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President Joe Biden talks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday...
Seung Min Kim

Biden to Russia on detained US journalist: ‘Let him go’

President Joe Biden is urging Russia to release Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich after the country’s security service arrested him on espionage charges — allegations that the newspaper denies.
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Retired Army Major General Jefferson Burton speaks at the Utah Capitol on Wednesday, March 29, 2023...
Katija Stjepovic

Utah’s Vietnam veterans honored 50 years after end of war

Veterans from around Utah were honored at the Utah Capitol as the U.S. marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, his wife Elke Budenbender, and Britain's King Charles III...
Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster

King Charles III arrives in Germany for first overseas visit as monarch

King Charles III arrived in Germany with the Queen Consort on Wednesday for his first overseas state visit as monarch, after the first part of the trip to France was postponed.
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Pope Francis hugs a child at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the V...
Nicole Winfield

Vatican: Pope improving since hospitalization with infection

The Vatican says Pope Francis has rested well overnight and is “progressively improving” after being hospitalized with a respiratory infection.
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Venus and Jupiter are exceptionally close to one another in an artist's rendering.
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Jackie Wattles

A stunning lineup of five planets will decorate the night sky

Onlookers will be able to catch the best glimpse of the alignment — which will include Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus — on Tuesday evening, just after sunset.
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Samples of Beethoven's hair allowed researchers to sequence the composer's DNA.
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shley Strickland

DNA analysis of Beethoven’s hair reveals health issues, family secret

A team of researchers stepped into history by using DNA analysis to understand an important figure in classical music a little bit better
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An Eastern Grey Kangaroo is seen on November 25, 2022 in Coffs Harbour, Australia. As spring gives ...
Hilary Whiteman and George Ramsay

Australia loves its kangaroos so much it sets quotas to kill them

Kangaroos are on Australia's coat of arms and the tail of the national airline, but every year state authorities allow licensed hunters to kill millions of them.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev during their...
Associated Press

Putin says Russia will station tactical nukes in Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans on Saturday to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus.
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FILE: KHERSON, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 27: The overgrown playground of the Kherson Children's house (orp...
David McKenzie, Ghazi Balkiz and Maria Avdeeva

A Ukrainian orphanage tried to hide its children when war began. Then the Russians came

When the war began in February last year, the staff at the children's home came up with a plan.
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Associated Press

Why the religious fast for Ramadan, Lent and other holy days

Here is a quick look at fasting as an act of faith across religions.
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In this photo provided by researcher Rui F. Oliveira, a zebrafish, bottom, is monitored to see its ...
Associated Press

Feel your pain? Even fish can show they care

Our capacity to care about others may have very, very ancient origins, a new study suggests.
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This screen grab shows a tourist moments before his bungee cord snapped during a jump in Pattaya, T...
Chris Lau and Kocha Olarn

Tourist survives bungee jump fall in Thailand after cord snaps

Some thrill seekers describe bungee jumping as a near-death experience, but few come quite as close as one man who managed to survive his cord snapping in Thailand.
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The Prince of Wales met members of the Polish military during a visit to the 3rd Brigade Territoria...
Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse

Prince William makes surprise visit to troops near Ukrainian-Polish border

Britain's Prince William made a rare, unannounced trip to Poland on Wednesday, meeting British and Polish troops stationed near the Ukrainian-Polish border and praising their "cooperation in support of the people of Ukraine and their freedom."
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U.S. Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Co...
Oren Liebermann and Kevin Liptak

US to accelerate delivery of tanks to Ukraine

The tanks could arrive as early as fall of this year.
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An artist's rendering of the Tampa Florida Temple. (Intellectual Reserve, Inc.)...
Madison Swenson

Important dates, rendering released for 3 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint temples

Open house and dedication dates for the Feather River California Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been announced. The location of the Huehuetenango Guatemala Temple and a rendering of the Tampa Florida Temple were also released.
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MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - SEPTEMBER 4: Young women and men explore a secured beach area near the runway ...
Associated Press

Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year

A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children. It is the first official death toll announced in the drought withering large parts of the Horn of Africa.
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Associated Press

New York Community Bank to buy failed Signature Bank

New York Community Bank has agreed to buy a significant chunk of the failed Signature Bank in a $2.7 billion deal, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said late Sunday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhayev visit the C...
Associated Press

Russia’s Putin makes surprise trip to occupied Mariupol

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the occupied port city of Mariupol, his first trip to Ukrainian territory that Moscow illegally annexed in September and a show of defiance after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest on war crimes charges.
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A damaged car and rubble from a house affected by the earthquake are pictured in Cuenca, Ecuador. (...
Maija Ehlinger and Abel Alvarado

At least 13 dead after magnitude 6.8 earthquake shakes Ecuador

At least 13 people died after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck southern Ecuador on Saturday afternoon, according to government officials.
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FILE - Russias President Vladimir Putin holds a video conference to address participants in a congr...
Associated Press

ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin over Ukraine war crimes

The International Criminal Court says it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine.
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Poland is the first NATO country to send MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. (Jakub Kaminski/EPA/Shutte...
Antonia Mortensen, Duarte Mendonca and Luke McGee

Poland becomes first NATO member to pledge fighter jets to Ukraine

Poland on Thursday pledged it would send four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, the first NATO member to do so, in a significant move in Kyiv's battle to resist Russia's onslaught.
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This photo taken from video released on Thursday, March 16, 2023, shows a Russian Su-27 approaching...
Associated Press

US releases video of Russian jet dumping fuel on its drone

The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea.
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Tourists enjoy 'Playa Tortuga' one day after the passage of Hurricane Delta on October 8, 2020 in C...
Associated Press

US issues travel alert for Spring breakers in Mexico

The U.S. State Department has issued a travel alert for Americans planning to spend Spring break in Mexico.
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Ukrainian Emergency Service rescuers work on a building damaged by shelling in Kramatorsk, Donetsk ...
Karl Ritter

US says Russian warplane hits American drone over Black Sea

The U.S. military said a Russian fighter jet on Tuesday struck the propeller of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea, causing U.S. forces to bring it down in international waters.
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