Kilmar Ábrego García’s wife rejects Trump officials’ depictions of him as ‘violent’

Jennifer Vasquez Sura criticizes DHS’s attempt to smear her wrongly deported husband over 2021 civil protective order

The wife of Kilmar Ábrego García, the Maryland man unlawfully deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador, has strongly criticized the Trump administration’s attempt to smear his character, saying a temporary restraining order against him was “out of caution” and that “he is a loving partner and father” who is being denied justice.

Jennifer Vasquez Sura said she “acted out of caution after a disagreement with Kilmar” when she got the civil protective order in 2021, according to a statement emailed to the Baltimore Sun.

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Russia warns Germany against giving Ukraine Taurus missiles – DW

  1. Russia warns Germany against giving Ukraine Taurus missiles  DW
  2. Merz signals Ukraine could use Taurus missiles to target Crimea, Kerch Bridge  The Kyiv Independent
  3. Rheinmetall: Shell Output at New Lower Saxony Factory Will Almost Double Corporate Plan  Kyiv Post
  4. Merz’s Ukraine Missile Plan Exposes Rifts in Germany’s Coalition  Bloomberg
  5. Day after Russia kills civilians in Sumy, Kremlin claims deliveries of Taurus missiles will lead to escalation  The Kyiv Independent
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JK Rowling celebrates with a cigar after UK Supreme Court rules trans women are not legally women – Hindustan Times

  1. JK Rowling celebrates with a cigar after UK Supreme Court rules trans women are not legally women  Hindustan Times
  2. Supreme Court gender ruling offers clarity after years of ambiguity  BBC
  3. Rapists can no longer claim to be women following Supreme Court ruling  The Telegraph
  4. Trans women aren’t legally women: What the UK Supreme Court ruling means  Al Jazeera
  5. Transgender women in Britain fear ruling could place toilets, sports and hospitals off limits  AP News
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Macron announces joint commission with Haiti amid calls for reparations

France imposed harsh ‘ransom’ after revolution that campaigners say stunted Caribbean country’s development

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has announced a joint commission with Haiti to examine the countries’ shared past as Haitian campaigners demand a reimbursement of billions of dollars worth of “ransom” paid to France.

Macron announced his intention to create the commission as campaigners renewed calls for reparations on the bicentenary of an agreement to pay 150m francs to France in 1825 to compensate slave-owning colonists after the Haitian Revolution.

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Saudi defense minister visits Iran in highest-level trip in decades as nuclear talks proceed – CNN

  1. Saudi defense minister visits Iran in highest-level trip in decades as nuclear talks proceed  CNN
  2. Saudi defense minister hands letter from king to Khamenei during Tehran visit  The Times of Israel
  3. Saudi defence minister arrives in Tehran ahead of Iran-US talks  Reuters
  4. Iran Builds Ties With US Ally as Regional War Fears Grow  Newsweek
  5. Saudi defence minister visits Iran ahead of US talks  Financial Times
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‘Resist protectionism,’ China’s Xi tells Cambodia as Phnom Penh seeks loans – Reuters

  1. 'Resist protectionism,' China's Xi tells Cambodia as Phnom Penh seeks loans  Reuters
  2. Cambodia and China Strengthen Ties as US Imposes Tariffs  The New York Times
  3. China’s leader ends Southeast Asia tour that touted Beijing’s reliability vs. US tariff threats  AP News
  4. Xi Jinping visits Phnom Penh on anniversary of U.S. humiliation  Nikkei Asia
  5. Xi hails Queen Mother Monineath as promoter of China-Cambodia friendship  Xinhua
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Frontier A321neo Lands So Hard That Engine Flames, Wheel Falls Off – One Mile at a Time

  1. Frontier A321neo Lands So Hard That Engine Flames, Wheel Falls Off  One Mile at a Time
  2. FAA and NTSB investigating after Frontier Airlines’ hard landing in Puerto Rico  CNN
  3. Frontier Airlines passenger describes terrifying landing after plane’s wheel breaks off  Fox News
  4. ‘It was the end’: Video shows passengers panic as US plane catches fire, landing wheel breaks off  Hindustan Times
  5. Final goodbyes heard on flight from Orlando before hard landing in Puerto Rico  WFTV
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‘One of Largest Offensives’ – Ukraine Wipes Out 140 Russian Troops, 29 Vehicles in Southern Assault – Kyiv Post

  1. ‘One of Largest Offensives’ – Ukraine Wipes Out 140 Russian Troops, 29 Vehicles in Southern Assault  Kyiv Post
  2. Russia using new mass assault tactics on battlefield, Kyiv says  Reuters
  3. Ukraine Destroys 29 Russian Armored Vehicles Assaulting South  Newsweek
  4. Russia strikes Zaporizhzhia with long-range FPV drone for first time, sources say  Euromaidan Press
  5. Russian forces intensify artillery shelling and drone strikes in the south – Voloshyn  Ukrinform
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Double Tap: Ukraine Retaliates Against Bloody Russian Missile Attack With Rare Follow-Up Drone Strike – Kyiv Post

  1. Double Tap: Ukraine Retaliates Against Bloody Russian Missile Attack With Rare Follow-Up Drone Strike  Kyiv Post
  2. Analysis: Trump calls Sumy missile strike a ‘mistake.’ But Russia’s war seems to be raging on exactly to Putin’s plan  CNN
  3. Russian drone hits bakery preparing Easter cakes, killing one, Kyiv says  Reuters
  4. Russian missiles hit Sumy civilians as military held ceremony, soldier says  The Washington Post
  5. US Derails G-7 Condemnation of Russian Missile Strike on Ukraine  Bloomberg
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New daily weight-loss pill shows success at clinical trial

Orforglipron also reduced blood sugar levels in participants with type 2 diabetes

A significant trial of a daily weight-loss pill has found that it helped people to shed the pounds and reduce their blood sugar levels, making it a contender to join the new wave of drugs that combat obesity and diabetes.

People who took a 36mg pill of orforglipron lost an average of 7.3kg (16lbs) over nine months, according to results from a phase 3 clinical trial reported by the drug’s manufacturer, Eli Lilly, on Thursday.

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