## Two top Russian colonels plunge from high windows with one killed and the other left fighting for life as spate of mysterious deaths involving Putin officials continues

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Colonel Alexey Zubkov - an employee for the Russian Investigative Committee - is fighting for his life after he plummeted 40ft from a bathroom window, according to Telegram channel VChK-OGPU.

Miraculously, Col. Zubkov was 'conscious' after his fall and 'briskly answered questions' but was unable to explain the reasons for his plunge.

He is the head of the forensic investigations department specialising in the study of digital information, with access to detailed information about secret investigations.

Pryakhin now joins a long string of unexplained deaths of leading Russian figures under mysterious circumstances.

Colonel Alexey Zubkov - an employee for the Russian Investigative Committee - is fighting for his life after he plummeted 40ft from a bathroom window.

Zubkov's fall comes shortly after leading Russian official Artur Pryakhin died after falling from a fifth floor window.

Pryakhin now joins a long string of unexplained deaths of leading Russian figures under mysterious circumstances during Putin's rule. »

### Trump's Gaza project is one of ethnic cleansing

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Read more Subscribers only Trump stuns world by considering US control of Gaza.

Nor does the refusal already expressed by Egypt and Jordan to be accomplices in this ethnic cleansing by sheltering Palestinians driven from their homes.

Column Subscribers only 'Trump's return to Washington is more like a shock of chaos than a shock of hope'. »

### New York judge resigns after saying he can't be on a jury since he thinks all defendants are guilty

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ALBANY, N.Y. — An upstate New York judge has resigned after he got out of jury duty by claiming that he couldn't be impartial — because he thought everyone brought before a court was guilty.

He was eventually dismissed from serving on the jury after he continued to argue that he could not be impartial, saying "No.

Courts in New York do not offer automatic jury duty exemptions to anyone, including judges. »

### Waffle House adds 50 cents per egg surcharge amid shortages, rising prices

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Waffle House is adding a 50-cent per egg surcharge to customers' orders, citing the impact of ongoing egg shortages and rising prices caused by bird flu.

Instead of increasing prices across its menu, the 24-hour breakfast chain is opting for "a temporary targeted surcharge tied to the unprecedented rise in egg prices," the Norcross, Georgia-based company said in a statement.

Waffle House competitor International House of Pancakes, or IHOP, indicated the high cost of eggs has not affected its menu prices. »

### Federal judge blocks Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship

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A second federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship, saying it’s likely unconstitutional and “runs counter to our nation’s 250-year history of citizenship by birth.”.

“Today, the court made the right decision to temporarily block the Birthright Citizenship Executive Order,” said Swapna Reddy, ASAP’s co-executive director.

The order said it would “apply only to persons who are born within the United States after 30 days from the date of this order.”. »

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