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    Russia faces backlash as veto ends UN's N. Korea sanctions monitoring

    Russia faced a mounting backlash Friday after using its veto power to effectively end official UN monitoring of sanctions on North Korea amid a probe into alleged arms transfers between Moscow and Pyongyang.The European Union had earlier called Moscow's veto "an effort to conceal unlawful arms transfers between DPRK and Russia, in the context of the latter's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine", referring to the North by its official name.

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    Ukraine warns power supply under threat amid deadly Russian attacks

    Ukraine warned Friday that Russian air attacks were putting its electricity supply under "increasing threat", hours after strikes damaged power stations and killed at least one person.A Russian drone killed a 39-year-old man and wounded another person near the southeastern city of Nikopol, while an air attack on Kamianske further north wounded five people, including a child, authorities said.

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    The Latest Salvo In The Anti-LGBTQ+ Range Wars: Criminalizing Teachers

    A bill introduced in the Missouri statehouse last week would make it illegal for schoolteachers or counselors to support or contribute to the social transitioning of a transgender minor.

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    House GOP Candidate Suggests CIA, Ukraine May Be To Blame For Moscow Terrorist Attack

    Speculation by Joe Kent, currently running for Congress in Washington, is similar to the line taken by Russian state propaganda.

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    Anthony Scaramucci Gives 'No. 1 Reason' Why 'Alarmed' Republicans Are Hush On Trump

    MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace asked ex-White House communications director why it's "so hard" for people to speak out against the former president.

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    India mandates weekly reporting on wheat stocks to prevent hoarding

    India has asked traders, major retailers and food processors to declare wheat stocks every Friday from April to prevent hoarding and price spikes, the government said on Friday. The world's second-biggest wheat consumer after China has been trying to contain wheat prices after heat waves curtailed production for two straight years, forcing the government to sell record volumes to boost domestic supplies. India had imposed a limit on how much wheat stock traders could hold to moderate prices.

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    Chinese tech giant Huawei says profits more than doubled in 2023

    Chinese tech giant Huawei said on Friday its profits more than doubled in 2023, as it ramps up efforts to bounce back in a year that saw the company apparently defy US sanctions with the release of a high-end smartphone.Huawei's surge in profits follows a year in which the firm raised eyebrows in Washington with the release of its Mate 60 Pro smartphone.

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