Nation and World
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France on strike: Unions say 'non' to higher pension age
Mar 07, 2023 12:00 am - PARIS - More than a million demonstrators marched in cities and towns across France on Tuesday, in a new round of protests and strikes against the government's plan to r...
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Israeli military caught up in divide over Netanyahu's plan
Mar 07, 2023 12:00 am - TEL AVIV, Israel - Shraga Tichover is hanging up his fatigues. After more than three decades as a reservist in the Israeli military, the paratrooper says he will no long...
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Teachers protest over suspected Iran schoolgirl poisonings
Mar 07, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iranian teachers protested Tuesday over suspected poisonings targeting schoolgirls, as a prominent lawmaker and an activist group put the n...
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Powell signals increased rate hikes if economy stays strong
Mar 07, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve could increase the size of its interest rate hikes and raise borrowing costs to higher levels than previously projected if evidence cont...
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DeSantis argues US should be like Florida ahead of 2024 bid
Mar 07, 2023 12:00 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis positioned himself as the architect of a new conservative vision for the nation during a state of the State address on Tues...
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Yoon: Forced labor plan crucial for better ties with Japan
Mar 07, 2023 12:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday defended his government's contentious plan to use local funds to compensate Koreans enslaved by Japa...
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Kim's sister warns North Korea ready to act against U.S., South Korea
Mar 07, 2023 12:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The influential sister of North Korea's leader warned Tuesday that her country is ready to take "quick, overwhelming action" against the United...
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Costa Rica ponders ways to sustain reforestation success
Mar 07, 2023 12:00 am - SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Costa Rica went from having one of the world's highest deforestation rates in the 1980s to a nation centered on ecotourism, luring world travelers...
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Two survivors of deadly Mexico abduction returned to the U.S.
Mar 07, 2023 12:00 am - CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico - A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery veered violently off course when four Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout, leaving two d...
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Zelenskyy vows not to retreat from Ukrainian city of Bakhmut
Mar 06, 2023 12:00 am - CHASIV YAR, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed Monday not to retreat from Bakhmut as Russian forces encroached on the devastated eastern city they h...