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    New York court overturns Harvey Weinstein sex crime conviction

    New York's highest court on Thursday overturned disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction on sex crime charges, a shock reversal in one of the defining cases of the #MeToo movement.Weinstein is not the first high-profile man convicted in the wake of the #MeToo movement to have his conviction overturned.

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    #SaveToomaj: Iran urged to spare rapper after 'grotesque' verdict

    Iranian authorities on Thursday faced pressure to release and clear a prominent rapper sentenced to death in a verdict supporters say is merely revenge for his music backing anti-government protests.The verdict was announced shortly after another rapper arrested in the crackdown, Saman Yasin, who had initially been sentenced to death by a lower court, was sentenced to five years in prison, a term to be served in exile in the eastern Kerman province.

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    BHP launches $38.8 billion takeover bid for rival Anglo American

    Australian mining giant BHP said Thursday it has made a $38.8 billion takeover bid for British rival Anglo American, a colossal deal with the potential to fundamentally reshape the sector.- 'Big Australian' - Nicknamed the "Big Australian", BHP claims to be the largest mining company in the world with a market value of around $148 billion.

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  • PoliticsAFP News

    Trump back in court for more tabloid testimony

    A key witness in the criminal trial of Donald Trump detailed Thursday how he worked with the former president's personal lawyer to kill a Playboy model's story about a sexual relationship with the Republican.He has also borne witness to Judge Juan Merchan admonishing the former president's lead lawyer Todd Blanche, who blustered through his defense of the Republican as prosecutors asked to hold him in contempt of court.

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    Ukrainian village battles mines year after Russia forced out

    Every metre that farmer Igor Kniazev ploughs in an east Ukrainian village holds the danger of mines, booby-traps and unexploded shells -- the remains of a nearly three-month Russian occupation that ended over a year ago.Plot after plot, while ploughing the land, Kniazev systematically checked every metre.

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    Haiti transitional council sworn in after months of violence

    A long-awaited transitional ruling council was sworn in Thursday in violence-wracked Haiti, while the Caribbean nation's embattled prime minister Ariel Henry submitted his formal resignation."Haiti will be reborn," he wrote in his resignation letter, which was released Thursday but dated Wednesday from Los Angeles. 

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    Trump Lawyer Argues He Could Legally Order Assassination Of Political Rival

    "I'm trying to understand what the disincentive is from turning the Oval Office into the seat of criminal activity in this country," Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said.

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