The Sudanese army and a rival paramilitary force, battling for control of Sudan since mid-April, had agreed last week to the weeklong truce, brokered by the U.S. and the Saudis.
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Jewish groups and city officials plan protest against Roger Waters concert in Frankfurt
They accuse the Pink Floyd co-founder of antisemitism – an allegation he denies.
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Jan. 6 rioters are raking in thousands in donations. Now the U.S. is coming after their haul
An Associated Press review of court records shows that prosecutors in the more than 1,000 criminal cases from Jan. 6, 2021, are increasingly asking judges to impose fines on top of prison sentences to offset donations from supporters of the Capitol rioters.
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Debt ceiling tests McCarthy as he rides breezily through high-wire act of his career
McCarthy laid down a marker in his first meeting with Biden back in February. The new Republican speaker refused to raise any taxes to help offset federal deficits.
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Debt ceiling deal reached by Biden and Republicans now set to go to Congress
The compromise announced late Saturday risks angering both Democratic and Republican lawmakers as they begin to unpack the concessions.
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Republican-controlled Texas House votes to impeach Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton
Paxton has called the impeachment proceedings ‘political theater’ based on ‘hearsay and gossip, parroting long-disproven claims,’ and an attempt to disenfranchise voters who reelected him in November.
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Elvers remain one of America’s most valuable fish after strong year in Maine
Baby eels have again been worth more than $2,000 per pound at the docks this year, according to the Maine Department of Marine Resources.
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U.K. army officers forced electric shock treatment on gay soldiers
Military personnel were still being referred to doctors for conversion therapy as recently as the 1990s, according to anonymous testimony in a government-commissioned review seen by Bloomberg.
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Queen Elizabeth faced assassination threat during 1983 San Francisco visit, FBI reveals
The documents detailing the threat were released this week, a little over 40 years after the queen’s trip to the West Coast.
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Pope Francis resumes regular appointments after canceling schedule with a fever
The Vatican has confirmed that the pope will preside over Pentecost Mass on Sunday, and will meet with Italy’s president, Sergio Mattarella, on Monday.