Nation and World
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Biden declares 'Kyiv stands' in surprise visit to Ukraine
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - President Joe Biden swept unannounced into Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a defiant display of Western solidarity with a...
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Putin's Ukraine gamble seen as biggest threat to his rule
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - Vladimir Putin says he learned from his boyhood brawls in his native St. Petersburg: "If you want to win a fight, you have to carry it through to the end, as if it were ...
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'People's court' tries Vladimir Putin for war in Ukraine
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A "people's court" put Russian President Vladimir Putin on trial Monday for the crime of aggression over his invasion of Ukraine, in a symb...
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Turkey rejects links between NATO expansion, F-16 deal
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called for Sweden and Finland to be accepted into NATO "as quickly as possible," although his Turkish c...
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EU mulls ways to ramp up ammunition production for Ukraine
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - BRUSSELS - The European Union must find ways to quickly provide thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine or face the prospect of it losing the war against Russia, top EU...
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New quake topples buildings in Turkey, Syria, people trapped
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey - A new 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday struck parts of Turkey and Syria that were laid waste two weeks ago by a massive quake that killed around 45,00...
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Downpour kills at least 36 in Brazil, cities cancel Carnival
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - SAO PAULO - Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides that have killed 36 people on the northern coast of Brazil's Sao Paulo state, officials said Monday, while fataliti...
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Pritzker-DeSantis rivalry comes to the suburbs, as Florida governor slated to visit Elmhurst MondayFeb 19, 2023 12:00 am - A visit by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to address Illinois law enforcement Monday originally was billed as an exclusive event at an undisclosed location in Elmhurst. Now t...
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U-Haul rampage victim died striving for 'American dream'
Feb 17, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Three years ago, YiJie Ye was on a routine delivery run in Brooklyn on his motorized scooter when he was in a crash with another vehicle. The collision left t...
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Ukrainian refugees safe, but not at peace, after year of war
Feb 17, 2023 12:00 am - WARSAW, Poland - Months after Russian forces occupied southern Ukraine's Kherson province last year, they started paying visits to the home of a Ukrainian woman and her ...