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Derek Chauvin was stabbed in prison 22 times by a former gang leader and one-time FBI informant who told investigators he targeted the ex-Minneapolis police officer because of his notoriety for killing George Floyd, federal prosecutors said Friday.John Turscak was charged with attempted murder a week…

Zelenskyy said that journalists were barred from touring Zaporizhzhia plant with IAEA inspectorsUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, who is to head a planned mission to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in…

Aid and development organisation Save the Children has called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, while criticising the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for not yet reaching a consensus on the protection of civilians in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.The UNSC is set to meet today to discuss the ongoing Israel-Gaza…

Fatima Sherefa, 17, had a rough night at Toronto's Pearson Airport on Aug. 6. Her flight from Toronto home to Winnipeg had been delayed several times and then, just after midnight, it was cancelled. Sherefa says Air Canada staff didn't offer hotel accommodation for the night, and instead passed out yoga mats to stranded travellers.Sherefa says…

Washington CNN  —  Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse and Democrat Doug White will advance to the general election out of the top-two primary in Washington’s 4th Congressional District, CNN projects. Newhouse is one of the 10 Republican House members who voted for…

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Saturday pledged to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen that Japan will support efforts by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to improve the situation in junta-controlled Myanmar. During their meeting in Phnom Penh, Hayashi expressed "serious concern" about executions of…

Aug 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. government spared seven Western states from mandatory Colorado River water cutbacks for now but warned on Tuesday that drastic conservation was needed to protect dwindling reservoirs from overuse and severe drought exacerbated by climate change.The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in June had given the states 60 days, until…

U.S. President Joe Biden and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi talk during a meeting with senior officials and CEOs of American and Indian companies in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNANTUCKET, Mass./NEW DELHI, Nov 22 (Reuters) - United States…

Several statements released ever since the beginning of the Ukraine-Russian conflict show that Kiev's Western allies have mercenaries fighting in Ukraine. A Ukrainian soldier picks up a machine gun after a heavy fight on the front line in the village of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Friday, March 1, 2024. (AP) A Responsible…

Jürgen Schmitz, chief executive officer of ERGO China, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 22, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Pu)BEIJING, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- ERGO-FESCO Broker Company Limited (ERGO-FESCO) has acquired the valuable insurance brokerage license in China at a very good time, said Jürgen Schmitz, chief…