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Former US president Donald Trump arrives at his criminal trial

'Do It': Former Fixer Cohen Testifies He Lied For Trump

Donald Trump's one-time fixer and the star prosecution witness in the ex-president's criminal trial testified Monday that he lied and bullied to help his former boss hide "catastrophic" revelations of a tryst with a porn actress.
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A bulldozer assists in the search for bodies at the Al-Shifa medical complex in Gaza City

Israel Hits Gaza After Truce Talks End

Israel launched fresh strikes in the Gaza Strip Friday after negotiators pursuing a long-stalled truce agreement left talks in Cairo without having secured a deal.
The National Covid Memorial Wall in London is dedicated to those who lost their lives to Covid-19

Pandemic Agreement Talks Go To The Wire

Hectic last-ditch talks aimed at striking a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics rolled into the final day on Friday with a deal still up in the air.
Protesters seeking a deal to free Israeli hostages protest outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's private residence in Caesarea north of Tel Aviv on January 27, 2024

No More Bear Hugs: Biden Gives Up On Netanyahu Embrace

Days after the October 7 attack, Joe Biden walked onto the tarmac in Tel Aviv and offered a warm bear hug to Benjamin Netanyahu, a sign both of solid support for Israel and the US president's long, if not uncomplicated, relationship with the prime minister.
Graphic on the JLOTS (Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore) temporary port system, which the US Army has begun constructing in the Gaza Strip.

Israel Shells Rafah As Biden Vows Arms Suspension

Israel shelled Rafah on Thursday as US President Joe Biden offered his starkest warning yet over the conduct of its war against Hamas, vowing to cut off arms transfers if an offensive into the southern Gaza city goes ahead.
Goats and sheep graze in a valley near Jargalant Mountain in western Mongolia

Mongolia's Wildlife At Risk From Overgrazing

The icy peaks of Jargalant Mountain are supposed to belong to snow leopards, whose numbers have dwindled to fewer than 1,000 in Mongolia, but hard-pressed herders are increasingly pushing into the vulnerable animals' traditional habitat.
At age 100, World War II veteran Harold Terens has found love, and will marry Jeanne Swerlin, 96,  in France at a ceremony coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the Allies landing at Normandy

US Centenarian To Marry At Normandy, 80 Years After Allied Landing

Americans Harold Terens and Jeanne Swerlin promise their courtship is "better than Romeo and Juliet": He is 100, she's 96, and they marry next month in France, where the groom-to-be served during World War II. US Air Force veteran Terens will be honored on June 6 at a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, the historic Allied operation that changed the course of the war.

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