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Month: February 2023

US officials make case for renewing FISA surveillance powers

By ERIC TUCKER and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden administration officials are urging Congress to renew a surveillance program the U.S. government has long seen as vital in countering overseas threats of terrorism, cyberattacks and espionage operations. The program is under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, and grants American spy

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Rape investigation opened into Moroccan soccer player Achraf Hakimi, according to source close to investigation

By Joseph Ataman and Sammy Mngqosini, CNN French judicial authorities have opened an investigation for rape into Moroccan soccer player Achraf Hakimi, a source close to the investigation confirmed to CNN on Tuesday. The Nanterre prosecutor’s office, just outside of Paris, is leading the investigation, the source added. Spanish-born Moroccan Hakimi is a full-back for

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Turkey’s Red Crescent criticized for selling tents to charity instead of giving them to quake victims

By Hande Atay Alam and Isil Sariyuce, CNN Turkey’s Red Crescent organization has been criticized by lawmakers and citizens after revelations that it sold tents to a charity instead of donating them to people in urgent need after the massive earthquake that claimed more than 44,000 lives earlier this month. While people were begging the

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