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Threatening Abramovich ally would be ‘suicide’, football agent tells London court
A football agent on Wednesday denied threatening a senior director at the English Premier League club Chelsea in an email, telling a London court that trying to intimidate an ally of former owner Roman Abramovich would be a "suicide…
Biden signs bill to provide new aid for Ukraine
US President Joe Biden yesterday signed legislation authorising desperately needed military aid for Ukraine, saying Washington would begin sending new assistance to Kyiv within hours.
The passage of the $95 billion package -- which…
PM Modi scared of Congress’ revolutionary manifesto: Rahul
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi yesterday claimed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had panicked after seeing the Congress' "revolutionary" manifesto. "So did you like the Congress manifesto? You must have seen that the Prime Minister…
‘I’d rather die than go to Rwanda’
Asylum seekers housed on an accommodation barge on the coast of southern England say they are afraid of being sent to Rwanda, after a controversial proposal for deportation was approved.
"I'd rather die than go to Rwanda," said one…
Trump faces contempt hearing for comments on witnesses
Donald Trump faces a contempt of court hearing on Tuesday as part of his historic criminal trial, with New York prosecutors insisting the former president repeatedly violated the gag order issued to prevent him from intimidating witnesses.…
Bill to ban TikTok in US clears Congress
The US Senate on Tuesday approved legislation requiring the wildly popular social media app TikTok to be divested from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market.
The measure was part of a $95 billion…
Tennessee passes bill to let teachers carry guns at school
Lawmakers in the US state of Tennessee passed a law yesterday that would allow teachers to carry concealed guns in schools.
The bill passed 68-28 vote in Tennessee's Republican-dominated legislature, as protesters shouted from the…
Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war deaths at 34,151
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Monday that at least 34,151 people have been killed in the territory during more than six months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants.
The tally includes at least 54 deaths in the…
Trump schemed to corrupt 2016 polls
New York prosecutors yesterday began telling a jury why Donald Trump's alleged cover-up of a hush money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign broke the law, as the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president got…
Meta opens Quest operating system to third-party device makers
Meta Platforms is sharing its Quest headset's operating system with rival device makers, including Microsoft, for the first time, it said on Monday, as it works to extend its influence over the emerging virtual and mixed reality industry.…