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Minneapolis, Portland shootings spur protests over ICE crackdowns as outcry grows
Another round of protests were planned for Friday in Minneapolis over the killing of a local woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during the Trump administration's latest crackdown on a major city, a day after federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in Portland, Ore.
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3 missing amid bushfires, 'catastrophic' conditions in Australia
Three people were unaccounted for as out-of-control bushfires raged in the Australian state of Victoria, destroying homes and burning through vast swathes of bushland amid the worst first conditions since 2019's Black Summer.
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How Trump and Vance's accounts of Minneapolis ICE shooting differ from video evidence
The official White House narrative of what lead a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent to shoot and kill a U.S. citizen in her vehicle in Minneapolis is bumping up hard against what can be seen in videos of the incident.
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Russia fires Oreshnik hypersonic missile, with attacks on Ukraine killing at least 4
Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four people. For only the second time, it used a new ballistic missile that it says flies at 10 times the speed of sound and is unstoppable.
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U.S. seizes Olina tanker in Caribbean, 5th vessel taken in Venezuela blockade
The U.S. has seized the Olina tanker in the Caribbean, the fifth vessel targeted in recent weeks as Washington steps up efforts to curb Venezuelan oil exports, U.S. officials said on Friday.