Nation and World
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Israel's Netanyahu advances judicial changes despite uproar
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - JERUSALEM - Israel's government on Monday pressed ahead with a contentious plan to overhaul the country's legal system, despite an unprecedented uproar that has included...
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Mardi Gras parade shooting in New Orleans kills 1, hurts 4
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - NEW ORLEANS - A shooting during a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans killed one person, wounded four and sent panicked families running for cover, police said Monday. One ...
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North Korea fires 2 missiles in tests condemned by neighbors
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea east of the country Monday in its second test launch in three days, prompting Japa...
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Bulgaria: 43 migrants found in van days after 18 found dead
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgarian police discovered 43 migrants, including ten children, hidden in a van in the west of the country, officials said Monday, just days after aut...
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Biden declares 'Kyiv stands' in surprise visit to Ukraine
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - President Joe Biden swept unannounced into Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a defiant display of Western solidarity with a...
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Putin's Ukraine gamble seen as biggest threat to his rule
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - Vladimir Putin says he learned from his boyhood brawls in his native St. Petersburg: "If you want to win a fight, you have to carry it through to the end, as if it were ...
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'People's court' tries Vladimir Putin for war in Ukraine
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A "people's court" put Russian President Vladimir Putin on trial Monday for the crime of aggression over his invasion of Ukraine, in a symb...
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Turkey rejects links between NATO expansion, F-16 deal
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called for Sweden and Finland to be accepted into NATO "as quickly as possible," although his Turkish c...
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EU mulls ways to ramp up ammunition production for Ukraine
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - BRUSSELS - The European Union must find ways to quickly provide thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine or face the prospect of it losing the war against Russia, top EU...
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New quake topples buildings in Turkey, Syria, people trapped
Feb 20, 2023 12:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey - A new 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday struck parts of Turkey and Syria that were laid waste two weeks ago by a massive quake that killed around 45,00...