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Artist didn’t know Michigan parents of alleged school shooter stayed in studio, says lawyer

A Detroit-area artist whose studio was where the parents of the Oxford High School student charged in a deadly shooting were found by police is cooperating with authorities and didn’t know the couple had stayed overnight.

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Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking trial enters second week of testimony – The Guardian

Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking trial enters second week of testimony  The Guardian New disturbing revelations at Ghislaine Maxwell trial  CNN Maxwell family seeks more food, soap for sister during trial | AP News  Associated Press Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial brought back a phrase we should

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Myanmar’s elected leader Suu Kyi convicted in widely-criticized trial

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi was convicted of incitement and another charge and sentenced to four years in prison.

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Israeli scientists discover how bat moms teach young to navigate

Process, tracked by sensors attached to animals, includes dropping pups off at ‘nursery’ trees while mother forages for food

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The trials of Aung San Suu Kyi, from heroine to villain to convict

(Reuters) – Put on trial by the generals who overthrew her elected government in a coup that cut short democratic reforms she had fought for decades to bring about, Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced on

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US embassy in Tokyo warns of ‘suspected racial profiling’ by Japanese police

By Chang-Ran Kim and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States Embassy in Tokyo on Monday warned in a tweet of incidents of suspected racial profiling of non-Japanese by Japanese police. Japan is a mostly ethnically homogeneous country where

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Next pandemic could be more lethal than COVID, vaccine creator says

LONDON (Reuters) -Future pandemics could be even more lethal than COVID-19 so the lessons learned from the outbreak must not be squandered and the world should ensure it is prepared for the next viral onslaught, one of the creators of

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‘Extreme’ vaccine discrimination risks leaving Africa behind – report

By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) – Africa has little chance of overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic unless 70% of its population is vaccinated by end-2022, yet “extreme vaccine discrimination” is leaving the continent behind, a report published on Monday said. The

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Killings expose special powers of Indian security forces

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Chief ministers of two Indian border states on Monday called for the withdrawal of a law that gives armed forces special powers to operate in some northeastern regions affected by insurgencies. The push to repeal the

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A new, second golden dome graces Jerusalem’s skyline

While the iconic Dome of the Rock is lined with real gold, Al-Rahman Mosque in Beit Safafa has only been painted to look like the real thing

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