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Federal judge issues temporary restraining order, says Texas law banning drag shows is “likely” unconstitutional
U.S. District Judge David Hittner heard from LGBTQ+ groups, businesses and a drag performer in a hearing this week, who argued Senate Bill 12 violated their First Amendment rights. U.S. District Judge David Hittner temporarily blocked a new state law Thursday from going into effect that would have criminalized sexually-oriented performances in front of children…
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“I think it was the strongest earthquake I’ve ever experienced,” Keeshia Leyran, 27- Report Manila, Philippines: A strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook the southern Philippines on Friday, killing a married couple as people fled buildings and part of a shopping mall ceiling collapsed. No tsunami threat was issued after the quake struck off Sarangani province…
Breaking News | News | UkraineRussian oil rig in Caspian Sea halts production after Ukrainian drone strike, SBU source says
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) struck Russia’s Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea for the first time with long-range drones, halting oil and gas production from more than 20 wells, a source in the SBU said on Dec. 11. Four drones struck Moscow’s largest offshore oil field in the Caspian Sea, and one of the…
Taiwan extends mandatory 4-month military service to 1 year, raises soldiers’ pay
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Breaking News | Iran | NewsStrait of Hormuz ‘completely open’ as Trump celebrates tumbling oil prices, rips into NATO as ‘Paper Tiger’
Iran’s foreign minister announced Friday that the Strait of Hormuz is now “completely open” for all commercial ships — as President Trump said the US would take all of Tehran’s leftover nuclear fuel. “In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the…


