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Continue Reading North Korea scraps agencies managing relations with South as Kim Jong Un cites hostility with rival
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new Prime Minister Donald Tusk said crucial elections to choose city mayors and provincial and county…
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Continue Reading Tanzania blocks Kenyan Airways passenger flights in response to Kenya blocking its cargo flights
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Continue Reading Palestinian ambassador to UN calls on Non-Aligned Movement to pressure Israel to enforce cease-fire
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Continue Reading Switzerland hosts President Zelenskyy and offers to host a peace summit for Ukraine
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Continue Reading One killed, 17 injured in twin attacks in Israeli city of Raanana
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Continue Reading MLK family members to serve as honorary team captains at Eagles-Buccaneers wild-card playoff game
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Three members of the family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be recognized as honorary Buccaneers team captains when…
Continue Reading Another day of frigid wind chills and brutal cold across much of the U.S.
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Continue Reading Poland’s president and new prime minister remain divided on rule of law despite talks
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Continue Reading Ships and aircraft search for 2 Navy SEALs missing after mission to confiscate Iranian missile parts
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Continue Reading Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state confronts flood damage after heavy rain kills at least 11
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Continue Reading How to watch and stream the 75th Emmy Awards, including the red carpet
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Emmys are ready to celebrate a quarter-century of television history — and honor the best in…
Continue Reading The moon has entered a new epoch, scientists say
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Continue Reading The wealth of the world’s five richest men more than doubled since 2020
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Continue Reading What we know about the drownings of 3 Mexican migrants near Eagle Pass, Texas
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Continue Reading Sun is out and crews are busy digging out snow-covered stadium for Bills’ playoff game vs. Steelers
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Continue Reading NASA’s plans to return to the moon take a hit
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Continue Reading Philippine president congratulates Taiwan’s president-elect, strongly opposed by China
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Continue Reading Belarus political prisoner dies after authorities fail to provide him with medical care, group says
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Continue Reading Boeing to increase quality inspections on 737-Max following Alaska Airlines blow out
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Continue Reading UK government say the lslamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir is antisemitic and moves to ban it
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Continue Reading Austin is released from hospital after complications from prostate cancer surgery he kept secret
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Continue Reading Flight school owner, student pilot among dead in Massachusetts small plane crash
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Continue Reading Saudi Arabia isn’t ruling out befriending Israel. But it may come at a higher price
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Continue Reading Ukraine claims it destroyed Russian spy plane in attack over Sea of Azov
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Continue Reading One killed, 17 injured in twin attacks in Israeli city of Raanana
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Continue Reading Fake 911 report of fire at the White House triggers emergency response while Biden is at Camp David
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Continue Reading Vandalism probe opened after swastika painted on Philadelphia wall adjacent to Holocaust memorial
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Continue Reading MLK Jr. holiday celebrations are planned across the nation, but winter storm could limit some
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Continue Reading Bernardo Arévalo faces huge challenges after finally being sworn in as Guatemala’s president
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Continue Reading Arakan Army resistance force says it has taken control of a strategic township in western Myanmar
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Continue Reading Hamas fights with a patchwork of weapons built by Iran, China, Russia and North Korea
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press Iranian sniper rifles. AK-47 assault rifles from China and Russia. North Korean- and Bulgarian-built…
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Continue Reading Romania truck drivers, farmers protest again as negotiations with government fail to reach agreement
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Continue Reading Wisconsin Republicans’ large majorities expected to shrink under new legislative maps
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Continue Reading US company’s lunar lander will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere after failed moonshot
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Continue Reading A timeline of the Gilgo Beach serial killings case and the investigation that led to a suspect
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BERLIN (AP) — Columns of tractors are rolling into Berlin as farmers gather for the climax of a week of demonstrations against a plan to scrap tax…
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Continue Reading United Nations seeks $4.2 billion to help people in Ukraine and refugees this year
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Continue Reading Horse racing in China’s gaming hub of Macao to end in April, after over 40 years
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The government in China’s gambling hub of Macao says there will be no more horse racing in…
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Continue Reading Nauru switches diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China
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Continue Reading Shih Ming-teh, Taiwan activist who pushed for democracy, dies at 83
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Continue Reading Police are searching for a suspect who shot a man to death at a Starbucks in southwestern Japan
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police are searching for a suspect who fatally shot a customer at a Starbucks in what was reportedly a gang-related crime.…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asia stocks follow Wall Street higher, while China keeps its key rate unchanged
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Continue Reading Democrats target GOP strongholds Texas and Florida with Senate majority on the line
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