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Ocasio-Cortez says US military aid to Israel ‘enabled a genocide in Gaza’

New York congresswoman criticizes ‘unconditional’ US aid and calls for enforcement of Leahy laws Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said during a Munich security conference panel on Friday on the future of foreign policy that the Democratic party’s next presidential nominee should reconsider the country’s military aid to Israel. Hagar Shezaf of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz asked the US congresswoman if she thought “the Democratic presidential candidate in the 2028 elections should re-evaluate military...

Trump threatens to impose photo ID for voters for midterm elections

President insists he will also restrict mail-in voting, even if Congress fails to pass the Save America Act Donald Trump threatened on Friday to impose a requirement that US voters present photo identification before being allowed to cast ballots in the upcoming midterm elections. Trump insisted he will push for the change even if Congress fails to pass the Save America Act, which cleared the House earlier this week but faces an uphill battle in the Senate. The bill would impose a national ph...

The two Chinese-American Olympians competing for rival superpowers

Eileen Guo and Alysa Liu have been thrust into a debate that goes far beyond sports.

First U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria for Trump-Led Christian Mission

The deployment follows months of escalating pressure from President Trump on the African nation, including a surprise missile strike on Christmas Day.

Ilia Malinin’s catastrophic free skate: ‘I blew it.’

Malinin, the heavy favorite to win gold, fell twice during his final routine and finished 8th.

ICE agents may have lied about shooting of migrant in Minneapolis, officials say

ICE chief Todd Lyons says the two officers were immediately placed on administrative leave.

France probes baby formula producers over contamination recalls

Paris prosecutors will investigate whether five firms are culpable for distributing batches that may have contained a toxin.

'We are not protected' says Hebron mayor as Israel expands West Bank control

Palestinians say an Israeli power grab shuts them out of decisions on planning and development in West Bank.

Healthcare group urges RFK Jr to resign after remarks on cocaine and toilet seats

President of Protect Our Care issues one-word statement to US health and human services secretary: ‘Resign’ A prominent healthcare advocacy group is calling for the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr , to step down from his post after he downplayed Covid-19 risks by saying: “I’m not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.” Kennedy, who was appointed secretary of the federal health and human services (HHS) department despite his avowed anti-vaccine activism , made ...

U.N. Condemns U.S. Measures Halting Oil Deliveries to Cuba

The measures were installed last month by the Trump administration after the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro and seized control of Venezuela’s oil industry.

Four men in unredacted files named by Ro Khanna have no ties to Epstein

The men appeared in a photo lineup assembled by the southern district of New York and had no apparent connection to the late sex offender Ro Khanna, a California Democratic representative, read a list of six names on the House floor earlier this week and said they were “wealthy, powerful men that the DoJ hid” in the recently released files related to Jeffrey Epstein. After questions from the Guardian, the Department of Justice said that four of the men Khanna named have no apparent connection...

Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Said to Raise Billions in First Pledges for Gaza

The United Arab Emirates and the United States have each committed more than $1 billion to President Trump’s new international initiative, officials said.

The Mutually Beneficial Ties Between Jeffrey Epstein and Thorbjorn Jagland

Thorbjorn Jagland, a former prime minister of Norway who led the Nobel Committee, promised influence, and the disgraced financier had gifts to give, new emails show.

At Munich Summit, European Leaders Agree With Trump: The Old World Order Is Over

At the Munich Security Conference, U.S. officials softened their tone but not their message: Europe should pay its own way. European leaders increasingly agree.

Germany’s leader says his country is in discussions with France on a European nuclear deterrent.

Macron urges Europe to step up on the global stage and stresses unity on major issues, particularly Ukraine.

Ex-CNN host Don Lemon pleads not guilty in Minnesota church protest case

The former CNN host and eight others have been charged for interrupting a church service to protest immigration raids in the state.

ICE to spend $38bn turning warehouses into detention centers, documents show

US homeland security eyeing 24 buildings, some as ‘primary locations’ for deportations, in escalation of Trump agenda US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) expects to spend an estimated $38.3bn on a plan to acquire warehouses across the country and retrofit them into new immigration detention centers with capacity for tens of thousands of detainees, according to documents the agency sent to the governor of New Hampshire . The documents, published on the state’s website on Thursday, ...

Two Britons among three dead after avalanche in French Alps

A skier from France is also killed with manslaughter investigation to be carried out by mountain rescue police Two Britons are among three skiers to have been killed in an avalanche in the French Alps. The pair were part of a group of five people, accompanied by an instructor, off-piste skiing in Val d’Isère, in south-east France. A French national, who was skiing alone, was also killed. Continue reading...

US lawmakers ask Mandelson to testify to Congress over Epstein relationship

Letter from committee on oversight says it is clear the former ambassador ‘holds critical information’ Peter Mandelson has been asked to testify to the US Congress over his relationship with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Robert Garcia, ranking member of the committee on oversight and government reform, and congressman Suhas Subramanyam have written to Mandelson requesting he be questioned as part of the investigation into Epstein. Continue reading...