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Ukrainian village battles mines year after Russia forced out
Every metre that farmer Igor Kniazev ploughs in an east Ukrainian village holds the danger of mines, booby-traps and unexploded shells -- the remains of a nearly three-month Russian occupation that ended over a year ago.Plot after plot, while ploughing the land, Kniazev systematically checked every metre.
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Haiti transitional council sworn in after months of violence
A long-awaited transitional ruling council was sworn in Thursday in violence-wracked Haiti, while the Caribbean nation's embattled prime minister Ariel Henry submitted his formal resignation."Haiti will be reborn," he wrote in his resignation letter, which was released Thursday but dated Wednesday from Los Angeles.
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Trump Lawyer Argues He Could Legally Order Assassination Of Political Rival
"I'm trying to understand what the disincentive is from turning the Oval Office into the seat of criminal activity in this country," Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said.
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Macron warns 'mortal' Europe needs stronger defence
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday warned that Europe faced an existential threat from Russian aggression, calling on the continent to adopt a "credible" defence strategy less dependent on the United States."We need to build this strategic concept of a credible European defence for ourselves," Macron said, adding Europe could not be "a vassal" of the United States.
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Trump Tells SCOTUS That Even A Military Coup Order Would Be Immune From Prosecution
Whether Trump faces a criminal trial for his actions leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, is now in the hands of nine justices, three of whom he appointed.
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French students protest again after police break up pro-Palestinian demo
Students in Paris protested again Thursday after police broke up a pro-Palestinian solidarity demonstration the night before at one of France's most prestigious universities.Students at Sciences Po have accused management of calling in police to break up a pro-Palestinian protest by dozens of students gathered on a central Paris campus on Wednesday night.
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Pro-Palestinian US campus protests grow as police crack down
College campuses across the United States braced for fresh protests by pro-Palestinian students Thursday, extending a week of increasingly confrontational standoffs with police, mass arrests and accusations of anti-Semitism.At Emerson College in Boston, local media reported that classes were cancelled Thursday after police clashed with protesters around 2 am, tearing down a pro-Palestinian encampment and arresting 108 people.
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