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Stormy Daniels back in the Trump trial hot seat
Stormy Daniels returned to the witness stand on Thursday at Donald Trump's historic hush money trial for another round of tough grilling by attorneys for the former president.Daniels was being aggressively cross-examined by one of Trump's attorneys, Susan Necheles, when court wrapped up on Tuesday and was back in the firing line on Thursday.
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Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed Vault
Scientists Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler, who on Thursday received the prestigious World Food Prize for "their work to preserve the world's heritage of seeds", are on a mission.It was for this work they were named the 2024 winners of the World Food Prize, awarded to individuals who have increased the quality, quantity, or availability of food worldwide.
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Barron Trump To Make Republican Political Debut
The younger Trump graduates from high school next week and will serve as one of Florida’s 41 at-large delegates when the RNC begins mid-July.
2-min read - LifestyleHuffPost
This Is The Only Thing You Should Be Using To Wash Your Body
According to a doctor, there's "no negotiation" that this is the best way to get clean in the shower.
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Nepal's nature threatened by new development push: conservationists
Nepali conservationists condemned on Thursday new regulations permitting hydropower and hotel projects in protected nature reserves, saying they threatened to damage the habitats of tigers and other endangered animals."The number of endangered tigers and one-horned rhinos in the country have thrived because of these protected areas as they found a favourable environment," Rampreet Yadav, a wildlife conservationist, told AFP. "This decision allowing construction of infrastructure will surely imp
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Charity warns Italy's ban on NGO planes risks lives
A migrant rescue charity warned Thursday that a new Italian ban on using surveillance planes to spot migrant boats in distress in the Mediterranean could endanger lives.Sea Watch warned the planes do not only play a vital role in spotting boats at risk of sinking, they also document the behaviour of the Libyan coastguard, often accused of violence towards migrants.
3-min read - BusinessReuters
Chinese chip maker SMIC says revenue up 20% as clients restock
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's largest contract chipmaker SMIC reported a first-quarter revenue rise of 19.7% on Thursday, as its global customers rebuilt their inventories. SMIC said in a statement that its revenue rose to $1.75 billion for the three months through March, topping the $1.69 billion forecast by analysts polled by LSEG. "In the first quarter 2024, our global customers are more willing to build up inventory," SMIC said, adding that demand from some is expected to continue in the curr
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