Nation and World
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Germany prods China on Ukraine war as leaders pledge to work together on climate
Jun 20, 2023 1:00 am - BERLIN - Germany's chancellor pressed China to lean harder on Russia over its war in Ukraine on Tuesday, while leaders from both countries pledged to work together to co...
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Hunter Biden will plead guilty in a deal that likely averts time behind bars in a tax and gun case
Jun 20, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's son Hunter will plead guilty to federal tax offenses but avoid prosecution on a separate gun charge in a deal with the Justice Departm...
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Tropical Storm Bret spins toward eastern Caribbean as forecasters warn of heavy rainfall
Jun 20, 2023 1:00 am - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Tropical Storm Bret chugged toward the eastern Caribbean on Tuesday as the region prepared itself for an unusually early storm and the torrential...
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20 years after the United States invaded Iraq, Iraqis are still trying to emigrate to the US
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Ammar Rashed has a stack of letters from U.S. troops attesting to his work during some of the most dangerous days of the Iraq War. But six years after ...
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Blinken and Xi pledge to stabilize deteriorated US-China ties, but China rebuffs the main US request
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and said they agreed to "stabilize" badly deteriorated U.S.-China t...
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Biden plans 4 fundraisers in San Francisco area as he revs up 2024 campaign
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - PALO ALTO, California (AP) - President Joe Biden ramps up his reelection effort this week with four fundraisers in the San Francisco area, as his campaign builds up its ...
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UN complains Russia blocks aid workers from area of Ukraine dam collapse; Moscow says it's unsafe
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The Kremlin's spokesman said Monday that U.N. aid workers who want to visit areas ravaged by the recent Kakhovka dam collapse in southern Ukraine ca...
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'It was hell': Hostage freed after years in Africa recounts ordeal and frustrations with U.S. response
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Islamic extremists drove up to the American missionary's home in Niger under the cover of evening, gunning down two guards who stood watch. Jeff Woodke ...
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UK lawmakers back scathing report that slammed Boris Johnson over 'partygate'
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON - Britain's House of Commons on Monday resoundingly endorsed a report that found Boris Johnson lied to lawmakers about lockdown-flouting parties in his office, a ...
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Fiercest fighting in years erupts in West Bank camp of Jenin, at least 5 Palestinians killed
Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) - Israeli military forces raided a refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Monday, igniting the fiercest day of fighting in years as...