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Mexico praises ‘preferential’ US tariffs treatment

By Verónica Calderón and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Mexico’s economic minister Marcelo Ebrard praised the “preferential treatment” received by Mexico after US President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new global tariffs. On Wednesday, Trump detailed new tariffs on many countries including a minimum 10% “baseline” tariff on imports. Neighboring Mexico and Canada, though still subject

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Hungary says it will pull out of ICC as Orban hosts Israel’s Netanyahu – who is wanted by the court

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Hungary will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), its government said Wednesday, as the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomed Israeli Prime Minister and ICC fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu to Budapest. Speaking alongside Netanyahu in Budapest, Orban said his government decided to leave the court because it has become

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A Venezuelan man who wants to donate a kidney to his brother faced deportation. ICE granted him one-year humanitarian parole

By Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — After being detained for more than a month by immigration authorities, Jose Gregorio Gonzalez was released Friday morning so he can continue the process of trying to donate a kidney to his brother. Gonzalez, who came to the United States to help his brother battling kidney failure, learned earlier

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Passengers evacuate American Airlines regional jet after burning odor and smoke reported in cabin

By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — Passengers evacuated an American Airlines regional jet on the runway Tuesday in Augusta, Georgia, after smelling something burning and seeing light smoke in the cabin. American Flight 5406, operated by PSA Airlines landed in Augusta after a 36-minute flight from Charlotte, according to flight tracking site FlightAware. “The cabin

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Attorneys for Tufts University student accuse government of ‘secretive’ effort to move her across state lines

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN Boston (CNN) — Rümeysa Öztürk, the Turkish student detained by immigration officers in Boston last month, was moved across multiple state lines as part of a “highly unusual” and “secretive” attempt to keep her from accessing her attorney or being near her home, her attorneys charged Wednesday. In documents filed with

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FAA ‘stress management team’ to meet with controllers at Reagan Airport following mid-air collision and control tower fight

By Alexandra Skores and Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is sending a “stress management team” to meet with air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and making other changes after a rash of recent incidents. The “Critical Incident Stress Management” team, which offers “confidential support for staff following

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Army choosing ‘to protect its bureaucratic a**’ rather than providing collision avoidance report, Sen. Ted Cruz says

By Alexandra Skores and Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Army has not yet provided Congress with records showing when they used a collision avoidance technology that was turned off during January’s midair collision that killed 67 people, Sen. Ted Cruz, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, said during a

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