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Month: June 2024

US widens sanctions on Russia to discourage countries such as China from doing business with Moscow

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press The United States has widened its sanctions against Russia as G7 leaders prepare to gather in Italy for a summit where top priorities will be boosting support for Ukraine and grinding down Russia’s war machine. Wednesday’s package targeted Chinese companies which help Russia pursue its war in Ukraine and raised

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Anti-abortion groups to Trump: Don’t water down GOP platform by removing support for federal ban

By Steve Contorno and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Anti-abortion leaders are warning Republicans not to remove a federal abortion ban from the party’s platform at next month’s GOP convention even as their presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, backs away from it. The current platform – put in place during Trump’s 2016 campaign for president and

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Vietnam veteran fulfills goal of graduating high school at Commonwealth Charter Academy after dropping out

By Aziza Shuler Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A 77-year-old Vietnam veteran graduated Tuesday with the Commonwealth Charter Academy’s class of 2024. The year was 1965, the United States was 10 years into the Vietnam War and 17-year-old Robert Toporek dropped out of high school in Charleston, South Carolina, to

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