Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the Kremlin’s army is attempting to create a ‘buffer zone’ in the Kharkiv region to prevent Ukrainian cross-border attacks.
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Emergency convoy delivers provisions to survivors of devastating landslide in Papua New Guinea
An assessment team reported ‘suggestions’ that 100 people were dead and 60 houses buried by the mountainside that collapsed in Enga province a few hours before dawn Friday.
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Prosecutors seek to bar Trump in classified files case from statements endangering law enforcement
Donald Trump has already had restrictions placed on his speech in 2 of the other cases over incendiary comments officials say threaten the integrity of the prosecutions.
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Young missionary couple from U.S. among 3 killed by gunmen in Haiti’s capital, family says
The slayings occurred as Haiti’s capital crumbles under the relentless assault of violent gangs that control 80% of Port-au-Prince.
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Prosecutor tells jury that self-exiled wealthy Chinese businessman cheated thousands of $1 billion
The names of former Trump advisers could arise during a trial projected to last 7 weeks.
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Rapper Sean Kingston, his mother arrested on fraud charges after SWAT raid at his South Florida home
Both Kingston and his mother have been named in previous lawsuits stemming from allegations of unpaid goods and services, court records show.
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Italian teenage computer wizard set to become first saint of millennial generation
Touted as the ‘patron saint of the internet,’ Acutis used his natural tech talent to create a website to catalog miracles and took care of websites for some local Catholic organizations.
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Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, known for ‘Super Size Me,’ dies at 53
Spurlock died Thursday in New York from complications of cancer, according to a statement issued Friday by his family.
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Top UN court orders Israel to halt military offensive in Rafah; Israel unlikely to comply
Criticism of Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza has been growing, particularly once it turned its focus to Rafah.
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Families of Israeli hostages release video of female soldiers being captured by Hamas
The footage was taken by Hamas militants who stormed the Nahal Oz military base on Oct. 7.