Nation and World
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King Charles III asks wind farm deal profits be directed to public
Jan 19, 2023 12:00 am - LONDON - King Charles III has asked that annual profits from a 1 billion-pound ($1.2 billion) Crown Estate windfarm deal be used for the public good rather than the roya...
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Treasury Department buys time for Biden and GOP on debt limit deal
Jan 19, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The countdown toward a possible U.S. government default began Thursday with the Treasury Department implementing accounting measures as a stopgap, while fri...
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Study: Non-infectious diseases cause early death in Pakistan
Jan 19, 2023 12:00 am - ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has considerable control over infectious diseases but now struggles against cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer as causes of early deaths, ...
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Germany pressed on tanks for Ukraine; Kyiv airs frustration
Jan 19, 2023 12:00 am - BERLIN - Germany faced mounting pressure to supply battle tanks to Kyiv and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aired frustration about not obtaining enough weaponry...
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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...