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- Retired Russian general linked to Defence Ministry found shot dead in Moscow
- Giorgia Meloni criticises Donald Trump over strained US-Italy relations
- Russian drone strikes kill at least 15 people in Ukrainian shopping mall
- US Supreme Court allows Trump to continue White House ballroom project for now
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- Trump to award Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II crew
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The Pentagon issued termination notices to Publisher Max Lederer, Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin, and Reporter Lara Korte of Stars and Stripes, citing insubordination tied to recent interviews. Slavin plans to appeal, asserting that editorial independence is crucial for the outlet’s mission.
President Trump is set to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission on 28 August at Joint Reserve Base Ellington, Houston. The astronauts, including Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch, completed a historic 10-day lunar mission, returning safely on 10 April.
Liberia received its first group of “third country” deportees from the U.S. on Thursday, comprising around 20 migrants from Latin America. A small number of deportees resisted disembarkation, leading to their eventual return to the plane, with their current status unknown. Liberia plans to accept up to 1,200 deportees over the next year.
China has warned of potential “countermeasures” in response to Donald Trump’s proposed 50% tariff on Chinese imports, describing US actions as unilateral bullying and illegitimate.
Prince Harry’s is back in court to appeal the level of police security he receives in the UK in the Court of Appeal, after a High Court ruling dismissed his challenge.
A baby girl named Amy Isabel was born in the UK as the first child resulting from a womb transplant, performed on her mother, Grace Davidson, in 2023.
The UK’s economic options are severely constrained due to high borrowing and record tax levels, limiting the government’s ability to respond to the economic shock caused by Trump’s tariff announcement.
Two gang members, Valeriy Popovych and Vitaliy Lutsak, were sentenced to 6.5 years each for laundering £6.63 million by buying and selling vehicles in Ukraine, exploiting demand created by the war.
Experts have warned investors about a ‘Black Monday’-like crash on April 7. On Sunday, U.S. stock futures plummeted, and the internet being as creative and hilarious as it is flooded Twitter/X with ‘Orange Monday’ memes.
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