Nation and World
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UAW strikes at General Motors plant in Texas as union goes after automakers' cash cows
Oct 24, 2023 1:00 am - DETROIT - First it was Ford, then Stellantis, and now a General Motors factory has been added to the growing list of highly profitable plants where the United Auto Worke...
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China announces the removal of defense minister missing for almost 2 months with little explanation
Oct 24, 2023 1:00 am - TAIPEI. Taiwan - China has replaced Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu, who has been out of public view for almost two months, state media reported Tuesday. No further inf...
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A court in Kenya has extended orders barring the deployment of police to Haiti for 2 more weeks
Oct 24, 2023 1:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya - A court in Kenya has extended orders blocking the deployment of Kenyan police to Haiti to lead a U.N. Security Council-approved mission to combat gang v...
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Burying friends, updating death lists: The morbid routine of displaced survivors of a Hamas massacre
Oct 24, 2023 1:00 am - EIN BOKEK, Israel - For evacuees of Kibbutz Be'eri, the salty waters of the lowest point on earth, known for their healing powers, are little comfort for a grief that fe...
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An off-duty pilot is accused of trying to shut down the engines of a Horizon Air jet in midflight
Oct 24, 2023 1:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. - An off-duty pilot riding in the extra seat in the cockpit of a Horizon Air passenger jet tried to shut down the engines in midflight and had to be subdu...
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4 suspected North Korean defectors found in a small boat in South Korean waters
Oct 24, 2023 1:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - Four North Koreans were found in a small wooden boat in South Korean waters on Tuesday in what is likely a rare case of North Koreans taking a risky...
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A top Chinese diplomat will visit Washington ahead of a possible meeting between Biden and Xi
Oct 24, 2023 1:00 am - Washington - China's top diplomat will come to the United States on Thursday for a three-day visit, the latest move by Washington and Beijing to keep high-level talks op...
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Israel launches 400 strikes across Gaza, where health officials say hundreds of Palestinians killed
Oct 24, 2023 1:00 am - RAFAH, Gaza Strip - A barrage of Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday crushed multiple residential buildings and buried families under rubble, as health o...
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Stranded at a closed border as bombs fall, foreign nationals in besieged Gaza await evacuation
Oct 24, 2023 1:00 am - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - For more than a week, Talaat Ghabayen, a citizen of Norway who spent his whole life in Oslo, has waited days and nights at the Gaza Strip's lan...
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Inquiry into New Zealand's worst mass shooting will examine response times of police and medics
Oct 24, 2023 1:00 am - CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - An inquiry that began Tuesday into New Zealand's worst mass shooting will examine - among other issues - the response times of police and med...