Nation and World
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Supreme Court says it hasn't found abortion opinion leaker
Jan 19, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Thursday it has not determined who leaked a draft of the court's opinion overturning abortion rights, but that the investigation cont...
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EU assembly wants special court for Russia's war in Ukraine
Jan 19, 2023 12:00 am - BRUSSELS - The European Union's assembly called on the member states on Thursday to back the creation of a special court to judge any war crime of aggression by Russia i...
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Taliban say 78 dead due to wintry weather in Afghanistan
Jan 19, 2023 12:00 am - ISLAMABAD - Taliban officials said Thursday that 78 people have died in just over a week during Afghanistan's harsh winter, deepening the country's humanitarian crisis. ...
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Spanish, French leaders sign friendship treaty in Barcelona
Jan 19, 2023 12:00 am - BARCELONA, Spain - French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez signed a friendship treaty in Barcelona on Thursday to strengthen relations ...
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UNESCO seeks to prevent trafficking of looted Ukrainian art
Jan 19, 2023 12:00 am - WARSAW, Poland - The United Nations cultural organization is training law enforcement and judiciary officials from countries on Ukraine's western borders, seeking to pre...
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New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern, an icon to many, to step down
Jan 19, 2023 12:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who became a global icon of the left and exemplified a new style of leadership, said Thursday that s...
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Macron vows to proceed with pension reform, despite protests
Jan 19, 2023 12:00 am - PARIS - Hundreds of thousands protested on the streets of Paris and other French cities Thursday amid nationwide strikes against plans to raise the retirement age, but P...
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Ukraine helicopter crash kills interior minister, others
Jan 18, 2023 12:00 am - BROVARY, Ukraine - A helicopter carrying Ukraine's interior minister crashed into a kindergarten in a foggy residential suburb of Kyiv on Wednesday, killing him and abou...
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At Davos, UN chief warns the world is in a 'sorry state'
Jan 18, 2023 12:00 am - DAVOS, Switzerland - The world is in a "sorry state" because of myriad interlinked challenges including climate change and Russia's war in Ukraine that are "piling up li...
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Court to hear appeal of ex-officer in murder of George Floyd
Jan 18, 2023 12:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. - An attorney for Derek Chauvin is planning to ask an appeals court Wednesday to throw out the former Minneapolis police officer's convictions in the mur...