Tag: politics
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Chicago ‘mansion’ tax to fund homeless services stuck in legal limbo while on the ballot
An unusual legal challenge may upend the future of a Chicago ballot measure that would hike a real estate tax on high-end properties sales to pay for services for homeless people
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A ship earlier hit by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sinks in the Red Sea, the first vessel lost in conflict
A ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water
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Police in Haiti struggle against gangs storming prison in latest surge of violence
Police in Haiti are urgently appealing for help as they struggle to hold back gangs trying to storm the country’s main prison in a major escalation of violence sweeping the troubled Caribbean nation
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Pope Francis receives Germany’s Scholz for private Vatican audience
ROME — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met Pope Francis in the Vatican on Saturday for his first private audience with the head of the Catholic Church. The two leaders talked for around 30 minutes in the Apostolic Palace. Topics included the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as the response to migration,…
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Trump escalates his immigration rhetoric with baseless claim about Biden trying to overthrow the US
Former President Donald Trump has further escalated his immigration rhetoric, baselessly accusing President Joe Biden of waging a “conspiracy to overthrow the United States of America” at the border as he campaigned ahead of next week’s Super Tuesday contests
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US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation
US military C-130 cargo planes have airdropped food and aid in pallets over Gaza
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Netherlands donating boats as part of Ukraine security pact
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte signed a bilateral security agreement that includes the donation of patrol boats and other watercraft. The pact inked on Friday is similar to the deals Ukraine has secured recently with the U.K., Germany, France, Denmark, Italy and Canada. It will provide Ukraine with €2 billion…
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Trump wins caucuses in Missouri and Idaho and sweeps Michigan GOP convention
Donald Trump has won the Republican caucuses in Idaho and Missouri and he’s captured all 39 delegates that were up for grabs at the Michigan party convention
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US says Israel has agreed to the framework for a Gaza cease-fire. Hamas must now decide
A senior U.S. official says Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it
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Oregon may revive penalties for drug possession. What will the change do?
Oregon is poised to step back from its first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law