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Missing aid worker held by Israel

A Palestinian Red Crescent staff member who went missing in late March when 15 humanitarian workers were killed by Israeli fire is being detained by Israeli authorities, the rescue service and the Red Cross said on Sunday.

April 14, 2025 1:07 pm
 

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Helicopter in fatal New York crash lacked flight recorders

The helicopter that crashed into New York City’s Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six on board including three children, lacked flight recorders, the National Transportation Safety Board said.

April 14, 2025 12:13 pm
 

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Israeli missiles strike Gaza hospital

Two Israeli missiles hit a major Gaza hospital on Sunday, putting the emergency department out of action and damaging other structures, medics said, in a strike which Israel said was aimed at Hamas fighters exploiting the facility.

April 14, 2025 11:18 am
 

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Hong Kong's last major opposition party moves towards disbanding

Hong Kong’s last remaining major opposition party took a key step towards disbanding itself after a special meeting approved arrangements to do so in the face of pressure from China, amid a national security crackdown.

April 14, 2025 10:13 am
 

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US deports another 10 gang members to El Salvador

The U.S. has deported another 10 people that it alleges are gang members to El Salvador, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, a day before that country’s president is due to visit the White House.

April 14, 2025 9:26 am
 

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Russian missile strike kills 34 in Ukraine's Sumy

Two Russian ballistic missiles slammed into the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, killing 34 people and wounding 117 in the deadliest strike on Ukraine this year, officials said.

April 14, 2025 6:07 am
 

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Trump spares smartphones, computers, other electronics from China tariffs

President Donald Trump’s administration granted exclusions from steep reciprocal tariffs to smartphones, computers and some other electronics imported largely from China, providing a big break to tech companies like Apple that rely on imported products.

April 13, 2025 10:37 am
 

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Cold winds sweep Beijing, closing key sites, disrupting travel

China’s capital hunkered down on Saturday as rare typhoon-like gales swept northern regions, forcing the closure of historic sites and disrupting travel while bringing late snowfalls and hailstone showers in some areas.

April 13, 2025 8:20 am
 

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Gaza 'hell on earth' as hospital supplies running out, warns head of Red Cross

The president of the Red Cross described the humanitarian situation in Gaza on Friday as “hell on earth” and warned that its field hospital will run out of supplies within two weeks.

April 12, 2025 2:25 pm
 

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Trump admin can't withhold Maine lunch funds over trans athlete policy: Judge

President Donald Trump’s administration cannot cut off Maine’s federal school lunch funding over the state’s refusal to ban transgender women from sports, a federal judge ruled on Friday.

April 12, 2025 12:27 pm
 

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Pennsylvania man charged over threats to kill Trump, immigration agents

A Pennsylvania man has been charged with making threats online to murder President Donald Trump and immigration agents, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.

April 12, 2025 10:27 am
 

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China strikes back at Trump on tariffs, rattling confidence in US assets

Beijing increased its tariffs on U.S. imports to 125% on Friday, hitting back against President Donald Trump’s decision to raise duties on Chinese goods and upping the stakes in a trade war that threatens to upend global supply chains.

April 12, 2025 8:25 am

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