California Officials Charge 21 People in Hospice Fraud Exceeding $250 Million

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California officials on Thursday said they uncovered a multimillion-dollar scheme to use stolen identities from people outside the state to charge for hospice services paid for with a government insurance program. State Attorney General Rob Bonta said officials have charged 21 and have so far arrested 5 people involved as the …

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Singer Delta Goodrem Follows in Celine Dion’s Footsteps to Eurovision

She’s also one of the most successful participants, as the award-winning Australian singer-songwriter has sold over nine million albums and topped charts in eight countries. Goodrem is representing her home country in the world’s largest live music event, which takes place this year in Vienna. Even though it’s way outside of Europe, Australia has been …

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Hungarian Opposition Leads PM Orban’s Fidesz, Poll Shows

BUDAPEST, April 10 (Reuters) – ⁠Hungary’s ⁠centre-right Tisza party ⁠leads Prime Minister Viktor ​Orban’s ruling Fidesz ahead of ‌Sunday’s parliamentary election, a ‌poll published by ⁠newspaper ⁠Nepszava showed on Friday. Nationalist Orban faces the ​biggest challenge to his rule in 16 years, although the ​large number of undecided voters means ⁠the ⁠outcome of the ⁠election …

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South Korean Minister Vows to Expand Legal Remedies for Adoptees and Other Rights Victims

GWACHEON, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s justice minister has pledged to expand access to judicial remedies for victims of state-led abuses, including foreign adoptees whose adoptions were marred by widespread fraud under previous military governments. Using unusually strong language for a senior South Korean official, Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho said the country’s past adoptions …

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Trump Says Iran Should Not Charge Fees to Tankers Going Through Strait of Hormuz

WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) – President Donald ⁠Trump ⁠said on Thursday Iran ⁠should not charge fees to tankers going through the ​Strait of Hormuz, which has been blockaded since the start of the Iran war, ‌causing the worst disruption to ‌global energy supplies in history. “There are reports that Iran is charging ⁠fees to ⁠tankers …

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Ready to Rumble? Hunter Biden Challenges Trump’s Sons to Cage Match

(Changes description of commentator Andrew Callaghan to ⁠left-wing, ⁠not conservative, in paragraph ⁠3) WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) – Americans could see a ​first-of-its-kind fight as they prepare to celebrate the country’s 250th independence: a cage ‌match between the sons ‌of a sitting U.S. president, and the son of a former ⁠president. The improbable ⁠possibility arose …

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World Bank Could Mobilize at Least $20 Billion in Post-War Support, Bloomberg News Reports

April 9 (Reuters) – ⁠The ⁠World Bank ⁠Group could mobilize $20 billion to $25 ​billion in rapid ‌financing to countries ‌grappling ⁠with ⁠the economic fallout of the ​war in Iran, Bloomberg News ​reported on Thursday, citing ⁠World ⁠Bank President ⁠Ajay Banga. If ​the conflict persists, the ​World ⁠Bank is trying to see ⁠if it can get another …

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Chinese Foreign Minister Tells North Korean Minister Pyongyang Is Making Strides Despite US ‘Oppression’

SEOUL, April 10 (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Minister ⁠Wang ⁠Yi said North ⁠Korea has made remarkable accomplishments despite conspiracies by ​the United States and Western forces to oppress and isolate Pyongyang, ‌the North’s official KCNA ‌news agency reported on Friday. Wang and his North Korean ⁠counterpart ⁠Choe Son Hui hailed their leaders for opening a …

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Ukraine Faces Months of Diplomatic and Military Pressure, Zelenskiy Says

KYIV, April 10 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the spring ⁠and ⁠summer months would be difficult for Ukraine ⁠as it would face pressure on the battlefield and also diplomatically to end the war. Zelenskiy ​said Ukraine’s partners had asked Kyiv to reduce its strikes on Russia’s oil sector as global prices surged due to …

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Ukraine in Talks With Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain on Security Cooperation, Zelenskiy Says

KYIV, April 10 (Reuters) – Ukraine ⁠is ⁠in talks with ⁠Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain to cooperate ​in the security sector and share its ‌drone defence expertise and ‌technology, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Zelenskiy visited ⁠several ⁠Middle Eastern countries last month to offer Ukraine’s ​technology and expertise on how to counter Iranian drone attacks. Security cooperation …

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