British army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore through his ankle a few days later, wanted to return to France for the 80th anniversary of the …
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By DANICA KIRKA
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4/24/24
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a critical trip to China armed with a strengthened diplomatic hand following Senate approval of a foreign aid package that will provide billions of …
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By MATTHEW LEE
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4/24/24
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Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan’s space agency said after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the moon. The Japan …
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
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4/24/24
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Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church
Australian police say they have arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids around Sydney to protect the community from a potential attack. They say the seven …
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By MARK BAKER ande ROD McGUIRK
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4/24/24
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A new package of $61 billion in U.S. aid may prevent Ukraine from losing its war against Russia. But winning it will be a long slog. The aid approval means Ukraine may be able to release artillery …
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By JILL LAWLESS and SAMYA KULLAB
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4/24/24
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As Mexico’s drought drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action against thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the …
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By ARMANDO SOLÍS
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4/24/24
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A worsening budget crisis at Argentina's public universities is sending thousands of protestors into the streets as libertarian President Javier Milei pushes ahead with radical austerity measures. …
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By ISABEL DEBRE
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4/24/24
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The United Nations is calling for “a clear, transparent and credible investigation” of mass graves uncovered at two major hospitals in war-torn Gaza that were raided by Israeli troops. A U.N. …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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4/23/24
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Skies over southern Greece have turned an orange hue as dust clouds blown across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa engulfed the Acropolis and other Athens landmarks. Strong southerly winds …
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4/23/24
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India’s main opposition party is accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators” and used some of his most incendiary rhetoric to date about the …
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By KRUTIKA PATHI
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4/23/24
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised salvo launches of the country’s “super-large” multiple rocket launchers that simulated a nuclear counterattack against enemy targets, state media said …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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4/22/24
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Thousands of Indigenous people are gathering in Brazil's capial for what is expected to become a protest against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's unfulfilled promises to create reserves and …
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By FABIANO MAISONNAVE
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4/22/24
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DUESSELDORF, Alemanha (AP) — Faltam 100 dias para as Olimpíadas de Paris, e ainda não se sabe se algum atleta russo, dentre os que devem se qualificar, realmente irá comparecer.
A questão …
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Por JAMES ELLINGWORTH
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4/22/24
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Police say four Germans were caught laying white roses in memory of Adolf Hitler at the house where the Nazi dictator was born in western Austria on the anniversary of his birth, and one gave a …
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4/22/24
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged that deportation flights to Rwanda would begin this summer as he called on the unelected House of Lords to stop blocking his key policy for ending the …
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By DANICA KIRKA
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4/22/24
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An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees has found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has received annually since …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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4/22/24
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European Union countries possessing Patriot air defense systems appear reluctant to give any to Ukraine. The country is desperately seeking at least seven of the missile batteries to help fend off …
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By LORNE COOK
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4/22/24
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The European Space Agency has added five new members to its astronaut corps. They graduated Monday during a ceremony in Cologne, Germany, after completing a year of training. That brings the space …
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By DAVID McHUGH
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4/22/24
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By mid-2024, Claudia Sheinbaum will most likely become Mexico’s first female president. She would also be its first leader with a Jewish background in a country that’s home to nearly 100 million …
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By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ
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4/22/24
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North Korea fires suspected short-range missiles into ocean in its latest weapons launch, Seoul says
South Korea says North Korea has fired multiple suspected short-range missiles off the North’s east coast. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that it detected the launches …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG
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4/22/24
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