Nation and World
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Loyalty above all: Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi's demand for obedience
Oct 25, 2023 1:00 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan - The removal of China's foreign and defense ministers appears to enforce leader Xi Jinping's demand for total obedience and the elimination of any potent...
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Leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah holds talks with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures
Oct 25, 2023 1:00 am - BEIRUT - The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group held talks on Wednesday in Beirut with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures in a key meeting of three top ...
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White House scraps plan for B-52s to entertain at state dinner against backdrop of Israel-Hamas war
Oct 25, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The White House scrapped plans to have the new wave band the B-52s perform at Wednesday's state dinner for Australia's prime minister after deciding that it...
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Russian drone debris downed power lines near a Ukraine nuclear plant. A new winter barrage is likely
Oct 25, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Russia fired almost a dozen Shahed drones against Ukrainian targets and falling debris from an intercepted drone damaged power lines near a nuclear plant...
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'The Art of War,' Amy Schumer's memoir and many other books are banned in US prisons. Here's why
Oct 25, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Tens of thousands of books are being banned or restricted by U.S. prisons, according to a new report from PEN America. The list includes everything from self-...
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Israel accuses UN chief of justifying terrorism for saying Hamas attack 'didn't happen in a vacuum'
Oct 25, 2023 1:00 am - JERUSALEM - Israeli officials were outraged Wednesday over U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' comment that the deadly Hamas attack on southern Israel "did not happ...
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Japan's top court strikes down required sterilization surgery to officially change gender
Oct 25, 2023 1:00 am - TOKYO - Japan's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a law requiring transgender people to undergo sterilization surgery in order to officially change their gender is u...
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UN warns Gaza blockade could force it to sharply cut relief operations as bombings rise
Oct 25, 2023 1:00 am - RAFAH, Gaza Strip - The U.N. warned on Wednesday that without more fuel it will soon sharply curtail relief operations in the Gaza Strip, which has been blockaded and de...
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U.S. developing contingency plans to evacuate Americans from Mideast in case Israel-Hamas war spreads
Oct 25, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The White House said Tuesday that "prudent contingency planning" is underway to evacuate Americans from the Middle East in case the Israel-Hamas war spreads...
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'Shaft' star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at 81
Oct 24, 2023 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultrasmooth private detective in several "Shaft" films beginning in the early 1970s, has died....