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R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking
NME 29 Jun 2022
R. Kelly has today (June 29) been sentenced to 30 years in prison, following his conviction last year on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering ... He was found guilty on nine accounts. Prosecutors initially sought a 25 year sentence for the singer while lawyers for Kelly said he should receive no more than 10 years ... She continued.
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China Claims To Own The Taiwan Strait. That’s Illegal.
Forbes 29 Jun 2022
The Taiwan Strait is an international waterway. China’s claim to the contrary can harm world trade, freedom of navigation, and the rule of law ... .
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January 6 testimony puts Donald Trump in even greater legal peril
The Guardian 29 Jun 2022
“I don’t fucking care that they have weapons. They’re not here to hurt me,” Trump exclaimed in an extraordinary outburst of fury, according to Hutchinson ... .
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Ukraine Is Winning The War And Russia Has Lost 25,000 Troops, Says Defence Secretary
Huffington Post 29 Jun 2022
A fireman sits among the rubble of the shopping mall targeted by a Russian missile strike in Kremenchuk, Ukraine. Ukraine is winning the war and Russia has lost 25,000 troops since the invasion began, the defence secretary has insisted ... Speaking to LBC, Wallace said. “I would still say the Ukrainians are winning ... He told Sky News ... Wallace added ... .
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Bataclan massacre: Would-be suicide bomber and 18 others guilty over Paris terror attacks
ITV 29 Jun 2022
A French court has found 19 men guilty of terrorism-related charges for the Islamic State terrorist attacks on the Bataclan theatre, Paris cafes and France’s national stadium in 2015. The deadliest peacetime attacks in French history killed 130 people ... He faces up to life in prison without parole, the toughest sentence in France ... What happened? ... AP ... AP.
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Nato steps up plans to counter Russia’s ‘significant and direct threat’
AOL 29 Jun 2022
Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said. “Today, Nato leaders decided a fundamental shift in our defence and deterrence to respond to a new security reality.” ... Speaking via video link from Kyiv he said Ukraine’s resistance was protecting the Nato members. He asked ... But Mr Stoltenberg said ... .
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Iran urges Taliban officials to take 'serious action' after border guard is killed
Press TV 29 Jun 2022
Iran has called on the caretaker Taliban government in Afghanistan to take "serious action" after the killing of an Iranian border guard near the common border ... The attackers fled the area immediately after the encounter, which occurred in the Milak area of the Hirmand county of Sistan and Baluchestan ... Iran embraces Afghan refugees ... www.presstv.ir.
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Biden announces US military reinforcements across Europe
Al Jazeera 29 Jun 2022
President Joe Biden has announced the deployment of United States military reinforcements across Europe in an effort to counter Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine ... Biden also said he is adding a “rotational brigade” in Romania, consisting of 5,000 troops, and enhancing rotational deployments in Baltic countries ... ‘NATO-isation of Europe’ ... .
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Death toll of migrants found dead inside abandoned truck in Texas rises to 51
DNA India 29 Jun 2022
Desperate families of migrants from Mexico and Central America frantically sought a word of their loved ones as authorities began the grim task of identifying 51 people who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer without air conditioning in the sweltering Texas heat ... Forty-six people were found dead at the scene, authorities said ... .
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G7 Talks With India, China On Russian Oil Price Cap Positive: Report
NDTV 29 Jun 2022
Group of Seven democracies have had positive and productive discussions with China and India about a plan to cap the price of Russian oil, a source familiar with the G7 discussions said on Tuesday ... .
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Afghan officials fled to luxury homes leaving millions to suffer
Al Jazeera 29 Jun 2022
In the past few weeks multiple reports have emerged of Afghan elites and several former officials from the West-backed Kabul government escaping to luxury condos in Dubai and beachside villas in California during the Taliban takeover of the country last August ... He now lives in the UAE ... Corruption and misappropriation of funds ... Struggling to survive ... .
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Nicaragua closes Mother Teresa charity, 100 other groups
ABC News 30 Jun 2022
The Nicaraguan government has closed an additional 101 civic and charity groups, including the local branch of the Missionaries of Charity established by Mother Teresa ... .
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Germany's Scholz: No apology for reporter snubbed at G7
ABC News 29 Jun 2022
A spokeswoman for Olaf Scholz says the German Chancellor doesn’t feel the need to apologize to a reporter for curtly dismissing her question at the end of the Group of Seven summit he hosted this week, prompting widespread criticism ... .
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El Salvador to escalate its security crackdown after death of police officers
The Guardian 29 Jun 2022
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