Swedish pop group ABBA bans presidential candidate Trump from using their music

Swedish pop group ABBA bans presidential candidate Trump from using their music

Campaigns don’t need an artist’s express permission to play their songs at rallies as long as the political organisation or the venue has gotten what’s known as a blanket licence from the performing rights organisations ASCAP and BMI.

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Harris vows tougher approach on migration along US southern border and arms for Israel

Harris vows tougher approach on migration along US southern border and arms for Israel

Kamala Harris also hewed closely to President Joe Biden’s strong support of Israel and rejected calls from some in the Democratic Party that Washington should rethink sending weapons to Israel because of the heavy Palestinian death toll in Gaza. She said she supports a strong Israel but “we must get a deal done” to get a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict.

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Chadian women defy discrimination, violence to assert their rights to own and control land

Chadian women defy discrimination, violence to assert their rights to own and control land

Village chief Marie Djetoyom, a woman in the hereditary role, said that she was afraid to take action and risk being imprisoned in retaliation. She asserted that she must act within the customary land laws. Despite the lack of support from traditional leaders and local authorities, women in the village of around 120 people have found strength in the collective.

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How American presidents paper over US military fiascos in Africa, Asia and Middle East

How American presidents paper over US military fiascos in Africa, Asia and Middle East

In his 2022 National Defence Strategy, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin laid out five key traits of America’s “future force.” The first among them: “Lethal.” In Pentagon-speak, in that instance, “lethal” meant possessing “anti-access/area-denial-insensitive strike capabilities that can penetrate defence at range.”

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No respite for Haitians as gangs take war to under-equipped national, Kenyan police deployed by UN

No respite for Haitians as gangs take war to under-equipped national, Kenyan police deployed by UN

Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes and live in precarious conditions in displacement camps.

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Trump lawyers rush to avoid spectre the former president going to jail as early voting starts

Trump lawyers rush to avoid spectre the former president going to jail as early voting starts

rump was convicted in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to conceal a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels, whose affair allegations threatened to disrupt his 2016 presidential run.

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