Chris Summers
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Chris Summers is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of national stories, with a particular interest in crime, policing and the law.
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Ship Hit in Strait of Hormuz as Turkey Pushes US-Iran Talks
The speaker of the Iranian parliament has said the strait will remain closed until the United States submits to Tehran’s conditions.
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Rapper Tupac Shakur Was Killed in Revenge for Casino Beatdown, Jury Told
Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal said Duane Davis planned the shooting of Tupac Shakur in September 1996 in retaliation for his nephew being assaulted.
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Irish Police Warn of Wrong-Way Illegal Driving Craze Spread by Social Media
Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said, ‘It is shocking that in some cases it is being done for likes on social media.’
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Lake Powell Hits Lowest Level on Record Amid Decades-Long Western Drought
The megadrought has been accompanied by persistent overuse of the Colorado River water, exacerbated by population pressures.
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Judge Drops Case Against 6 Nevada Republicans Accused of Falsifying 2020 Election Result
Nevada Judge Mary Kay Holthus ruled in favor of the six GOP electors, who said the signing of a document in 2020 was ‘political theater.’
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Polish Prime Minister Says Russian Plot to Kill Dual Ukrainian-US Citizen Thwarted
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said a Russian was arrested on Aug. 7 whose ‘assignment was to carry out an execution’ in Warsaw.
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Japan Protests as Putin Visits Disputed Islands
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Kuril Islands was ‘absolutely unacceptable.’
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US Says Alleged Mexican Cartel Affiliates Sought to Buy Weapons in Czech Republic
CJNG is one of a number of cartels that were designated as foreign terrorist organization.
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US Federal Government Sued by Human Rights Watch Over ICC Sanctions
A legal complaint filed in New York states that the Trump administration’s sanctions against the International Criminal Court are an ‘unlawful abuse of power.’
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Thai Government Pledges to Toughen Gun Laws After 2 Shootings
Three days after a school shooting that claimed at least six lives, a former lawmaker is under arrest for allegedly gunning down a local government official.
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