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Apr 30, 2024 | 
cnn.com | Radina Gigova |Sarah Sirgany |Lindsay Isaac
A Palestinian writer who has been in an Israeli prison for 20 years has won a prestigious prize for Arabic fiction for his novel “A Mask, the Color of the Sky.”Basim Khandaqji won the prize on Sunday for his book, and was awarded $50,000 and funding for an English translation. The “mask” of the book’s title is, metaphorically, a blue identity card belonging to an Israeli found by the protagonist, Nur, in the pocket of an old coat.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
cnn.com | Larry Madowo |Lindsay Isaac
At least 32 people have been killed and two are missing after flash floods swept through almost half of Kenya. Some 103,500 people in all have been affected. Kenya has registered heavy rain since mid-March but downpours have intensified over the past week, leading to mass flooding. The Kenyan Red Cross says it has carried out over 188 rescues since the onset in March.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
cnn.com | Andrew Carey |Svitlana Vlasova |Lindsay Isaac
As the US prepares to transfer significant military aid to Ukraine following the Senate passing funding legislation worth $61 billion, reports from eastern Ukraine continue to highlight Kyiv’s sliding fortunes on the battlefield. The village of Ocheretyne remains a clear focus for Russian forces, with DeepState – a Ukrainian monitoring group – showing almost daily Russian advances westward along a stretch of high ground.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
albanyherald.com | Lindsay Isaac
(CNN) — A far-right German politician has gone on trial accused of using banned Nazi slogans at two rallies dating back to 2021. Björn Höcke, leader of the regional branch of Alternative for Germany party (AfD) in the eastern state of Thuringia, is accused of ending a May 2021 election event in Merseburg by shouting the Socialist Nationalist slogan, “Everything for our homeland, everything for Saxony-Anhalt, everything for Germany,” according to the regional court of Halle.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
cnn.com | Lindsay Isaac
A far-right German politician has gone on trial accused of using banned Nazi slogans at two rallies dating back to 2021. Björn Höcke, leader of the regional branch of Alternative for Germany party (AfD) in the eastern state of Thuringia, is accused of ending a May 2021 election event in Merseburg by shouting the Socialist Nationalist slogan, “Everything for our homeland, everything for Saxony-Anhalt, everything for Germany,” according to the regional court of Halle.
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
albanyherald.com | B Newton |Lindsay Isaac |Jason Hanna
The case against the players, who were members of the Canada world junior hockey team at the time of the alleged incident, was closed in early 2019 and reopened in July 2022 after an outcry from the Canadian public. kAm%96 492C86D C6=2E6 E@ 2? F??2>65 H@>2?’D 244FD2E:@? E92E >F=E:A=6 >6>36CD @7 r2?252’D H@C=5 ;F?:@C 9@4<6J E62> D6IF2==J 2DD2F=E65 96C :? {@?5@?[ ~?E2C:@[ :? a_`g] %96 7:G6 >6?
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
cnn.com | Paula Newton |Lindsay Isaac |Jason Hanna |B Newton
New information uncovered during a reopened investigation led to sexual assault charges being brought last week against five professional hockey players, four of whom are playing in the NHL, Canadian police said Monday, six years after the offense was allegedly committed. The case against the players, who were members of the Canada world junior hockey team at the time of the alleged incident, was closed in early 2019 and reopened in July 2022 after an outcry from the Canadian public.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
news.yahoo.com | Paula Newton |Lindsay Isaac |Jason Hanna
Four NHL players and one former NHL player are facing sexual assault charges in Canada in connection with allegations from 2018, their attorneys said Tuesday – a fresh development in a case that has wrapped Canada’s national hockey governing body in controversy. The charges relate to a woman’s accusation that multiple members of Canada’s world junior hockey team sexually assaulted her in London, Ontario, in 2018. All five of the players facing charges were members of that team at the time.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Paula Newton |Lindsay Isaac |Jason Hanna
Four NHL players and one former NHL player are facing sexual assault charges in Canada in connection with allegations from 2018, their attorneys said Tuesday – a fresh development in a case that has wrapped Canada’s national hockey governing body in controversy. The charges relate to a woman’s accusation that multiple members of Canada’s world junior hockey team sexually assaulted her in London, Ontario, in 2018. All five of the players facing charges were members of that team at the time.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Paula Newton |Lindsay Isaac |Jason Hanna
Four NHL players and one former NHL player are facing sexual assault charges in Canada in connection with allegations from 2018, their attorneys said Tuesday – a fresh development in a case that has wrapped Canada’s national hockey governing body in controversy. The charges relate to a woman’s accusation that multiple members of Canada’s world junior hockey team sexually assaulted her in London, Ontario, in 2018. All five of the players facing charges were members of that team at the time.
