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Funeral Homes Refuse to Bring Navalny’s Body to Memorial Service – Allies

Funeral homes in Moscow are refusing to transport the body of opposition activist Alexei Navalny to the church where his public memorial ceremony will take place on Friday, his allies said. “All the hearse services are getting calls from unknown people who threaten them so that they don’t take Alexei’s body anywhere,” Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira […]

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Iran launches ‘domestically developed’ imaging satellite from Russia

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The launch of Pars 1 is fourth this year, with West accusing Iran of plans to use tech for military purposes. Russia has launched an Iranian-made research satellite into orbit amid rising tensions with the West. The Pars 1 remote sensing and imaging satellite was launched on Thursday by a Russian Soyuz rocket from the

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Ghana’s parliament passes an anti-LGBTQ bill : NPR

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Speaker of Ghana Parliament Alban Sumana Bagbin speaks at the Parliament House in Accra, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Ghana’s parliament passed a highly controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill on Wednesday that could send some people to prison for more than a decade. Misper Apawu/AP hide caption toggle caption Misper Apawu/AP Speaker of Ghana Parliament Alban Sumana Bagbin

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Is the West’s military support enough for Kyiv? | Russia-Ukraine war

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Russia is making gains in the war with Ukraine, and the West is considering its response. The war in Ukraine has raged for more than two years. Western allies are in talks over boosting their support to Kyiv in the hope of turning the tide against Russia. But direct intervention has been off the table

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Red Bull F1 boss Christian Horner cleared of misconduct allegations

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Red Bull Racing issues a statement after an independent probe clears Horner of alleged misconduct towards a female employee. Christian Horner will remain the boss of Formula One (F1) champions Red Bull Racing after the team’s energy drink parent company said he had been cleared of alleged misconduct towards a female employee. Red Bull issued

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Moscow Vows Response to Sweden’s NATO Accession

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Russia will take measures against Sweden following its accession to NATO, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Sweden on Monday cleared the final hurdle to become the 32nd member of the U.S.-led military alliance after Hungary, the last holdout in accession talks, ratified the Nordic country’s membership. Stockholm dropped years of military non-alignment when it applied for

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Palestinians rush into the sea as aircraft drop aid into Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

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Thousands of Palestinians from the southern Gaza Strip gathered at the shore after aircraft dropped food aid. Despite some of the aid dropped on Tuesday landing in the sea, people waded into the water to try to retrieve it while others boarded small boats. Residents of the Gaza Strip, totalling about 2.3 million, face dire

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Biden wins Michigan primary, but faces opposition over Israel’s war on Gaza

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DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, US president easily wins Michigan, but early results show strong support for a protest vote over his Gaza policy. United States President Joe Biden has won the Democratic presidential primary in the state of Michigan, according to media projections, but early counts showed he faced significant opposition over his support for Israel’s

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Two Mexican mayoral candidates killed hours apart in same town

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Fernando Llano/AP A municipal police officer stands guard in Maravatio, Michoacan state, Mexico, on February 27. CNN — Two candidates for mayor of the central Mexican town of Maravatio were killed just hours apart, according to the Prosecutor’s Office of Michoacan state. Armando Pérez, of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), and Miguel Ángel Reyes, from

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Donation of bn cancels tuition fees at medical school in the Bronx, NYC

Donation of $1bn cancels tuition fees at medical school in the Bronx, NYC

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Donation from Ruth Gottesman will provide students at medical school in New York’s worst-performing borough for health with free tuition. A $1bn donation by a former professor will allow a medical school in New York’s worst-performing borough for health to fund tuition fees for all of its students. Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New

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