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Mexico captures two cartel kingpins including likely El Mencho successor ‘The Gardener’
MEXICO CITY, April 28 — Mexican authorities announced on Monday the capture of two top criminals, one of them a close ally of the slain founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and his potential successor. Nemesio “El Mencho”
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Starmer faces UK parliamentary investigation vote over Epstein associate controversy
LONDON, April 28 — British lawmakers will vote on whether embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer should face a parliamentary probe over the Peter Mandelson scandal, the House of Commons speaker announced on Monday. Members of Parliament will debate on Tuesday
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King Charles meets Trump as US-UK ‘special relationship’ faces rare strain over Iran
WASHINGTON, April 28 — Britain’s King Charles III met Donald Trump at the White House Monday, kicking off a high-stakes state visit shadowed by transatlantic tensions and a new alleged attempt to assassinate the US president. Behind the warm welcome
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Iran-y is dead: UN makes Tehran vice president of nuclear non-proliferation summit
NEW YORK, April 28 — Signatories of the landmark nuclear non-proliferation treaty began a meeting Monday at the United Nations as fears of a renewed arms race escalate, with atomic powers again at loggerheads over safeguards. In 2022, during the
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Israeli strikes kill 14 in south Lebanon amid agreed ceasefire with Hezbollah
BEIRUT, April 27 — Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli strikes on the country’s south on Sunday killed 14 people, the deadliest day since a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war came into force over a week ago. It came as Israel
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Putin hosts Araghchi in Moscow amid stalled US-Iran peace efforts
MOSCOW, April 27 — Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Russia on Monday as peace efforts between Tehran and Washington hung in the balance, following a flurry of regional diplomacy and the collapse of planned talks in Pakistan. Abbas Araghchi arrived
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King Charles’ US visit under close watch as Trump dinner shooting heightens concerns
LONDON, April 26 — Britain’s government remains in close cooperation with US security services ahead of King Charles’ visit to the United States this week, a senior minister said on Sunday, after a shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner.
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Dinner drama raises fresh doubts about America’s ability to safeguard its top officials
WASHINGTON, April 26 — The shooting on Saturday night of a Secret Service agent at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner raises questions yet again about the protection afforded to America’s political leaders at a time of increased political violence.
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Fifth day of mountain blazes forces mass evacuations in Japan’s coastal town of Otsuchi
OTSUCHI, April 26 — Japan has deployed 1,400 firefighters and 100 Self-Defense Force personnel to battle mountain blazes in the northern part of the country, with the fires, now burning on Sunday for a fifth straight day, continuing to threaten
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Who is Cole Allen? What we know about suspect in White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting
WASHINGTON, April 26 — The man arrested over the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old from the Los Angeles area, according to a law enforcement official cited by Reuters.
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