Nation and World
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Hospital director in Haiti says police rescued women and children after gangs surround facility
Nov 15, 2023 12:00 am - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A heavily armed gang surrounded a hospital in Haiti on Wednesday, trapping women, children and newborns inside until police rescued them, accordi...
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UK top court says a plan to send migrants to Rwanda is illegal. The government still wants to do it
Nov 15, 2023 12:00 am - LONDON - The British government said Wednesday it will still try to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda, despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the conten...
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Israel searches for traces of Hamas in raid of key Gaza hospital packed with patients
Nov 15, 2023 12:00 am - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - Israeli troops on Wednesday stormed into Gaza's largest hospital, searching for traces of Hamas inside and beneath the facility, where newborns...
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Biden aims for improved military relations with China when he meets with Xi
Nov 15, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to agree Wednesday to restore some military-to-military communications between their armed...
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UAE president visits Dubai Air Show as Russian arms company shows attack helicopter used in Ukraine
Nov 15, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The leader of the United Arab Emirates toured the Dubai Air Show on Wednesday as a sanctioned Russian arms supplier displayed an attack hel...
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Biden, Xi emerge from hours of talks, agree to curb illicit fentanyl, restart military dialogue
Nov 15, 2023 12:00 am - WOODSIDE, Calif. - U.S. President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping emerged Wednesday from their first face-to-face meeting in a year vowing to stabilize their fraught re...
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Economy has lost momentum during a tough year, EU commission says and warns of risk from Mideast
Nov 15, 2023 12:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany - The European Union's executive commission lowered growth its expectations for this year and next, saying the economy "has lost momentum" as inflatio...
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Retail sales slip in October as consumers pull back after summer splurges
Nov 15, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Americans cut back on retail spending in October, ending six straight months of gains, though the decline was partly driven by falling prices for both gasolin...
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Trump's lawyers want a mistrial in his New York civil fraud case. They claim the judge is biased
Nov 15, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Lawyers for Donald Trump asked for a mistrial Wednesday in the New York civil fraud case that threatens the former president's real estate empire. They accuse...
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U.S. consumer inflation eased in October as cheaper gas slowed overall price increases
Nov 14, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Inflation in the United States slowed last month in a sign that the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes are continuing to cool the consumer price spikes t...