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In advance of Brussels summit where European leaders will debate seizing Russian assets for Ukraine, Poland’s Donald Tusk warned them of the need to choose between "money today or blood tomorrow." Belgium wants other countries to share the legal risk.

The Trump administration has launched another deadly strike in the eastern Pacific on what it claims is a drug boat, killing four people. On Wednesday, Trump cited the U.S. oil investments in Venezuela that were lost when the country nationalized the industry.

The Trump administration has announced a $11 billion arms sales to Taiwan, which will include advanced rocket launchers, self-propelled howitzers and a variety of missiles. China condemned the move.

In a surpriing development, four U.S. Republicans have joined Democrats to sign a petition forcing a vote on legislation that extends the Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years. Preserving the tax credits could safeguard healthcare for millions of Americans.

Insurance behemoth UnitedHealthCare is again in the news, facing multiple lawsuits for denying hospitalization to patients who then died. The CEO of UHC was shot and killed in December of last year by a young man who said it was retaliation for the company's abuse of the insured.

The Trump White House on Wednesday revised the “Presidential Walk of Fame” to now include plaques under portraits of former presidents with Trump’s own opinions: Barack Obama as “one of the most divisive political figures,” and Joe Biden as “by far, the worst President in American History ... Taking office as a result of the most corrupt Election ever seen in the United States.”

In the discovery process of Donald Trump’s defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board, Trump is being asked for his psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns. Trump filed the lawsuit in 2022 after the board refused to revoke its awards from the NY Times and Washington Post for their reporting on Trump's collusion with Russia in the 2016 U.S. election.

The Trump family’s plans to build a $500m Trump Tower in Belgrade, Serbia were abandoned after a Serbian minister was indicted Monday for abusing his office to support the project. Protesters and a prosecutor fought the project, to be built on a protected cultural heritage site. Serbia's authoritarian president Aleksandar Vučić, who is close to Vladimir Putin, has threatened reprisals.

Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro, as he orders the blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.

The Trump administration has announced that citizens from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria are now banned from entering the U.S. The administration also fully restricted travel on those with travel documents issued by the Palestinian Authority.

Prosecutors in Los Angeles announced on Tuesday that Rob Reiner’s son Nick Reiner will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents.

Donald Trump has signed an executive order blocking individual U.S. states from regulating AI. Some states already have regulations around nonconsensual porn, the collection of personal information, transparency, barring deepfakes in elections, and the government’s own use of AI.

A recent study forecasts that glaciers in Europe's Alps will reach their peak rate of extinction in just eight years, with more than 100 melting permanently by 2033. In the western U.S. and Canada, 70% of the current 45,000 glaciers are projected to vanish under 1.5C of heating, and more than 90% under 2.7C.

The U.S. military announced on Monday that it had once again launched strikes on boats in the eastern Pacific that it says were carrying narcotics. The latest strikes killed eight.

The International Criminal Court has rejected an appeal by Israel that would block an investigation by the court into its crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza. Arrest warrants for PM Netanyahu and former defense minister Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity remain standing.

Hamas Leader Khaled Meshaal: Trump Should Heed the Growing Calls Within MAGA and Reject Israel’s Agenda

Israel

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Israel

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