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World Brief: Philly shooting arrest and parking feud stabbing; Celtic’s O’Neill surges; Melania doc yanked in South Africa; Trump emergency tariffs tied to Cuba oil; Australia doubts U.S. alliance reliability; Johnson denies evidence Omar staged attack; India on Nipah alert; Dems–White House push spending deal to avoid shutdown; Boston nonprofit fraud sentencing
Philadelphia police arrest 19-year-old in fatal shooting and bicycle robberies
Philadelphia police arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a fatal shooting and a series of bicycle robberies in Southwest Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
Martin O’Neill thriving as Celtic interim manager
Martin O’Neill is thriving in his role as Celtic’s interim manager, steering the club into the Europa League play-off round and helping extend an upturn in form.
Melania Trump documentary pulled from South African theaters
Melania Trump’s documentary will not be shown in South African theaters after a local distributor said it has been withdrawn from release. Somewhere, a projector just sighed in relief.
Trump declares emergency, orders tariff framework tied to oil trade with Cuba
Donald Trump declared a national emergency and signed an executive order creating a framework for sweeping tariffs on goods from any country that sells or provides oil to Cuba. The White House said the move is meant to protect U.S. national security and foreign policy, and it follows Cuba’s National Defence Council approving measures toward declaring a “state of war” after the reported capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
Australia urged to hedge as U.S. reliability becomes the alliance weak link
Australia is being urged to get more realistic about a changing, more transactional Washington, arguing that the biggest problem is confidence in U.S. reliability rather than U.S. military capability. The recommendation is to keep the alliance but speak more frankly about its conditional nature, deepen regional partnerships, and invest more in Australia’s own diplomatic and military capacity to reduce over-reliance on an increasingly unpredictable United States.
Johnson says he has seen no evidence Omar staged attack
Johnson told reporters he has not seen any evidence that Omar staged the attack and said lawmakers need to stay safe in what he described as a dangerous time.
Nipah virus outbreak in India prompts heightened regional alert
An outbreak of Nipah virus in India has raised alert levels across parts of Asia. The virus can be highly fatal, spreads from animals to humans (and more rarely person to person), has no approved treatment or vaccine, and can cause severe respiratory illness and encephalitis, although it does not generally spread efficiently between people.
Senate Democrats and White House agree to advance spending bills to avert shutdown
Senate Democrats said they reached an agreement with the White House to advance a package of spending bills aimed at averting a partial government shutdown.
Monica Cannon-Grant sentenced after fraud case involving Violence in Boston nonprofit
Social justice advocate and nonprofit founder Monica Cannon-Grant was sentenced to four years of probation and ordered to pay $106,003 in restitution after pleading guilty to 18 federal counts including wire fraud, mail fraud, and tax offenses. Prosecutors said she and her late husband diverted donations for personal use and committed rental assistance, unemployment, and pandemic-relief fraud. The grift economy really does not discriminate, it just auditions.
Philadelphia parking spot dispute leaves man critically injured
A dispute over a snow-cleared parking spot in Philadelphia left a man critically injured. Police say the victim was pistol-whipped in the head, and investigators believe both a knife and a gun were involved.
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