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Trump says abortion should be left to states, declines to endorse national ban
The former president also says he’s ‘proudly the person responsible for the ending’ of the constitutional right to an abortion and thanks the conservative justices who overturned it.
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Engine cover detaches from Southwest Airlines plane, forcing emergency landing in Denver
A Southwest spokesperson referred to the incident as ‘a mechanical issue.’
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Top UN court will hold hearings in a case accusing Germany of facilitating Israel’s Gaza conflict
Israel strongly denies its military campaign amounts to breaches of the Genocide Convention.
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International leaders condemn Ecuador after police break into Mexican Embassy
Police in Quito broke in Friday to arrest a former vice president who had been granted political asylum.
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Drones attack Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, according to plant officials
The plant’s six reactors have been shut down for months, but it still needs power and qualified staff to operate crucial cooling systems and other safety features.
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Many cancer drugs remain unproven 5 years after accelerated approval, a study finds
A study found that between 2013 and 2017, there were 46 cancer drugs granted accelerated approval. Of those, 63% were converted to regular approval even though only 43% demonstrated a clinical benefit in confirmatory trials.
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Yellen says U.S.-China relations on ‘more stable footing’ but more can be done to improve ties
Yellen, who is regarded favorably in China, is the first Cabinet member to visit since Presidents Biden and Xi Jinping met in California in November.
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Israel pulls troops from one city. But clearing Hamas from Rafah is still a goal
Regional tensions have threatened to draw the Middle East into a wider conflict as Israel’s war against Hamas marks six months.
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Diddy named as co-defendant in new suit alleging his son sexually assaulted woman on yacht
Grace O’Marcaigh, who worked as a crew member and a bartender on the boat, says that in late December 2022, Christian Combs pressured her to drink tequila that she believes was spiked with other drugs.