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    Family of US reporter jailed in Russia vows to keep fighting

    One year after American journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on espionage charges, his family vowed Friday to continue fighting for his release, a pledge echoed by President Joe Biden.He vowed to "continue working every day to secure his release" as well as to "denounce and impose costs for Russia's appalling attempts to use Americans as bargaining chips."

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    Disinformation targeting Brigitte Macron spreads beyond France

    Years after false posts began circulating on social media purporting Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman, the French first lady remains the target of fake claims with the transphobic disinformation spreading to the United States.On March 22, a 51-year-old man was arrested in southwestern France for allegedly writing "Brigitte Macron, transsexual" on his garage, according to the French daily Le Figaro. 

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  • BusinessAFP News

    Impact of Baltimore port closure on global supply chains

    The bridge collapse that closed the Port of Baltimore has raised concerns about the disaster's potential impact on the global supply chain.While the bridge incident will have "little to no impact" on US refined oil products, shipping fuel supplies "could tighten" on the Atlantic Coast as vessels refuel outside Baltimore, S&P said. lem/ak/lth/gil

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    Turkey's Erdogan braces for tete-a-tete with Biden in May

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with US counterpart Joe Biden at the White House on May 9, a Turkish official told AFP on Friday. Erdogan has now been in charge of running Turkey for 21 years and Biden is the first president until this moment to not have invited him to the White House," Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Program at The Washington Institute, told AFP.  "It's a pretty big deal that Erdogan has finally secured an invitation just before the end of Biden's term,

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    I Was Raised In Purity Culture. Then I Began Wearing A Secret Purchase Under My Clothes.

    "Like so many who were raised in conservative Christianity, the sex education I received was light on 'education' and heavy on shame."

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    S.African ex-president Zuma escapes unharmed from car crash: police

    South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma survived a car accident overnight after a vehicle transporting him was hit by a drunk driver, police said on Friday. The driver's car "collided with former president Mr Jacob Zuma's official armoured state vehicle", the South African Police Service (SAPS) said.

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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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