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  • Russia’s president has signaled an increase in income and corporate taxes that will help finance the war. The move reflects his firm control over Russian policy.The Victory Day parade last May in Moscow. Russia is allocating nearly a third of its overall 2024 budget to military spending.
  • A U.N. inquiry into 12 UNRWA workers alleged by Israel to be part of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack has cleared one. Three cases, lacking evidence, were suspended.
  • Storms destroyed homes and injured several people in Iowa and Nebraska, including in Omaha. A tornado also hit near Des Moines.Clouds hang over a damaged home in Omaha.
  • As Hamas sticks to a hard line in cease-fire negotiations with Israel, many Palestinians just want the fighting and misery to end after more than six devastating months.
  • A powerful president and a popular rival highlight an election that has already featured fights, arrests and accusations of intimidation.Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, the past, present and (most likely) future president of F.C. Porto.
  • We Cut A Huge HOLE In My HOUSE… Building The DREAM GARAGE : Part 3💾I finally found the perfect place to build the ultimate car guy compound. Tons of car parts, tools, and a motorcycle were left behind. So today we're going to sort through everything, throw a ton of stuff away, and start cleaning things up. A new house, a new shop, and a […]
  • A flurry of arrests this week reflect the continent’s newly toughened response to Beijing’s espionage activities and political meddling.The Chinese Embassy in Berlin. Arrests this week in Germany and Britain suggest not so much that Beijing has ramped up espionage work but that European countries have stepped up their response.
  • The Health and Human Services Department finalized a rule prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, reversing a Trump-era policy.The new rule prohibits discrimination by federally funded health providers and insurers.
  • The United Automobile Workers reached an agreement involving workers who make Freightliner trucks and Thomas Built buses. The deal comes as the union seeks to expand its membership in southern states.
  • The students had been among more than 100 who were suspended for participating in an encampment at Columbia University.Demonstrators are arrested and loaded onto buses during protests at Columbia University last Thursday.