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Biden's Aggressive Foreign Policies as Destructive to the People of Palestine, Russia, and the Rest of the World 2024-06-02
WorldNews.com

LAST ATTEMPT: Decrepit eighty-one-year-old President Biden has finished with his destruction of Palestine and will now start on sending American-made Bombs and Missiles on to Russia. Perhaps before his time is up he will have succeeded in provoking Russia to retaliate and destroy what still remains...

photo: AP / Photo/Fatima Shbair

NATO ministers meet in Prague as allies ease restrictions on Ukraine's use of their weapons 2024-05-31
Springfield News-Sun

PRAGUE (AP) — NATO foreign ministers were meeting in the Czech capital Friday to prepare for this summer’s leaders’ summit as the alliance boosts support for Ukraine and countries one-by-one remove restrictions on how Kyiv can use western-supplied weaponry to combat Russia’s invasion. A day after...

photo: NATO

What does Trump’s conviction mean for US elections? 2024-05-31
Dawn

Torn apart and rewired by Donald Trump’s historic criminal conviction, the 2024 presidential campaign moves into uncharted territory on Friday with all eyes on how the two main protagonists navigate the dangers. Trump wasted no time in shifting from courtroom to campaign mode. “I am a political...

photo: AP / Seth Wenig, Pool

Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict 2024-05-31
Philenews

Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury, flooded pro-Trump websites with calls for riots, revolution and violent retribution. After Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime, his supporters responded with...

photo: AP / Charlie Neibergall

Trump Media shares plunge after Donald Trump convicted in hush-money trial 2024-05-31
Al Jazeera

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, Donald Trump’s social media company, have plunged following the former US president’s historic conviction in his hush-money trial. The company’s stock, which trades under the ticker “DJT”, fell as much as 15 percent in extended trading on Thursday after...

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Biden eases ban on Ukraine’s use of US weapons inside Russia 2024-05-31
Al Jazeera

United States President Joe Biden has eased a ban on Ukraine using US weapons inside Russian territory to help the country defend its northeastern Kharkiv region from attack. Several US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told multiple media outlets on Thursday that Kyiv would be allowed...

photo: White House

Man convicted in the 2022 firebombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic gets 6 years in prison 2024-05-31
CNN

The third of three defendants convicted in the 2022 firebombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Southern California – a 22-year-old Irvine man – was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison, the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said. Tibet Ergul and his co-defendant...

photo: AP / David Zalubowski

UN extends arms embargo on South Sudan despite appeals from African Union, Russia and China 2024-05-31
Times Union

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The divided U.N. Security Council voted Thursday to extend an arms embargo on South Sudan despite appeals from the world’s newest nation, the African Union and half a dozen countries including Russia and China to lift or at least ease the restrictive measure. The U.S.-sponsored...

photo: UN / Manuel Elías

How Joe Biden’s red line on Israel went from a ‘parlor game’ to a murky milestone 2024-05-30
CNN

After dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah this week, the White House made clear: The incident did not cross the red line President Joe Biden has drawn when it comes to providing certain American weapons to Israel. Where, exactly, that line rests...

photo: AP / Brynn Anderson, File

Trump reportedly considers White House advisory role for Elon Musk 2024-05-30
AOL

Donald Trump has floated a possible advisory role for the tech billionaire Elon Musk if he were to retake the White House next year, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The two men, who once had a tense relationship, have had several phone calls a month since March as Trump looks...

photo: AP / Benjamin Fanjoy, File