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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Four Russian Navy ships sighted escorting six cargo ships near Japan. The convoy entered the East China Sea last weekend.
Russia has been stepping up its escort activities for civilian vessels following foreign seizures of Russia-linked vessels subject to Ukraine War sanctions.
There have also been Ukrainian attacks on Russian merchant ships in the Mediterranean Sea...USNI News
The US Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) expanding Iran sanctions. Three individuals and nine organizations named in the sanctions.
Israel's parliament voting 93-0 to set up a special military court to try Palestinians who committed atrocities in the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
The new law also includes provision for the death penalty to be imposed. Israel does not have a death penalty for crimes.
300 suspects are currently held awaiting trial.
Families of those victimized in the October 7th attack critical of the process saying the move ignores their demand for an independent probe of why the attack happened in the first place.
It's an idea opposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government...Times of Israel
IN UKRAINE PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY'S FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF ANDRIY YERMAK IS CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION.
THE CHARGES THAT INCLUDE MONEY LAUNDERING LEVELED AGAINST YERMAK BY THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU (NABU) AND SPECIAL ANTI-CORRUPTION PROSEUTOR'S OFFICE (SAP).
HE WAS THE SECOND MOST-POWERFUL MAN IN UKRAINE BEHIND ZELENSKY. THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT LATE TONIGHT DID NOT DIRECTLY NAME MR. YERMAK.
THE ALLEGED MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME SAID TO HAVE INVOLVED 10.5 MILLION US DOLLARS...POLITICO EU...TASS RUSSIA
The order of US Justice Samuel Alito pausing a restriction on mail-ordering of an abortion drug extended.
The order extended to Thursday at 5pm to give the court more time to consider the issue.
Alito's order came after a US appeals court supported a Louisiana lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration over a state law concerning the drug 'mifepristone'...The Hill USA
PRESIDENT TRUMP PROMOTING THE NOTION OF SUSPENDNG THE FEDERAL TAX ON GASOLINE.
MR. TRUMP SPOKE IN AN INTERVIEW WITH CBS NEWS ALSO SAYING THE TAX COULD BE PHASED BACK IN WHEN THE HIGH PRICE OF GASOLINE EASES.
THE FEDERAL EXCISE TAX ON GASOLINE IS 18.4 CENTS A GALLON WITH A 22.4 CENTS A GALLON LEVY ON DIESEL.
CONGRESS WOULD HAVE TO PASS LEGISLATION TO ENABLE GASOLINE TAX SUSPENSION.
SUCH LEGISLATION WOULD BE AN ATTRACTIVE NOTION IN AN ELECTION...CBS NEWS USA
The European Union imposing sanctions on Israeli nationalist settlers linked to violent attacks on Palestinians.
The tempo of violence against Palestinians picking up in the last few years.
EU sanctions also applied to the leaders of Hamas in Gaza and 'far-right' nationalist groups in Israel...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN FEDERAL COURT COLE TOMAS ALLEN ENTERING A NOT GUILTY PLEA IN CONNECTION WITH THE SECURITY BREACH AT THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER LAST MONTH.
ALLEN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO ASSASINATE PRESIDENT TRUMP, ASSAULTING A FEDERAL OFFICER AND FIREARMS OFFENSES AMONG OTHER CHARGES.
HIS DEFENSE LAWYER ASKING A JUDGE TO DISQUALIFY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS PRESENT AT THE DINNER FROM BEING INVOLVED IN THE CASE.
THE DEFENSE SAYING THAT ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE AND ACTING US ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLOMBIA JEANINE PIRRO COULD BE CONSIDERED VICTIMS OR WITNESSES...AP USA-REUTERS-AL JAZEERA QATAR
12 more arrests in the Netherlands where demonstrators are opposing aa new asylum seekers center.
BRITISH POLITICS MORE THAN 40 OF THE 403 LABOUR PARTY MP'S WANT PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER TO RESIGN.
THIS FOLLOWING LAST THURSDAY'S LOSSES IN THE LOCAL ELECTIONS WHICH SAW THE REFORM UK PARTY WINNING NEARLY 30 PERCENT OF THE SEATS CONTESTED THE LABOR PARTY ONLY WINNING 20 PERCENT OF THOSE SEATS...
In the Philippines the House of Representatives impeaching Vice-President Sara Duterte.
She spoke of killing President Ferdinand Marcos if she were killed and is accused of misusing government funds.
The Senate will now try Duterte with conviction not certain.
Her father former President Rodrigo Duterte now detained by the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands where he will be tried.
Mr. Duterte accused of killing people in connection with a crackdown on drug trafficking in The Philippines...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
US AND CHINESE TRADE NEGOTIATORS MEETING IN SOUTH KOREA WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S CHINA VISIT LATER IN THE WEEK.
CHINA REPRESENTED BY VICE PREMIER HE LIFENG AND THE US BY TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 95.31 points or .19 percent.
The NASDAQ up 27.05 points or .1 percent.
At 441 pm New York Time the price of oil 98 dollars 27 cents a barrel up two dollars 85 cents or 2.99 percent...Marketwatch
In the first quarter of this year profits of the Saudi oil giant "Aramco" rose as the Iran War began.
Those profits more than 28 billion Euros (32.92 billion US Dollars).
That's a 25 percent increase compared to the first quarter of last year....NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
US POLITICS INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE WITH A FUNDRAISING BOOST EIGHT DAYS BEFORE HIS PRIMARY ELECTION IN KENTUCKY.
MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION DOLLARS RAISED IN A 'MONEY BOMB' CAMPAIGN...MASSIE MONEY BOMB
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