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Venezuelan opposition who fled to Colombia may leave after Petro's election
Colombia had become the unofficial headquarters for activists, journalists, former politicians and military deserters targeted by the Maduro regime
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Facebook funds 'trusted partner' with links to Palestinian terror groups, 'Holocast denier,' says report
The report claims that 7amleh has collaborated with Palestinian NGOs that Israel as designated as terrorist organizations, such as Al Haq, Addameer and the Health Work Committees
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Attorney General Ken Paxton to appeal Harris County move to block pre-Roe Texas abortion ban
Just two days after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark abortion case, Roe v. Wade, Harris County Democrats took several actions to thwart Texas laws already on the books banning abortion
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Germany sentences former Nazi guard, 101, to 5 years in prison
During his time as an SS guard, he indirectly assisted in the murder of 3,518 people
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U.N. Secretary-General warns of ‘real risk’ of ‘multiple famines’ this year and next
“We cannot accept mass hunger and starvation in the 21st century.”
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Dershowitz: 'This is no longer the Roberts Court. It's now the Trump Court'
Trump appointed three associate justices to the court while in office.
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Ukraine begins first trial of Russian soldier charged with rape of Ukrainian wife and mother
This rape is one of Russia’s many alleged war crimes during the Ukraine war. Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova told Reuters that many of the suspects are in Russia but that some have been taken captive by Ukraine as prisoners of war
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Myanmar's elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to solitary confinement after 2021 military coup
The 77-year-old politician was deposed from her democratically elected government during a 2021 coup d'état by Myanmar’s armed forces, the Tatmadaw
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Heroic Ukrainian journalist shot in cold blood by Russian soldiers while trying to recover photo drone
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) found that Ukrainian journalist Maks Levin, that went missing in March was “executed in cold blood” by his Russian captors, according to a report published Wednesday
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California bill repealing loitering law targeting sex workers heads to Newsom
California may soon take an anti-prostitution law off the books. State Senator Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, sent the Safer Streets for All Act, Senate Bill 357, to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk in hopes that he'll sign it into law.
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Bolsonaro calls for U.N. security council reform for 'proper representation'
The populist leader specifically mentioned the U.N. Security Council, which has five permanent members with absolute veto power – China, France, Russia, Britain and the U.S. – created in 1945 following the Allied victory in World War II