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Unsentenced prisoners vote for Mexican president in 'historic' first
Prisoners awaiting trial or sentencing began voting Monday in Mexico's presidential election from inside jails -- a first for the Latin American nation.The 24-year-old is one of more than 30,000 prisoners in preventive detention who are allowed to vote inside jails for the first time this year.
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Australian PM Albanese says China military air incident unacceptable
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday it was unacceptable for Australian defence personnel to be put at risk in international airspace by the Chinese military as they took part in an operation to enforce United Nations sanctions on North Korea. A Chinese fighter jet endangered an Australian military helicopter during an unsafe and unacceptable confrontation over the Yellow Sea, Australia said on Monday.
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Elizabeth Holmes has more months shaved off prison sentence, records show
The 40-year-old founder of biotech company Theranos, was convicted in January 2022 on four counts of fraud and conspiracy, and sentenced to 11 years behind bar
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Israel rejects ceasefire proposal and presses ahead with 'targeted strikes' on Rafah
Israel has rejected a ceasefire proposal accepted by Hamas and announced it is pushing ahead with an assault on the town of Rafah in southern Gaza. The Israeli military said it was conducting "targeted strikes" against Hamas in the east of the city, which is the group's final stronghold in Gaza.
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Benjamin Netanyahu rejects Hamas ceasefire offer
Israel rejected a ceasefire offer from Hamas on Monday night, vowing to continue with its invasion of the southern Gazan city of Rafah and saying a last-minute proposal had failed to meet its key demands.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters march near Met Gala
Hundreds of people chanting slogans and waving Palestinian flags crowded onto Madison Avenue and through Central Park
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Texas mother made son, 3, ‘say goodbye to daddy’ on camera before shooting boy dead
Savannah Kriger laid her wedding dresses on her bed and shot her wedding portraits, police say
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