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Apr 2024
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US vetoes resolution backing full UN mem...

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The United States has vetoed a UN draft resolution that sought to grant Palestine full membership of the UN. Israeli and U.S. officials have confirmed that Israel has launched an attack on Iran. Lawyers have selected all 12 jurors who will decide whether former U.S. President Donald Trump is guilty in a hush-money criminal case. 
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