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#Lumumba #Belgium #Colonialism
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Belgian court orders trial of ex-diplomat for Congo independence icon Patrice Lumumba's killing
In a rare judgment on Belgian involvement in a former colony, a Belgian court ordered on Tuesday that a 93-year-old former diplomat stand trial for the 1961 assassination of Congo's former prime minister and independence icon, Patrice Lumumba, according to local media reports.
#WorldBaseballClassic #USA #Venezuela
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Expect a festive WBC final crowd as the US plays Venezuela at an uncomfortable political moment
MIAMI (AP) -- After nearly getting eliminated in the group stage last week, the United States plays Venezuela for the World Baseball Classic championship on Tuesday night in a game with political overtones.
#Epstein #Justice #BankofAmerica
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Bank of America settles claims over lawsuits by Jeffrey Epstein victims
NEW YORK (AP) -- Bank of America has tentatively settled a lawsuit claiming it ignored suspicious financial transactions involving Jeffrey Epstein while he was sexually abusing hundreds of girls and women.
#Ecuador #Colombia #NarcoTerrorism
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Ecuador's president rejects allegations that his government is bombing targets inside Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Ecuador's president on Tuesday rejected allegations that his country is bombing targets in neighboring Colombia as tensions escalate between the two South American nations.
#Cricket #IndiaPakistanRelations #SportsPolitics
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Gavaskar: English T20 franchise hiring a Pakistan player will 'contribute to Indian deaths'
India great Sunil Gavaskar claims Sunrisers Leeds' signing of Pakistan player Abrar Ahmed for England's The Hundred tournament will "indirectly contribute to the deaths of Indian soldiers and civilians.
#Trump #CapitolRiots #Clemency
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Man charged with planting pipe bombs before the Jan. 6 riot argues Trump's mass pardons apply to him
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's sweeping act of clemency for rioters who stormed the U. S. Capitol also should apply to a man charged with planting pipe bombs near the national headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties on the eve of the Jan.
#IranWar #SatelliteImagery #MiddleEastConflict
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Satellite images begin to show damage wrought by Iran war
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Satellite images are beginning to be released giving a glimpse into the toll of the Iran war, with ships ablaze in an Iranian port and destroyed buildings at an American base.
#FIFAWorldCup #YouTube #SportsBroadcasting
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YouTube makes World Cup deal with FIFA that lets broadcasters show parts of games live
ZURICH (AP) -- YouTube made a World Cup deal with FIFA on Tuesday that lets rights-holding broadcasters stream game action live on the video platform that offers global access to young viewers.
#Ukraine #EULeadership #EnergyCrisis
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EU offers to pay Ukraine to fix an oil pipeline that's been a focal point of Ukraine-Hungary feud
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Top European Union officials said Tuesday they have offered to pay Ukraine to repair a damaged pipeline meant to carry crude oil to Hungary, in a bid to persuade the government in Budapest to lift its veto on a massive aid package to the war-wracked country.
#Vatican #FinancialCrimes #LegalSystem
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Vatican appeals court declares mistrial in 'trial of the century' against cardinal
ROME (AP) -- The Vatican appeals tribunal declared a mistrial Tuesday in the Holy See's big "trial of the century," a stunning blow to both Pope Francis' legacy and Vatican prosecutors who had put a cardinal and several other people on trial over alleged financial crimes.
#NBADraft #MarchMadness #CollegeBasketball
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It isn't only freshmen making this March Madness special. Here are top prospects in other classes
This is the type of NCAA Tournament that should delight college basketball and NBA fans alike because it features plenty of guys who figure to be part of an extraordinarily deep draft this summer.
#Afghanistan #Pakistan #MilitaryConflict
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Rescue crews dig bodies out of the ruins of a Kabul hospital hit in an airstrike blamed on Pakistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Rescue crews were still digging bodies out of the rubble of a drug rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital Tuesday morning, after officials there said an overnight Pakistani airstrike killed at least 400 people at the facility.
#MiddleEastConflict #Iran #GlobalSecurity
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Israel launches new strikes on Tehran and Lebanon as Iran hits back and fires on Gulf neighbors
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Residents of Dubai and Doha, Qatar, awoke to the sound of explosions Tuesday as air defenses worked to intercept new waves of incoming Iranian fire, and Israel launched new strikes on Iran and Lebanon, as the war in the Middle East showed no signs of abating.
#Maiduguri #Nigeria #BokoHaram
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Police in Nigeria say suspected suicide bombings killed at least 23 people
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) -- At least 23 people were killed and more than 100 injured following suspected suicide bombings Monday night that targeted Maiduguri city in northeastern Nigeria, police said Tuesday, one of the deadliest attacks in the conflict-battered city in recent history.
#MiddleEastConflict #Iran #StraitOfHormuz
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Israel launches new strikes on Tehran and Lebanon as Iran hits back and fires on Gulf neighbors
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Residents of Dubai and Doha, Qatar, awoke to the sound of explosions Tuesday as air defenses worked to intercept new waves of incoming Iranian fire, and Israel launched new strikes on Iran and Lebanon, as the war in the Middle East showed no signs of abating.
#ImmigrationRights #Activism #HumanRights
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Last protester in immigration detention after Trump's campus crackdown has been released
ALVARADO, Texas (AP) -- A Palestinian woman who was the last person still in immigration detention after the Trump administration's 2025 crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists was released Monday after a year in custody, according to her lawyers.
#Innocence #Justice #Exoneration
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New York man freed after 19 years in prison for robbery he didn't commit
NEW YORK (AP) -- A man who spent nearly two decades in prison for a roughly $550 robbery was exonerated and freed Monday, after prosecutors said they now agree he didn't commit the crime.
#Nvidia #ArtificialIntelligence #TechnologyIndustry
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Nvidia CEO heralds 'inference inflection' as next phase of AI boom, backed by $1 trillion in orders
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Monday elaborated on his vision for keeping his company at the forefront of the artificial intelligence boom that he predicted will produce a $1 trillion backlog in orders within the next year.
#NativeRights #EnvironmentalJustice #MiningImpact
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Apache women seek court intervention as federal land is turned over for copper mining
The transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a pair of international companies that plan to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America is complete, but a group of Apache women is asking the U.
#HumanRights #Deportation #ElSalvador
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El Salvador has arbitrarily detained nationals deported from the US, Human Rights Watch says
MIAMI (AP) -- Salvadoran nationals who were deported from the United States have been arbitrarily detained in El Salvador and have disappeared into the Central American nation's prison system, according to a Human Rights Watch report released on Monday.
#ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #SpringStorms
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Spring, climate change, jet stream serves up buffet of wild weather hitting US
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly every type of wild weather hit some part of the United States on Monday as the normal changing seasons clash of cold and warm air collided with a jet stream gone crazy and a possible dash of climate change, meteorologists and scientist said.
#CatholicChurch #AbusePrevention #OpusDei
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Pope highlights plight of vulnerable adults in abuse and meets with top Opus Dei critic
ROME (AP) -- Pope Leo XIV indicated growing concern Monday with the next frontier in combatting abuses in the Catholic Church, highlighting the plight of "vulnerable" adults and meeting with an investigative journalist who uncovered alleged abuses in the powerful Opus Dei movement.
#Haiti #Journalism #GangViolence
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Families of 2 journalists kidnapped in gang-controlled area of Haiti plead for details
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The families of two Haitian journalists who were reported kidnapped last week pleaded Monday for information about them, with many fearing that gangs had killed them.
#FlightDelays #TravelDisruptions #SevereWeather
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Storms cancel more US flights as TSA remains under pressure from partial government shutdown
Thousands of flights across the U. S. were canceled or delayed Monday as powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and a partial government shutdown affecting airport security screeners dragged into a second month.
#Immigration #Refugees #HumanRights
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Afghan man who worked with U.S. military dies after taken into ICE custody
HOUSTON (AP) -- An Afghan immigrant whose family said had worked with U. S. forces in his home country died at a Texas hospital after having been detained by immigration authorities, according to officials.
#Terrorism #Antisemitism #CommunitySafety
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4 teens are suspected of terror offenses in the Rotterdam synagogue explosion, Dutch prosecutors say
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Four teens arrested on suspicion of setting off an explosive outside a Dutch synagogue are suspected of terror offenses, prosecutors said Monday, after they appeared before an investigating magistrate.
#PopeLeoXIV #AfricaTour #InterfaithDialogue
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Pope's upcoming Africa odyssey takes him to a mosque, a prison and the site of a deadly 2021 blast
ROME (AP) -- The Vatican released on Monday details of Pope Leo XIV's upcoming four-nation Africa tour, suggesting Christian-Muslim relations, comforting victims of violence and encouraging the Catholic community in former European colonies will be key themes.
#EColi #FoodSafety #RawMilkCheese
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E. coli linked to cheddar cheese made with raw milk sickens 7 in the US
At least seven people in three states, including young children, have been sickened by E. coli food poisoning linked to cheddar cheese made from raw milk, federal health officials said Monday.
#Antitrust #LiveNation #Ticketmaster
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Antitrust trial against Live Nation and Ticketmaster continues with states leading the charge
NEW YORK (AP) -- The antitrust trial of Live Nation and Ticketmaster resumed Monday in a New York federal court with three dozen states remaining in the case a week after the Justice Department settled its claims and withdrew.
#TaxScams #IdentityTheft #ConsumerAwareness
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Tax scams are on the rise. Here's what to know
NEW YORK (AP) -- Robocalls, texts, and phishing emails from scammers are up this tax season compared to previous years, with artificial intelligence likely increasing fraud attempts, according to the consumer protection bureau of the Federal Trade Commission.
#Immigration #Deportation #Policy
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Trump's mass deportation agenda is at a crossroads with the Homeland Security shake-up
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Department of Homeland Security will soon be under new management, an opportunity to reset President Donald Trump's immigration agenda or to double down on his signature campaign promise to conduct the largest deportation operation in American history.
#StraitOfHormuz #EUForeignPolicy #EnergyCrisis
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EU weighs action to keep Strait of Hormuz open
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union said on Monday it will consider how to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open as energy and commodity prices rise in the third week of war between Iran, Israel and the United States.
#China #OilPrices #IranConflict
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Trump suggests he may delay China trip as he pressures Beijing for help with Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is suggesting he may delay his much-anticipated visit to China at the end of the month as he seeks to ramp up the pressure on Beijing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and calm oil prices that have soared during the Iran war.
#WorldBaseballClassic #Baseball #SportsNews
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U.S. beats Dominican Republic 2-1 to reach third straight WBC title game
MIAMI (AP) -- Gunnar Henderson and Roman Anthony homered and the United States limited the Dominican Republic's electric offense to win a thrilling semifinal 2-1 on Sunday and move one win from capturing its second World Baseball Classic championship.
