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Al Jazeera 2024-05-09The United States has halted the shipment of some types of heavy bombs to Israel and US President Joe Biden has also pledged to halt the supply of some offensive weapons and artillery shells to the country if it goes ahead with its assault on Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah. Here’s what we know so far.Keep reading list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4World...
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Al Jazeera 2024-05-08US President Joe Biden’s administration paused a shipment of weapons to Israel last week in opposition to apparent moves by the Israelis to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a senior administration official has said. Biden has been trying to head off a full-scale assault by the Israelis against Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of...
Judge delays Trump classified documents case indefinitely
Al Jazeera 2024-05-08A United States judge in Florida has postponed indefinitely former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges that he illegally kept classified documents after leaving office. US District Judge Aileen Cannon said on Tuesday that Trump’s trial would no longer begin on May 20, but she did not set a new date for proceedings to start, casting further...
US cancels export licenses of suppliers to China’s Huawei
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Canada police charge three with murder of Sikh leader Nijjar, probe India link
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Al Jazeera 2024-05-02From Columbia Univeristy in New York to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, protests against Israel’s war on Gaza have spread across major United States...
Manhattan prosecutors announce retrial for film producer Harvey Weinstein
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Seafarers pay the price for the murky business of ship nationality
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China’s revised state secrets law has come into force. Here’s what to know
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Microsoft, Google post double-digit profits rises, boosting case for AI
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Here's a list of recent electric vehicle and battery plant announcements in Canada
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Boeing subject of 32 whistleblower complaints, documents reveal
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