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    Threatening Abramovich ally would be 'suicide', soccer agent tells London court

    A soccer agent on Wednesday denied threatening a senior director at the English Premier League club Chelsea in an email, telling a London court that trying to intimidate an ally of former owner Roman Abramovich would be a "suicide mission". Saif Rubie is on trial over an email he sent to Marina Granovskaia in May 2022 demanding a six-figure commission for the transfer of French defender Kurt Zouma from Chelsea to West Ham the previous year. Prosecutors allege that was a reference to an inciden

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    European stocks lose momentum after global rally

    European stocks lost some of their recent momentum on Wednesday while Wall Street also dipped as London failed to pull off a third straight day of record closes.London this week became the latest global bourse to scale historic heights, following recent records in Frankfurt, Paris, Tokyo and Wall Street, propelled also by the prospect of global interest rate cuts owing to easing inflation.

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    New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne Jr. Dead At 65

    The Democrat had suffered a cardiac episode earlier this month, which was based on complications from his diabetes, his office said.

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    TikTok to fight US ban law in courts

    TikTok's CEO vowed Wednesday to fight in the courts to overturn a newly signed US law that could see the popular app banned due to allegations it is controlled by the China government."We will keep fighting for your rights in the courts.

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    Video of Palestinian flags atop Egyptian pyramid is manipulated

    A video spreading online purports to show someone waving two Palestinian flags atop the Great Pyramid of Giza, where climbing is forbidden, amid Israel's war with Hamas. But the clip is altered ; the social media user who first posted it shared nearly identical footage in 2019 that shows no one on the ancient structure .

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    Anger among Ukrainians in Poland as Kyiv halts passport renewals

    Hundreds of Ukrainians crammed up against a closed passport office in Warsaw on Wednesday, furious over Kyiv's suspension of consular services for fighting-aged men in a bid to force them to return home and bolster troop numbers.According to Ukrainian media, hundreds of thousands of working-age men have sought refuge in EU countries since the start of the war. - '700 kilometres' - The consular service suspensions, which come as Kyiv scrambles to recruit troops, is widely seen as an attempt to fo

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  • PoliticsAFP News

    US president signs bill to provide new aid for Ukraine

    US President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed legislation authorizing $61 billion in military aid for Ukraine, with the Pentagon quickly announcing a new $1 billion package headed for Kyiv, featuring desperately needed air defense and artillery munitions.The Pentagon quickly announced a $1 billion package for Kyiv using the new funding, including air defense munitions, artillery rounds, ammunition for HIMARS precision rocket launchers, anti-tank weapons and armored vehicles.

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