World
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Iran says at least 73 people killed, 170 wounded in blasts at ceremony honoring slain general
Two explosions minutes apart Wednesday in Iran targeted a commemoration for a prominent general slain in a U.S. drone strike in 2020, killing at...
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Investigators focus on air traffic communication after a fatal Tokyo runway crash
Investigators were focusing on communication between air traffic control and two aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Wednesday, a day after a...
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Extreme cold grips the Nordics, with the coldest January night in Sweden, as floods hit to the south
Temperatures fell below minus 40 degrees Celsius (minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Nordic region for a second day in a row Wednesday, with the...
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Rescuers race against time in search for survivors in Japan after powerful quakes leave 65 dead
Japanese rescue workers and canine units searched urgently through rubble Wednesday ahead of predicted bitter cold and heavy rain in what the prime...
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Hong Kong prosecutors allege democracy publisher Jimmy Lai urged protests, sanctions against China
Prosecutors on Wednesday alleged that Hong Kong activist and publisher Jimmy Lai had encouraged the city's residents to protest and urged the U.S....
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Thousands of doctors in Britain walk off the job in their longest-ever strike
Thousands of doctors walked off the job in Britain on Wednesday, the start of a six-day strike that was set to be the longest in the history of the...
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Sen. Bob Menendez faces new allegation involving Qatari royal family member in rewritten indictment
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez introduced a member of the Qatari royal family and principal in a company with ties to the government of Qatar to a New...
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Israel suspected as drone strike kills senior Hamas officials in Beirut
A senior Hamas official who headed the group's operations in Lebanon and was a key liaison to Iran and Palestinians living in the West Bank was...
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Brother of powerful Colombian senator pleads guilty in New York to narcotics smuggling charge
The brother of a powerful leftist senator in Colombia pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal narcotics charges as part of a sting in which he offered to...
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China ramping up nuclear energy as U.S. turns to wind and solar
The United States is closing older nuclear power plants and only taking baby steps toward building new ones while China, the world's No. 2 economy,...
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A 'milestone' for psychedelics: Pentagon directed to study alternative treatments for veterans
It's gone from an idea widely mocked on Capitol Hill to one that enjoyed broad bipartisan support as part of the recently passed defense spending...
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Powerful earthquakes leave at least 55 dead along Japan's western coast
A series of powerful earthquakes that hit western Japan have left at least 55 people dead and damaged thousands of buildings, vehicles and boats....