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Today's Political News Compilation - Wednesday, May 1, 2024

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New US sanctions against Russia target weapons development, ban uranium imports for nuclear power

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Wednesday imposed new sanctions on hundreds of companies and people tied to Russia’s weapons development program, more than a dozen Chinese entities accused of helping Moscow find workarounds to earlier penalties, and individuals linked to the death of Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny.



























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Israel accused of possible war crime over killing of West Bank boy

  • News source: BBC News - World
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UN expert says death of 8-year-old appears to violate law after reviewing evidence gathered by BBC.
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Pro-China candidate wins Solomon Islands PM vote

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Jeremiah Manele has already indicated he will continue the Pacific nation's close ties with Beijing.
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More money is going to African climate startups, but a huge funding gap remains

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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African climate-tech startups are increasingly raising money from private sources, but while those funds for climate solutions are growing, a huge gap remains in meeting the actual financial needs for climate action in Africa
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Appeals court rejects climate change lawsuit by young Oregon activists against US government

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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  • Views: 5
A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that the U.S. government’s role in climate change violated their constitutional rights
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Brittney Griner says she thought about killing herself during first few weeks in Russian jail

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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WNBA star Brittney Griner says she thought about killing herself during her first few weeks in a Russian jail after her 2022 arrest on drug-related charges
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5th victim's body recovered from Baltimore Key Bridge collapse

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The body of a fifth victim of the Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse has been recovered.
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Pro-China candidate wins Solomon Islands PM vote

  • News source: BBC News - World
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  • Views: 5
A pro-China candidate wins the Pacific island's election vowing to deepen ties with Beijing.
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Arizona Senate votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban

  • News source: BBC News - World
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  • Views: 3
Two Republicans join Democrats to repeal law brought back to life by state's supreme court.
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Trump Refuses to Commit to Accepting Election Outcome in Milwaukee Interview

  • News source: Michael Gold and Chris Cameron
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Former President Donald J. Trump told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Wednesday that he would not commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election, as he again repeated his lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

“If everything’s honest, I’ll gladly accept the results. I don’t change on that,” Mr. Trump said, according to The Journal Sentinel. “If it’s not, you have to fight for the right of the country.”

In an interview with Time magazine published on Tuesday, he also dismissed questions about political violence in November by...
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House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war

  • News source: Farnoush Amiri | Associated Press
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The House passed legislation Wednesday that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws, the latest response from lawmakers to a nationwide student protest movement over the Israel-Hamas war.

The proposal, which passed 320-91 with some bipartisan support, would codify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal anti-discrimination law that bars discrimination based on shared ancestry...
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Migrant with alleged ISIS ties was living in the U.S. for more than two years, officials say

  • News source: Julia Ainsley | NBC News
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently arrested an Uzbek man in Baltimore with alleged ISIS ties after he had been living inside the United States for over two years, according to two U.S. officials.

The man, 33-year-old Jovokhir Attoev, crossed the border into Arizona and was apprehended by Border Patrol in February 2022, the officials said. At the time, neither Customs and Border Protection nor ICE could find any derogatory information on Attoev. He was released inside the U.S. on bond.

Then, in May 2023, Uzbekistan put out an international...
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Columbia college community shattered by police raid

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Students say they have lost trust and are in limbo after New York officers arrested Gaza protesters.
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'King of Twang' guitarist Duane Eddy dies at 86

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Grammy-winning US guitarist is hailed by many as one of the founding fathers of rock and roll.
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'I watch my back': Spike in BBC journalists living in exile

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The number of BBC World Service journalists working in exile is estimated to have doubled since 2020.
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Face of 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Scientists build a 3D model of one of our evolutionary cousins from the pieces of a shattered skull.
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