US seizes second Venezuelan government plane in the Dominican Republic – FRANCE 24 English

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  1. US seizes second Venezuelan government plane in the Dominican Republic  FRANCE 24 English
  2. United States Seizes Venezuelan Aircraft Involved in Violations of U.S. Export Control and Sanctions Laws  Department of Justice
  3. US Set to Announce Seizure of Venezuela Vice President’s Plane  Bloomberg
  4. Rubio to meet with Dominican officials to close Latin America tour  VOA Asia
  5. Venezuela brands Rubio a 'thief' over US jet seizure  Yahoo! Voices
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Victorian man charged after allegedly making death threats and antisemitic comments against federal MP

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AFP also allege man used social media to contact Victorian state politician

A Victorian man has been charged in connection with alleged death threats and antisemitic comments against a federal politician in the latest incident investigated by a special police taskforce.

The Australian federal police confirmed on Friday a 33-year-old Reservoir man was charged with four counts of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence and one count of using a carriage service to threaten to kill.

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US election commission chair says Trump tried to fire her illegally

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Ellen Weintraub of Federal Election Commission rejects letter from president that claims she has been removed

United States Federal Election Commission commissioner and chair Ellen Weintraub said on Thursday she received a letter from Donald Trump that purports to fire her but added that the action was illegal.

In a post on X, Weintraub attached the January 31 letter signed by Trump which said: “You are hereby removed as a member of the Federal Election Commission, effective immediately.”

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A$AP Rocky’s prosecutors rest case at his felony trial over two assault charges

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Five witnesses called in eight days, including accuser A$AP Relli, who was on stand for three day’s worth of testimony

Los Angeles county prosecutors rested their case on Thursday at the trial of rapper and fashion mogul A$AP Rocky, who is charged with firing a gun at a former friend on a Hollywood street in 2021.

They called five witnesses in eight days of testimony, including two police officers, a police detective and a firearms expert.

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NSW doctors embrace ‘marshmellow’ moniker to highlight ‘catastrophic situation’ in public hospitals

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Union says viral email stuff-up downplaying junior doctors’ concerns has become a focal point for what it labels ‘toxic’ and ‘hazardous’ workplace conditions

If you were to walk into a New South Wales hospital over the past week, you might have seen doctors bringing marshmallows to work, or perhaps cartoon images of the anthropomorphised gelatinous sweet with a stethoscope and white lab coat upon their break-room walls.

Thousands of doctors across the state have embraced calling themselves “clinical marshmellows [sic]” after a medical administration manager at the Hunter New England local health district called junior doctors the moniker in an email stuff-up.

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Ukraine war briefing: Putin admits situation ‘very difficult’ in Kursk as Kyiv forces mount new offensive – The Guardian

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  1. Ukraine war briefing: Putin admits situation ‘very difficult’ in Kursk as Kyiv forces mount new offensive  The Guardian
  2. Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion: Six Month Assessment  Institute for the Study of War
  3. Ukraine-Russia war latest: West's defeat by Russia 'only a matter of time', expert warns - as Zelenskyy makes plea to Trump  Sky News
  4. Ukraine Says It Captured Nearly 1K Russian Soldiers Since Launching Kursk Offensive  The Moscow Times
  5. ‘We’re still there’: Ukraine marks the 6-month anniversary of its Kursk incursion  POLITICO Europe
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Swedish police say mass shooter was connected to school where he opened fire – The Associated Press

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  1. Swedish police say mass shooter was connected to school where he opened fire  The Associated Press
  2. ‘Screams and Smoke’: How a Deadly Mass Shooting Unfolded in Sweden  The New York Times
  3. News Wrap: Swedish authorities trying to find motive of gunman who killed 10  PBS NewsHour
  4. Witnesses describe chaos and bloodshed in Sweden’s worst mass shooting  The Associated Press
  5. Sweden reels from worst mass-shooting as it mourns the dead  Reuters
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