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“These weapons must be removed from our stockpiles, they must not be dumped in Ukraine,” he added. Cluster bombs, officially called dual-purpose enhanced conventional munitions, are designed to eliminate multiple military targets by dispersing a large number of small “bulbs” over a wide area. They are banned by most NATO countries because unexploded munitions can end up killing civilians, even long after the conflict has ended. Democratic lawmakers noted that Congress has banned the transfer of any cluster munition with a “failure rate” of more than 1 percent, although Biden may waive the rule. Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani could be disbarred in Washington after a review panel on Friday condemned how he pursued false claims that then-President Donald Trump made about his election loss presidential elections of 2020. Giuliani “claimed massive election fraud but had no evidence,” the three-member panel wrote in a report detailing errors and unsupported claims the former mayor made in a Pennsylvania lawsuit seeking to overturn the loss of the Republican president to the Democrat Joe Biden. Between Election Day and the January 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol, Giuliani and other Trump lawyers…

top line Adam Mosseri, leader of Instagram, said in two Thread Posts Friday that the new app would not promote “politics and hard news” on its platform, a far cry from the promoted political content found on rival platform Twitter. The ad for the social networking app Threads is shown in the US Apple App Store. (Photo by … [+] Christoph Dernbach/Photo Alliance via Getty Images) dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Key factors Mosseri said in a Threads of conversation that the new platform will inevitably contain politics and hard news, but that Threads “will do nothing to encourage those…

Instagram boss Adam Mosseri says Meta doesn’t envision Threads “replacing Twitter.” In a series of candid comments, he made it clear that the app won’t go out of its way to welcome politics or news. “We will not court them as we have done in the past,” Mosseri wrote in Meta’s new application. Loading Loading something. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the application Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has a message for the masses hoping Meta threads could be Twitter 2.0: Don’t hold your breath. Mosseri made it…

A Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Hawaii was diverted Monday after a flight attendant they received photos on his phone alluding to a bomb on board, officials say. Flight 3316 to Maui was diverted to Oakland, Calif., on Monday afternoon after photos were sent via Apple’s AirDrop feature to a flight attendant “suggesting there was a bomb on board.” plane,” the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said. Once the plane landed, it was evacuated by Oakland Airport Operations, the Transportation Security Administration and Airport Police Services, officials said. All passengers and their luggage were searched with the help of…

(WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com) – Michael Burham has escaped from the Warren County Jail. He was last seen on July 6 at approximately 11:20 p.m. wearing an orange and white jumpsuit with studs and a denim jacket. Burham is considered very dangerous. Police are asking citizens to lock their doors, stay alert and call 911 if anything is out of the ordinary. Suspect charged with rape, murder, arson and kidnapping extradited to Warren County Jail “All law enforcement resources are cooperating in this incident, as well as New York State and PA resources are cooperating. The inmate was wearing the latest orange and…

LAS VEGAS (AP) – No charges will be filed next a brief investigation of the altercation that include pop star Britney Spears, San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama and a member of the player’s security team, Las Vegas police said Friday. Spears said she was hit by a security guard while trying to approach Wembanyama near a restaurant at a Las Vegas casino complex on Wednesday night. Wembanyama said a person, he was later told was Spears, grabbed him from behind. But the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said Friday that Spears “inadvertently hit herself in the face” when someone…

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