NEW YORK — Comedian and longtime first responder advocate Jon Stewart took the stage in Times Square to host the First Responders Children’s Foundation’s (FRCF) fifth annual National First Responders Day…
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Video shows Texas officer pulling 11-year-old girl from overpass ledge
Editor’s note: If you or someone you know is struggling or having thoughts of suicide, you are not alone — and help is always available. Call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline to connect with a…
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Ex-Deputy Sean Grayson takes stand in Sonya Massey trial
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson took the stand in his own defense, telling jurors he believed he was in danger when he fatally shot 36-year-old Sonya Massey, CBS…
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Opaque Iraq deals give isolated Iran a key lifeline – The Atlantic
Iraq’s Ministry of Communications awarded no bid contracts to state conglomerate the Muhandis General Company and an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias the Popular Mobilization Front to maintain the national fiber-optic network, the Atlantic…
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Police operation in Rio de Janeiro favelas leaves dozens dead | Drugs News
At least 60 people, including four police officers, have been killed in a law enforcement operation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, according to local media reports.
On Tuesday, the Brazilian news outlet G1 said the death toll had risen to 64, though…
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Iran begins test flights of home-made cargo plane
The Iranian-made plane Simorgh has officially started its test flights as the aircraft prepares to join the country’s cargo fleet.
Simorgh’s test flights began in an airfield in the city of Shahin Shahr in central Iran on Tuesday after a…
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UK-jailed Palestine solidarity activists warn of hunger strike
Saeed Pourreza
Press TV, LondonIn London, supporters of Palestine Action Group have held a demonstration outside the interior ministry. They called on the government to drop the charges against tens of pro-Palestine activists jailed for targeting…
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Is Africa the West’s ‘Human Dumping Ground’? | Donald Trump
We look at the deals between some African nations and the Trump administration to accept deportees from the US.
Several African nations, including Uganda, Rwanda, Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, and South Sudan, have agreed to accept…
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Is controlling el-Fasher a game-changer in Sudan’s war? | Sudan war
Sudan’s army says it’s pulled out of el-Fasher in North Darfur state.
For more than two years, Sudan has been locked in a bloody conflict between its military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
And this week, the RSF wrestled…
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Unemployment crisis deepens in West Bank
Teebah Assi
Press TV, JeninThe economic crisis in the occupied Palestinian territories continues to deepen. That comes as thousands of workers, who once relied on jobs inside…
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