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France says Russian forces threatened to shoot down surveillance aircraft patrolling the Black Sea

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French defense officials say Russian forces threatened to shoot down a French surveillance aircraft patrolling in international airspace over the Black Sea. Speaking Thursday to broadcaster RTL, the French defense minister said Russia has adopted a “particularly aggressive” posture as its struggles to make headway with its

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Father whose toddler allegedly shot herself with his gun is first person to be charged under Michigan’s firearms storage law, prosecutor says

By Raja Razek and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A man in Flint, Michigan, has become the first person to be charged under the state’s new safe firearms storage law after his 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his gun, leaving her in critical condition, prosecutors said. The father, Michael Tolbert, is also

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Pakistan blocks X for the sixth day as activists criticize the social media platform’s shutdown

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s media regulators have blocked the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, with users across the country enduring the sixth day of sweeping disruptions, partial and complete shutdowns. There was no comment on the outage by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on Thursday and government officials have not responded to repeated queries from

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Farmers from 10 EU countries join forces – and tractors – to protest agricultural policies

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech farmers are driving their tractors and other vehicles to to several border crossings to join forces with their colleagues from neighboring countries in their protests against European Union agriculture policies, bureaucracy and overall conditions for their business. Farmers complain that the 27-nation EU’s policies on the environment, such as the Green

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US Army survey results underline ongoing struggles to combat extremism after Pentagon made it top priority

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — An internal US Army survey illustrates the challenges the military is facing to combat extremism in the ranks even after the Pentagon made it a top priority at the beginning of the Biden administration. The internal survey, carried out last year and obtained by the Project on Government Oversight through a Freedom of Information Act

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Gov. Greg Abbott’s border tactics force Democrats to confront migrant crisis in their own backyards

By Priscilla Alvarez and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s escalating border tactics have brought the migrant crisis to the doorsteps of Democratic-led cities and states, placing the issue at the forefront in a heated election cycle and forcing Democrats to answer to it. President Joe Biden and Abbott have sparred over

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USDA commission releases final recommendations to remedy discrimination and inequity across agency

By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Agriculture’s Equity Commission presented nearly 70 recommendations Thursday that the agency hopes will “further advance equity at USDA” and help resolve longstanding discriminatory practices, according to a copy of the report obtained by CNN. The commission said the changes outlined in its final report “seek

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Stock market today: World markets higher as Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 breaks its 1989 record

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World markets advanced and Japan’s Nikkei 225 share benchmark surged to an all-time high on Thursday, bypassing its previous record set in December 1989. Tokyo’s benchmark closed at 39,098.68 on Thursday. Its previous record was 38,915.87, set just before Japan’s bubble economy collapsed in the early

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Russian opposition figure Kara-Murza urges Russians from court not to give up after Navalny’s death

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press A prominent Russian opposition figure has appeared in court, urging Russians not to give up after the death of Alexei Navalny and alleging there’s a state-backed hit squad taking out opponents of President Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Kara-Murza is a British-Russian citizen serving a 25-year sentence for treason. He spoke in

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Pro-Kremlin military blogger dies days after reporting massive Russian losses in Avdiivka

By Vasco Cotovio and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A prominent pro-war Russian military blogger, Andrey Morozov, has reportedly died by suicide just days after he reported that Russia suffered huge losses during its months-long assault on the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka. Morozov, known as “Murz” on Telegram, was an ultra-nationalist commentator and vocal supporter

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