Nation and World
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The fall equinox is here. What does that mean?
Sep 22, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Fall is in the air - officially. The equinox arrives on Saturday, marking the start of the fall season for the Northern Hemisphere. But what does that ac...
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First private U.S. passenger rail line in 100 years is about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed
Sep 21, 2023 1:00 am - MIAMI - The first big test of whether privately owned high-speed passenger train service can prosper in the United States will launch Friday when Florida's Brightline be...
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Zelenskyy delivers upbeat message to U.S. lawmakers on war progress, but GOP support softens
Sep 21, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy worked to shore up U.S. support for Ukraine on a whirlwind visit to Washington on Thursday, delivering an upbeat message on th...
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The U.S. is allowing hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the country to work legally
Sep 21, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Biden administration says it's granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country - quickly making t...
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Rupert Murdoch, whose creation of Fox News made him a force in American politics, is stepping down
Sep 21, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old Australian media magnate whose creation of Fox News made him a force in American politics, is stepping down as leader of both ...
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Syrian President Bashar Assad arrives in China on first visit since the beginning of war in Syria
Sep 21, 2023 1:00 am - BEIJING - Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived in China on Thursday on his first visit to the country since the start of Syria's 12-year conflict, one in which Beijing ...
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Talks are held on Nagorno-Karabakh's fate as Azerbaijan claims full control of the breakaway region
Sep 21, 2023 1:00 am - Representatives from Nagorno-Karabakh and the Azerbaijan government held a first round of talks Thursday on the future of the breakaway region that Azerbaijan now says i...
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King Charles III makes a stop at the fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral on his state visit to France
Sep 21, 2023 1:00 am - PARIS - King Charles III went from a meeting with young athletes in a working-class, multicultural suburb of Paris to an emotional stop in front of the fire-damaged Notr...
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Sweden's central bank hikes key interest rate, saying inflation is still too high
Sep 21, 2023 1:00 am - STOCKHOLM - Sweden's central bank raised its key interest rate Thursday, saying that "inflationary pressures in the Swedish economy are still too high," although there w...
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India suspends visa services for citizens of Canada, Trudeau says he's not trying to cause problems
Sep 21, 2023 1:00 am - NEW DELHI - India told Canada to reduce its diplomatic staff and stopped issuing visas to its citizens Thursday as a rift widened between the once-close allies over Otta...