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Russian artist who protested Ukraine war gets 7 years in prison in latest crackdown on free speechNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - TALLINN, Estonia - A Russian court on Thursday convicted an artist and musician for swapping supermarket price tags with anti-war messages, sentencing her to seven years...
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Xi-Biden meeting seen as putting rocky relations back on course, though main differences remainNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan - Perhaps just shaking hands and sitting down together can be enough sometimes. At their four-hour meeting Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chi...
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Progress in childhood cancer has stalled for Blacks and Hispanics, report saysNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. But in the past decade, those strides have stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, opening a gap in de...
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Spain's Pedro Sánchez reelected prime minister despite controversy over amnesty for separatistsNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - MADRID - Spain's Pedro Sánchez was reelected as prime minister by the nation's parliament on Thursday, when he leveraged a controversial amnesty deal to get the critical...
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Rep. George Santos won't seek reelection after scathing ethics report cites evidence of lawbreakingNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The House Ethics Committee in a scathing report Thursday said it has amassed "overwhelming evidence" of lawbreaking by Republican Rep. George Santos of New ...
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U.S. applications for jobless claims rise as labor market begins to show some signs of coolingNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - More Americans filed for jobless claims last week and while the labor market remains broadly healthy, there are growing signs that it may finally be cooling. Application...
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Their families wiped out, grieving Palestinians in Gaza ask whyNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - The night a blast struck his family's home in the Gaza Strip, Ahmed al-Naouq was more than 2,000 miles away but he still jolted awake, consumed...
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Fire at a coal mining company building in northern China kills 26 and injures dozensNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - BEIJING - A fire erupted in a coal mining company building in a northern Chinese city on Thursday, killing 26 people and injuring at least 38, Chinese state media report...
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Longtime Israeli policy foes are leading US protests against Israel's action in Gaza. Who are they?Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - As the Israel-Hamas war rages in Gaza, there's a bitter battle for public opinion flaring in the United States, with angry rallies on many college campuses and disruptiv...
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Biden tells Asia-Pacific leaders that U.S. 'not going anywhere' as it looks to build economic tiesNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO - President Joe Biden on Thursday made America's case to national leaders and CEOs attending the Asia-Pacific summit that the United States is committed to...