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United Nations experts are raising the alarm over what they say are credible allegations of “egregious” human rights violations by Israeli forces against Palestinian women and girls in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The human rights experts on Monday said that they received reports describing Palestinian women and girls being arbitrarily executed in the […]

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man who was charged with his wife’s murder last year after her disappearance garnered national headlines was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years in prison for engaging in an earlier scheme to sell counterfeit Andy Warhol paintings. U.S. District Judge William Young in Boston at […]

Nikki Haley, the last Republican challenger to Donald Trump, vowed to stay in the race for the GOP nomination Tuesday, saying she feels “no need to kiss the ring.” The former ambassador to the United Nations and governor of South Carolina said during a campaign stop in Greenville that she’s “far from” dropping out of […]

US again vetoes UN action in Israel-Hamas war The United States on Feb 20 again vetoed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire as it instead pushes the 15-member body to call for a temporary ceasefire linked to the release of hostages held by Hamas. […]

Republican former President Donald Trump and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley are competing to be their party’s presidential nominee for the 2024 general election, while President Joe Biden is effectively the Democratic Party’s nominee. Several third-party hopefuls are also running. Here is a list of the candidates. DONALD TRUMP Trump has leveraged his civil cases […]

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department is asking for the public’s help as they investigate a shooting that took place Monday. Officials were called around 4:35 p.m. to the 200 Block of south 11th Street to reports of a man hit by gunfire. The victim is in critical condition, according to a KCKPD news release. […]

Calls for Biden to drop out have increased following a recent US special counsel report. That doesn’t appear likely to happen anytime soon, especially after pushback from the DNC chair. He said the idea of usurping the nomination from Biden and then winning is “certifiably insane.” The chairman of the Democratic National Committee said the idea […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Elon Musk says the first human patient with a brain implant from his Neuralink startup is able to move a computer mouse with thought. In January, Mr Musk’s neurotechnology company installed a brain implant in its first human patient and on Feb 19, Mr Musk reported the experiment had been a success. […]

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia was against the deployment of nuclear weapons in space and his defence minister flatly denied US claims that Russia was developing a nuclear capability for space. An unidentified source briefed on the matter said last week in the United States that Washington had new intelligence related to […]

Two men have been charged with murder over the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade which left one person dead and 22 wounded, officials said Tuesday. Issued on: 20/02/2024 – 22:21Modified: 20/02/2024 – 22:19 1 min Advertising Read more Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays, both local residents, were charged with second-degree murder, […]