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US Army slashing thousands of posts in major revamp for future wars
AP NEWS
WASHINGTON, USA - The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, or almost 5%, and restructuring to be better able to fight the next major war, as the service struggles with recruiting shortfalls that made it impossible to bring in enough soldiers to fill all the jobs.
Sri Lanka 'white party' cancelled after backlash
BBC NEWS
An organiser of a "white party" in Sri Lanka has apologised after the event sparked a backlash online.
US company accused of illegally hiring children to clean meat plant
AP NEWS
DES MOINES, Iowa, USA - U.S. authorities have accused another sanitation company of illegally hiring at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities, the latest example of the illegal child labor that officials say is increasingly common.
US warns of a Chinese disinformation campaign that could undermine peace
AP
WASHINGTON, USA — For much of the world, China’s Xinjiang region is notorious, a place where ethnic Uyghurs face forced labor and arbitrary detention. But a group of visiting foreign journalists was left with a decidedly different impression.
Parenting advice YouTuber jailed for child abuse
BBC NEWS
A Utah mother whose harsh parenting advice made her a YouTube influencer has been sentenced to at least four years in prison for child abuse.
US Gov’t seizes Boeing 747 that Iran illegally sold to Venezuelan firm
AP
WASHINGTON DC, USA - The US government has seized a Boeing 747 cargo plane that officials say was previously sold by a sanctioned Iranian airline to a state-owned Venezuelan firm in violation of American export control laws.
Trump appears at federal court in classified documents case
AP
FORT PIERCE, Florida, USA - Seeking to turn legal problems into political gain, former President Donald Trump arrived Monday to a crowd of supporters at a federal courthouse in Florida for a closed hearing in the criminal case charging him with mishandling classified documents.
House votes to impeach homeland security chief
BBC NEWS
The House of Representatives has narrowly voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, making him the first cabinet member to face impeachment in nearly 150 years.
Musk funds Gina Carano's lawsuit against Disney
BBC NEWS
Actress Gina Carano has sued Disney and Lucasfilm after she was sacked in 2021 over a social media post in which she compared being a Republican to being a Jew during the Holocaust.
Mother convicted for failing to stop school shooting
BBC NEWS
A jury has found a Michigan mother guilty of involuntary manslaughter for failing to stop her son from carrying out a deadly school shooting.
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