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USC says it’s canceling pro-Palestinian valedictorian’s speech over security concerns
The University of Southern California has sparked condemnation from a leading Muslim group after it canceled a planned commencement speech by its valedictorian, citing security concerns due to tensions over “the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.”
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Reuters
Divisions among Colombia's EMC rebels fracture peace talks, rebel leader and government say
A majority of the units that make up Colombia's Estado Mayor Central (EMC) armed group have abandoned peace negotiations with the government because of internal divisions, according to a rebel leader and the head government peace negotiator, as observers warn the fissures could worsen violence and put civilians at risk. The talks with the EMC, which was founded by former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) who reject that group's 2016 peace deal with the government, have been in crisis for weeks. Last month, the government partially suspended a ceasefire because of violence and top rebel leader warned a deal is unlikely during this presidential administration.
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Associated Press
Armenia insists top UN court has jurisdiction to hear case accusing Azerbaijan of racial hatred
Armenia insisted Tuesday that the top United Nations court has jurisdiction to hear its case accusing Azerbaijan of breaching an international convention that aims to stamp out racial discrimination. At a preliminary hearing Monday, Azerbaijan had urged the International Court of Justice to toss out for lack of jurisdiction the case Armenia filed in 2021 that accuses Azerbaijan of a “state-sponsored policy of Armenian hatred” that has led to “systemic discrimination, mass killings, torture and other abuse.”
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AFP
UN agency finds unexploded 1,000-pound bombs in Gaza schools
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday it had found unexploded 1,000-pound bombs inside schools after Israel pulled troops out of southern Gaza's main city Khan Yunis.It found "significant challenges in operating safely due to the presence of unexploded ordnance (UXOs), including 1,000-pound bombs inside schools and on roads".
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Yahoo Finance
Bank of America profits drop as key lending revenue weakens
The results from the nation's second-largest lender offer the latest example of how even the biggest banks are increasingly challenged by high interest rates.
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The Latest | Israel must stop settler attacks on Palestinians, UN human rights office says
Israeli security forces “must immediately end their active participation in and support for settler attacks on Palestinians,” the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said Tuesday. The statement follows a wave of settler attacks on Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank triggered by the killing of a 14-year-old Israeli boy in what authorities say was a militant attack. The Palestinian Health Ministry says seven Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers since the attacks began Friday, and another 75 have been wounded.
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Singapore's outgoing prime minister will stay on as senior minister, his successor says
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will stay on in the government as senior minister after he steps down next month, his successor said Tuesday. Lee, 72, announced Monday that he will end his 20-year rule and hand over to his deputy Lawrence Wong on May 15. Lee is the eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime minister who built the resource-poor city-state into one of the world’s richest nations during 31 years in office.
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Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics
President Joe Biden's administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak that suddenly halted normal life around the globe in 2020. U.S. government officials will work with the countries to develop better testing, surveillance, communication and preparedness for such outbreaks in those countries, according to a senior Biden administration official who briefed reporters Monday about the program on the condition of anonymity. The official did not share a list of countries that will participate in the program.
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AFP
Russian ballet show in South Korea cancelled amid Ukraine tensions
A ballet performance in South Korea featuring dancers from Russia's Bolshoi Ballet was cancelled abruptly, the organisers confirmed to AFP Tuesday, amid growing tensions between Seoul and Moscow over Ukraine and North Korea.But the South Korean organiser Choi Jun-seok, who studied at Russia's Bolshoi Ballet Academy, told AFP that while Kyiv's embassy had requested he cancel the show, the final decision was made by the venue, Seoul's Sejong Center for the Performing Arts.
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Bogus ‘tax service specialists’ duped business owners in latest Covid relief debacle, IRS says
IRS officials say the Employee Retention Tax Credit program has been a magnet for unscrupulous promoters who filed a "tsunami of bad claims."
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AFP
Global equities extend selloff on Iran-Israel conflict fears
Asian and European stock markets sank Tuesday after Israel's army chief vowed a response to Iran's attack on his country, with sentiment also dented by diminishing US interest-rate cut hopes and mixed earnings.While air defence systems destroyed the vast majority of the barrage and Iran said "the matter can be deemed concluded", Israel's army chief General Herzi Halevi warned that there will be a response, fuelling worries of a dangerous escalation.
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AFP
Israel obstructing access to Hamas attack victims: UN probe
Israel is preventing UN investigators from speaking to witnesses and victims of the October 7 Hamas attack, former UN rights chief Navi Pillay, who is chairing a three-person probe, said Tuesday.The bloodiest-ever Gaza war began with Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack against Israel which resulted in the deaths of 1,170 people, mostly civilians, according to Israeli figures.
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Time
'This Is Our Notre Dame!' Fire Engulfs Copenhagen's Iconic Old Stock Exchange
Emergency services rushed to contain the fire and secure valuables at the Danish capital's iconic old stock exchange.
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CNN
Spire collapses after fire rips through Copenhagen’s old stock exchange
Denmark’s historic old stock exchange building has been engulfed in flames, with television pictures on Tuesday showing the fire ripping through the historic building in the center of the capital.
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CNN
The US was getting too expensive. So this artist relocated to France for a slower-paced life
Swapping the US for France wasn’t part of Taylor Barnes’ plan. But as the cost of living in the US increased, the LA artist began thinking about a new life abroad.
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Reuters
US Treasury preparing new Iran sanctions after Israel attack, Axios reports
"Treasury will not hesitate to work with our allies to use our sanctions authority to continue disrupting the Iranian regime's malign and destabilizing activity," Yellen is prepared to say Tuesday, as per the Axios report. "The attack by Iran and its proxies underscores the importance of Treasury's work to use our economic tools to counter Iran's malign activity," she will further say, Axios reported.
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Greece plans 2 marine protected areas as part of an $830 million environmental protection program
Greece aims to create two large marine parks as part of a 780-million-euro ($830 million) program to protect biodiversity and marine ecosystems, with the plans to be formally announced at an international oceans conference starting in Athens Tuesday. “We are increasing the size of our marine protected areas by 80%, banning harmful fishing practices and using new technologies to monitor and enforce the commitments we make here,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said ahead of the conference.
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Small gift cards can be a key tool to stop stimulant addiction, but stigma stands in the way
Clyde Davis battled a methamphetamine and heroin addiction for over nine years. He tried various treatment programs, but none worked for him before he reached his insurance maximum and was forced to discharge.
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Reuters
Ukraine says it 'ran out of missiles' to stop Russian strike ruining power station
Zelenskiy's comments, which follow repeated warnings from his government to its allies about scarce air defences, reflect the dire situation Ukraine finds itself in as Russia scales up strikes on its energy system. Zelenskiy has earlier warned that Ukraine has already had to make tough choices about what to protect and said his country could run out of defensive missiles entirely if Russian attacks continued apace.
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Reuters
Statue to Tony Blair honours "Tonibler" cult in Kosovo
FERIZAJ, Kosovo (Reuters) -As sculptor Agon Qosa put some of the finishing touches to a statue of Tony Blair, he thought about what the former British prime minister had done for Kosovo a quarter of a century ago. Qosa and other ethnic Albanians in Kosovo idolise Blair for his leadership role during a NATO bombing campaign in 1999 that halted Serb forces' advances and ultimately helped the small Balkan nation win independence. Twenty-five years on, Qosa is completing a life-size clay statue of Blair that will be cast in bronze and placed on Blair boulevard in the eastern town of Ferizaj on June 12, which marks the end of the 1998-99 Kosovo war.
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