Monday, June 24, 2024

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to plead guilty to espionage charge as part of deal with U.S.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will resolve a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents and centred on the publication of a trove of classified documents, according to court papers filed late Monday. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/wikileaks-julian-assange-classified-documents-espionage-charge-1.7245342?cmp=rss

New footage shows bloodied Israeli hostages taken in pickup to Gaza

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New video shows Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eliya Cohen and Or Levy crammed in the back of a pickup truck, smeared with blood, as they were abducted and taken to Gaza on Oct. 7.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-hamas-hostages-video-music-festival-1.7245011?cmp=rss

Rapper Julio Foolio dead after Florida shooting

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Rapper Julio Foolio was killed in a Sunday morning shooting outside a Tampa, Florida, hotel. The rapper, whose legal name is Charles Jones, had been out celebrating his 26th birthday at locations he had publicly announced on socially media before he and three others were shot in a parking lot.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/julio-foolio-shot-1.7244909?cmp=rss

Princess Anne suffers minor injuries and a concussion, Buckingham Palace says

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Princess Anne, 73, suffered minor injuries and a concussion following an incident on Sunday and is in hospital as a precaution, Buckingham Palace says.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/princess-anne-injured-1.7244368?cmp=rss

With Netanyahu increasingly seen as isolated, Israeli PM dismisses 'petty politics'

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau seems to be holding onto power – for now. But pressure is mounting for him to consider the future beyond Israel’s war with Hamas, and to stop putting his own interests ahead of the country’s.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/netanyahu-israel-war-gaza-1.7243994?cmp=rss