TPS ending for Springfield Haitians: 5 things to know – Dayton Daily News

  1. TPS ending for Springfield Haitians: 5 things to know  Dayton Daily News
  2. DHS Revises Haiti TPS Extension, Accelerates Registration Period  The National Law Review
  3. Lawsuit challenges Trump's end to Haitian, Venezuelan deportation protections  Reuters
  4. Exclusive | Trump moves to close 'humanitarian parole' loophole for 500,000+ migrants  New York Post
  5. Midwestern cities fear fallout of Trump revoking Haitian residents’ status  The Guardian US
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Pope Francis: Like Mary and Joseph, let’s search for the Lord with hope – Vatican News – English

  1. Pope Francis: Like Mary and Joseph, let's search for the Lord with hope  Vatican News - English
  2. For those who embrace Christ’s love, death is not the end, pope writes  The Catholic Weekly
  3. Pope Francis shines light on Bible’s elderly ‘pilgrims of hope’ in Wednesday catechesis  Catholic News Agency
  4. Pope’s Catechesis: The Finding of Jesus in the Temple  Exaudi
  5. Pope Francis urges acceptance of mortality in Lenten Message amid health struggles  Orthodox Times - Orthodoxtimes.com
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Key court hearing as Alabama threatens prosecutions over abortion support

Experts say victory for state could give green light for other states to attack those who help women travel for procedure

A bellwether test of states’ ability to prosecute people over abortions that take place across state lines will hold a critical hearing on Wednesday, when Alabama abortion rights supporters will square off against the state attorney general over his threats to prosecute groups that help women travel for the procedure.

In the months after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022, clearing the way for Alabama to ban virtually all abortions, Alabama attorney general Steve Marshall repeatedly suggested that abortion rights activists who help people go out of state for abortions could be charged as participants in an illegal conspiracy. The Yellowhammer Fund, an abortion fund that helped people pay for the procedure, and the West Alabama Women’s Center, a former abortion clinic that pivoted to providing services like miscarriage management, joined with other abortion rights advocates to sue Marshall over his comments.

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Russia ‘will never agree’ to European peacekeepers in Ukraine, Lukashenko says – ABC News

  1. Russia 'will never agree' to European peacekeepers in Ukraine, Lukashenko says  ABC News
  2. Trump insists Putin wants peace. But the war is raging – and Ukrainian civilians are dying  CNN
  3. Trump expresses hope Russia's war in Ukraine is nearing an endgame as he meets with France's Macron  The Associated Press
  4. After Trump comments, Kremlin reaffirms opposition to European peacekeepers in Ukraine  Reuters
  5. How Trump is proceeding on the future of Ukraine's war with Russia  CBS News
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Exile is ‘a little bit less than death’ for lawyer forced to flee Guatemala

Virginia Laparra spent two years in prison after reporting her suspicion that a judge leaked sealed details of a case

A Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor forced into exile after being pursued by the country’s conservative elite has said that leaving the country was the only way to save her life but was only “a little bit less than death”.

Virginia Laparra, 45, spent two years in prison for allegedly abusing her position after she reported her suspicion that a judge had leaked sensitive details from a sealed corruption case to a colleague in 2017.

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A NATO ally figured out the trick to getting weapons to Ukraine cheaper and faster. It could be critical. – Business Insider

  1. A NATO ally figured out the trick to getting weapons to Ukraine cheaper and faster. It could be critical.  Business Insider
  2. Denmark has already completed the transfer of 12 out of the 19 F-16 fighters committed to the Ukrainian Air Force  Zona Militar
  3. Ukraine’s F-35 Fighter ‘Problem’ No One Saw Coming  19FortyFive
  4. Trump, Zelensky Spat May Ground Ukraine’s F-16 Deployment  defensemirror.com
  5. Andrii Sybiha held phone talks with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen  Міністерство закордонних справ України
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JD Vance denies disrespecting UK and France over Ukraine peacekeeping force – Reuters

  1. JD Vance denies disrespecting UK and France over Ukraine peacekeeping force  Reuters
  2. JD Vance Ignites Outrage in UK With ‘Random Country’ Comment  The New York Times
  3. UK MPs condemn ‘deeply disrespectful’ JD Vance comments | Defence policy  The Guardian
  4. Vance's comments about European peacekeeping plan for Ukraine draw ire abroad  NPR
  5. Britain and France are conspiring in the end of the Nato alliance  The Telegraph
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King Charles III, a Quiet Diplomat, is Stepping Up – The New York Times

  1. King Charles III, a Quiet Diplomat, is Stepping Up  The New York Times
  2. King's pivotal role in Trump and Ukraine balancing act  BBC.com
  3. King Charles ‘determined to play part’ in diplomacy as he welcomes Trudeau  The Guardian
  4. Zelensky Meets King Charles as Calls Grow to Cancel Trump UK State Visit  Newsweek
  5. The King shows extraordinary courage in supporting democracy after Trump debacle  The Independent
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US offered to resettle Uyghurs that Thailand deported to China, sources say

Canada and US said they would take 48 people held in Thai detention, according to officials, but Bangkok said to have feared upsetting China

Canada and the US offered to resettle 48 ethnic Uyghurs held in detention in Thailand over the past decade, sources have said, but Bangkok took no action for fear of upsetting China, where most of them were covertly deported last week.

Thailand has defended the deportation, which came despite calls from United Nations human rights experts, saying that it acted in accordance with laws and human rights obligations.

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Pope ‘well-rested’ after respiratory failure, Vatican says – BBC.com

  1. Pope 'well-rested' after respiratory failure, Vatican says  BBC.com
  2. Pope Francis suffers new breathing crises, is back on noninvasive ventilation, Vatican says  The Associated Press
  3. Pope sleeping with ventilation mask after latest health crisis  The Independent
  4. Pope Francis battles pneumonia - and rumours of resignation  Reuters
  5. 'Francis cannot die': Hundreds gather nightly at Vatican to pray for pope's recovery  National Catholic Reporter
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Green light for £1.2bn ‘bulk mail’ claim against Royal Mail owner to go to trial

Class action accuses International Distribution Services of abusing ‘dominant position’ in market

A £1.2bn class action claim accusing the owner of Royal Mail of abusing its “dominant position” in the market for sending bulk mail has been given the green light to proceed to trial by UK competition authorities.

Bulk Mail Claim Ltd, a recently formed company representing an estimated 290,000 customers who claim they were overcharged as a result of Royal Mail’s behaviour, has won clearance to proceed with its legal challenge from the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).

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