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Former U.S. Rep. George Santos pleads guilty; faces at least 2 years in prison

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Former U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, short-circuiting the federal fraud case that led to his expulsion from Congress just weeks before it was set to go to trial. | Photo Credit: AP Former U.S. Representative George Santos pleaded guilty to criminal corruption charges on Monday, cementing the downfall of…

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Blinken says Netanyahu supports Gaza ceasefire bridging proposal, urges Hamas to do the same

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge differences holding up a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza, and he called on Hamas to do the same, without saying whether concerns cited by the militant group had been addressed. The high-stakes negotiations have gained urgency in…

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Phil Donahue, pioneer of the daytime talk show, dies at 88

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Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died. He was 88. NBC’s “Today” show, citing family members, said Donahue died Sunday after a long illness. Dubbed “the king of daytime talk,” Donahue was the first to…

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Pakistan Confirms Mpox Case Detected Last Week Not New Strain

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“The virus has been classified as Clade 2b,” Pak health ministry said. (Representational) Islamabad, Pakistan: A case of mpox in Pakistan announced last week was not the new strain spreading through Africa, health officials said Monday. The mpox diagnosis in a 34-year-old man recently returned from a Gulf country was declared by health officials on…

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As Polio Reemerges In Gaza, A Mother Fears For Her Child’s Health

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Children under 5 are most at risk from polio In Gaza, a mother worries that her month-old son, Mohammed, could be infected with polio after the Palestinian health ministry confirmed the first case in the enclave on Friday, ending a 25 year period in which the Strip was polio-free. Just three days after his birth,…

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Hamas, Islamic Jihad Claim Responsibility For Bomb Blast In Tel Aviv

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Sunday’s explosion in Tel Aviv came about an hour after Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility on Monday for a bomb blast near a synagogue in Tel Aviv that Israeli police and the Shin Bet intelligence agency described as a terrorist attack. A man who was…

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British tech magnate Mike Lynch among those missing after luxury superyacht sinks off Sicily

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British tech magnate Mike Lynch and five other people were missing after their luxury superyacht sank during a freak storm off Sicily early on Monday, Italy’s civil protection and authorities said. Lynch’s wife and 14 other people survived. Lynch, who was acquitted in June in a big U.S. fraud trial, was among six people who…

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Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan applies to be Oxford chancellor

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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has applied to become the next chancellor of Britain’s prestigious University of Oxford, his party said. Khan, prime minister from 2018 to 2022, has just marked one year in prison on various charges from corruption to inciting…

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How Ukraine War Has Turned Ex Google CEO Eric Schmidt Into Licensed Arms Dealer

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Mr Schmidt said that he is now a licensed arms dealer “because of the way the system works” (File) Former Chief Executive Officer of Google, Eric Schmidt, has said that the Ukraine war has turned him into a licensed arms dealer, a career path he “doesn’t recommend”. Mr Schmidt’s new venture aims to  converge AI…

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