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(Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's license to carry a gun will likely be revoked by the New York City Policy Department following his conviction on charges of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to a porn star, CNN and NBC News reported on Wednesday.

CNN reported that Trump's concealed carry permit was suspended in April 2023 following his indictment on the charges.

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Aharon Barak, a former president of Israel's Supreme Court, has resigned from his role as ad hoc judge on an International Court of Justice panel weighing a genocide allegation filed over the country's war in Gaza, officials said on Wednesday.

In a resignation letter dated June 4 and republished by Israeli media, the 87-year-old Barak cited unspecified personal and family reasons for his decision.

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By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Wednesday it is again extending cuts to minimum flight requirements at congested New York City-area airports through October 2025, citing air traffic controller staffing shortages.

The FAA said the number of controllers handling traffic in New York is insufficient for normal traffic levels and that without "increased flexibility," congestion,... (continue reading...)

By Hannah Lang and Chris Prentice

(Reuters) - The timing for when exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to the cryptocurrency ether can begin trading depends largely on how quickly issuers respond to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's queries, Chair Gary Gensler said on Wednesday.

The SEC last month approved applications from Nasdaq, CBOE and NYSE to list spot ether ETFs. It was a surprise win for the cryptocurrency industry which... (continue reading...)

By Samia Nakhoul and Guy Faulconbridge

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the West was wrong to assume that Moscow would never use nuclear weapons and said that he was considering deploying conventional missiles in striking distance of the United States and its allies.

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 touched off the worst breakdown in relations between Russia and the... (continue reading...)