April 25th, 2024

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Review of UN agency helping Palestinian refugees found Israel did not express concern about staff

By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has received annually since 2011. The review was carried out after Israel alleged that a dozen employees of the agency known as UNRWA had participated ... Read More »

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The Latest | David Pecker takes the stand as first witness in Trump’s hush money trial

By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) – In opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial, prosecutors said Monday that the former president “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election. Defense attorneys countered, calling Trump “innocent” and saying the Manhattan district attorney’s office “should never have brought this case.” The commencement of the proceedings ... Read More »

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Israel’s military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Hamas attack on Oct. 7

By Tia Goldenberg, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – The head of Israeli military intelligence said Monday he would resign because of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, becoming the first senior figure to step down over his role in the stunning failure to anticipate or quickly respond to the deadliest assault in Israel’s history. Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva’s decision could ... Read More »

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The Latest | Defense calls Trump ‘innocent’ in opening statements in hush money trial

By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) – In opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial, prosecutors said Monday that the former president “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election. Defense attorneys countered, calling Trump “innocent” and saying the Manhattan district attorney’s office “should never have brought this case.” The commencement of the proceedings ... Read More »

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The Latest | Trump tried to ‘corrupt’ 2016 election, prosecutors allege in opening statements

By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) – In opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial, prosecutors alleged Monday that the former president “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election. The commencement of the proceedings set the stage for weeks of unsavory and salacious testimony about Trump’s personal life and placing his legal troubles ... Read More »

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Trump tried to ‘corrupt’ the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway

By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker And Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) – A prosecutor says Donald Trump “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election. Matthew Colangelo, a prosecutor with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, made the remarks during opening statements Monday at Trump’s historic hush money trial. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and denies wrongdoing. THIS ... Read More »

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Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers

By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns, which had been struck down by lower courts. The justices by a 5-4 vote had previously intervened to keep the regulation in effect during the legal fight. Ghost guns, which lack serial ... Read More »

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First deportation flights will leave UK for Rwanda in 10-12 weeks, Prime Minister Sunak pledges

By Danica Kirka, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024

LONDON (AP) – U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged Monday that the country’s first deportation flights to Rwanda could leave in 10-12 weeks as he promised to end the Parliamentary deadlock over a key policy promise before an election expected later this year. Sunak made the comments at a news conference, making his case directly ... Read More »

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Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over his role in failing to prevent Oct. 7 attack

By Tia Goldenberg, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024

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. Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva’s resignation could set the stage for ... Read More »

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

By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – The Israeli military said Monday that the head of its intelligence corps has resigned over Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. Aharon Haliwa, the head of Israel’s military intelligence, becomes the first senior Israeli figure to step down over the failures surrounding Hamas’ attack. Haliwa had said in October that he shouldered ... Read More »

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North Korea fires suspected short-range missiles into ocean in its latest weapons launch, Seoul says

By Hyung-jin Kim And Kim Tong-hyung, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea fired multiple suspected short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a recent series of weapons launches by the North. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that it detected the launches from North Korea’s capital region ... Read More »

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