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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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Police mass on LA campus, warning protesters to disperse

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Authorities have declared the days-long pro-Palestinian gathering at UCLA to be unlawful.
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Apple working to fix alarming iPhone issue

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Users have been reporting unexpected lie-ins after the alarms on their phones failed to go off.
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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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Watch: Inside Lebanon's ghost towns after Israeli strikes

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Israel has pounded southern Lebanon almost daily since Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on 8 October.
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Ukrainian, 98, tells BBC of six-mile walk to escape Russians

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Lidiia Lomikovska describes how she made the journey in her slippers with a plank of wood for support.
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Why European elections matter and how they work

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Some 400 million voters can take part in the 6-9 June vote across the EU's 27 countries.
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Dua Lipa wants to turn this year's Glastonbury into a nightclub

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The star talks about her Glastonbury plans, the perfect date and the teacher who changed her life.
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NY v Trump to resume with gag order hearing after Trump fined $9K, threatened with jail time

  • News source: FOX News
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The judge presiding over former President Trump’s unprecedented criminal trial will hold a hearing Thursday morning to consider the remaining alleged gag order violations after fining the 2024 presumptive Republican nominee $9,000 and threatening him with jail time.

Trump’s criminal trial is set to resume at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Court does not meet on Wednesdays.

JUDGE FINES TRUMP THOUSANDS OVER VIOLATING GAG ORDER, WARNS 'INCARCERATORY PUNISHMENT' COULD BE NEXT

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and prosecutors from his office alleged the...
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Dem senator leads bipartisan effort to strengthen Taiwan supply chain amid China threat

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., led a bipartisan group in introducing a bill to fortify Taiwan and its supply chain as it continues to face military threats from China, which has made no secret of its plan to facilitate a reunification with the island.

On Thursday, the bipartisan Transpacific Allies Investing in Weapons to Advance National (TAIWAN) Security Act was introduced by Rosen and Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska. They were joined by Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Rick Scott, R-Fla., Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa...
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Biden admin ripped by experts as antisemitism gets 'worse' over past 6 months: 'Should have seen it coming'

  • News source: FOX News
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Six months after Jewish groups warned the Biden administration that antisemitism in the United States is worse than it has ever been, Jewish leaders and a Middle East expert told Fox News Digital that things have only gotten worse and offered insight into what more needs to be done.

"In the past 6 months, antisemitism has definitely gotten worse," Archie Gottesman, co-founder of JewBelong, told Fox News Digital this week. Gottesman's reaction comes six months after several prominent Jewish organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League and the...
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Trump faces prospect of additional sanctions in hush money trial as key witness resumes testimony

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Donald Trump faces the prospect of additional sanctions in his hush money trial as he returns to court Thursday for another contempt hearing followed by testimony from a lawyer who represented two women who have said they had sexual encounters with the former president.

The testimony from attorney Keith Davidson is seen as a vital building block for the prosecution's case that Trump and his allies schemed to bury unflattering stories in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election. He is one of multiple key players expected to be called to the stand...
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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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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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