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SAVE THE DATE - Plants for Pleasure
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The Ponca City Council of Garden Clubs is busy getting ready for their annual “Plant’s For Pleasure” Saturday, May 4th on the patio of Cann Gardens. Plants will be available at 8 a.m.and will run until noon or sold out.
U.S. & World Briefs
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Israel-Hamas war creates ‘really fraught times’ at Minnesota colleges —Star Tribune Trump immunity protesters see ‘make-or-break moment for our republic’ WASHINGTON — The sidewalk outside the Supreme Court was dotted with more reporters than protesters Thursday morning as oral arguments in the Donald Trump immunity case played out inside. Dozens of demonstrators banged drums, blared music and at times hurled insults at one another.
Ukraine detains First Minister in Zelenskyy’s graft crackdown
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VOLODYMYR VERBIANYI Bloomberg News Ukraine’s agriculture minister became the first cabinet member under Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s presidency to be detained in a crackdown on corruption demanded by allies as a condition for aid in Kyiv’s war against Russia.
Xi warns Blinken against ‘vicious competition’ between US, China
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President Xi Jinping warned America’s top diplomat that the U.S. shouldn’t target or oppose China, as the world’s largest economies wrapped two days of talks spanning thorny disputes on trade and Beijing’s support for Russia’s war machine.
US, allies press Hamas for ‘immediate release’ of hostages
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The U.S. and 17 other nations pressed Hamas to release their citizens who are missing or held hostage in the Gaza Strip, in a bid to revive cease-fire talks that have stalled out in recent weeks and unlock more humanitarian aid.
Kim Jong Un tests new rockets to strike Seoul and perhaps sell to Putin
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Leader Kim Jong Un oversaw tests of a new North Korean rocket system that could bolster his ability to attack Seoul and it may become a weapon he attempts to sell to Russia for use in its assault on Ukraine.