprives the primates of water, shade and the fruit they eat.
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U.N. halts all food distribution in Rafah after running out of supplies in the city
A prosecutor at the International Criminal Court cited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged ‘use of starvation as a method of warfare.’