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‘Make sure it doesn’t get released;’ Star witness Michael Cohen implicates Trump in hush money case

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JILL COLVIN, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe, Michael Cohen, directly implicated the former president in a hush money scheme Monday, telling jurors that his celebrity client approved hefty payouts to stifle stories about sex that he feared could be harmful to his

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Violent protests continue in Pakistan-held Kashmir against price hikes. Talks with the IMF begin

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Protests against price hikes have continued for the fourth day in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir with demonstrators clashing with the police. Meanwhile, government talks have begun with the International Monetary Fund in pursuit of billions of dollars in new support. The violence in Kashmir has left at least two people dead. The prime

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Violent protests against price hikes in Pakistan-held Kashmir continue for the 4th day

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Protests against price hikes have continued for the fourth day in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir with demonstrators clashing with the police, officials said. The violence, which gripped the region since Friday, has left at least two people dead, including a police officer, and left a hundred others injured. The prime minister in Pakistan-held

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Israel’s return to areas of Gaza it said were clear of Hamas raises doubts about its military strategy

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military has renewed its fighting in northern Gaza where it previously claimed to have dismantled Hamas’ command structure. But it now says the Palestinian militant group is trying to “reassemble” in the area, raising doubts about whether Israel’s goal to eradicate the group in the enclave is

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Polish activists criticize Tusk’s government for tough border policies and migrant pushbacks

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Refugee rights activists are criticizing Poland’s pro-European Union government for plans to tighten security at the border with Belarus. They are also unhappy that it’s continuing a policy initiated by the previous populist government of pushing migrants back across the border there. The activists organized an

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Punxsutawney Phil’s babies are named Shadow and Sunny. Just don’t call them the heirs apparent

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil’s offspring have names that just might help the famed weather-forecasting groundhog to predict when spring will begin. Phil’s human handlers chose Mother’s Day to announce that the two kits born this spring to Phil and his partner, Phyllis, are named Sunny and Shadow. Sunny is a female, Shadow a

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