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Trump says Russia agreed to supply millions of tons of diesel to US, global markets

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 9 that Russia had agreed to supply millions of tons of diesel fuel to the U.S. and global markets following a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Nobel Peace Prize: Navanethem Pillay, a tireless advocate for international justice

The 85-year-old South African judge, who notably served on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in the 1990s, recently chaired the United Nations Human Rights Council's Commission of Inquiry, which determined that a 'genocide' was taking place in Gaza.

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US imposes sanctions on ICC, hours after Nobel award to former judge

The court rejected the US sanctions as an attack on international law and warned in a statement that 'history will judge this moment.'

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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublica

Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

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Pete Hegseth wants to livestream a snuff film

The Defense Secretary plans to telecast the military's first firing squad execution since 1945.

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The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official

The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...

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Caught in the Crackdown: As Arrests at Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled

ProPublica and FRONTLINE found more than 300 protesters and bystanders who were arrested on charges like assaulting an immigration agent or interfering with law enforcement. Over and over, the accusat...

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'The Trump plan changed nothing': One year later, Gaza still lives in ruins, under bombs

Three years after the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, residents of the Palestinian territory continue to live among rubble. The plan brokered under the auspices of the American president on October 10, 2025 has stalled, and despite the ceasefire it provides for, Israel's campaign of destruction has continued.

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Rep. Max Miller's girlfriend was just indicted

A grand jury formally charged Jaclyn Alatrash, the congressman's partner of nearly two years, with grand theft.

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You’re Funding Trump’s New Ads

But will he ever pay you back?

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EXCLUSIVE: Friend of suspected FBI data thief says he warned 'crazy' teen not to hack bureau

A friend of the suspected thief of a massive cache of personal data from the FBI says he begged the teenager not to do it.

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We’re Investigating Prior Authorization. Help ProPublica Understand Your Health Insurance Denial.

ProPublica is looking into the ways health insurers’ use of prior authorization impacts patients. We need your help to figure out if the process is still leading to delayed or missed treatments, tests...

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Open letter to the US administration: The G20 invitation to Putin should come with conditions

The Trump administration recently announced that it has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to December's G20 summit in Miami. This invitation erodes the well-deserved isolation of Putin for his...

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Major fire reported at oil terminal linked to Russia's Novoshakhtinsk refinery after suspected drone strike

ASTRA also reported damage to a residential building in Rostov-on-Don's Donskaya Sloboda complex, identifying its location through footage posted by residents. It remained unclear what struck the buil...

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Margaret Hamilton, whose software sent humans to the moon, dies at 90

Hamilton was in her early thirties when she led the team of software engineers that powered NASA's Apollo missions. She later said, "There was no choice but to be pioneers."

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FCC chief defers to Pentagon on airing US execution on TV networks

The chair of the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday that he would defer to the Pentagon on whether US networks could air a planned December 3 ‌military execution, which would be an unprecedented broadcast.

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Trump says US to get diesel from Russia, relaxing pressure on Moscow to ease prices before midterms

Trump says U.S. will obtain diesel from Russia, relaxing years of US pressure on Moscow to combat prices ahead of midterms

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How Donald Trump made America’s government dumber

DOGE was a huge missed opportunity

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In “Musk,” Alex Gibney Punctures Elon’s Self-Mythology

“To make this film, I set out to solve a mystery,” Gibney says in the documentary. “How could Musk assume so much power, and why had we given it to him?”

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Trump says U.S. to get diesel from Russia, relaxing pressure on Moscow to ease prices before midterms

Trump says the U.S. will obtain diesel from Russia, relaxing years of U.S. pressure on Moscow, to combat prices before midterms. He said he struck the deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call.

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Zelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian diesel

President says deal essential to lower US fuel prices but move set to create fresh crisis with Ukraine and Nato allies * US politics – live updates Donald Trump was on a fresh collision course with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and European allies on Friday after a stunning agreement to buy Russian diesel, upending years of US and western pressure on the Kremlin to end its four-and-a-half year war against Ukraine. Zelenskyy reacted furiously to Trump’s announcement of the deal with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, calling it “absolutely terrible” and “not fair and not honest”. Continue reading...

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Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize after long career of investigating war crimes

International human rights lawyer Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Nobel Committee said it chose her as “institutions of international law are under political attack.” Hours later,...

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How do human beings explain taking part in genocide? NAZA provides a chilling look | Omer Bartov

It’s easier to blame brutes and sadists for extreme violence. But as we see in the documentary, modern genocides are fueled by people who are uncomfortably recognizable

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Mullin says ICE didn’t know 5-year-old boy was in car when officer fired

Federal authorities said Oscar Belgal used his car to ram government vehicles and endanger officers.

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Ukraine will keep targeting Russian oil refineries despite Trump's diesel deal with Putin – FT

Kyiv has no plans to halt long-range drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure following Washington's decision to ease restrictions on Russian diesel exports, a senior Ukrainian official has told...

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Ethiopian forces regain control of border city after reported Eritrean incursion

Ethiopian government forces and their militia allies entered Adigrat, near the border with Horn of Africa neighbour Eritrea, on Saturday, three residents said, days after Eritrean troops were pushed back from ‌the strategic city.

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New Alaska sea sponge species fuel debate over fishery practices

The vast and largely unexplored seafloor off Alaska’s coastline produces occasional startling discoveries.The latest concerns the sponges that line the bottom of the ocean and contribute to an ecosystem that supports some of the nation’s biggest seafood harvests.Scientists have now identified nine previously unknown species of sea sponges that dwell there, including one that represents an entire genus that was previously unknown.

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Trawl fishing catches huge amounts of seafood. It can also devastate the seafloor

Trawling is a fishing method using large nets to catch fish and shellfish in bulk. Bottom trawls scrape the seafloor for species such as cod and shrimp, while pelagic trawls target fish higher in the water.

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Midwest oat growers want a renaissance, but it will be hard without Big Ag

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Few people outside Quaker Oats know exactly what the Cedar Rapids factory is making when a sweet, wholesome smell wafts from the plant north of downtown. Locals call it a Crunch Berry day because Quaker – the world’s largest cereal plant – makes Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries, but the aroma could […]

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Trump’s rhetoric tests Republicans’ pitch in Minnesota suburbs

Candidates are betting concern about violence will follow voters to the ballot box, but Lisa Demuth and Michele Tafoya are distancing themselves from Trump’s attack on Somali immigrants.

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Half of workers fear they will never fully retire

Nearly half of working Americans doubt they'll ever be able to fully retire, a survey finds.

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Will the Blue Angels be able to fly over S.F.? Here’s the wind and cloud forecast

After low clouds limited the Blue Angels show on Friday, the weekend forecast may hold more red flags for those hoping to see the air show in San Francisco.

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Americans are set to spend more this holiday season than ever. Thank inflation and tariffs

“Things are just going to be more expensive,” said one economist. “It’s going to cost us more money to buy stuff.”

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It’s a Tough Time to Launch a Hedge Fund

Coming from a big-name firm or getting a well-known backer used to almost guarantee a billion-dollar start. Nowadays, star traders are finding there’s scant room for new entrants.

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How to save money buying Apple products

Being an Apple customer can take a big bite out of your wallet. But we have some ways to save even as new products are on deck.

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Why is US turning to Russia for diesel despite sanctions?

President Donald Trump's deal with Putin comes amid surging fuel prices and looming US midterm elections.

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Off-Duty ICE Agent Is Shot and Arrested After Sleeping on Lawn in California

A woman found the agent asleep on her lawn early Friday, and her 72-year-old father shot the agent after he assaulted her, the police said.

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UK households are being urged to stock up on nine items. Here’s what to buy

Wes Streeting is urging the public to prepare for extreme weather, cyber attacks, and war

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[Interview] France school protests go deeper than rioting or reactionism, says Sciences Po lecturer

Professor Jan Rovný argues French school protests could turn into a movment against spending cuts by a government with growing debt. He explains why private school pupils have joined publicly educated peers revolting on the streets, and how police violence will shape public mood.

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A year of ceasefire in Gaza through the lens of NPR's reporter

It has been one year since Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages and President Trump promised an end to the war, but Palestinians say the past 12 months have been a ceasefire in name only.

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Six men on how they plan to stand up against rape culture: ‘Boys need to be taught what is appropriate’

While most of the crowd at a Stop Sexual Violence rally in New York City was mostly women, men of all ages were in attendance too

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More Japanese firms hit by large-scale data breaches

The companies respectively said that they had found no evidence of unauthorized use of the affected information by third parties.

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Philips wins Dutch court battle with shareholders over recall

A Dutch court on Saturday dismissed demands by shareholders of health technology company Philips for an investigation into allegations of misleading disclosures and management ‌failures linked to the company's recall of sleep apnea devices.

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Why France’s Center Does Not Hold

The belief that the country is on a downward slope fuels the appeal of radicalism.

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Iowa fugitive worked as a chef in San Diego under an alias for more than a decade

The U.S. Marshals Service arrested Brian Anthony Williams, whom they allege is a fugitive from Iowa who lived for more than a decade under an alias and worked as a chef in San Diego.

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Hundreds of thousands without power as Isaias makes landfall: 'The storm is here'

Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, as the first hurricane of the Atlantic season

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A cult favorite lunch spot closed under sketchy circumstances, but its $8 sandwich lives on

The owners of Sing Sing, a popular bánh mì shop that closed earlier this year in the Tenderloin, are back with Banh Mi a Mui.

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Cliff Taylor: The most interesting assessment of the budget is the one you haven’t yet heard

Despite the corporate tax boom, Irish budgets are not boosting real spending power. There’s one good reason for that

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Why people keep looking for Noah’s Ark in a natural rock formation in Turkey: A scholar of early Christianity explains

A formation known as Durupınar, just a few miles from the Iranian border in Turkey, has been associated with Noah’s Ark for nearly 70 years.

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FAI find 'inconsistencies' in safeguarding records

The FAI is reviewing its safeguarding compliance records after "inconsistencies" were identified in the association's FAI Connect system.

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