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Month: February 2024

Who was to blame for secrecy surrounding Austin’s hospitalization? A Pentagon report says no one

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An internal review about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization for complictions from prostate cancer surgery blames privacy restrictions and staff hesitancy for the Pentagon’s failure last month to quickly notify the president and other senior leaders. The review, which was done by Austin’s subordinates, largely absolves

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Mexican president slams YouTube for taking down his video that shared a journalist’s phone number

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has again lashed out at social media platform YouTube for taking down part of his daily news briefing where he revealed a reporter’s phone number. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the platform in Mexico “has been taken over by conservatives,” accused it of censorship and claimed YouTube “is

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Who is Vadim Krasikov, a Russian jailed in Germany and linked to a possible prisoner exchange?

By ELISE MORTON Vadim Krasikov’s name has come up in recent weeks in relation to prisoner swaps involving now deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Krasikov is serving a life sentence in Germany for the 2019 killing in Berlin of Zelimkhan “Tornike” Khangoshvili, a 40-year-old Georgian citizen of

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Exclusive: Key figure in fake electors plot concealed damning posts on secret Twitter account from investigators

By Em Steck, Andrew Kaczynski, Marshall Cohen and Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — Kenneth Chesebro, the right-wing attorney who helped devise the Trump campaign’s fake electors plot in 2020, concealed a secret Twitter account from Michigan prosecutors, hiding dozens of damning posts that undercut his statements to investigators about his role in the election subversion scheme, a

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Exclusive: Key figure in fake electors plot concealed damning posts on secret Twitter account from investigators

CNN By Em Steck, Andrew Kaczynski, Marshall Cohen and Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — Kenneth Chesebro, the right-wing attorney who helped devise the Trump campaign’s fake electors plot in 2020, concealed a secret Twitter account from Michigan prosecutors, hiding dozens of damning posts that undercut his statements to investigators about his role in the election subversion scheme,

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Experts say Boeing’s steps to improve safety culture have helped but don’t go far enough

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Government and aviation-industry experts say Boeing has made some strides toward improving its safety culture, but employees could still be subject to retaliation for reporting issues. That’s one of the findings in a report presented Monday to the Federal Aviation Administration. The experts say that when it comes to

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What would a new Palestinian government in the West Bank mean for the war in Gaza?

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press The Palestinian Authority’s prime minister announced his government’s resignation on Monday, seen as the first step in a reform process urged by the United States as part of its latest ambitious plans to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But it will do little to address the authority’s longstanding lack of legitimacy

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Iran has further increased its total stockpile of uranium, UN nuclear watchdog report says

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — According to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press Iran has further increased its total stockpile of uranium and continues to bar several of the most experienced inspectors from monitoring its nuclear program. Monday’s IAEA report estimated that as of Feb.

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