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Month: March 2024

Putin says Islamic extremists raided concert hall but attack masterminds are yet to be found

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that the gunmen who killed 139 people at a suburban Moscow concert hall are “radical Islamists,” but he repeated his accusation that Ukraine could have played a role despite Kyiv’s strong denials. Two days after the Islamic State’s Afghanistan affiliate claimed responsibility for Friday

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Biden administration indicts and sanctions Chinese hackers accused of sweeping espionage campaign against US targets

By Sean Lyngaas and Evan Perez, CNN The Biden administration on Monday announced a criminal indictment and sanctions against multiple Chinese hackers for allegedly conducting sweeping hacks against US companies and government officials on behalf of China’s civilian intelligence service. Seven Chinese men were indicted in US federal court in the Eastern District of New

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Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary pleads not guilty to terrorism charges

LONDON (AP) — Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary has pleaded not guilty in a London courtroom to two terrorism-related charges. The 57-year-old Choudary pleaded not guilty Monday to membership in a banned organization and addressing meetings to encourage support for the radical Muslim group al-Muhajiroun. The U.K. government outlawed Al-Muhajiroun in 2010. The group has

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Prosecutors allege South Africa’s parliamentary speaker took $135,000 and a wig in bribes

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South African prosecutors say they intend to charge the parliamentary speaker with corruption. They allege that she took $135,000 and a wig in bribes from an unnamed person over a three-year period while she was defense minister. Prosecutors announced their intention in a court hearing

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Parents charged with homicide in 4-month-old boy’s death; autopsy shows ‘chronic abuse’

By Brittany Whitehead Click here for updates on this story     GREENVILLE, South Carolina (WLOS) — A mother and father have been charged with homicide in the death of their 4-month-old child, Greenville County officials said. In autopsy findings, the medical examiner determined brain hemorrhaging in the infant was in various stages of healing, translating to

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US and UK go after Chinese hackers accused of state-backed operation against politicians, dissidents

By SYLVIA HUI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers linked to the Chinese government launched a sweeping, state-backed operation that targeted U.S. officials, journalists, corporations, pro-democracy activists and the U.K.’s election watchdog. That’s according to American and British authorities, who announced a set of criminal charges and sanctions Monday. Officials say the

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Chick-fil-A will stop using its ‘no antibiotics ever’ label on chicken

By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Chick-fil-A is ditching its “no antibiotics ever” promise. Citing diminishing chicken supply, Chick-fil-A will back off its pledge never to serve chicken that was fed antibiotics, and instead it will embrace a looser industry standard: “no antibiotics important to human medicine.” Chick-fil-A first announced that it would

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