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ICC prosecutor seeks Gaza 'war crimes' arrest warrant for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday applied for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top Hamas leaders on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity.Prosecutor Karim Khan said he was seeking warrants against Netanyahu and Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for crimes including "starvation", "wilful killing", and "extermination and/or murder".
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Republicans Ted Cruz And Katie Britt Introduce Another Bill To Protect IVF
Senate Republicans blocked a similar bill earlier this year after the Supreme Court in Britt’s home state of Alabama issued a decision that halted the fertility procedure.
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Biden slams 'outrageous' ICC bid to arrest Israeli leaders
US President Joe Biden on Monday denounced an "outrageous" application by the International Criminal Court's prosecutor for an arrest warrant for Israel's prime minister and defense minister.ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan is seeking arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as top Hamas leaders, on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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UK PM sorry for institutional cover-up in infected blood scandal
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday apologised to thousands of people infected with contaminated blood in a decades-long scandal that a damning report concluded was covered up and largely could have been avoided."I have to report that it could largely, though not entirely, have been avoided," concluded its author, judge Brian Langstaff.
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Trump trial closing arguments set for next week
Donald Trump's trial on charges of covering up hush money payments to a porn star approached its final stages Monday, with the defense finishing cross-examination of star witness Michael Cohen and closing arguments expected next week.Cohen, Trump's former personal lawyer turned tormentor, recounted last week how he kept Trump informed about $130,000 paid to porn star Stormy Daniels to buy her silence about an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
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US Supreme Court rejects ex-Guantanamo detainee's appeal
The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by a Canadian former Guantanamo detainee of his convictions for war crimes committed in Afghanistan.Khadr, who is now 37, had asked the US Supreme Court to vacate his convictions but the justices declined without comment on Monday to hear the case.
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Business and Bollywood vote in India's election
A parade of India's business and entertainment elite –- many of them supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- went to the polls Monday as the financial capital Mumbai voted in the latest round of the country's election.Conglomerate owners support Modi's government because it caters to the needs of India's "existing oligarchic business elite", Deepanshu Mohan of OP Jindal Global University told AFP. Lower corporate taxes, less red tape and cutting "municipal regulatory corruption" have also
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