Africa in April returns for its 35th year, will honor Republic of Malawi: What to expect

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Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq hold near record highs as Wall Street gets bullish
Wall Street wondered if the bull rally that has roared through 2024 has more room to run.
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Floridians head north for abortions now that six-week ban in effect
Organizations that provide funding for those seeking abortions in Florida have seen drastic increases in the number of callers and costs since May 1.
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Another shakeup in Israel: Netanyahu disbands War Cabinet in clash over postwar Gaza
The decision came days after key liberal opposition leader Benny Gantz, a former defense minister, resigned from the War Cabinet.
AFP
Displaced Lebanese return to southern border to mourn, pray over Eid
Some displaced residents of southern Lebanon returned Monday to their towns for a key Muslim holiday to pray and mourn loved ones killed in months of cross-border violence between Israel and Hezbollah.Residents reportedly returned to a number of south Lebanon border villages on Monday morning as part of similar initiatives.
AFP
Over $1 bn to be pledged for Africa vaccine sovereignty: France
More than one billion dollars will be pledged towards ramping up vaccine production in Africa at a summit held in Paris later this week, France said on Monday.The amount committed by donors -- which include the European Commission, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea and the United States -- "will exceed a billion dollars", the presidential Elysee Palace said.
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Dog bitten by venomous snake at Connecticut state park rescued from mountain
A dog suffered a venomous bite from a copperhead snake while on a hiking trail near New Haven, Connecticut. The animal is receiving medical treatment.
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Scientists may have found an answer to the mystery of dark matter. It involves an unexpected byproduct
Scientists studying the earliest black holes may have found an answer to dark matter, putting Stephen Hawking’s theory on the subject back into the spotlight.
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Why Black Americans are less likely to end up with debt relief
Black Americans are less than half as likely as white Americans to have their debts reorganized or relieved. This outcome difference has severe effects on Black wealth over time — specifically for the 19% of Black families in 2019 that had negative wealth.
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Biden campaign slams Trump as ‘convicted criminal’ in first ad seizing on former president’s legal woes
The Biden campaign is rolling out a new ad in battleground states framing the election as a choice between a “convicted criminal” and a president “fighting for your family” in its latest effort to seize on Donald Trump’s conviction in his criminal hush money trial in its appeal to voters.
Time
Netanyahu Disbands Israel’s War Cabinet
The move comes after two key members quit last week amid disagreement over the war in Gaza.
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Germany's biggest industrial union seeks a 7% raise for millions of workers
Germany's biggest industrial union said Monday it will seek a 7% pay increase for millions of workers in negotiations starting later this year, arguing that companies including automakers and machinery manufacturers are in a position to afford it. The IG Metall union's leadership said it was recommending a hefty raise demand for 3.9 million workers in view of “a persistently high price level.” It said that companies have well-filled order books and that, even though prices are no longer accelerating as quickly as they were, one-time payments agreed in the last settlement have been eaten up by inflation.
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Italian Coast Guard searches missing migrants after shipwreck: 12 rescued, 1 dead
Italian Coast Guard was searching for possible missing people off Italy’s southern coast Monday, following the shipwreck of a sailboat with migrants on board, believed to be departing from Turkey. It was not immediately clear how many migrants were missing. The search and rescue operation started following a Mayday call by a French boat, sailing about 120 miles (193.12 kilometers) from the Italian coast, at the limit of the SAR areas under the jurisdiction of Greece and Italy, the coast guard said in a statement.
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Ukraine’s struggling frontline soldiers emboldened by renewed U.S. support
For the Ukrainian soldiers battling Russia’s offensive in Donetsk and Kharkiv, signs of renewed Western support are more than just diplomatic results to combat Putin's peace plan.
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Benjamin Netanyahu disbands Israeli war cabinet
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has disbanded the country’s war cabinet, an Israeli official has told CNN
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The IRS wants to end another major tax loophole for the wealthy and raise $50 billion in the process
The IRS plans to end a major tax loophole for wealthy taxpayers that could raise more than $50 billion in revenue over the next decade, the U.S. Treasury Department says. The guidance and ruling being announced Monday includes plans to essentially stop “partnership basis shifting" — a process by which a business or person can move assets among a series of related parties to avoid paying taxes. Biden administration officials said after evaluating the practice that there are no economic grounds for these transactions, with Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo calling it “really just a shell game.”
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Latest IRS effort to target wealthy tax cheats could raise $50 billion over a decade
The Internal Revenue Service announced Monday its latest move to crack down on wealthy tax cheats – an ongoing effort boosted by funding received through the Democrat-backed Inflation Reduction Act.
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Social media apps need teen health warnings, surgeon general says
Surgeon general Vivek Murthy said that teens' mental health is facing an "emergency," and that social media is part of the problem.
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Israeli leader dissolves war cabinet after political rival walks out
Cracks in Israel's political unity are widening over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war against Hamas in Gaza.
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CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Scorching Northern Hemisphere heat leads to deaths and wildfires
The United States is bracing for chaotic weather this week, with the South set to experience another heat wave following a short respite from searing temperatures earlier this month. The National Weather Service expects some areas to reach temperatures so high they'll hit new daily records.
Reuters
South Africa's unity government now has five parties, ANC says
The African National Congress said on Monday South Africa's new government has five parties in it so far, representing more than two thirds of the seats in the National Assembly, and talks with other parties were ongoing. Following last month's election, the ANC was forced to forge alliances with other political parties after failing to win a parliamentary majority for the first since the 1994 election that marked the end of apartheid. ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected as South Africa's president by parliament on Friday, as his party drew support from its largest rival, the white-led, pro-business Democratic Alliance, as well as two smaller parties - the socially conservative Inkatha Freedom Party and the right-wing Patriotic Alliance.

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